Thomas Georg John Tugendhat is a British-French politician who has served as Minister of State for Security since 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tonbridge and Malling since 2015. Tugendhat was the chairman of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee from 2017 to 2022.
Official portrait, 2022
Tom Tugendhat (left) in background as General Sir David Richards speaks to the US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in 2013
Tugendhat seen with counterparts at the G7 Interior and Security Minister's Meeting in Mito, Japan, December 2023.
Tugendhat meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, October 2022.
Minister of State for Security
The minister of state for security is a senior ministerial position in the government of the United Kingdom, falling under the Home Office. The post was created by then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 3 June 2009 by splitting the now-defunct post of the minister for security, counter-terrorism, crime and policing between this post and the new post of Minister for Crime and Policing.
Minister of State for Security