Alok Sharma MP was appointed Secretary of State for International Development in the UK Government on 24 July 2019. He previously served Government roles as Minister of State for Employment at the Department of Work and Pensions, Minister of State for Housing and Planning, for the Department for Communities and Local Government, and as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Alok was appointed in 2016 as the Prime Minister’s Infrastructure Envoy to India. He has been a member of Parliament since 2010.