Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Besmenia)
| Bundesministerium für internationale Angelegenheiten | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | July 2, 1920 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Besmenia |
| Headquarters | Laitstadt |
| Annual budget | BS5.962 billion (2021) |
| Minister responsible |
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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).
History
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 | Premier (Cabinet) | ||
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| 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 Nebeling (1878-1969) |
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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 | Nebeling (I) |
| 7 | Franz Preusker (1891-1986) |
File:Franz Preusker.jpg | LBB | 23 October 1948 | 6 October 1956 | 7 years, 349 days | Nebeling (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) |
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Independent (until February 1970 BVP member) |
7 October 1964 | 21 February 1972 | 7 years, 137 days | Schmidt (I) • (II) |
| 10 | Konrad Berger (1920-2012) |
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BRP | 21 February 1972 | 13 March 1980 | 7 years, 149 days | Gleitzmann (I) • (II) |
| 11 | Gerhard Mahler (1933-2013) |
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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) |
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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-) |
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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-) |
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SDU | 9 September 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 106 days | Rademacher (I) |
