# Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific is a junior-level ministerial position in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of His Majesty's Government. The office was known as Minister of State for Europe and the Americas from 2010 to 2020. It was most recently merged into the office of Minister of State for the Pacific and the International Environment to create the new office of Minister of State for Indo-Pacific.

## Responsibilities

The Minister's responsibilities include:
* China and Northeast Asia
* Southeast Asia
* Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands
* Indian Ocean
* Economic security (including export controls)
* Sanctions
* Economics and evaluation (including the Chief Economist)
* Regulatory and economic diplomacy
* Technology and analysis

## List of ministers

| Minister of State | Minister of State | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | P.M. | F.Sec. |
| Minister of State for Foreign Affairs |||||||||
| | Richard Law | 25 September 1943 | 25 May 1945 | Conservative | Churchill | Eden |
| | William Mabane | 25 May 1945 | 26 July 1945 | National Liberal | Churchill | Eden |
| | Philip Noel-Baker | 3 August 1945 | 4 October 1946 | Labour | Attlee | Bevin |
| | Hector McNeil | 4 October 1946 | 28 February 1950 | Labour | Attlee | Bevin |
| | Kenneth Younger | 28 February 1950 | 26 October 1951 | Labour | Attlee | Bevin |
| | Kenneth Younger | 28 February 1950 | 26 October 1951 | Labour | Attlee | Morrison |
| | Selwyn Lloyd | 30 October 1951 | 18 October 1954 | Conservative | Churchill | Eden |
| | The Marquess of Reading | 11 November 1953 | 9 January 1957 | Conservative | Churchill (1953–1955) Eden (1955–1957) | Eden (1953–1955) Macmillan (1955) Lloyd (1955–1959) |
| | Anthony Nutting | 18 October 1954 | 3 November 1956 | Conservative | Churchill (1953–1955) Eden (1955–1957) | Eden (1953–1955) Macmillan (1955) Lloyd (1955–1959) |
| | Allan Noble | 9 November 1956 | 16 January 1959 | Conservative | Eden | Lloyd |
| | David Ormsby-Gore | 16 January 1957 | 27 June 1961 | Conservative | Macmillan | Lloyd |
| | John Profumo | 16 January 1959 | 27 July 1960 | Conservative | Macmillan | Lloyd |
| | Joseph Godber | 27 June 1961 | 27 June 1963 | Conservative | Macmillan | Douglas-Home |
| | The Earl of Dundee | 9 October 1961 | 16 October 1964 | Conservative | Macmillan | Douglas-Home |
| | The Earl of Dundee | 9 October 1961 | 16 October 1964 | Conservative | Douglas-Home | Butler |
| | Peter Thomas | 27 June 1963 | 16 October 1964 | Conservative | Douglas-Home | Butler |
| | George Thomson | 16 October 1964 | 31 March 1966 | Labour | Wilson | Gordon Walker (1964–1965) Stewart (1965–1966) Brown (1965–1968) |
| | The Lord Caradon | 16 October 1964 | 17 October 1968 | Labour | Wilson | Gordon Walker (1964–1965) Stewart (1965–1966) Brown (1965–1968) |
| | Walter Padley | 19 October 1964 | 7 January 1967 | Labour | Wilson | Gordon Walker (1964–1965) Stewart (1965–1966) Brown (1965–1968) |
| | The Lord Chalfont | 23 October 1964 | 17 October 1968 | Labour | Wilson | Gordon Walker (1964–1965) Stewart (1965–1966) Brown (1965–1968) |
| | Eirene White | 31 March 1966 | 7 January 1967 | Labour | Wilson | Brown (1966–1968) Stewart (1968) |
| | George Thomson | 7 January 1967 | 29 August 1967 | Labour | Wilson | Brown (1966–1968) Stewart (1968) |
| | Fred Mulley | 7 January 1967 | 17 October 1968 | Labour | Wilson | Brown (1966–1968) Stewart (1968) |
| | Goronwy Roberts | 29 August 1967 | 17 October 1968 | Labour | Wilson | Brown (1966–1968) Stewart (1968) |
| Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |||||||||
| | Hugh Foot | 17 October 1968 | 19 June 1970 | Labour | Wilson | Stewart |
| | The Lord Chalfont | 17 October 1968 | 19 June 1970 | Labour | Wilson | Stewart |
| | Fred Mulley | 17 October 1968 | 13 October 1969 | Labour | Wilson | Stewart |
| | Goronwy Roberts | 17 October 1968 | 13 October 1969 | Labour | Wilson | Stewart |
| | The Lord Shepherd | 17 October 1968 | 19 June 1970 | Labour | Wilson | Stewart |
| | Joseph Godber | 19 June 1970 | 9 April 1972 | Conservative | Heath | Douglas-Home |
