Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Malaysia)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Kementerian Luar Negeri (KLN)
Ministry overview
Formed	1956; 61 years ago (1956)
Preceding Ministry	Ministry of External Affairs
Jurisdiction	Government of Malaysia
Headquarters	Wisma Putra, No. 1, Jalan Wisma Putra, Precinct 2, Federal Government Administrative Centre, 62602 Putrajaya
Employees	3,286 (2016)
Annual budget	MYR 710,513,900 (2016)
Minister responsible	Anifah Aman
Deputy Minister responsible	Reezal Merican Naina Merican
Ministry executives	Othman Hashim, Secretary-General Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob, Deputy Secretary-General (Bilateral Affairs) Ho May Yong, Deputy Secretary-General (Multilateral Affairs) Mat Dris Yaacob, Deputy Secretary-General (Management Services)
Website	www.kln.gov.my

Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent Anifah Aman since 9 April 2009 (2009-04-09)
Style	Yang Berhormat Menteri (The Honourable Minister)
Member of	Cabinet of Malaysia
Reports to	Parliament of Malaysia
Seat	Level 3, Wisma Putra, No. 1, Jalan Wisma Putra, Precinct 2, Federal Government Administrative Centre, 62602 Putrajaya
Appointer	Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Malaysia
Formation	31 August 1957 (1957-08-31)
First holder	Tunku Abdul Rahman
Deputy	Reezal Merican Naina Merican
Website	www.kln.gov.my

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Malay: Kementerian Luar Negeri), abbreviated KLN, is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for foreign affairs, Malaysian diaspora, foreigners in Malaysia, diplomacy, foreign relations, counter terrorism, bilateral affairs, multilateral affairs, ASEAN, , consular services, maritime affairs, chemical weapons. The current ministry is based in Putrajaya with Datuk Seri Anifah Aman as Minister with Reezal Merican Naina Merican as his Deputy Minister. The ministry has its own building called Wisma Putra.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for administration of several key Acts:

The origin of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs began before Malaysia's independence in 1957. The groundwork for the establishment of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), as it was initially called, was initiated a year prior to Independence particularly with through the training of a batch of eleven diplomats to man the country's diplomatic missions overseas. This pioneering group was trained in the United Kingdom and Australia.

The Ministry of External Affairs was modeled after the British Foreign Office.

Initially, Malaysia had diplomatic missions in London, Washington D.C, Canberra, New York City, New Delhi, Jakarta and Bangkok. In 1963, there were fourteen Malaysian missions and twenty-five countries were represented in Malaysia (four by way of concurrent accreditation).