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Federal Foreign Office Auswärtiges Amt Agency overview Formed 1870 Jurisdiction Government of Germany Headquarters Werderscher Markt 1 10117 Berlin Annual Budget €1.313 billion (2005) Minister Responsible Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Agency Executives Gernot Erler, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office   Günter Gloser, Minister of State for Europe Website http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de

Foreign Office

The German Foreign Office (in German, Auswärtiges Amt, or AA) is the foreign ministry of Germany, and is responsible for both its foreign politics and its relationship with the European Union. Since 2005, the ministry has been led by Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

The seat of the ministry is at the Werderscher Market, in the historical center of Berlin.

History

Foreign Office buildings in Berlin (center and left)

The Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) was established in 1870, as the foreign ministry of the North German Confederation, and from 1871 of the unified Germany. In the first years of the German nation-state under Bismarck, the Foreign Office had two departments, a political and an economic, legal and consular. During the times of the Weimar Republic, the Foreign Office was reorganized and a modern structure was established. Following World War II the Office was reestablished in Bonn on March 15, 1951. In 1999 it moved back to Berlin.

German representation overseas

Main article: Diplomatic missions of Germany

In addition to the ministry's headquarters in Berlin, Germany has established embassies and consulates around the world. Like other German ministries, the Foreign Office still has an outpost in Bonn, former seat of government of West-Germany.

List of Foreign Secretaries and Foreign Ministers since 1871

See List of German foreign ministers, Foreign Minister of the GDR

See also

• Cabinet of Germany
• Foreign relations of Germany

External links

• Official website
• Official website (in English)

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Coordinates: 52°30′53″N 13°23′58″E / 52.51472, 13.39944

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