Andrew John Bower Mitchell is a British politician serving as Shadow Foreign Secretary since July 2024. He previously served as Deputy Foreign Secretary between February and July 2024 and Minister of State for Development and Africa between October 2022 and July 2024 respectively. A member of the Conservative Party, he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sutton Coldfield since 2001 and previously served as the MP for Gedling from 1987 to 1997. Mitchell served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development from 2010 to 2012 and then briefly as Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons in late 2012.