Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Besmenia)

Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Bundesministerium für internationale Angelegenheiten
Agency overview
Formed	July 2, 1920
Jurisdiction	Government of Besmenia
Headquarters	Laitstadt
Annual budget	BS5.962 billion (2021)
Minister responsible	Ivar Combrinck (SDU), Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs

The Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs (BMiA), is one of the ministries of the Federal Republic of Besmenia and as such a supreme federal authority. It is headquartered in Laitstadt. It is the headquarters of the Foreign Service and responsible for the Besmenian foreign policy.

The current Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs is Ivar Combrinck (SDU).

Tasks

The Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs forms together with the federal diplomatic missions abroad, what is known as the Foreign Service. The ministry takes care of the foreign affairs of the federal government by maintaining the relations between the Federal Republic of Besmenia and foreign states as well as intergovernmental and supranational oranizations. It is regarded as the central hub of Besmenian diplomacy, in which foreign policy analyzes and concepts as well as concrete instructions for action for the Besmenian diplomatic missions abroad are drawn up.

List of Besmenian Foreign Ministers

Name (Born-Died)		Portrait	Party	Term of Office		Duration	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
1	Martin Bolstein (1869-1945)	File:Martin Bolstein.jpg	SDU	2 July 1920	10 October 1924	4 years, 100 days	Falk (I) • (II)
2	Otto Weinhauser (1871-1939)	File:Otto Weinhauser.jpg	SDU	10 October 1924	1 October 1932	7 years, 357 days	Dimmler (I) • (II)
3	Engelbert Schöber (1870-1960)	File:Engelbert Schöber.jpg	BVP	2 October 1932	21 October 1936	4 years, 19 days	Dimmler (III)
4	Ludwig Winterstein (1882-1964)	File:Ludwig Winterstein.jpg	SDU	21 October 1936	3 October 1940	3 years, 348 days	Dimmler (IV)
5	Albrecht Neumann (1878-1969)		LBB	3 October 1940	6 October 1944	4 years, 3 days	Bock (I)
6	Gustav Richter (1886-1974)	File:Gustav Richter.jpg	BVP	6 October 1944	23 October 1948	4 years, 17 days	Neumann (I)
7	Franz Preusker (1891-1986)	File:Franz Preusker.jpg	LBB	23 October 1948	6 October 1956	7 years, 349 days	Neumann (II) • (III)
8	Herbert Rutschke (1902-1981)	File:Herbert Rutschke.jpg	BVP	3 October 1956	7 October 1964	8 years, 4 days	Brecht (I) • (II) Butz (I)
9	Erwin Pohl (1912-2004)		Independent (until February 1970 BVP member)	7 October 1964	21 February 1972	7 years, 137 days	Schmidt (I) • (II)
10	Konrad Berger (1920-2012)		BRP	21 February 1972	13 March 1980	7 years, 149 days	Gleitzmann (I) • (II)
11	Gerhard Mahler (1933-2013)		SDU	13 March 1980	1 June 1989	9 years, 80 days	Beiter (I) • (II) • (III)
12	Hans-Jürgen Waldburger (1929-)	File:Hans-Jürgen Waldburger.jpg	SDU	1 June 1989	25 October 1993	4 years, 146 days	Beiter (III) • (IV) Stöger (I)
13	Ludwig Bröckler (1936-2022)		GPB	25 October 1993	1 October 2001	7 years, 341 days	Tautenbach (I) • (II)
14	Norbert Lichtenhalt (1953-)	File:Norbert Lichtenhalt.jpg	SDU	1 October 2001	13 October 2005	4 years, 12 days	Kummstein (I)
15	Jörg Rautenberg (1960-)		FBBP	13 October 2005	1 February 2011	5 years, 111 days	Kummstein (II) • (III)
16	Bruno Lutzmann (1958-)	File:Bruno Lutzmann.jpg	FBBP	1 February 2011	11 September 2012	1 year, 223 days	Rautenberg (I)
17	Hermann Brander (1949-)	File:Hermann Brander.jpg	BVP	11 September 2012	24 September 2016	4 years, 13 days	Sidemann (I)
18	Hans Wehrtau (1967-)	File:Hans Wehrtau.jpg	FBBP	24 September 2016	30 April 2021	4 years, 218 days	Sidemann (II) • (III)
19	Peter Seebacher (1958-)	File:Peter Seebacher.jpg	Independent	30 April 2021	8 May 2021	8 days	Sidemann (III)
20	Johanna Mehrmann (1970-)	File:Johanna Mehrmann.jpg	Independent	8 May 2021	9 September 2021	124 days	Benkel (I)
21	Ivar Combrinck (1969-)		SDU	9 September 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 110 days	Rademacher (I)