# Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Latin America and Caribbean

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Latin America and Caribbean is a ministerial office in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the British government.
The office of Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa was held by James Cleverly MP from 13 February 2020 to 8 February 2022. In December 2021, the post adopted responsibility for North America and became the deputy to the Foreign Secretary.
The Middle East portfolio was merged into the Minister of State for Asia and the Middle East in February 2022, with Cleverly moving to the position of Minister of State for Europe and North America. The position of Minister of State for Europe and North America was split in July 2022, with Graham Stuart becoming Minister of State for Europe and Rehman Chishti assuming responsibility for North America as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for North America, Sanctions and Consular Policy.

## Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for the following:
* Americas and Caribbean
* Overseas Territories, including the Falkland Islands
* consular policy
* Parliament
* Devolution
* communications
* Wilton Park and British Council
* departmental operations
* legal

## List

| Name | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | P.M. | F.Sec. |
| | Alistair Burt | 13 May 2010 | 7 October 2013 | Conservative | Cameron | Hague |
| | Hugh Robertson | 7 October 2013 | 14 July 2014 | Conservative | Cameron | Hague |
| | Tobias Ellwood | 15 July 2014 | 13 June 2017 | Conservative | Cameron | Hammond |
| | Tobias Ellwood | 15 July 2014 | 13 June 2017 | Conservative | May | Johnson |
| | Alistair Burt | 13 June 2017 | 25 March 2019 | Conservative | May | Johnson |
| | Alistair Burt | 13 June 2017 | 25 March 2019 | Conservative | May | Hunt |
| Minister of State for International Development and the Middle East |||||||||
| | Andrew Murrison | 9 May 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Johnson | Raab |
| Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa and North America |||||||||
| | James Cleverly | 13 February 2020 | 8 February 2022 | Conservative | Johnson | Raab Truss |
| Role split and merged into Minister of State for Asia and the Middle East and Minister of State for Europe and North America |||||||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for North America, Sanctions and Consular Policy Role formed out of Minister of State for Europe and North America |||||||||
| | Rehman Chishti | 8 July 2022 | 7 September 2022 | Conservative | Johnson | Truss |
| Minister of State for the Americas and the Overseas Territories |||||||||
| | Jesse Norman | 7 September 2022 | 26 October 2022 | Conservative | Truss | Cleverly |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Americas and Caribbean |||||||||
| | David Rutley | 27 October 2022 | 14 November 2023 | Conservative | Sunak | Cleverly |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Americas, Caribbean and Overseas Territories |||||||||
| | David Rutley | 14 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Sunak | Cameron |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Latin America and Caribbean |||||||||
| | The Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 18 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Starmer | Lammy |