Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)
| 外交部 Wàijiāobù |
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| Formed | 1927 |
| Jurisdiction | Taiwan |
| Headquarters | Zhongzheng, Taipei |
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| Parent agency | Executive Yuan |
| Website | www.mofa.gov.tw |
Coordinates: 25°2′20.2″N 121°30′58.78″E / 25.038944°N 121.5163278°E
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (MOFA; Chinese: 中華民國外交部; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Wàijiāobù) is a cabinet level policy-making body, governed under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China. The fundamental purpose of the ministry is to promote, expand, and conduct bilateral foreign affairs with other nations. It is in charge of interactions between the Republic of China and foreign countries except the People's Republic of China, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Mainland Affairs Council. The current Foreign Minister is David Lee.
MOFA is composed of the following departmental structures:
According to statistics published by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics for Fiscal Year 2011, the budget for MOFA is equivalent to approx. 10.37% of the budget for the Ministry of National Defense (MND). The MND budget for 2011 has been announced to be US$ 9.2 billion. Hence, an estimated MOFA budget figure for Fiscal Year 2011 is US$ 954 million.
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