Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

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Swiss federal department foreign affairs ministry

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs is Switzerland’s national ministry responsible for managing the country’s foreign policy, diplomatic relations, and international cooperation.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Departement federal d’affars exteriurs	1
Dipartimento federale degli affari esteri	1
Département fédéral des affaires étrangères	1
Eidgenössisches Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Swiss federal department ⓘ foreign affairs ministry ⓘ
abbreviation	DFAE ⓘ DFAE (rm) ⓘ EDA ⓘ FDFA ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport ⓘ Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research ⓘ Federal Department of Justice and Police ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
employer	Swiss diplomatic service ⓘ
follows	Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ surface form: Swiss Federal Constitution
hasDivision	Consular Directorate ⓘ Directorate of European Affairs ⓘ Directorate of International Law ⓘ Directorate of Political Affairs ⓘ State Secretariat of the FDFA ⓘ Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation ⓘ
headedBy	Federal Councillor ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Switzerland ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Bern ⓘ
jurisdiction	Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation) ⓘ surface form: Swiss Confederation
language	French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Romansh language ⓘ surface form: Romansh
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
nativeName	Federal Department of Foreign Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Departement federal d’affars exteriurs Federal Department of Foreign Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dipartimento federale degli affari esteri Federal Department of Foreign Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Département fédéral des affaires étrangères Federal Department of Foreign Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eidgenössisches Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
oversees	Swiss consulates ⓘ Swiss embassies ⓘ Swiss permanent missions to international organizations ⓘ
parentOrganization	Swiss Federal Council ⓘ surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland
partOf	Swiss federal government ⓘ surface form: Swiss federal administration
portfolioHolderTitle	Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs ⓘ
responsibleFor	Swiss foreign policy ⓘ Swiss policy on international organizations ⓘ Swiss representation abroad ⓘ consular services for Swiss citizens abroad ⓘ development cooperation policy of Switzerland ⓘ diplomatic relations of Switzerland ⓘ humanitarian aid policy of Switzerland ⓘ international cooperation of Switzerland ⓘ promotion of peace and human rights in foreign policy ⓘ protection of Swiss interests abroad ⓘ
website	https://www.eda.admin.ch ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Department of Justice and Police → cooperatesWith → Federal Department of Foreign Affairs ⓘ

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs → nativeName → Federal Department of Foreign Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eidgenössisches Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs → nativeName → Federal Department of Foreign Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Département fédéral des affaires étrangères

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs → nativeName → Federal Department of Foreign Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dipartimento federale degli affari esteri

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs → nativeName → Federal Department of Foreign Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Departement federal d’affars exteriurs

Swiss federal government → supervises → Federal Department of Foreign Affairs ⓘ