Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Taiwan)

Coordinates: 25°2′20.2″N 121°30′58.78″E / 25.038944°N 121.5163278°E / 25.038944; 121.5163278

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Agency overview
外交部 Wàijiāobù

Formed	1927
Jurisdiction	Republic of China
Headquarters	Zhongzheng, Taipei
Ministers responsible	David Lin, Minister Simon Ko, Deputy Minister Bruce Linghu^[1], Deputy Minister Vanessa Shih, Vice Minister
Parent agency	Executive Yuan
Website	www.mofa.gov.tw

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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 Lin.

Administration

Bureau of Consular Affairs

Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs

MOFA is composed of the following departmental structures:^[2]

Departmental Structure

Secretariat
Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Department of West Asian and African Affairs
Department of European Affairs
Department of North American Affairs
Department of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs
Department of Treaty and Legal Affairs
Department of International Organizations
Department of International Cooperation and Economic Affairs
Department of International Information Services
Department of Policy Planning
Department of Protocol
Department of General Affairs
Department of Personnel
Department of Civil Service Ethics
Department of Accounting
Department of Archives, Information Management and Telecommunications
Public Diplomacy Coordination Council
Department of NGO International Affairs
The Office of Parliamentarian Affairs
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs
Association of East Asian Relations
Coordination Council for North American Affairs
Central Taiwan Office
Southern Taiwan Office
Eastern Taiwan Office
Southwestern Taiwan Office

Budget

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.

Diplomatic Relations

Main article: Foreign relations of Taiwan

Embassy of the Republic of China for Vatican City.

Embassy of the Republic of China for Swaziland.

The Republic of China has diplomatic relations with 22 countries.^[3]

Oceania

Central and South America

Africa

Europe

Vatican City

Republic of China Representative Offices Abroad

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Japan.

Main article: Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office

For countries that the Republic of China do not have formal diplomatic relations, these offices are refer to as Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representatives Office or Taipei Representative Offices.^[4]

Foreign Missions in the Republic of China

Embassy of Vatican City

Embassy of the Republic of Nauru
Embassy of Saint Christopher and Nevis
Embassy of Burkina Faso
Embassy of the Republic of El Salvador
Embassy of Belize
Embassy of the Republic of Palau
Embassy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
Embassy of the Republic of Honduras
Embassy of the Soloman Islands
Embassy of the Republic of Paraguay
Embassy of Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
Embassy of the Republic of Panama
Embassy of the Dominican Republic
Embassy of the Kingdom of Swaziland
Embassy of Vatican City

Ministers

Main article: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)

David Lin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China

Transportation

The MOFA building is accessible by NTU Hospital Station of the Taipei Metro on the Red Line.

References

↑ http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201508200027.aspx
↑ "Issue". Mofa.gov.tw. 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
↑ "Issue". Mofa.gov.tw. 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
↑ "Issue". Mofa.gov.tw. 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2014-05-07.

External links

Official website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (TAIWAN) (Chinese (Taiwan))

Executive Yuan

Premier current Vice Premier current

Ministries	Culture Economic Affairs Education Finance Foreign Affairs Health and Welfare Interior Justice Labor National Defense Science and Technology Transportation and Communications

Commissions	Central Election Financial Supervisory Fair Trade Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs National Communications Public Construction

Councils	Agriculture Atomic Energy Hakka Affairs Indigenous Peoples Mainland Affairs National Development Overseas Community Affairs Veterans Affairs

Agencies	Budget, Accounting and Statistics Coast Guard Environmental Protection Personnel Administration

Other bodies	Central Bank National Palace Museum

Foreign relations of Taiwan

Africa	Burkina Faso Gambia Malawi South Africa

Americas	Belize Brazil Canada Dominican Republic Paraguay United States Venezuela

Asia	Bangladesh PR China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Saudi Arabia South Korea Vietnam

Europe	Denmark Holy See Italy Russia United Kingdom

Oceania	Australia Pacific countries

Other	United Nations Political/Legal status

Related topics	Ministry of Foreign Affairs Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office Taiwan Relations Act Diplomatic missions of/in Taiwan Passport Visa policy/requirements

Timeline of diplomatic relations

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