Annual budget €1.079 billion (2017) | Website www.formin.fi Founded 28 June 1918 | |
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Formed June 28, 1918; 98 years ago (1918-06-28) Employees 1,420 permanent employees980 local employees Ministers responsible Timo Soini, Minister for Foreign AffairsKai Mykkänen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Profiles | ||
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) is a ministry in the Finnish Government and is responsible for preparing and implementing the government's foreign policy.
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Organisation
The ministry in 2017 has a total budget of 1.079 billion euros, of which 675 million will be spent on development cooperation and 248 million euros on the ministry's operating expenses. Upkeep of crisis management troops will cost 50 million euros and civilian personnel 15 million.
It employs 1,420 people (of whom approximately 74% are women) as well as 980 locally hired personnel and maintains 89 overseas offices housing foreign missions. Since 1987 the ministry has been concentrated in the Katajanokka district of Helsinki.
Two ministers in the current Juha Sipilä's government have portfolios relating to the ministry:
The most senior civil servant is the Secretary of State, and is assisted by four Under-Secretaries of State with responsibilities allocated as follows:
Below these, the ministry is divided into twelve departments:
Outside of these departments there are two specialised units:
Current Ministers
The ministers, as of 23 June 2016, are:
The current Secretary of State at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs is Peter Stenlund.