Minister for International Security Strategy

Minister for International Security Strategy
Incumbent Gerald Howarth
Style	The Right Honourable
Appointed by	David Cameron as Prime Minister
First	The Lady Taylor
Formation	5 October 2008

United Kingdom

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The Minister for International Security Strategy is a British government position. The current holder of the post is Gerald Howarth, Conservative Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence,^[1].

The post was formerly known as the Minister for International Security and Defence which was first created on 5th October 2008 when the former Labour Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, had a reshuffle.

The post is a junior ministerial position within the Ministry of Defence, previously it was of the more senior rank of Minister of State, but now it is of Parliamentary Under-Secretary level.

Ministers for International Defence and Security, 2008-2010

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party
	Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton		5 October 2008	11 May 2010	Labour

Ministers for International Security Strategy, 2010-

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party
	Gerald Howarth		9 June 2010	present	Conservative

1. ^ http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/People/Ministers/MinisterForInternationalSecurityStrategy.htm Minister for International Security Strategy - Gerald Howarth, Ministry of Defence