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Minister of State for the Armed Forces
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الحالي
James Heappey

منذ 13 February 2020
Ministry of Defence
عضوDefence Council
Admiralty Board
Army Board
Air Force Board
يرأسهSecretary of State for Defence
المرشـِّحSecretary of State for Defence
المعيـِّنPrime Minister
Subject to formal approval by the King-in-Council
طول المدةNo fixed term
الشاغل الافتتاحيPeter Blaker
التشكل1981
الموقع الإلكترونيwww.mod.uk

The minister of state for the armed forces is a mid-level ministerial position at the Ministry of Defence in the Government of the United Kingdom.

When of Minister of State rank (until the appointment of James Heappey as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in 2020), the office previously acted as the deputy to the secretary of state for defence.[1] In July 2022, Heappey was promoted to Minister of State, with the title of the position reverting to its former name.

The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow minister for the armed forces.

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Roles

The responsibilities of the minister of state for the armed forces are:

  • Operations and operational legal policy
  • Force generation (including exercises)
  • Military recruitment and retention policy (regulars and reserves)
  • Cyber
  • Permanent Joint Operating bases
  • International defence engagement strategy
  • Lead for defence engagement in Africa and Latin America
  • Human security
  • Operational public inquiries, inquests
  • Youth and cadets
  • Commemorations, ceremonial duties, medallic recognition and protocol policy and casework


List of Ministers and Under-Secretaries

Colour key (for political parties):
  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Minister Term of office Political party Prime Minister Defence Secretary

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Army

Blank.png Barney Hayhoe 6 May 1979 5 January 1981 Conservative Thatcher Pym
Blank.png Philip Goodhart 5 January 1981 19 May 1981

Minister of State for the Armed Forces

Blank.png Peter Blaker 29 May 1981 13 June 1983 Conservative Thatcher Nott
Heseltine
No image.svg John Stanley 13 June 1983 13 June 1987
Younger
No image.svg Ian Stewart 13 June 1987 25 July 1988
Official portrait of Lord Hamilton of Epsom 2020 crop 2.jpg Archie Hamilton 25 July 1988 27 May 1993
King
Conservative Major Rifkind
No image.svg Jeremy Hanley 27 May 1993 14 June 1994
Official portrait of Sir Nicholas Soames crop 2.jpg Nicholas Soames 14 June 1994 2 May 1997
Portillo
Official portrait of Lord Reid of Cardowan, 2020.jpg John Reid 2 May 1997 27 July 1998 Labour Blair Robertson
No image.svg Doug Henderson 27 July 1998 29 July 1999
Official portrait of John Spellar crop 2.jpg John Spellar 29 July 1999 7 June 2001 Hoon
No image.svg Adam Ingram 7 June 2001 29 June 2007
Reid
Browne
Bob Ainsworth cropped.jpg Bob Ainsworth 29 June 2007 5 May 2009 Labour Brown
Hutton
Bill Rammell.jpg Bill Rammell 5 May 2009 11 May 2010 Ainsworth
Nick Harvey, Minister of State for Armed Forces.jpg Nick Harvey 13 May 2010 4 September 2012 Liberal Democrats Cameron
(Coalition)
Fox
Hammond
Andrew Robathan, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the MOD.jpg Andrew Robathan 4 September 2012 7 October 2013 Conservative
Official portrait of Rt Hon Mark Francois MP crop 2.jpg Mark Francois 7 October 2013 11 May 2015
Fallon
Official portrait of Penny Mordaunt crop 2.jpg Penny Mordaunt 11 May 2015 15 July 2016 Cameron
(II)
Official portrait of Rt Hon Sir Mike Penning MP crop 2.jpg Mike Penning 15 July 2016 12 June 2017 May
Official portrait of Mark Lancaster crop 2.jpg Mark Lancaster 12 July 2017 16 December 2019
Williamson
Mordaunt
Johnson Wallace
Official portrait of Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan crop 2.jpg Anne-Marie Trevelyan 16 December 2019 13 February 2020


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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces

Official portrait of James Heappey MP crop 2.jpg James Heappey 13 February 2020 July 2022 Conservative Johnson Wallace

Minister of State for the Armed Forces

Official portrait of James Heappey MP crop 2.jpg James Heappey July 2022 Incumbent Conservative Johnson Wallace
Truss
Sunak

Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces

Member of Parliament
Kevan Jones (2015 to 2016)
Kate Hollern (2016)
Wayne David (2016 to 2020)
Stephen Morgan (2020 to 2021)
Stephen Kinnock (2021 to 2022)
Luke Pollard (2022 - present)

References

  1. ^ "Ministry of Defence". GOV.UK (in الإنجليزية). Retrieved 2021-04-12.

External links

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