Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore)
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Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Malay: Kementerian Ehwal Luar Negeri; Chinese: 新加坡外交部; Tamil: வெளியுறவு அமைச்சு) is in charge of the country's foreign relations, as well as handling matters and providing consular assistance related to overseas Singaporean citizens. It was established on 9 August 1965. A ministry for the Government of Singapore, it is also responsible for conducting and managing diplomatic relations between Singapore and other countries and regions.
Organisational structure
The ministry now has 50 overseas missions including 7
The ministry is currently divided into 11 directorates which deal with political and economic matters, and 7 directorates which oversee matters relating to protocol, consular issues and the Singapore Cooperation Programme (SCP) among others.
The Corporate Affairs Directorate oversees organisational and resource management while the Human Resource Directorate and Diplomatic Academy manage the development of personnel and training.
Impact
Ministers
The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore. The incumbent minister is MP for Holland–Bukit Timah GRC Vivian Balakrishnan from the People's Action Party.
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Party | Cabinet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Rajaratnam MP for Kampong Glam (1915–2006) |
9 August 1965 |
30 May 1980 |
PAP | Lee K. II | ||
| Lee K. III | ||||||
| Lee K. IV | ||||||
| Lee K. V | ||||||
| S. Dhanabalan MP for Kallang (born 1937) |
1 June 1980 |
12 September 1988 |
PAP | |||
| Lee K. VI | ||||||
| Lee K. VII | ||||||
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Wong Kan Seng MP for Kuo Chuan SMC (until 1991) MP for Thomson GRC (from 1991) (born 1946) |
13 September 1988 |
1 January 1994 |
PAP | Lee K. VIII | |
| Goh I | ||||||
| Goh II | ||||||
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S. Jayakumar MP for Bedok GRC (until 1997) MP for East Coast GRC (from 1997) (born 1939) |
2 January 1994 |
12 August 2004 |
PAP | ||
| Goh III | ||||||
| Goh IV | ||||||
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George Yeo MP for Aljunied GRC (born 1954) |
12 August 2004 |
20 May 2011 |
PAP | Lee H. I | |
| Lee H. II | ||||||
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K. Shanmugam MP for Nee Soon GRC (born 1959) |
21 May 2011 |
30 September 2015 |
PAP | Lee H. III | |
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Vivian Balakrishnan[2][3] MP for Holland–Bukit Timah GRC (born 1961) |
1 October 2015 |
Incumbent | PAP | Lee H. IV | |
| Lee H. V | ||||||
See also
- List of current foreign ministers
- Foreign relations of Singapore
- List of diplomatic missions of Singapore
References
- ^ a b "Singapore Budget" (PDF).
- ^ Ong, Justin (28 September 2015). "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ Mahmud, Aqil Haziq (25 July 2020). "PM Lee announces new Cabinet; 6 office holders promoted, 3 retirements". CNA. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
External links
- Official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
