Minister of State for Development

The minister of state for development, formerly the minister of state for development and Africa[1] and the secretary of state for international development, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom
Minister of State for
Development
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Incumbent
Anneliese Dodds

since 8 July 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Style
StatusMinister of the Crown
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister
Foreign Secretary
SeatWestminster
NominatorThe Prime Minister
AppointerThe Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation
  • 18 October 1964:
    (as Minister of Overseas Development)
  • 25 October 2022:
    (as Minister of State for Development and Africa)
First holderBarbara Castle
(as Minister of Overseas Development)
Websitewww.dfid.gov.uk

List of ministers and secretaries of state

Minister Term of office Party Ministry

Ministers of Overseas Development (1964–1970)

  Barbara Castle 18 October 1964 23 December 1965 Labour Wilson
(I) (II)
  Anthony Greenwood 23 December 1965 11 August 1966 Labour
  Arthur Bottomley 11 August 1966 29 August 1967 Labour
Reginald Prentice 29 August 1967 6 October 1969 Labour
Judith Hart 6 October 1969 19 June 1970 Labour
Richard Wood 23 June 1970 15 October 1970 Conservative Heath

Ministers for Overseas Development (1970–1997)

Richard Wood 15 October 1970 4 March 1974 Conservative Heath
Judith Hart 7 March 1974 10 June 1975 Labour Wilson
(III)
Reginald Prentice 10 June 1975 21 December 1976
(resigned)
Labour
Callaghan
  Frank Judd 21 December 1976 21 February 1977 Labour
Judith Hart 21 February 1977 4 May 1979 Labour
Neil Marten 6 May 1979 6 January 1983 Conservative Thatcher
(I) (II) (III)


Timothy Raison 6 January 1983 10 September 1986 Conservative
  Chris Patten 10 September 1986 24 July 1989 Conservative
  Lynda Chalker
The Baroness Chalker of Wallasey
from 1992
24 July 1989 2 May 1997 Conservative
Major
(I) (II)

Secretaries of State for International Development (1997–2020)

  Clare Short 3 May 1997 12 May 2003 Labour Blair
(I) (II) (III)
  Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos 12 May 2003 6 October 2003 Labour
  Hilary Benn 6 October 2003 28 June 2007 Labour
  Douglas Alexander 28 June 2007 11 May 2010 Labour Brown
  Andrew Mitchell 12 May 2010 4 September 2012 Conservative Cameron-Clegg
  Justine Greening 4 September 2012 14 July 2016 Conservative
Cameron
(II)
  Priti Patel 14 July 2016 8 November 2017 Conservative May
(I)
May
(II)
  Penny Mordaunt 9 November 2017 1 May 2019 Conservative
  Rory Stewart 1 May 2019 24 July 2019 Conservative
  Alok Sharma 24 July 2019 13 February 2020 Conservative Johnson
(I)
Johnson
(II)
  Anne-Marie Trevelyan 13 February 2020 2 September 2020 Conservative
Vacant 2 September 2020 6 September 2022 Conservative


Minister of State for Development (2022)

  Vicky Ford 6 September 2022 25 October 2022 Conservative Truss

Minister of State for Development and Africa (2022–2024)

  Andrew Mitchell 25 October 2022 5 July 2024 Conservative Sunak

Minister of State for Development

  Anneliese Dodds 8 July 2024 Incumbent Labour Starmer

References

  1. "Minister of State (Development and Africa) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-07.