Federal Foreign Office
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foreign ministry of Germany, 1951-
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The Federal Foreign Office is a government entity located in Berlin, Germany. It is currently active and was established in 1870. The organization has 11,652 employees.
Its inception is recorded as 1951. The Federal Foreign Office is identified by the ISNI 0000 0001 1089 8000 and the GRID grid.462219.a. It is also associated with the Wikidata entry for the Federal Foreign Office.
Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, ROR. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Formed
- 12 January 1870 ; 156 years ago ( 12 January 1870 ) (original) , 1951 ; 75 years ago ( 1951 ) (current)
- Jurisdiction
- Government of Germany
- Employees
- 11,652 Foreign Service staff, 5,622 local employees
- Annual budget
- € 6.302 billion (2021)
- Minister responsible
- Johann Wadephul , Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Agency executives
- Gunther Krichbaum , Minister of State for Europe at the Foreign Office Serap Güler , Minister of State at the Foreign Office Florian Hahn , Minister of State at the Foreign Office
- Website
- www .auswaertiges-amt .de /en
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 1870
- Location
- Berlin, Germany
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.462219.a · ISNI 0000 0001 1089 8000
Official website
Auswärtiges Amt - Auswärtiges Amt
Infos zur deutschen Außenpolitik aus erster Hand und zu einer Karriere im Auswärtigen Dienst. Außerdem die Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise und wichtige Infos zu jedem Land.
auswaertiges-amt.de →Link to the official site · 13,515 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- government agency
- Country
- Germany
- Headquarters
- Former Reichsbank building
- Chairperson
- Q1696501
- Employees
- 11652
- Official website
- www.auswaertiges-amt.de
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- Commons category
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany
- topic's main category
- Category:Federal Foreign Office
- position held by head of the organization
- Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
- social media followers
- 16100
- applies to jurisdiction
- Germany
- archives at
- German Federal Archives
- operating area
- Germany
- short name
- AA
- inception
- 1951-00-00
- phone number
- +49-30-5000-0
- fax number
- +49-30-1817-51000
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Federal Foreign Office (German: Auswärtiges Amt, pronounced [ˈaʊsˌvɛʁtɪɡəs ˈʔamt] ; 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. It is a cabinet-level ministry. Since May 2025, Johann Wadephul has served as Foreign Minister, succeeding Annalena Baerbock. The primary seat of the ministry is at the Werderscher Markt [de] square in the Mitte district, the historic centre of Berlin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Federal Foreign Office” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.