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The Auswärtiges Amt (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) is the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and responsible for the foreign affairs as well as the German EU-Politics.
It was founded after the unification of the country in 1871, mainly out of the Prussian foreign ministry.
The current Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs is Joschka Fischer (German Green Party), since 1998. For a complete list of German Ministers of Foreign Affairs, see Foreign Minister of Germany.
External link
- Official Homepage (English) (http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/www/en/index_html)