Ministry of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Abelden)

Ministry of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Agency overview
Formed	6 June 2014
Jurisdiction	Abelden
Minister responsible	HI&REM Newton, Foreign Minister
Website	http://www.mfca.abl.li

The Ministry of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, also known by its acronym as the MF&CA is the ministerial department of Abelden responsible for protecting and promoting Abeldane interests, as well as those of the Abeldane Commonwealth and the Konmalehth. Established in 2014, it was one of the first ministries established and remains as the seniormost ministry and the only existing ministry dating back from 2014 and 2015.

The MF&CA is headed by the Minister of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and is one of the Great Offices of State, a list of the most prestigious Cabinet offices, alongside those of Vorsitzender, Stellvertreter and Chancellor of the Treasury. The current minister responsible for the FCA is the Emperor, Newton, who took the position after its position as an office held ex officio by the Vorsitzender in 2020.

Responsibilities and duties

Being the foreign ministry, it is ultimately responsible for dealing the relations of the Empire with other nations and therefore all communiques from other countries go through the FCA. Among its other duties include the operation of the Abeldane Commonwealth and ensuring its members are close with the government but this has since been a defunct duty because the Commonwealth became inactive. It is also responsible for making sure that all treaties with other nations are kept safely and the records of the treaties are available to the public. Another defunct responsibility include the overseeing of foreign bases of Abelden in other countries but following Bosmansk's demise, there are no foreign bases left.

Following the establishment of the Konmalehth, it is now the FCA's responsibility to promote its interests and project since Abelden was a founding member of the Konmalehth. It also keeps a close contact with the members of the Konmalehth.

Ministers

Minister of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the Abeldane Empire
Current logo of the ministry
Incumbent Anthony Clark since 7 August 2020
Style	The Right Honourable
Term length	At His Imperial and Royal Exalted Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Donald West
Formation	6 June 2014

The minister responsible for the FCA is appointed by the Monarch and serves at the Monarch's pleasure until he or she is dismissed or a new cabinet is appointed. Donald West is the inaugural holder and the longest serving Foreign Minister since its establishment. Before the reforms of 2018, the minister was usually recommended by the Vorsitzender then appointed by the Monarch but after the reforms the Vorsitzender held the office ex officio. The Vorsitzender no longer holds the office ex officio since 1 April 2020.

List of ministers

Name		Image	Term of office		Party	Ministry
			Term
	Donald West		6 June 2014	17 July 2015	New Democratic		West I
							Janiszewski I
							Janiszewski II
							Janiszewski III
			1 year, 41 days				Sadowski
							Smith
							West II
							Legata
	Andrew Janiszewski		17 July 2015	13 March 2016	New Democratic		Billbrough
			240 days				Lawton I
	Rachel Legata		13 March 2016	27 June 2016	PJEP
			106 days				Lawton II
	Ned Gunderson		27 June 2016	12 July 2016	Liberal
			15 days				Lawton III
	Henry Twain		12 July 2016	24 July 2016	Conservative		Lewis
			12 days
	Emiel Hardy	File:ESHPhoto.jpg	24 July 2016	2 September 2016	Conservative		Hardy I
			40 days
	Andrew Janiszewski		2 September 2016	14 October 2016	Democratic-Liberty		Gunderson
			42 days				Renwick I
	Nuri van Dijk		14 October 2016	1 January 2017	Conservative		Eden
							Hardy II
			79 days				Hawkins I
	Emiel Hardy	File:ESHPhoto.jpg	1 January 2017	27 February 2017	Edge		Hawkins II
			57 days
	Patrick Renwick		27 February 2017	4 April 2017	Democratic-Liberty		Twain
			36 days				Brazeau
Vacancy from 4 April to 6 June 2017							Renwick II
	Patrick Renwick		6 June 2017	19 July 2017	National		Renwick III
			43 days
	Edwin Farrar	File:Edwin Farrar.png	19 July 2017	23 August 2017	Social Ecology		Renwick IV
			35 days
	Brandon Wu		23 August 2017	24 December 2017	National Independence		Uberquie
			123 days				Neasa
	Alejandro Whyatt		24 December 2017	21 April 2018	National Federalist		Shiro
			118 days				Renwick V
	Edward de Caville		21 April 2018	27 June 2018	National Federalist – Die Rechte		Whyatt
			67 days
	Edward Daniels	File:Ed Daniels 2.jpg	27 June 2018	2 October 2018	Die Rechte		Freayth I
			97 days
Ex officio held by the Vorsitzender
	Stephen Freayth		2 October 2018	7 January 2019	Die Rechte		Freayth II
			97 days
	Tarik Kârjasary		7 January 2019	1 April 2019	Social Ecology		Karjasary
			84 days
	Edward Daniels	File:Ed Daniels 2.jpg	1 April 2019	1 April 2020	Liberty Front		Daniels
			1 year
Position no longer ex officio held by the Vorsitzender
	The Emperor Newton	File:Newtonvonuberquie 1.jpg	1 April 2020	30 May 2020	Independent		Renwick VI
			59 days
	Henry Twain		30 May 2020	29 June 2020	National Union
			30 days
Vacancy from 29 June to 10 July 2020
	Griffin Kaos		10 July 2020	7 August 2020	—		Provisional
			28 days
	Anthony Clark		7 August 2020	Incumbent	NRGU		Renwick VII
			1566 days