Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

; Secretary of State; for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
	Royal Arms of Her Majesty's Government
	File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP.jpg Incumbent; Dominic Raab; since 24 July 2019
	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Style	Foreign Secretary; (informal); The Right Honourable; (UK and Commonwealth); His Excellency; (international)
Status	Great Office of State
Member of	Cabinet; Privy Council; National Security Council (NSC)
Reports to	The Prime Minister
Residence	No. 1 Carlton Gardens
Seat	Westminster
Appointer	The Crown; on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation	27 March 1782
First holder	Charles James Fox
Website	www.gov.uk

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, also referred to as the Foreign Secretary, is a senior Minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the Foreign Secretary is a senior member of the British Cabinet.

The current Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs is Dominic Raab, MP, since his appointment by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in July 2019.^[2]

Responsibilities

Corresponding to what is generally known as a foreign minister in many other countries, the Foreign Secretary's remit includes:

British relations with foreign countries and governments^[3]
Promotion of British interests abroad.^[4]
Matters pertaining to the Commonwealth of Nations and the Overseas Territories^[5]
Oversight for the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).^[6]

Residence

The official residence of the Foreign Secretary is 1 Carlton Gardens, in London. They also have the use of Chevening House, a country house in Kent, South East England. The Foreign Secretary works out of the Foreign Office in Whitehall.

History

History of United Kingdom government departments with responsibility for foreign affairs
Colonial Office 1768–1782 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Home Office 1782–1794 Secretaries Undersecretaries	War Office 1794–1801 Secretaries Undersecretaries	War and Colonial Office 1801–1854 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Colonial Office 1854–1925 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Colonial Office 1925–1966 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries		Commonwealth Office 1966–1968 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries	Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1968–present Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries
Colonial Office 1768–1782 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Home Office 1782–1794 Secretaries Undersecretaries	War Office 1794–1801 Secretaries Undersecretaries		Colonial Office 1854–1925 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Dominions Office 1925–1947 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Commonwealth Relations Office 1947–1966 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries
.				India Office 1858–1937 Secretaries Undersecretaries	India Office and Burma Office 1937–1947 Secretaries Undersecretaries
.	Foreign Office 1782–1968 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries

The position of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs was created in the British governmental reorganisation of 1782, in which the Northern and Southern Departments became the Foreign Office and Home Office respectively. Eventually, the position of Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs came into existence in 1968 with the merger of the functions of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs into a single Department of State. The India Office was a constituent predecessor department of the Foreign Office, as were the Colonial Office and the Dominions Office. Margaret Beckett, appointed in 2006 by Tony Blair, is the only woman to have held the post. The post of Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs was created in 2020 when position holder Dominic Raab absorbed the responsibilities of the Secretary of State for International Development.

List of Foreign Secretaries

Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs (1782–1968)

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs^[7]
	Name^[8] (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party	Ministry	Monarch (Reign)	Ref.
	The Right Honourable Charles James Fox MP for Westminster (1749–1806)	27 March 1782	5 July 1782	Whig	Rockingham II	George III (1760–1820) ^{[1782 1]}	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Thomas Robinson 2nd Baron Grantham PC (1738–1786)	13 July 1782	2 April 1783	Whig	Shelburne (Whig–Tory)		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Charles James Fox MP for Westminster (1749–1806)	2 April 1783	19 December 1783	Whig	Fox–North		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable George Nugent-Temple-Grenville 3rd Earl Temple PC (1753–1813)	19 December 1783	23 December 1783	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	Template:Party shading/Tories rowspan=4 \| Pitt I		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	His Grace Francis Osborne 5th Duke of Leeds KGPC (1751–1799)	23 December 1783	May 1791	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable William Grenville 1st Baron Grenville PCPC (Ire) (1759–1834)	8 June 1791	20 February 1801	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Robert Jenkinson 2nd Baron Hawkesbury PCFRS MP for Rye^{[1782 2]} (1770–1828)	20 February 1801	14 May 1804	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
		20 February 1801	14 May 1804	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Addington	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Dudley Ryder 2nd Baron Harrowby PCFSA (1762–1847)	14 May 1804	11 January 1805	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Pitt II		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Henry Phipps 3rd Baron Mulgrave PC (1755–1831)	11 January 1805	7 February 1806	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Charles James Fox MP for Westminster (1749–1806)	7 February 1806	13 September 1806^†	Whig	All the Talents (Whig–Tory)		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Charles Grey Viscount Howick PC MP for Northumberland (1764–1845)	24 September 1806	25 March 1807	Whig	All the Talents (Whig–Tory)		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable George Canning MP for Newtown (Isle of Wight) → Hastings^{[1782 3]} (1770–1827)	25 March 1807	11 October 1809	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Portland II		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst PC (1762–1834)	11 October 1809	6 December 1809	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Perceval		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Most Honourable Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley KGPCPC (Ire) (1760–1842)	6 December 1809	4 March 1812	Independent	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Most Honourable Robert Stewart 2nd Marquess of Londonderry KGGCHPCPC (Ire) (1769–1822)	4 March 1812	12 August 1822^†	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Liverpool		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px		4 March 1812	12 August 1822^†	George IV (1820–1830)			^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable George Canning FRS MP for 3 constituencies respectively (1770–1827)	16 September 1822	30 April 1827		Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable John Ward 1st Earl of Dudley PCFRS (1781–1833)	30 April 1827	2 June 1828		rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	Canning (Canningite–Whig)	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
					Goderich
					Template:Party shading/Tories rowspan=3 \| Wellington–Peel
	The Right Honourable George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen KTFRSPCFSA Scot (1784–1860)	2 June 1828	22 November 1830		rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
		2 June 1828	22 November 1830	William IV (1830–1837)		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston GCBPC MP for 3 constituencies respectively (1784–1865)	22 November 1830	14 November 1834		Whig	Grey	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
		22 November 1830	14 November 1834		Whig	Melbourne I	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	Field MarshalHis Grace Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington KGGCBGCHPC (1769–1852)	14 November 1834	18 April 1835		Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Wellington Caretaker	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px		14 November 1834	18 April 1835		Conservative	Peel I	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston GCBPC MP for Tiverton (1784–1865)	18 April 1835	2 September 1841		Whig	Melbourne II	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
		18 April 1835	2 September 1841	Victoria (1837–1901)	Whig	Melbourne II	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen KTFRSPCFSA Scot (1784–1860)	2 September 1841	6 July 1846		Conservative	Peel II	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston GCBPC MP for Tiverton (1784–1865)	6 July 1846	26 December 1851		Whig	Russell I	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville PC (1815–1891)	26 December 1851	27 February 1852		Whig	Russell I	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable James Howard Harris 3rd Earl of Malmesbury PC (1807–1889)	27 February 1852	28 December 1852		Conservative	Who? Who?	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Lord John Russell FRS MP for the City of London (1792–1878)	28 December 1852	21 February 1853		Whig	Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon KGGCBPC (1800–1870)	21 February 1853	26 February 1858		Whig	Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
