Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brunei)

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kementerian Hal Ehwal Luar Negeri
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Ministry overview
Formed1 January 1984;41 years ago (1984-01-01)
Jurisdiction Government of Brunei and its diplomatic missions worldwide
Headquarters Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
4°53′06″N114°57′00″E / 4.884884692556672°N 114.94987243416452°E / 4.884884692556672; 114.94987243416452
Employees529 (2024) [1]
Annual budgetIncrease2.svg B$127 million (2022)
Ministers responsible
Website www.mofat.gov.bn
Footnotes
[3] [4] [5] [2]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA; Malay : Kementerian Hal Ehwal Luar Negeri, KHELN), formerly known as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT), [6] [7] is the cabinet-level ministry in the government of Brunei which is responsible for handling Brunei's external relations, the management of its international diplomatic missions and the nation's foreign trade policy. It was established immediately upon Brunei's independence on 1 January 1984. [3] It is currently led by a minister and a second minister, in which the incumbents are Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei, and Erywan Yusof [a] respectively. [5] The ministry is headquartered in Bandar Seri Begawan.

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History

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Bruneian passports are issued by the ministry

From 1888 until 1984, Brunei was a protectorate under British rule, but the nation began the foundations of a foreign ministry by creating a Diplomatic Service Department. [8] After achieving full independence from the United Kingdom in January 1984, Brunei immediately established an independent foreign ministry, then known as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [9]

In 2005, the government merged the ministry with the former International Relations and Trade Department of the Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources. The addition of "Foreign Trade" to the ministry's official name was made to reflect the full scope of its responsibilities. [9] From 2005 until 2018, Lim Jock Seng was the Second Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade. [10] The current Second Minister is Erywan Yusof. [11]

Budget

In the fiscal year 2022–23, the ministry has been allocated with a budget of B$127 million [b] , a 4.3 percent increase from the previous year. [4]

List of ministers

First minister

No.PortraitMinisterTerm startTerm endTime in officeRef.
1 Prince Mohamed Bolkiah with Obamas cropped.jpg Mohamed Bolkiah 1 January 198422 October 201531 years, 294 days [9]
2 Hassanal Bolkiah, October 2021.jpg Hassanal Bolkiah 22 October 2015incumbent9 years, 86 days [13]

Second minister

No.PortraitMinisterTerm startTerm endTime in officeRef.
1 Lim Jock Seng on 5 August 2011.jpg Lim Jock Seng 24 May 200529 January 201812 years, 250 days [14]
2 Erywan Yusof in Washington - 2018 (41875658125) (cropped).jpg Erywan Yusof 29 January 2018incumbent6 years, 353 days [13]

Deputy minister

No.PortraitMinisterTerm startTerm endTime in officeRef.
1 Zakaria bin Haji Sulaiman 1966.jpg Zakaria Sulaiman 20 October 198619892–3 years [15] [16]
2 Awang Mohd. Ali (1969).jpg Ali Mohammad Daud 198924 May 200515–16 years [17]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 The current official Malay name is Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Erywan bin Pehin Datu Pekerma Jaya Haji Mohd. Yusof. [2]
  2. ↑ ≈US$91 million as of July 2022 [12]

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