In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entity is usually headed by a

foreign minister A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

(the title may vary, such as secretary of state who has the same functions).

Lists of current ministries of foreign affairs

Named "Ministry"

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan) * Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Albania) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Algeria) * Ministry of External Affairs (Andorra) * Ministry of External Relations (Angola) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship (Argentina) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Armenia) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Austria) *

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Azerbaijan) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan ( az, Azərbaycan Respublikasının Xarici İşlər Nazirliyi) is a Cabinet-level governmental agency in Azerbaijan Republic in charge of conducting and designing Azerbaijani Foreign policy. History T ...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bahamas) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the Bahamas government ministry which oversees the foreign relations of Bahamas. The Current foreign affairs minister is the Honourable Darren Henfield, MP (Member of Parliament) for North Abaco. See also ...

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bahrain) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business (Barbados) *

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Belarus) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Міністэрства замежных спраў Рэспублікі Беларусь, BGN/PCGN: ''Ministerstva zamyezhnykh spraw Respubliki Byelarus’''; russian: Мини� ...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Belize) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belize is the government ministry of Belize which oversees foreign relations of the country. List of ministers This is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Belize: *George Cadle Price, 1981–1983 *Vernon ...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China () is the first-ranked executive department of the State Council of the Chinese government, responsible for the foreign relations of the People's Republic of China. It is led ...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) ( es, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores) also known as the Chancellery ( es, Cancílleria), is the Cabinet position of the Government of Colombia responsible for the international relations of Colombia thro ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs (Republic of the Congo) Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Congo (known as the People's Republic of the Congo in 1969–92) is a government minister in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Congo, responsible for conducting fo ...

* Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ivory Coast) * Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (Croatia) *

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cuba) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( es, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores), also known as MINREX, is the Cuban government ministry which oversees the foreign relations for defense of Cuba as the socialist homeland. It was established on December 2 ...

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Czech Republic) *

Minister of Foreign Affairs (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (known as the Republic of the Congo in 1960–71 and the Republic of Zaire in 1971–97) is a government minister in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democrati ...

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark) * Ministry of External Relations (Dominican Republic) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (East Timor) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Egypt) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Equatorial Guinea) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Eritrea) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Estonia) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ethiopia) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Fiji) * Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Finland) *

Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs () is the ministry of the Government of France that handles France's foreign relations. Since 1855, its headquarters have been located at 37 Quai d'Orsay, close to the National Assembly. The term Qua ...

(France) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia * Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Ghana) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greece) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Guatemala) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Guyana) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Haiti) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hungary) *

Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Iceland) The Ministry for Foreign Affairs ( is, Utanríkisráðuneytið) is an Icelandic cabinet-level ministry founded 18 November 1941. The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir. The Minister of Foreign Affairs tak ...

* Ministry of External Affairs (India) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Indonesia) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iraq) *

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel) The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( he, מִשְׂרַד הַחוּץ, translit. ''Misrad HaHutz''; ar, وزارة الخارجية الإسرائيلية) is one of the most important ministries in the Israeli government. The ministry's ...

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Italy) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Jamaica) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Jordan) *

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kazakhstan) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( kk, Сыртқы істер министрлігі, ''Syrtqy ıster ministrlıgı''; russian: Министерство иностранных дел) is the Kazakh government ministry which oversees the foreign re ...

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kenya) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration ( Kiribati) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (North Korea) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (South Korea) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kosovo) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kuwait) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kyrgyzstan) *

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Laos) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( lo, ກະຊວງການຕ່າງປະເທດ, french: Ministère des affaires étrangères) is the government ministry responsible for representing Laos to the international communit ...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Latvia) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( lv, Latvijas Republikas Ārlietu ministrija) is responsible for maintaining the Republic of Latvia's external relations and the management of its international diplomatic missions. The actual Minister of Foreig ...

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants (Lebanon) *

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations (Lesotho) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations is a cabinet ministry of Lesotho in charge of conducting and designing the foreign relations of the country. Organization and structure The ministry seeks to establish, promote and dev ...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Liberia) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a cabinet ministry of Liberia responsible for directing Liberia's external relations and the management of its international diplomatic missions. The ministry is located in Monrovia, Liberia's capital. Hist ...

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Lithuania) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Luxembourg) *

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Macedonia) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia (, ) is a government department in North Macedonia. Bujar Osmani Bujar M. Osmani (, born 11 September 1979) is a Macedonian politician of Albanian descent serving as the current Minister of For ...

