Minister of State for the Armed Forces

Minister of State for the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom
Incumbent Nick Harvey since 13 May 2010
Final holder	Bill Rammell
Website	www.mod.uk

The Minister of State for the Armed Forces is a middle-ranking ministerial position, subordinate only to the Secretary of State for Defence, at the Ministry of Defence in Her Majesty's Government.

The current incumbent is the Liberal Democrat MP Nick Harvey, who was appointed as one of the Lib Dem MPs in the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government.

The role's responsibilities are:

• All matters regarding Regular and Reserve Armed Forces
• Operations including Iraq, Counter-Terrorism, UK Operations, Northern Ireland and the Balkans
• Bilateral defence relations outside the NATO/Europe area
• Inquiries, Boards of Inquiry, Inquests
• Legal issues including detention
• Arms and Export Control
• Regional issues and the devolved Administrations
• The agencies DASA and DVA

List of Ministers of State for the Armed Forces

Name		Portrait	Took office	Left office	Political party	Prime Minister
	Adam Ingram		7 June 2001	29 June 2007	Labour	Blair
	Bob Ainsworth		29 June 2007	5 May 2009	Labour	Brown
	Bill Rammell		5 May 2009	11 May 2010	Labour
	Nick Harvey		13 May 2010	Date	Liberal Democrats	Cameron

External links

www.mod.uk