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The Federal Foreign Office (German: Auswärtiges Amt, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌvɛʁtɪɡəs ˈamt] ⓘ), abbreviated AA, is the foreign ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany, a federal agency responsible for both the country's foreign policy and its relationship with the European Union.
The Foreign Office was established within the North German Confederation in 1870 and its head, first appointed in 1871, had the rank of secretary of state. As the German constitution of 1871 installed the chancellor as the sole responsible government minister and since the Chancellor generally also held the position of foreign minister of Prussia, the secretary of state fulfilled a more ...
The Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (German: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen), stylised ifa, is an intermediary organisation funded by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany dedicated to international relations as well as cultural and social policy. [1] [2] It is well known for sponsoring art exhibitions. [3] [4]
The German Foreign Office also poked at Trump for another comment he made during the debate. "PS: We also don't eat cats and dogs," it concluded, referring to Trump's debunked claim that Haitian ...
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Russian state hackers were behind the hacking of emails of the Social Democrats, t. Germany’s top diplomat on Friday accused Russian agents of ...
An extended body is the Federal Cabinet (Bundeskabinett), which includes the Federal Government (consisting of the Federal Chancellor and Federal Ministers), the Head of the Federal Chancellery and its Parliamentary State Secretary, the Head of the Office of the Federal President, the Head of the Federal Press Office and the Personal Advisor to ...
Federal Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in the beginning only established a Bundeskanzleramt as his office. It was the only 'ministry' of the country until in early 1870 the Prussian foreign office became the North German foreign office. At that occasion, the Bundeskanzleramt lost some tasks to the foreign office.
Bilateral co-operation constitutes the bulk of Germany’s official development assistance (ODA), under the overall lead of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), while the Federal Foreign Office oversees humanitarian aid, crisis prevention, stabilisation and peace-building.