The Minister for International Development is the minister of state of the Commonwealth of Australia charged with oversight of government policy related to international development. It is currently held by Anne Aly.
Scope The Minister for International Development was responsible, in the Rudd Cabinet, for the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and the international development and humanitarian aid policies of the Commonwealth of Australia, administered through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). AusAID was abolished by the incoming prime minister, Tony Abbott, in September 2013 and under the operations of the Abbott Cabinet its functions were absorbed into DFAT.
List of ministers for international development The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for International Development, or any precedent title:
Order Minister Party Ministry Ministerial title Term start Term end Term in office 1 Neal Blewett Labor 4th Hawke Minister for Trade and Overseas Development 1st Keating 2 John Kerin 3 Gordon Bilney Labor 2nd Keating Minister for Development Cooperation and Pacific Island Affairs 4 Melissa Parke Labor 2nd Rudd Minister for International Development days 5 Steven Ciobo LNP 1st Turnbull Minister for International Development and the Pacific days 6 Concetta Fierravanti-Wells Liberal 2nd Turnbull 7 Alex Hawke Liberal 2nd Morrison Minister for International Development and the Pacific 8 Zed Seselja 9 Pat Conroy Labor 1st Albanese 10 Anne Aly 2nd Albanese Minister for International Development Incumbent
List of assistant ministers The following individuals have been appointed as parliamentary secretaries and assistant ministers for Pacific Island affairs or any of its precedent titles:
Order Minister Party Ministry Ministerial title Term start Term end Term in office 1 Bob McMullan Labor 1st Rudd Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance 1st Gillard 2 Anne Ruston Liberal 1st Morrison Assistant Minister for International Development and the Pacific
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