		21 February 1853	26 February 1858		Whig	Palmerston I	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable James Howard Harris 3rd Earl of Malmesbury GCBPC (1807–1889)	26 February 1858	18 June 1859		Conservative	Derby–Disraeli II	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable John Russell 1st Earl Russell KGPCFRS (1792–1878)	18 June 1859	3 November 1865		Liberal	Palmerston II	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon KGGCBPC (1800–1870)	3 November 1865	6 July 1866		Liberal	Russell II	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Edward Stanley Lord Stanley PCFRS MP for King's Lynn (1826–1893)	6 July 1866	9 December 1868		Conservative	Derby–Disraeli III	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon KGGCBPC (1800–1870)	9 December 1868	6 July 1870		Liberal	Gladstone I	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville KGPCFRS (1815–1891)	6 July 1870	21 February 1874		Liberal	Gladstone I	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Edward Stanley 15th Earl of Derby PCFRS (1826–1893)	21 February 1874	2 April 1878		Conservative	Disraeli II	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KGPCFRSDL (1830–1903)	2 April 1878	28 April 1880		Conservative	Disraeli II	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville KGPCFRS (1815–1891)	28 April 1880	24 June 1885		Liberal	Gladstone II	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KGPCFRSDL (1830–1903)	24 June 1885	6 February 1886		Conservative	Salisbury I	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Archibald Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery PCFRS (1847–1929)	6 February 1886	3 August 1886		Liberal	Gladstone III	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Stafford Northcote 1st Earl of Iddesleigh GCBPCFRS (1818–1887)	3 August 1886	12 January 1887^†		Conservative	Salisbury II	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KGPCFRSDL (1830–1903)	14 January 1887	11 August 1892		Conservative	Salisbury II	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Archibald Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery KGPCFRS (1847–1929)	18 August 1892	11 March 1894		Liberal	Gladstone IV	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable John Wodehouse 1st Earl of Kimberley KGPCDL (1826–1902)	11 March 1894	21 June 1895		Liberal	Rosebery	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KGPCFRSDL (1830–1903)	29 June 1895	12 November 1900		Conservative	Salisbury (III & IV) (Con.–Lib.U.)	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Most Honourable Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess of Lansdowne KGGCSIGCMGGCIEPC (1845–1927)	12 November 1900	4 December 1905		Template:Party shading/Liberal Unionist rowspan=3 \| Liberal Unionist		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
				Edward VII (1901–1910)
					Balfour
	The Right Honourable Sir Edward Grey BtDL MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed (1862–1933)	10 December 1905	10 December 1916		Liberal	Campbell-Bannerman	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
						Asquith (I–III)
				George V (1910–1936)		Asquith (I–III)
						Asquith Coalition (Lib.–Con.–et al.)
75px	The Right Honourable Arthur Balfour OMFRSDL MP for the City of London (1848–1930)	10 December 1916	23 October 1919		Conservative	Lloyd George (I & II)	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Most Honourable George Curzon 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston KGGCSIGCIEPC (1859–1925)	23 October 1919	22 January 1924		Conservative	Lloyd George (I & II)	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
						Law
						Baldwin I
75px	The Right Honourable Ramsay MacDonald MP for Aberavon (1866–1937)	22 January 1924	3 November 1924		Labour	MacDonald I	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Sir Austen Chamberlain KG MP for Birmingham West (1863–1937)	6 November 1924	4 June 1929		Conservative	Baldwin II	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Arthur Henderson MP for Burnley (1863–1935)	7 June 1929	24 August 1931		Labour	MacDonald II	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Most Honourable Rufus Isaacs 1st Marquess of Reading GCBGCSIGCIEGCVOPCKC (1860–1935)	25 August 1931	5 November 1931		Liberal	National I (N.Lab.–Con.–et al.)	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Sir John Simon GCSIOBE MP for Spen Valley (1873–1954)	5 November 1931	7 June 1935		Template:Party shading/Liberal National \| Liberal National	National II	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Sir Samuel Hoare BtGCSIGBECMGJP MP for Chelsea (1880–1959)	7 June 1935	18 December 1935		Conservative	National III (Con.–N.Lab.–et al.)	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Anthony Eden MC MP for Warwick & Leamington (1897–1977)	22 December 1935	20 February 1938		Conservative		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
				Edward VIII (1936)
				George VI (1936–1952)
						National IV
	The Right Honourable Edward Wood 3rd Viscount Halifax PC (1881–1959)	21 February 1938	22 December 1940		Conservative	National IV	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
						Chamberlain War
						Churchill War (All parties)
75px	The Right Honourable Anthony Eden MC MP for Warwick & Leamington (1897–1977)	22 December 1940	26 July 1945		Conservative	Churchill War (All parties)	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px		22 December 1940	26 July 1945		Conservative	Churchill Caretaker (Con.–Lib.N.)	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Ernest Bevin MP for Wandsworth Central → Woolwich East^{[1782 4]} (1881–1951)	27 July 1945	9 March 1951		Labour	Attlee (I & II)	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Herbert Morrison MP for Lewisham South (1888–1965)	9 March 1951	26 October 1951		Labour	Attlee (I & II)	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Sir Anthony Eden KGMC MP for Warwick & Leamington (1897–1977)	28 October 1951	7 April 1955		Conservative	Churchill III	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px		28 October 1951	7 April 1955	Elizabeth II (1952–present)	Conservative	Churchill III	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Harold Macmillan MP for Bromley (1894–1986)	7 April 1955	20 December 1955		Conservative	Eden	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Selwyn Lloyd CBEQC MP for Wirral (1904–1978)	20 December 1955	27 July 1960		Conservative	Eden	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px		20 December 1955	27 July 1960		Conservative	Macmillan (I & II)	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Alec Douglas-Home 14th Earl of Home PC (1903–1995)	27 July 1960	20 October 1963		Conservative	Macmillan (I & II)	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Richard Austen Butler CH MP for Saffron Walden (1902–1982)	20 October 1963	16 October 1964		Conservative	Douglas-Home	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Patrick Gordon Walker Neither an MP nor a Lord^{[1782 5]} (1907–1980)	16 October 1964	22 January 1965		Labour	Wilson (I & II)	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Michael Stewart MP for Fulham (1906–1990)	22 January 1965	11 August 1966		Labour		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable George Brown MP for Belper (1914–1985)	11 August 1966	16 March 1968		Labour		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Michael Stewart MP for Fulham (1906–1990)	16 March 1968	17 October 1968		Labour		^[7]^:{{{3}}}

