Under-Secretary Of State For Foreign Affairs
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This article is about a junior ministerial role in Britain's Foreign & Commonwealth Office. For the senior civil servant in that department, see Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has been a junior position in the British government since 1782, subordinate to both the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and since 1945 also to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. The post has been based at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which was created in 1968, by the merger of the Foreign Office, where the position was initially based, and the Commonwealth Office. Notable holders of the office include Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston and Anthony Eden. The current holders are Alistair Burt and Henry Bellingham.
Read more about Under-Secretary Of State For Foreign Affairs: Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State For Foreign Affairs, 1782-1968, Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State For Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1968-present
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