Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Foreign_Trade_(Jamaica)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Jamaica)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Jamaica)

Jamaican external relations ministry

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is the ministry responsible for handling Jamaica's external relations and foreign trade.[2] The ministry's current director is Senator Kamina Johnson-Smith.

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The ministry's official mission statement notes that it "is responsible for the implementation of Jamaica’s foreign policy, the management of Jamaica international relations and the promotion of its interests overseas."[2]

History

After achieving independence from the United Kingdom in August 1962, Jamaica immediately established its foreign ministry, then known as the Ministry of External Affairs. In 1976, the government changed the ministry's name to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and eventually added "and Foreign Trade" sometime later to reflect the full scope of its mission.[3]

List of ministers

This is a list of ministers of foreign affairs and foreign trade of Jamaica:[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Members Of The Cabinet". MOFAFT website. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  2. [2]
    "About Us". mfaft.gov.jm. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Jamaica. Archived from the original on 16 June 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  3. [3]
    "History/Background". mfaft.gov.jm. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Jamaica. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Foreign ministers E-K".
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