Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Agency overview
Formed9 August 1965 (1965-08-09)
JurisdictionGovernment of Singapore
Headquarters1 Sherwood Road, Singapore 248163
MottoEstablishing Our Place in the World
Employees1,616 (2018)[1]
Annual budgetS$466.70 million (2019)[1]
Ministers responsible
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)
Websitewww.mfa.gov.sg
Footnotes
List of diplomatic missions of Singapore

Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)[lower-alpha 1] is in charge of the country's foreign relations, as well as handling matters and providing consular assistance related to overseas Singaporean citizens. It was established on 9 August 1965. A ministry of the Government of Singapore, it is also responsible for conducting and managing diplomatic relations between Singapore and other countries and regions. It is headquartered at 1 Sherwood Road in the district of Tanglin.

Organisational structure

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.

Impact

Singapore maintains 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.

Ministers

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

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Took office Left office Party Cabinet
S. Rajaratnam
MP for Kampong 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 for Kallang
(born 1937)		 1 June
1980		 12 September
1988		 PAP
Lee K. VI
Lee K. VII
Wong Kan Seng
MP for Kuo Chuan SMC
(until 1991)
MP for Thomson GRC
(from 1991)
(born 1946)		 13 September
1988		 1 January
1994		 PAP Lee K. VIII
Goh I
Goh II
S. Jayakumar
MP for Bedok GRC
(until 1997)
MP for East Coast GRC
(from 1997)
(born 1939)		 2 January
1994		 12 August
2004		 PAP
Goh III
Goh IV
George Yeo
MP for Aljunied GRC
(born 1954)		 12 August
2004		 20 May
2011		 PAP Lee H. I
Lee H. II
K. Shanmugam
MP for Nee Soon GRC
(born 1959)		 21 May
2011		 30 September
2015		 PAP Lee H. III
Vivian Balakrishnan[2][3]
MP for Holland–Bukit Timah GRC
(born 1961)		 1 October
2015		 Incumbent PAP Lee H. IV
Lee H. V

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Malay: Kementerian Ehwal Luar Negeri; Chinese: 新加坡外交部; Tamil: வெளியுறவு அமைச்சு

References

  1. 1 2 "Singapore Budget" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Ong, Justin (28 September 2015). "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  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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