United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific | |
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since 9th July 2024 | |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | |
Reports to | Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs |
Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
Appointer | The King (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Formation | 1943 |
First holder | Richard Law |
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.[1] It was most recently merged into the office of Minister of State for the Pacific and the International Environment[2] to create the new office of Minister of State for Indo-Pacific.