Foreign Office (Germany)

The German Foreign Office (in German, Auswärtiges Amt, or AA) is the foreign ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany, and is responsible for both its foreign politics and its relationship to the European Union. Since 1998, the ministry has been led by Joschka Fischer. Since 1966, the Federal Foreign Minister has also been by convention the Vice-Chancellor, although brief exceptions occurred in both 1982 and 1992-1993.

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German - Foreign ministry - Federal Republic of Germany - Foreign politics - European Union - 1998 - Joschka Fischer - Federal Foreign Minister - Vice-Chancellor - 1982 - 1992 - 1993

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The seat of the ministry is at the Werderscher Market, in the historical center of Berlin, not too far from the former Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).

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Berlin - German Democratic Republic

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