The Minister of State for Europe is an executive position in the Government of the United Kingdom, in charge of affairs with the European Union. The office was formerly a junior Minister of State position in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. However, when Denis MacShane was replaced by Douglas Alexander after the 2005 general election, Alexander was given a special provision to attend Cabinet meetings, a right also held by several other Ministers of State. This right has since been removed as Chris Bryant, the incumbent of the office, is appointed to the post;[1] Bryant was also the first Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State appointed to the role.
List of Ministers for Europe
| Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Hurd |  |
May 1979 | June 1983 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | |
| Malcolm Rifkind |  |
June 1983 | 11 January 1986 | Conservative | ||
| Lynda Chalker |  |
January 1986 | 24 July 1989 | Conservative | ||
| Francis Maude | |
1989 | 28 November 1990 | Conservative | ||
| Tristan Garel-Jones | |
28 November 1990 | 1993 | Conservative | John Major | |
| David Heathcoat-Amory |  |
1993 | 1994 | Conservative | ||
| David Davis |  |
1994 | May 1997 | Conservative | ||
| Doug Henderson | |
5 May 1997 | 28 July 1998 | Labour | Tony Blair | |
| Joyce Quin | |
28 July 1998 | 28 July 1999 | Labour | ||
| Geoff Hoon |  |
28 July 1999 | 11 October 1999 | Labour | ||
| Keith Vaz |  |
11 October 1999 | 11 June 2000 | Labour | ||
| Peter Hain |  |
11 June 2000 | 24 October 2002 | Labour | ||
| Denis MacShane |  |
28 October 2002 | 11 May 2005 | Labour | ||
| Douglas Alexander |  |
11 May 2005 | 8 May 2006 | Labour | ||
| Geoff Hoon | |
8 May 2006 | 27 June 2007 | Labour | ||
| Jim Murphy |  |
28 June 2007 | 3 October 2008 | Labour | Gordon Brown | |
| Caroline Flint | |
3 October 2008 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | ||
| Glenys Kinnock | |
5 June 2009 | 13 October 2009 | Labour | ||
| Chris Bryant | |
13 October 2009 | Incumbent | Labour | ||
References
See also
- Minister of State (with special responsibility for European Affairs): the counterpart in the Republic of Ireland
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