Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs

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cabinet position federal ministerial office

The Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs is Germany’s chief diplomat and cabinet member responsible for directing the country’s foreign policy and representing it in international relations.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany	10
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs canonical	3
Bundesminister des Auswärtigen	1
Bundesminister für auswärtige Angelegenheiten	1
Bundesministerin des Auswärtigen	1
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)	1
Foreign Minister of Germany	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10595063 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
Context triple: [Minister of State in the Federal Foreign Office, reportsTo, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs]

A. Secretary of Foreign Affairs
The Secretary of Foreign Affairs is the Philippine government’s chief diplomat, responsible for directing the country’s foreign policy and managing its international relations through the Department of Foreign Affairs.
B. Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
The Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs is France’s chief government official responsible for directing the country’s foreign policy, diplomatic relations, and European affairs.
C. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs was a senior British cabinet post historically responsible for directing the United Kingdom’s foreign policy and diplomatic relations.
D. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs was the senior official in charge of directing and managing the foreign policy and diplomatic relations of the German Empire.
E. Secretary of State for External Affairs
The Secretary of State for External Affairs was the former Canadian cabinet minister responsible for directing the country’s foreign policy and international relations, a role later replaced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
Target entity description: The Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs is Germany’s chief diplomat and cabinet member responsible for directing the country’s foreign policy and representing it in international relations.

A. Secretary of Foreign Affairs
The Secretary of Foreign Affairs is the Philippine government’s chief diplomat, responsible for directing the country’s foreign policy and managing its international relations through the Department of Foreign Affairs.
B. Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
The Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs is France’s chief government official responsible for directing the country’s foreign policy, diplomatic relations, and European affairs.
C. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs was a senior British cabinet post historically responsible for directing the United Kingdom’s foreign policy and diplomatic relations.
D. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs was the senior official in charge of directing and managing the foreign policy and diplomatic relations of the German Empire.
E. Secretary of State for External Affairs
The Secretary of State for External Affairs was the former Canadian cabinet minister responsible for directing the country’s foreign policy and international relations, a role later replaced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cabinet position ⓘ federal ministerial office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Foreign Minister of Germany ⓘ linked to: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs German Foreign Minister ⓘ linked to: Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany
appointedBy	Federal President of Germany ⓘ linked to: President of Germany
country	Germany ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	German consulates abroad ⓘ German embassies abroad ⓘ permanent missions of Germany to international organizations ⓘ
hasPart	Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office ⓘ Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Foreign Office ⓘ
heads	Federal Foreign Office (Germany) ⓘ linked to: German Foreign Office
inception	1870 ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal government ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ
legalBasis	Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ German federal ministerial law ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Berlin ⓘ
memberOf	Federal Cabinet of Germany ⓘ linked to: German Federal Cabinet
nativeLabel	Bundesminister des Auswärtigen ⓘ linked to: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Bundesministerin des Auswärtigen ⓘ linked to: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
nominatedBy	Federal Chancellor of Germany ⓘ linked to: Federal Chancellor
officeHeldBy	Annalena Baerbock ⓘ
officeType	chief diplomat ⓘ
participatesIn	European Union Foreign Affairs Council ⓘ linked to: Council of the European Union NATO ministerial meetings ⓘ OSCE ministerial meetings ⓘ linked to: OSCE Ministerial Council United Nations General Assembly (as head of delegation or representative) ⓘ linked to: United Nations delegates
partOf	Federal Government of Germany ⓘ
positionHeld	Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany) ⓘ linked to: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
precededBy	North German Confederation Foreign Minister ⓘ
rank	senior cabinet minister ⓘ
reportsTo	Federal Chancellor of Germany ⓘ linked to: Chancellor of Germany
responsibleFor	Germany’s consular affairs ⓘ Germany’s development of European foreign and security policy positions ⓘ Germany’s diplomatic relations ⓘ Germany’s human rights policy in foreign relations ⓘ Germany’s participation in international organizations ⓘ Germany’s treaty negotiations ⓘ coordination of Germany’s foreign policy with other ministries ⓘ foreign policy of Germany ⓘ protection of German citizens abroad ⓘ representation of Germany abroad ⓘ
seat	Berlin ⓘ
termLength	no fixed term ⓘ serves at the pleasure of the Federal Chancellor ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

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

Minister of State in the Federal Foreign Office → reportsTo → Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs ⓘ

Minister of State in the Federal Foreign Office → subordinateTo → Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs ⓘ

Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs → replacedBy → Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany ⓘ