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 Term of office Political party Ministry F.Sec. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Richard Law 25 September 1943 25 May 1945 Conservative Churchill War Eden William Mabane 25 May 1945 26 July 1945 National LiberalChurchill Caretaker Philip Noel-Baker 3 August 1945 4 October 1946 Labour Attlee Bevin Hector McNeil 4 October 1946 28 February 1950 Kenneth Younger 28 February 1950 26 October 1951 Morrison Selwyn Lloyd 30 October 1951 18 October 1954 Conservative Churchill III Eden Gerald Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading 11 November 1953 9 January 1957 Churchill III (1953–1955)Eden (1955–1957) Eden (1953–1955)Macmillan (1955)Lloyd (1955–1959) Anthony Nutting 18 October 1954 3 November 1956 Allan Noble 9 November 1956 16 January 1959 Eden Lloyd David Ormsby-Gore 16 January 1957 27 June 1961 Macmillan John Profumo 16 January 1959 27 July 1960 Joseph Godber 27 June 1961 27 June 1963 Douglas-Home Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee 9 October 1961 16 October 1964 Douglas-Home Butler Peter Thomas 27 June 1963 16 October 1964 George Thomson 16 October 1964 31 March 1966 Labour Wilson I & II Gordon Walker (1964–1965)Stewart (1965–1966)Brown (1965–1968) Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon 16 October 1964 17 October 1968 Walter Padley 19 October 1964 7 January 1967 Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont 23 October 1964 17 October 1968 Eirene White 31 March 1966 7 January 1967 Brown (1966–1968)Stewart (1968) George Thomson 7 January 1967 29 August 1967 Fred Mulley 7 January 1967 17 October 1968 Goronwy Roberts 29 August 1967 17 October 1968 Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon 17 October 1968 19 June 1970 Labour Wilson I & II Stewart Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont 17 October 1968 19 June 1970 Fred Mulley 17 October 1968 13 October 1969 Goronwy Roberts 17 October 1968 13 October 1969 Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd 17 October 1968 19 June 1970 Joseph Godber 19 June 1970 9 April 1972 Conservative Heath Douglas-Home Priscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie 9 April 1972 4 March 1974 Julian Amery 9 April 1972 4 March 1974 Robert Lindsay, Lord Balniel 9 April 1972 4 March 1974 David Ennals 7 March 1974 10 September 1976 Labour Wilson III & IV Callaghan Roy Hattersley 7 March 1974 10 September 1976 Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts 4 December 1975 4 May 1979 Callaghan Crosland (1976–1977)Owen (1977–1979) Ted Rowlands 10 September 1976 4 May 1979 David Owen 10 September 1976 21 February 1977 Crosland Frank Judd 21 February 1977 4 May 1979 Owen Peter Blaker 4 May 1979 14 September 1981 Conservative Thatcher I Peter Carington Nicholas Ridley 4 May 1979 14 September 1981 Richard Luce 14 September 1981 5 April 1982 Cranley Onslow 5 April 1982 13 June 1983 Pym John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead 5 April 1982 13 June 1983 Richard Luce 13 June 1983 2 September 1985Thatcher II Howe Janet Young, Baroness Young 13 June 1983 13 June 1987 Tim Renton 2 September 1985 13 June 1987 David Mellor 13 June 1987 25 July 1988Thatcher III Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur 13 June 1987 24 July 1989 William Waldegrave 26 July 1988 2 November 1990 Major (1989)Hurd (1989–1990) Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara 24 July 1989 14 July 1990 Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness 14 July 1990 14 April 1992 Hurd Major I Douglas Hogg 2 November 1990 5 July 1995Major II Alastair Goodlad 15 April 1992 5 July 1995 Jeremy Hanley 5 July 1995 5 May 1997 Rifkind Nicholas Bonsor 5 July 1995 5 May 1997 Tony Lloyd 5 May 1997 28 July 1999 Labour Blair I Cook John Battle 28 July 1999 11 June 2001 Minister of State for the Middle East Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean 11 June 2001 5 May 2005 Labour Blair II Straw Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Kim Howells 11 May 2005 6 October 2008 Labour Blair IIIBrown BeckettMiliband Bill Rammell 6 October 2008 8 June 2009 Labour Brown Miliband Ivan Lewis 8 June 2009 11 May 2010 Minister of State for Europe and the Americas Jeremy Browne 13 May 2010 4 September 2012 Liberal Democrat Cameron–Clegg Hague Hugo Swire 4 September 2012 15 July 2016 Conservative HammondCameron II Alan Duncan 15 July 2016 22 July 2019 May I & II JohnsonHunt Chris Pincher 25 July 2019 13 February 2020 Johnson I Raab Minister of State for Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan 26 October 2022 5 July 2024 Conservative Sunak CleverlyCameronParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-PacificCatherine West9 July 20246 September 2025LabourStarmerLammySeema Malhotra6 September 202522 July 2026CooperRosie Winterton, Baroness Winterton of Doncaster23 July 2026IncumbentBurnhamMiliband

See also Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Foreign Secretary Minister of State for Europe Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

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