Minister of State for Development

United Kingdom
Minister of State for
Development
United Kingdom; Minister of State for; Development
	Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
	Incumbent; Anneliese Dodds; since 8 July 2024
	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Style	International Development Minister; (informal); The Right Honourable; (within the UK and Commonwealth); His/Her Excellency; (diplomatic);
Status	Minister of the Crown
Member of	Cabinet (attending); Privy Council; National Security Council;
Reports to	Prime Minister; Foreign Secretary
Seat	Westminster
Nominator	The Prime Minister
Appointer	The Monarch; (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length	At 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 holder	Barbara Castle; (as Minister of Overseas Development)
Website	www.dfid.gov.uk

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.

List of ministers and secretaries of state

Minister		Term of office		Party
Ministers of Overseas Development (1964–1970) [change \| change source]
	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) [change \| change source]
	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	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
		24 July 1989	2 May 1997	Conservative	Major (I) (II)
Secretaries of State for International Development (1997–2020) [change \| change source]
	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-Clegg
	Justine Greening	4 September 2012	14 July 2016	Conservative	Cameron (II)
	Priti Patel	14 July 2016	8 November 2017	Conservative	May (I)
	Priti Patel	14 July 2016	8 November 2017	Conservative	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)
	Alok Sharma	24 July 2019	13 February 2020	Conservative	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) [change \| change source]
	Vicky Ford	6 September 2022	25 October 2022	Conservative	Truss
Minister of State for Development and Africa (2022–2024) [change \| change source]
	Andrew Mitchell	25 October 2022	5 July 2024	Conservative	Sunak
Minister of State for Development [change \| change source]
	Anneliese Dodds	8 July 2024	Incumbent	Labour	Starmer