Foreign Office (Aquitayne)

His Majesty's Foreign Office

Agency overview
Formed	September 1734 (1734-09)
Preceding	None
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	Robert Veladrys, Foreign Secretary
Agency executive	Samuel Albris, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
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
The Rt Hon. Robert Veladrys MP		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		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.

International Presence

See also: List of Aquitaynian Embassies

Part of the Foreign Office's mission is to extend Aquitaynian interests abroad. The main avenue of doing so is by establishing embassies and consulates throughout the world. To date, Aquitayne has over 150 embassies throughout the globe and 50 additional consulate offices.