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Malaysia) *

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Maldives) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives is responsible for managing the Foreign relations of the Maldives. History The Foreign Ministry was established on 22 December 1932 under the Arabic name ''Vuzarat Al-Kharijiyya'' ( ar ...

Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Malta) The Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade ( mt, Ministeru għall-Affarijiet Barranin u Ewropej u l-Kummerċ) is responsible for maintaining Malta's external relations and the management of its international diplomatic missions. Th ...

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mauritania) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mongolia) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro * Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Morocco) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Myanmar) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Nepal) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand) *

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration of the Government of Niger (var. Foreign Ministry) is the government authority responsible for the foreign relations of Niger and its diplomatic corps abroad. The Foreign Minist ...

(Niger) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Oman) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Palestine) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Peru) *

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Poland) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (''Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych'', MSZ) is the Poland, Polish government department tasked with maintaining Poland's international relations and coordinating its participation in international and regional supr ...

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Portugal) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Qatar) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Romania) *

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MFA Russia; russian: Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации, МИД РФ) is the central government institution charged with lea ...

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Rwanda) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saint Kitts and Nevis) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities (São Tomé and Príncipe) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia) *

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Serbia) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia ( sr, Министарство спољних послова, Ministarstvo spoljnih poslova) is the ministry in the government of Serbia which is in the charge of maintaining the consular ...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Seychelles) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Seychelles is the Seychelles' foreign affairs ministry. The ministry is located in Mont Fleuri, Mahé, Seychelles, Mahé, Seychelles. The Minister for Foreign Affairs (Seychelles), current minister ...

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Slovakia) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Slovenia) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Somalia) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Somaliland) *

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (South Sudan) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is a cabinet-level government ministry responsible for the implementation and management of South Sudan's foreign policy A State (polity), state's foreign policy or external p ...

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (Spain) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sudan) * Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Syria) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Taiwan) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Tajikistan) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation (Tanzania) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Thailand) *

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Transnistria) This is a list of foreign ministers of Transnistria. {, class="wikitable sortable" ! !Image !Name !Took office !Left office , - , 1 , , Valeriy Litskai , 2000 , 2008 , - , 2 , , Vladimir Yastrebchak Vladimir Valerevich Yastrebchak (russian: ...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Tunisia) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia ( ar, وزارة الشؤون الخارجية, french: Ministère des Affaires étrangères) is a cabinet-level governmental agency in Tunisia in charge of conducting and designing the foreign policy of ...

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkey) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkmenistan) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uganda) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (United Arab Emirates) * Ministry of Foreign Relations (Uruguay) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uzbekistan) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Vietnam) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Yemen) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Zambia) *

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Zimbabwe) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Zimbabwe is a cabinet ministry of Zimbabwe, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country. The current Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade is Frederick Shava. He ...

Equivalents named "Department"

* Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia) * Department of Foreign Affairs (Ireland) * Department of External Relations (Monaco) * Department of Foreign Affairs (Philippines) * Department of International Relations and Cooperation (South Africa) * Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (Switzerland) * United States Department of State

Other names

* Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs (Belgium) * Global Affairs Canada * European External Action Service (European Union) * Federal Foreign Office (Germany) *

Secretariat of State (Holy See) The Secretariat of State (Latin: ''Secretaria Status''; Italian: ''Segreteria di Stato'') is the oldest dicastery in the Roman Curia, the central papal governing bureaucracy of the Catholic Church. It is headed by the Cardinal Secretary of State ...

* Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (Honduras) *

The Commissioner's Office of China's Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong S.A.R. The Commissioner's Office of China's Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong S.A.R., previously known as the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, ...

Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Macao Special Administrative Region The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Macao Special Administrative Region (; pt, Comissáriado do Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros da República Popular da China na Regi� ...

* Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (Mexico) * Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (United Kingdom)

Historical

Named "Ministry"

* Foreign Ministry of Austria-Hungary * Ministry of External Affairs and Defence (Ceylon) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Czechoslovakia) * Foreign Ministry of the Independent State of Croatia * Ministry for Foreign Affairs (East Germany) *

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hawaii) Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian mi ...

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ottoman Empire) * Prussian Ministry of the Interior * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Imperial Russia) *

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union) The Ministry of External Relations (MER) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (russian: Министерство иностранных дел СССР) was founded on 6 July 1923. It had three names during its existence: People's Co ...

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Yugoslavia) {{SIA

Foreign Affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and ...