Minister of State for the Armed Forces
| Minister of State for the Armed Forces | |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Defence | |
| Inaugural holder | Peter Blaker |
| Website | www.mod.uk |
The Minister of State for the Armed Forces is a middle-ranking ministerial position, subordinate only to the Secretary of State for Defence, at the Ministry of Defence in Her Majesty's Government.
The current incumbent is the Conservative MP Mark Francois.
The role's responsibilities are:
- All matters regarding Regular and Reserve Armed Forces
- Operations including Iraq, Counter-Terrorism, UK Operations, Northern Ireland and the Balkans
- Bilateral defence relations outside the NATO/Europe area
- Inquiries, Boards of Inquiry, Inquests
- Legal issues including detention
- Arms and Export Control
- Regional issues and the devolved Administrations
- The agencies DASA and DVA
List of Ministers of State for the Armed Forces
Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | P.M. | Def.Sec. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Blaker |  |
29 May 1981 | 13 June 1983 | Conservative | Thatcher | Nott | ||
| Heseltine | ||||||||
| John Stanley | |
13 June 1983 | 13 June 1987 | Conservative | ||||
| Younger | ||||||||
| Ian Stewart | |
13 June 1987 | 25 July 1988 | Conservative | ||||
| Archie Hamilton | |
25 July 1988 | 27 May 1993 | Conservative | ||||
| King | ||||||||
| Major | Rifkind | |||||||
| Jeremy Hanley | |
27 May 1993 | 14 June 1994 | Conservative | ||||
| Nicholas Soames | .jpg) |
14 June 1994 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | ||||
| Portillo | ||||||||
| John Reid |  |
2 May 1997 | 27 July 1998 | Labour | Blair | Robertson | ||
| Doug Henderson | |
27 July 1998 | 29 July 1999 | Labour | ||||
| John Spellar | .jpg) |
29 July 1999 | 7 June 2001 | Labour | Hoon | |||
| Adam Ingram | |
7 June 2001 | 29 June 2007 | Labour | ||||
| Reid | ||||||||
| Browne | ||||||||
| Bob Ainsworth |  |
29 June 2007 | 5 May 2009 | Labour | Brown | |||
| Hutton | ||||||||
| Bill Rammell |  |
5 May 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Ainsworth | |||
| Nick Harvey |  |
13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Liberal Democrats | Cameron | Fox | ||
| Hammond | ||||||||
| Andrew Robathan |  |
4 September 2012 | 7 October 2013 | Conservative | ||||
| Mark Francois |  |
7 October 2013 | Incumbent | Conservative | ||||
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