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This is a list of Permanent Under-Secretaries in the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (and its predecessors) since 1790. Not to be confused with Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
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.
Sir Philip Robert Barton KCMG OBE (born 18 August 1963) is a British diplomat, formerly the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He was previously British High Commissioner to India; he was High Commissioner to Pakistan from 2014 to 2016.
Sir Oliver Robbins KCMG CB (born 20 April 1975) is a senior British civil servant who served as the Prime Minister's Europe Adviser and the chief Brexit negotiator from 2017 to 2019 and currently serves as the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office since 2025.
Rycroft was appointed Permanent Secretary at the Department for International Development with effect from January 2018. [8] Rycroft replaced Mark Lowcock who ran the department from 2011. He was appointed Permanent Under-Secretary of State of the Home Office in March 2020 following the resignation of Sir Philip Rutnam.
A Foreign Affairs Committee report was scathing of the Government’s handling of the evacuation of Afghanistan. Foreign Office chief’s exit demanded by MPs critical of ‘deep failures’ on ...
The permanent secretary, who in some but not all government departments is known formally as the permanent under-secretary of state, is the accounting officer for a department, meaning that they are answerable to Parliament for ensuring that the department appropriately spends money granted by Parliament.
Pages in category "Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .