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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 9 August 1965; 60 years ago (1965-08-09) |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Singapore |
| Headquarters | 1 Sherwood Road, (Tanglin) Singapore 248163 |
| Motto | Establishing Our Place in the World |
| Employees | 1,616 (2018)[1] |
| Annual budget | S$466.70 million (2019)[1] |
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| Website | www |
| Agency ID | T08GA0014A |
| Footnotes | |
| List of diplomatic missions of Singapore | |
TheMinistry of Foreign Affairs (MFA;Malay:Kementerian Ehwal Luar Negeri;Chinese:新加坡外交部;Tamil:வெளியுறவு அமைச்சு) is in charge ofthe country's foreign relations, as well as handling matters and providing consular assistance related tooverseas Singaporean citizens. It was established on 9 August 1965. Aministry for theGovernment of Singapore, it is also responsible for conducting and managing diplomatic relations betweenSingapore and other countries and regions.
The ministry now has 50 overseas missions including 7high commissions, 21embassies, 4permanent missions to theUnited Nations, and 17consulates. Singapore has appointed 31honoraryconsuls-general/consuls abroad and has 46 non-residentambassadors andhigh 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 theSingapore 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.
Singapore maintains diplomatic relations with 188 countries. In Singapore, there are 70 resident foreignembassies andhigh commissions, 43 foreignconsulates and 11 international organisations based in Singapore. In addition, more than 60 non-resident foreign ambassadors are accredited to Singapore.
The Ministry is headed by theMinister for Foreign Affairs, who is appointed as part of theCabinet of Singapore.
| Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | Cabinet | ||
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.jpg) | S. Rajaratnam MP forKampong Glam (1915–2006) | 9 August 1965 | 30 May 1980 | PAP | Lee K. II | |
| Lee K. III | ||||||
| Lee K. IV | ||||||
| Lee K. V | ||||||
 | S. Dhanabalan MP forKallang (born 1937) | 1 June 1980 | 12 September 1988 | PAP | ||
| Lee K. VI | ||||||
| Lee K. VII | ||||||
 | Wong Kan Seng MP forKuo Chuan SMC (until 1991) andThomson GRC (from 1991) (born 1946) | 13 September 1988 | 1 January 1994 | PAP | Lee K. VIII | |
| Goh I | ||||||
| Goh II | ||||||
.jpg) | S. Jayakumar MP forBedok GRC (until 1997) andEast Coast GRC (from 1997) (born 1939) | 2 January 1994 | 11 August 2004 | PAP | ||
| Goh III | ||||||
| Goh IV | ||||||
 | George Yeo MP forAljunied GRC (born 1954) | 12 August 2004 | 20 May 2011 | PAP | Lee H. I | |
| Lee H. II | ||||||
 | K. Shanmugam MP forNee Soon GRC (born 1959) | 21 May 2011 | 30 September 2015 | PAP | Lee H. III | |
.jpg) | Vivian Balakrishnan[2][3] MP forHolland–Bukit Timah GRC (born 1961) | 1 October 2015 | Incumbent | PAP | Lee H. IV | |
| Lee H. V | ||||||
| Wong I | ||||||
| Wong II | ||||||
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