{"id":72523,"date":"2016-07-19T16:49:50","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T16:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=ba2776c87a14adeedaea6e0ab2edac05"},"modified":"2016-07-19T16:49:50","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T16:49:50","slug":"press-release-new-ministerial-appointments-at-the-foreign-and-commonwealth-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=72523","title":{"rendered":"Press release: New ministerial appointments at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Following the appointment of Boris Johnson MP as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the rest of the <abbr title=\"Foreign and Commonwealth Office\">FCO<\/abbr> team of ministers, and their areas of responsibility, have been announced.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"rt-hon-boris-johnson-mp\">Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"secretary-of-state-for-foreign-and-commonwealth-affairs\">Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs<\/h3>\n<p>Overall responsibility for the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, with particular focus on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Policy Unit<\/li>\n<li>Honours<\/li>\n<li>intelligence policy<\/li>\n<li>cyber-security<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"rt-hon-sir-alan-duncan-kcmg-mp\">Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan KCMG MP<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"minister-of-state-for-europe-and-the-americas\">Minister of State for Europe and the Americas<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>the Americas (including Cuba)<\/li>\n<li>Europe (including all parts of the former Soviet Union)<\/li>\n<li>NATO and European Security<\/li>\n<li>defence and international security<\/li>\n<li>the Falklands<\/li>\n<li>polar regions<\/li>\n<li>migration<\/li>\n<li>protocol<\/li>\n<li>human resources<\/li>\n<li>OSCE and Council of Europe<\/li>\n<li>relations with Parliament<\/li>\n<li>\n<abbr title=\"Foreign and Commonwealth Office\">FCO<\/abbr> finance<\/li>\n<li>information and technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"rt-hon-baroness-anelay-of-st-johns-dbe\">Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"minister-of-state-for-the-commonwealth-and-the-un\">Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>all <abbr title=\"Foreign and Commonwealth Office\">FCO<\/abbr> business in the Lords<\/li>\n<li>the Commonwealth (as an institution)<\/li>\n<li>Overseas Territories (excluding Falklands, SBAs and Gibraltar)<\/li>\n<li>the Caribbean<\/li>\n<li>human rights<\/li>\n<li>the UN, international organisations, peacekeeping and the International Criminal Court<\/li>\n<li>climate change<\/li>\n<li>international energy security policy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"tobias-ellwood-mp\">Tobias Ellwood MP<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state-for-the-fco-minister-for-the-middle-east-and-africa\">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the <abbr title=\"Foreign and Commonwealth Office\">FCO<\/abbr> (Minister for the Middle East and Africa)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Middle East<\/li>\n<li>Africa<\/li>\n<li>Counter Terrorism<\/li>\n<li>countering violent extremism<\/li>\n<li>consular policy<\/li>\n<li>illegal wildlife trade<\/li>\n<li>ministerial oversight of <abbr title=\"Foreign and Commonwealth Office\">FCO<\/abbr> Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"alok-sharma-mp\">Alok Sharma MP<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state-for-the-fco-minister-for-asia-and-the-pacific\">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the <abbr title=\"Foreign and Commonwealth Office\">FCO<\/abbr> (Minister for Asia and the Pacific)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Asia (excluding Central Asia)<\/li>\n<li>Australasia and the Pacific<\/li>\n<li>communications<\/li>\n<li>public diplomacy, Olympics legacy, Chevening and the GREAT campaign<\/li>\n<li>economic Diplomacy (including Islamic Finance and the <abbr title=\"Foreign and Commonwealth Office\">FCO<\/abbr>\u2019s Science and Innovation work)<\/li>\n<li>estates and security<\/li>\n<li>drugs and international crime<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Secretary on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\">@BorisJohnson<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/borisjohnson\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice\">@foreignoffice<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignoffice?ref=hl\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ukforeignoffice\/\">Instagram<\/a>, <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ukforeignoffice\">YouTube<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/foreign-and-commonwealth-office?trk=biz-companies-cym\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_193\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:newsdesk@fco.gov.uk\">newsdesk@fco.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">News Desk <\/span><br \/>\n              020 7008 3100\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ministerial appointments and responsibilities at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) have now been 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