^[9]^[10]

^† Died in office.

↑ The Prince of Wales served as Prince Regent from 5 February 1811.
↑ Elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom in November 1803.
↑ Elected to a new constituency in the 1807 general election.
↑ Elected to a new constituency in the 1950 general election.
↑ Walker was the MP for Smethwick and Labour's shadow Foreign Secretary, prior to the 1964 general election. He lost his seat in the election but was appointed to the post anyway. He resigned after fighting and losing a 1965 by-election in Leyton.

Secretaries of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1968–2020)

Post created through the merger of the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
	Name^[8] (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party	Ministry	Sovereign (Reign)	Ref.
75px	The Right Honourable Michael Stewart MP for Fulham (1906–1990)	17 October 1968	19 June 1970	Labour	Wilson (I & II)	Elizabeth II (1952–present)	^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Sir Alec Douglas-Home KT MP for Kinross and Western Perthshire (1903–1995)	20 June 1970	4 March 1974	Conservative	Heath		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable James Callaghan MP for Cardiff South East (1912–2005)	5 March 1974	8 April 1976	Labour	Wilson (III & IV)		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Anthony Crosland MP for Great Grimsby (1918–1977)	8 April 1976	19 February 1977^†	Labour	Callaghan		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable David Owen MP for Plymouth Devonport (born 1938)	22 February 1977	4 May 1979	Labour	Callaghan		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Peter Carington 6th Baron Carrington KCMGMCPCDL (1919–2018)	4 May 1979	5 April 1982	Conservative	Thatcher I		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Francis Pym MC MP for Cambridgeshire (1922–2008)	6 April 1982	11 June 1983	Conservative	Thatcher I		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Sir Geoffrey Howe QC MP for East Surrey (1926–2015)	11 June 1983	24 July 1989	Conservative	Thatcher II		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
		11 June 1983	24 July 1989	Conservative	Thatcher III		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable John Major MP for Huntingdon (born 1943)	24 July 1989	26 October 1989	Conservative			^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Douglas Hurd CBE MP for Witney (born 1930)	26 October 1989	5 July 1995	Conservative			^[7]^:{{{3}}}
					Major I
					Major II
75px	The Right Honourable Malcolm Rifkind QC MP for Edinburgh Pentlands (born 1946)	5 July 1995	2 May 1997	Conservative	Major II		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Robin Cook MP for Livingston (1946–2005)	2 May 1997	8 June 2001	Labour	Blair I		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Jack Straw MP for Blackburn (born 1946)	8 June 2001	5 May 2006	Labour	Blair II		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
		8 June 2001	5 May 2006	Labour	Blair III		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Margaret Beckett MP for Derby South (born 1943)	5 May 2006	28 June 2007	Labour	Blair III		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable David Miliband MP for South Shields (born 1965)	28 June 2007	11 May 2010	Labour	Brown		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable William Hague FRSL MP for Richmond (Yorks) (born 1961)	12 May 2010	14 July 2014	Conservative	Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.)		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px	The Right Honourable Philip Hammond MP for Runnymede and Weybridge (born 1955)	14 July 2014	13 July 2016	Conservative	Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.)		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
75px		14 July 2014	13 July 2016	Conservative	Cameron II		^[7]^:{{{3}}}
	The Right Honourable Boris Johnson MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (born 1964)	13 July 2016	9 July 2018	Conservative	May I		^[7]^:{{{3}}}^[11]
		13 July 2016	9 July 2018	Conservative	May II		^[7]^:{{{3}}}^[11]
75px	The Right Honourable Jeremy Hunt MP for South West Surrey (born 1966)	9 July 2018	24 July 2019	Conservative	May II		^[12]
75px	The Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP for Esher and Walton (born 1974)	24 July 2019	2 September 2020	Conservative	Johnson I		^[2]
75px		24 July 2019	2 September 2020	Conservative	Johnson II

Secretaries of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (2020–present)

Post created through the merger of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development.

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Portrait		Name^[8] (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party	Ministry	Sovereign (Reign)	Ref.
	75px	The Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP for Esher and Walton (born 1974)	2 September 2020	Incumbent	Conservative	Johnson II	Elizabeth II (1952–present)

References

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External links

FCO website

[9] The Prince of Wales served as Prince Regent from 5 February 1811.

[10] Elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom in November 1803.

[11] Elected to a new constituency in the 1807 general election.

[12] Elected to a new constituency in the 1950 general election.

[13] Walker was the MP for Smethwick and Labour's shadow Foreign Secretary, prior to the 1964 general election. He lost his seat in the election but was appointed to the post anyway. He resigned after fighting and losing a 1965 by-election in Leyton.

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