Foreign Ministry

A foreign ministry , in some countries also a ministry for foreign affairs , is the ministry of a sovereign state that is responsible for foreign policy relations with other states.

List of Foreign Ministries of the States

Today's states (selection)

In individual countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs bears certain designations, some of which are historically based. In addition, there are some external offices that correspond in their function to a ministry.

country	designation
Albania	Ministria e Punëve të Jashtme e Republikës së Shqipërisë
Azerbaijan	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Belgium	Federal Public Service for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
Brazil	Ministério das Relações Exteriores
Chile	Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
People's Republic of China	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
Denmark	Udenrigsministeriet
Germany	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Estonia	Valisministeerium
Finland	Ulkoasiainministeriö
France	Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Gambia	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Gambia)
Greece	Ελληνική Δημοκρατία - Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών (Hellenic Republic - Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
India	Ministry of External Affairs
Indonesia	Kementerian Luar Negeri Indonesia , Kemlu (since 2008, previously Departemen Luar Negeri, Deplu )
Ireland	Department of Foreign Affairs
Israel	משרד החוץ Misrad ha'Chuz
Italy	Ministero degli Affari Esteri
Japan	Gaimu-shō (外務 省)
Kazakhstan	Қазақстан Республикасының Сыртқы істер министрлігі
Colombia	Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Croatia	Ministarstvo vanjskih poslova i europskih integracija Republike Hrvatske
Cuba	Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Latvia	Latvijas Republikas Ārlietu ministrijas (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia)
Liechtenstein	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Culture
Lithuania	Lietuvos Respublikos užsienio reikalų ministerija
Luxembourg	Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
Malta	Ministeru għall-Affarijiet Barranin u Ewropej (Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs)
Mexico	Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores
Namibia	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Netherlands	Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
Norway	Utenriksdepartementet
Austria	Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs
East Timor	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of East Timor
Pakistan	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Poland	Minister of State Spraw Zagranicznych
Portugal	Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros
Romania	Ministerul Afacerilor Externe României (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Romania)
Russia	Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации
Sweden	Utrikesdepartementet
Switzerland	Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Slovakia	Ministerstvo zahraničných vecí a európskych záležitostí Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic)
Slovenia	Ministrstvo za Zunanje zadeve Republike Slovenije (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Spain	Ministerio de Asuntos de Exteriores y de Cooperación
Thailand	กระทรวง การต่างประเทศ (Krasuang Kan Tang Prathet) , Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Czech Republic	Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí České republiky (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic)
Turkey	Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Dışişleri Bakanlığı
United States	State Department
United Kingdom	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Iran	وزارت امور خارجه Vezarat-e-Omur-e-Kharejeh

Former states

country	designation
German Democratic Republic	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the GDR
Soviet Union	Министерство иностранных дел СССР Ministerstwa inostrannych del USSR , Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR , from the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs emerged
Empire of China	Zongli Yamen (总理 衙门)

Former German states

The member states of the German Confederation also had foreign ministries until the November Revolution of 1918.

country	designation
Prussia	List of Prussian Foreign Ministers
Grand Duchy of Hesse	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Bavaria	Bavarian State Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Saxony	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saxony)

Web links

Commons : Foreign Ministries  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ sl: Ministrstvo za Zunanje zadeve Republike Slovenije , official translation from the website of the Slovenian Embassy in Vienna ( memento of the original from January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ^ Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (Iran). Retrieved August 27, 2017 .