Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
 	 	 	 	
Incumbent 	Incumbent 	 	 	
Napp 	Napp 	 	 	
since 14th November 2020 	since 14th November 2020 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
Category 	Shadow Cabinet position 	 	 	
Inaugural holder 	Drogue 	 	 	
Number of Shadow Foreign Secretaries since September 2013 	22 	 	 	
The Shadow Foreign Secretary, known in full as the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, is a member of the opposition's shadow cabinet that shadows the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs. The Shadow Foreign Secretary is responsible for holding them to account and has the ability to ask the Foreign Secretary two questions at question times. The current Shadow Foreign Secretary is Napp, who was appointed on 14th November 2020.
==List of Shadow Foreign Secretaries==
Drogue was appointed as the first Shadow Foreign Secretary for the Labour Party following the first general election. Since shadow cabinet records began in September 2013, there have been 22 Shadow Foreign Secretaries.
Shadow Foreign Secretary	Alternative Role 	Party	Party 	Took office 	Left office
RoryS 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and EU Affairs, International Trade and Defence 	 	Labour 	September 2013	March 2014
bun 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Defence 	 	Conservative	April 2014 	August 2014
Cryptographic 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Defence 	 	Conservative	August 2014 	October 2014
tehFrance 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Defence 	 	Conservative	November 2014 	April 2015
bun 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 	 	Conservative	May 2015 	July 2015
Saracen's Fez 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 	 	Labour 	July 2015 	August 2015
bun 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Education 	 	Conservative	October 2015 	April 2016
DanE1998 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Defence and International Development 	 	Labour 	April 2016 	May 2016
RayApparently 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Defence and International Development 	 	Labour 	May 2016 	June 2016
DanE1998 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Defence and International Development 	 	Labour 	June 2016 	August 2016
JoeL1994 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 	 	Labour 	August 2016 	October 2016
Life_peer 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Defence (November 2016 – February 2017)	 	Conservative	November 2016 	December 2017
aidenj 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Europe and International Development 	 	Labour 	December 2017 	February 2018
cranbrook_aspie 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Defence and International Development 	 	Labour 	February 2018 	March 2018
The PoliticalGuy 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Development 	 	Labour 	March 2018 	April 2018
viljo 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Development 	 	Labour 	April 2018 	June 2018
aidenj 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Development 	 	Labour 	June 2018 	incumbent
JMR2019. 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 	 	Labour 	December 2018 	July 2019
Baron of Sealand 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 	 	Conservative	July 2019 	December 2019
Connor27 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 	 	Conservative	December 2019 	May 2020
Cabin19 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 	 	Labour 	May 2020 	July 2020
BosslyGaming 	Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 	 	Labour 	July 2020 	November 2020
Napp 	 	 	Conservative	November 2020 	Incumbent
==Shadow Secretaries of State for International Development==
In September 2020, the real-life Department for International Development was merged into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which became the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. These roles had regularly been merged in the MHoC, including at the time of merger. Shadow ministers who held the International Development portfolio but were not concurrently Shadow Foreign Secretary are listed below. During time periods where no Shadow International Development Secretary is listed, the portfolio was held by the Shadow Foreign Secretary.
Shadow International Development Secretary	Alternative Role 	Party	Party 	Took office 	Left office
talentedlobster 	 	 	Conservative	May 2015 	July 2015
tengentoppa 	Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	 	Conservative	October 2015	April 2016
Wellzi 	Shadow Secretary of State for Defence and International Development 	 	Labour 	August 2016 	October 2016
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