Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Agency overview
Formed	9 August 1965; 57 years ago
Jurisdiction	Government of Singapore
Headquarters	1 Sherwood Road, Singapore 248163
Motto	Establishing Our Place in the World
Employees	1,616 (2018)
Annual budget	S$466.70 million (2019)
Ministers responsible	Vivian Balakrishnan, ; Minister; Maliki Osman, ; Second Minister; Sim Ann, ; Senior Minister of State;
Agency executives	Albert Chua, ; Permanent Secretary; Stanley Loh, ; Permanent Secretary (Development); Ng Teck Hean, ; Deputy Secretary (Asia Pacific); Ong Eng Chuan, ; Deputy Secretary (Management); Foo Chi Hsia, Deputy Secretary (Southeast Asia and ASEAN);
Website	www.mfa.gov.sg
Footnotes
	List of diplomatic missions of Singapore

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA; Malay: Kementerian Ehwal Luar Negeri; Chinese: 新加坡外交部; Tamil: வெளியுறவு அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for conducting and managing diplomatic relations between Singapore and other countries and regions.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also provides consular assistance to Singaporeans travelling, working and studying overseas.

Organisational structureEdit

The ministry now has 50 overseas missions including 7 high commissions, 21 embassies, 4 permanent missions to the United Nations, and 17 consulates. Singapore has appointed 31 honorary consuls-general/consuls abroad and has 46 non-resident ambassadors and high commissioners based in Singapore.

The ministry is currently divided into 11 directorates which deal with political and economic matters, and 7 directorates which oversee matters relating to protocol, consular issues and the Singapore Cooperation Programme (SCP) among others.

The Corporate Affairs Directorate oversees organisational and resource management while the Human Resource Directorate and Diplomatic Academy manage the development of personnel and training.

ImpactEdit

Singapore has maintain diplomatic relations with 188 countries. In Singapore, there are 70 resident foreign embassies and high commissions, 43 foreign consulates and 11 international organisations based in Singapore. In addition, more than 60 non-resident foreign ambassadors are accredited to Singapore.

MinistersEdit

The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore. The incumbent minister is Vivian Balakrishnan from the People's Action Party.

Minister	Term start	Term end	Tenure	Political party	Ref.
Sinnathamby Rajaratnam	9 August 1965	30 May 1980	14 years, 295 days	People's Action Party
Suppiah Dhanabalan	1 June 1980	12 September 1988	8 years, 103 days
Wong Kan Seng	13 September 1988	1 January 1994	5 years, 110 days
Shunmugam Jayakumar	2 January 1994	12 August 2004	10 years, 223 days
George Yeo	12 August 2004	20 May 2011	6 years, 281 days
Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam	21 May 2011	30 September 2015	4 years, 132 days
Vivian Balakrishnan	1 October 2015	Incumbent	7 years, 176 days		^[2]^[3]

ReferencesEdit

^ ^a ^b "Singapore Budget" (PDF).
^ Ong, Justin (28 September 2015). "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
^ Mahmud, Aqil Haziq (25 July 2020). "PM Lee announces new Cabinet; 6 office holders promoted, 3 retirements". CNA. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

External linksEdit

Official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

[budget2019-1] "Singapore Budget" (PDF).

[CNA_20150928-2] Ong, Justin (28 September 2015). "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

[:0-3] Mahmud, Aqil Haziq (25 July 2020). "PM Lee announces new Cabinet; 6 office holders promoted, 3 retirements". CNA. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

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