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The corresponding shadow minister is the Shadow Foreign Secretary. The Foreign Affairs Select Committee also evaluates the secretary of state's performance. [3] The current foreign secretary is David Lammy. He was appointed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on 5 July 2024.
After Theresa May became leader of the Conservative and Prime Minister, Johnson was appointed as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on 13 July 2016. [5] Johnson's appointment was criticised by some journalists and foreign politicians due to his history of controversial statements about other countries and their leaders.
David Lammy was appointed Foreign Secretary on 5th July 2024 following the 2024 general election. The FCDO is managed day-to-day by a civil servant, the permanent under-secretary of state for foreign affairs, who also acts as the Head of His Majesty's Diplomatic Service. Sir Oliver Robbins took office as permanent under-secretary on 8 January 2025.
Voices: I have a few questions for the ‘new’ foreign secretary, David Cameron. Femi Oluwole. November 13, 2023 at 12:16 PM.
In February 2017, following his first meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the U.S. expected Russia to "honor its commitment to the Minsk agreements and work to de-escalate the violence in Ukraine". [335]
(The Center Square) – Newly confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio says his priority will be making the country stronger, safer and more prosperous. The U.S. Senate confirmed Rubio's ...
On 5 April 2020, Nandy was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the new Shadow Cabinet led by Keir Starmer. [50] In March 2021, Nandy made her first foreign policy speech at Chatham House. Nandy said her priorities would include national security, Russian aggression and climate change. [51]
The order to pause foreign aid is part of a broader Trump administration effort to pull back on America’s engagement abroad ― by, for example, withdrawing from the World Health Organization.