Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the German Democratic Republic
- Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the German Democratic Republic
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The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the German Democratic Republic, 1958
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the German Democratic Republic, 1972. The building was demolished in 1996.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the German Democratic Republic (German: Ministerium für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, abbreviated MfAA) was a government body of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) that existed from 1949 to 1990. It had its seat at Schinkelplatz in Berlin-Mitte. A new foreign ministry building was constructed 1964-1967, although the building was demolished in 1996, after the German reunification.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs was led by the Foreign Minister of the German Democratic Republic and a number of deputies. However, the Foreign Minister had less actual influence over the foreign policy than the central committee secretary for foreign policy in the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. As a de facto subordinate position, the Foreign Minister could be a member of some of the block parties in the GDR.
The West German counterpart was the Foreign Office, that still exists as the current German foreign ministry, and considers itself to be the direct continuation of the Foreign Office that was established in 1870 in the North German Confederation.
Literature
- Hermann Wentker: Außenpolitik in engen Grenzen. Die DDR im internationalen System (= Schriftenreihe der Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte). Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, München 2007. ISBN 978-3-486-58345-8.
Categories:
- Government of East Germany
- Foreign relations of East Germany
- 1949 establishments in East Germany
- Government ministers of East Germany
- Foreign affairs ministries
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