Foreign Office (Aquitayne)
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | September 1734 |
| Preceding |
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| Jurisdiction | His Majesty's Government |
| Headquarters | HMRS Building Telora, Aquitayne |
| Motto | Horizontem Aeternum (Horizons Forever) |
| Employees | 2,692 (30 September 2023) |
| Annual budget | ($1.02 billion in 2022-2023 fiscal year) |
| Minister responsible | |
| Agency executive | |
| Website | HMFO.gov.aq |
His Majesty's Foreign Office (HMFO), also referred to as The Foreign Office, is the foreign affairs service of the government of Aquitayne. It is tasked with representing and promoting Aquitaynian interests worldwide. This is regarded as one of the five most prestiguous positions in the Cabinet - the Great Offices of State - alongside those of the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Interior Secretary, and the Defense Secretary.
The HMFO is managed by a civil servant , the permanent under-secretary of state for foreign affairs, who also acts as the Head of His Majesty's Diplomatic Service. Ser Samuel Albris took office as permanent under-secretary on 15 February 2023.
Responsibilities
According to the HMFO website, the department's key responsibilities (as of 2022) are as follows:
- Safeguarding Aquitayne's national security by countering terrorism and weapons proliferation, as well as working to reduce conflict.
- Building Aquitayne's prosperity through increasing trade, opening markets, ensuring access to foreign goods and investment.
- Supporting Aquitaynian nationals worldwide.
Ministers
| Minister | Portrait | Office | Portfolio |
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| The Rt Hon. Robert Veladrys MP | 
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Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Responsibility for the departmental portfolio and oversight of the ministerial team; Cabinet; National Security Council (NSC); strategy; intelligence policy; honours. |
| The Rt Hon. Ataru Akimoto MP | 
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Minister of State for Development and Hesperidesia | The Minister deputises for the Foreign Secretary in the House of Commons.
Other responsibilities include Hesperidesia; international finance; global education grants; global health; global migration and humanitarianism; energy, climate and environment. |
| The Rt Hon. Mikkel Østergaard MP | Minister of State for Lorecia | Noordenstaat and Northeast Lorecia; Aswick, Nidwalden and Scanonia; economic security (including export controls); sanctions; economics and evaluation (including the Chief Economist); regulatory and economic diplomacy; technology and analysis. | |
| The Rt Hon. Viktoria Dahl MP | Minister of State for Teudallum | Nikolia and southeast Teudallum, Cassonne, Cadenza, Dangish Empire and Trellin. | |
| The Rt Hon. Jay Hunt MP | Minister of State for Sythith, and E10 Council of Nations | Risya; Energy, climate and the environment; conflict, stabilisation and mediation; oceans; deputy Minister for Development. | |
| The Rt Hon. Egil Ström MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to the Lorecian Community | Lorecian Community; national security; defence and international security (except export controls); conflict, stabilisation and mediation. | |
| The Rt Hon. Kaya Kurokawa MP | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to ATO and EATA nations | Blackhelm Confederacy and GHawkins;national security; defence and international security (except export controls); conflict, stabilisation and mediation. Also represents Aquitayne at the T5 Council of Trade Relations and the Astyrian Peace Organization. |