Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development
The shadow cabinet minister for international development is the lead spokesperson for the United Kingdom's Official Opposition on issues related to international aid, most notably to the third world. The shadow cabinet position has no counterpart in the British Government after the Department for International Development (DFID) and the role of international development secretary was abolished by the second Johnson government in 2020. The position was renamed from Shadow Secretary of State for International Development in November 2021 and placed under the shadow secretary of state for foreign and Commonwealth affairs. The shadow  minister also holds the secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs and other FCDO ministers to account in Parliament. DFID was abolished in 2020 but Sir Keir Starmer retained the role in his Shadow Cabinet. Before Tony Blair established DfID in his first government after coming to power in 1997, there was a minister for overseas development ("minister of" before 1970) who was a part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Since 1989, the shadow minister or shadow secretary has usually been a member of the shadow cabinet.