Minister of Foreign Affairs (Burma)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

နိုင်ငံခြားရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန
Seal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Union Minister Her Excellency Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Agency overview
Formed	17 March 1947 (1947-03-17)(Department), May 25, 1967 (1967-05-25)(Ministry)
Preceding agencies	Department of Foreign Affairs Foreign Office
Jurisdiction	Government of Myanmar
Headquarters	Naypyidaw 19°45′12″N 96°07′09″E / 19.7534296°N 96.1192157°E / 19.7534296; 96.1192157
Minister responsible	Aung San Suu Kyi, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Child agencies	Political Department ASEAN Affairs Department Strategic Studies and Training Department Protocol Department International Organizations and Economic Department Consular and Legal Affairs Department Planning and Administrative Department
Website	www.mofa.gov.mm

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Burmese: နိုင်ငံခြားရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန, [nàɪɴŋàɴdʑájé wʊ̀ɴdʑí tʰàna̰], 'MOFA') is a ministry in the government of Myanmar responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations with other nations. It also operates embassies and consulates in 44 countries. It is headed by Aung San Suu Kyi, first female Foreign Minister of Myanmar, who replaced Wunna Maung Lwin on 30 March 2016.

The Ministry was founded as Department of Foreign Affairs on 17 March 1947, and was led by General Aung San. In 1948, it was named Foreign Office. On 25 May 1967, it was organized as Ministry of Foreign Affairs.