# Minister for International Development and the Pacific

The Minister for International Development and the Pacific is the minister of state of the Commonwealth of Australia charged with oversight of government policy related to international development and the Pacific islands. It is currently held by Pat Conroy.

## Scope

The Minister for International Development was responsible, in the Rudd Cabinet, for the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and the international development and humanitarian aid policies of the Commonwealth of Australia, administered through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). AusAID was abolished by the incoming prime minister, Tony Abbott, in September 2013 and under the operations of the Abbott Cabinet its functions were absorbed into DFAT.

## List of ministers for international development and the Pacific

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for International Development and the Pacific, or any precedent title:
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office |
| 1 | Bill Morrison | Labor | Whitlam | Minister assisting the Minister for Foreign Affairs in matters relating to Papua New Guinea | 30 November 1973 | 6 June 1975 | 1 year, 346 days |
| 1 | Bill Morrison | Labor | Whitlam | Minister assisting the Minister for Foreign Affairs in matters relating to the Islands of the Pacific | 6 June 1975 | 11 November 1975 | 1 year, 346 days |
| 2 | Neal Blewett | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Trade and Overseas Development | 1 February 1991 (1991-02-01) | 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) | 329 days |
| 2 | Neal Blewett | Labor | Keating | Minister for Trade and Overseas Development | 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) | 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27) | 329 days |
| 3 | John Kerin | Labor | Keating | Minister for Trade and Overseas Development | 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27) | 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) | 1 year, 87 days |
| 4 | Gordon Bilney | Labor | Keating | Minister for Development Cooperation and Pacific Island Affairs | 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) | 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) | 2 years, 353 days |
| 5 | Melissa Parke | Labor | Rudd | Minister for International Development | 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) | 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) | 79 days |
| 6 | Steven Ciobo | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for International Development and the Pacific | 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) | 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) | 150 days |
| 7 | Concetta Fierravanti-Wells | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for International Development and the Pacific | 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) | 21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) | 2 years, 184 days |
| 8 | Alex Hawke | Liberal | Morrison | Minister for International Development and the Pacific | 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) | 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) | 1 year, 207 days |
| 9 | Zed Seselja | Liberal | Morrison | Minister for International Development and the Pacific | 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) | 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) | 1 year, 152 days |
| 10 | Pat Conroy | Labor | Albanese | Minister for International Development and the Pacific | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 180 days |

## List of parliamentary secretaries and assistant ministers for international development and the pacific

The following individuals have been appointed as parliamentary secretaries and assistant ministers for Foreign Affairs or any of its precedent titles:
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office |
| 1 | Richard Marles | Labor | Gillard | Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs | 27 September 2009 (2009-09-27) | 22 March 2013 (2013-03-22) | 3 years, 176 days |
| 2 | Matt Thistlethwaite | Labor | Gillard | Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs | 22 March 2013 (2013-03-22) | 27 June 2013 (2013-06-27) | 180 days |
| 2 | Matt Thistlethwaite | Labor | Rudd | Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs | 22 June 2013 (2013-06-22) | 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) | 180 days |
| 3 | Anne Ruston | Liberal | Morrison | Assistant Minister for International Development and the Pacific | 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) | 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) | 273 days |