| | Priscilla Buchan | 9 April 1972 | 4 March 1974 | Conservative | Heath | Douglas-Home |
| | Julian Amery | 9 April 1972 | 4 March 1974 | Conservative | Heath | Douglas-Home |
| | Lord Balniel | 9 April 1972 | 4 March 1974 | Conservative | Heath | Douglas-Home |
| | David Ennals | 7 March 1974 | 10 September 1976 | Labour | Wilson | Callaghan |
| | Roy Hattersley | 7 March 1974 | 10 September 1976 | Labour | Wilson | Callaghan |
| | The Lord Goronwy-Roberts | 4 December 1975 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | Wilson | Callaghan |
| | The Lord Goronwy-Roberts | 4 December 1975 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | Callaghan | Callaghan |
| | The Lord Goronwy-Roberts | 4 December 1975 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | Callaghan | Crosland (1976–1977) Owen (1977–1979) |
| | Ted Rowlands | 10 September 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | Callaghan | Crosland (1976–1977) Owen (1977–1979) |
| | David Owen | 10 September 1976 | 21 February 1977 | Labour | Callaghan | Crosland |
| | Frank Judd | 21 February 1977 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | Callaghan | Owen |
| | Peter Blaker | 4 May 1979 | 14 September 1981 | Conservative | Thatcher | Peter Carington |
| | Nicholas Ridley | 4 May 1979 | 14 September 1981 | Conservative | Thatcher | Peter Carington |
| | Richard Luce | 14 September 1981 | 5 April 1982 | Conservative | Thatcher | Peter Carington |
| | Cranley Onslow | 5 April 1982 | 13 June 1983 | Conservative | Thatcher | Pym |
| | The Lord Belstead | 5 April 1982 | 13 June 1983 | Conservative | Thatcher | Pym |
| | Richard Luce | 13 June 1983 | 2 September 1985 | Conservative | Thatcher | Howe |
| | The Baroness Young | 13 June 1983 | 13 June 1987 | Conservative | Thatcher | Howe |
| | Tim Renton | 2 September 1985 | 13 June 1987 | Conservative | Thatcher | Howe |
| | David Mellor | 13 June 1987 | 25 July 1988 | Conservative | Thatcher | Howe |
| | The Lord Glenarthur | 13 June 1987 | 24 July 1989 | Conservative | Thatcher | Howe |
| | William Waldegrave | 26 July 1988 | 2 November 1990 | Conservative | Thatcher | Howe |
| | William Waldegrave | 26 July 1988 | 2 November 1990 | Conservative | Thatcher | Major (1989) Hurd (1989–1990) |
| | The Lord Brabazon of Tara | 24 July 1989 | 14 July 1990 | Conservative | Thatcher | Major (1989) Hurd (1989–1990) |
| | The Earl of Caithness | 14 July 1990 | 14 April 1992 | Conservative | Thatcher | Hurd |
| | The Earl of Caithness | 14 July 1990 | 14 April 1992 | Conservative | Major | Hurd |
| | Douglas Hogg | 2 November 1990 | 5 July 1995 | Conservative | Major | Hurd |
| | Alastair Goodlad | 15 April 1992 | 5 July 1995 | Conservative | Major | Hurd |
| | Jeremy Hanley | 5 July 1995 | 5 May 1997 | Conservative | Major | Rifkind |
| | Nicholas Bonsor | 5 July 1995 | 5 May 1997 | Conservative | Major | Rifkind |
| | Tony Lloyd | 5 May 1997 | 28 July 1999 | Labour | Blair | Cook |
| | John Battle | 28 July 1999 | 11 June 2001 | Labour | Blair | Cook |
| Minister of State for the Middle East |||||||||
| | The Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean | 11 June 2001 | 5 May 2005 | Labour | Blair | Straw |
| Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |||||||||
| | Kim Howells | 11 May 2005 | 6 October 2008 | Labour | Blair Brown | Beckett Miliband |
| | Bill Rammell | 6 October 2008 | 8 June 2009 | Labour | Brown | Miliband |
| | Ivan Lewis | 8 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Brown | Miliband |
| Minister of State for Europe and the Americas |||||||||
| | Jeremy Browne | 13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Liberal Democrat | Cameron | Hague |
| | Hugo Swire | 4 September 2012 | 15 July 2016 | Conservative | Cameron | Hammond |
| | Alan Duncan | 15 July 2016 | 22 July 2019 | Conservative | May | Johnson Hunt |
| | Chris Pincher | 25 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Johnson | Raab |
| Minister of State for Indo-Pacific |||||||||
| | Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 26 October 2022 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Sunak | Cleverly Cameron |