The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Americas, Multilateral and Human Rights is a ministerial office in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the British government.
The office of Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa was held by James Cleverly MP from 13 February 2020 to 8 February 2022. In December 2021, the post adopted responsibility for North America and became the deputy to the Foreign Secretary.
The Middle East portfolio was merged into the Minister of State for Asia and the Middle East in February 2022, with Cleverly moving to the position of Minister of State for Europe and North America. The position of Minister of State for Europe and North America was split in July 2022, with Graham Stuart becoming Minister of State for Europe and Rehman Chishti assuming responsibility for North America as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for North America, Sanctions and Consular Policy.
Responsibilities
The minister is responsible for the following:
Latin America
US and Canada
UN, multilateral and human rights
Commonwealth
protocol
British Council and World Service