The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia is a cabinet-level governmental agency in Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

 in charge of conducting and designing the foreign policy

Foreign policy

A country's foreign policy, also called the foreign relations policy, consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve its goals within international relations milieu. The approaches are strategically employed to interact with other countries...

 of the country.

Organization and structure

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia seeks to implement the government's foreign policy in conformity with the policies fixed by the head of state. establishing, maintaining and developing Tunisia's partnership with foreign states and international institutions and organizations in the political, economic, social and cultural spheres.
The ministry is divided into several departments:

• The State Secretariat in charge of European Affairs;
• The State Secretariat in charge of American and Asian Affairs;
• The State Secretariat in charge of Maghrebi, Arab and African Affairs;
• The Office of the Minister;
• The General Inspectorate;
• The General Secretariat;
• The General Directorate of Political, Economic Affairs and Cooperation with the Arab World and Arab and Islamic Organizations;
• The General Directorate of Political, Economic Affairs and Cooperation for Europe and the European Union;
• The General Directorate of Political, Economic Affairs and Cooperation for the Americas, Pacific Asia and American and Asian Regional Organizations;
• The General Directorate of Political, Economic Affairs and Cooperation for Africa and the African Union;
• The General Directorate of International Organizations and Conferences;
• The General Directorate of Consular Affairs;
• The Directorate of Diplomatic Protocol;
• The Directorate of Information;
• Units of study and research.

The ministry is headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia, currently, Kamel Morjane

Kamel Morjane

Kamel Morjane, also spelled Kemal Mourjan, is a Tunisian politician and diplomat who served as Tunisia's Minister of Defense from 2005 to 2010 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2011.-Life and political career:...

.

List of ministers

• Habib Bourguiba
  Habib Bourguiba
  Habib Bourguiba was a Tunisian statesman, the Founder and the first President of the Republic of Tunisia from July 25, 1957 until 7 November 1987...
  
   (1956-1957)
• Sadok Mokadem (1957-1962)
• Mongi Slim
  Mongi Slim
  Mongi Slim was a twice jailed Tunisian diplomat who became the first African to become the President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1961. He received a degree from the faculty of law of the University of Paris....
  
   (1962-1964)
• Habib Bourguiba, Jr. (1964-1970)
• Muhammad Masmoudi (1970-1974)
• Habib Chatty (1974-1977)
• Muhammad Fitouri (1977-April 15, 1980)
• Hassen Belkhodja
  Hassen Belkhodja
  Hassen Belkhodja, also known as Hassan Belkhodja, born March 10, 1916 in Ras Jebel, died November 29, 1981, was a Tunisian politician and businessman....
  
   (April 15, 1980-1981)
• Beji Caid Essebsi (1981-1986)
• Rashid Sfar (1986-1986)
• Hedi Mabrouk (1986-1987)
• Mahmoud Mestiri
  Mahmoud Mestiri
  Mahmoud Mestiri was a Tunisian diplomat and politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia in 1987-1988.-References:...
  
   (1987-1988)
• Abdelhamid Escheikh (1988-1990)
• Ismail Khelil (1990-1990)
• Habib Boularès
  Habib Boularès
  Habib Boularès is a Tunisian diplomat and politician, currently serving as secretary-general of the Arab-Maghreb Union. He first entered the cabinet in 1970 as minister of culture and information, serving in that post until 1971...
  
   (1990-1991)
• Habib Ben Yahia
  Habib Ben Yahia
  Habib Ben Yahia Habib Ben Yahia Habib Ben Yahia (born 1938 in metouia is a politician from Tunisia. From 1991 he served his first term as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia until January 1997 when he became defense minister. He served in that position until he became foreign minister for the...
  
   (1991-January, 1997)
• Abderrahim Zouari
  Abderrahim Zouari
  Abderrahim Zouari is a Tunisian politician. He was the Minister of Transport from 2004 to 2011 under former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.-Biography:...
  
   (1997)
• Said Ben Mustapha (1997- November 11, 1999)
• Habib Ben Yahia
  Habib Ben Yahia
  Habib Ben Yahia Habib Ben Yahia Habib Ben Yahia (born 1938 in metouia is a politician from Tunisia. From 1991 he served his first term as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia until January 1997 when he became defense minister. He served in that position until he became foreign minister for the...
  
   (November 11, 1999- November 10, 2004)
• Abdelbaki Hermassi
  Abdelbaki Hermassi
  Abdelbaki Hermassi is a Tunisian politician. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia from November 10, 2004 when he was appointed during a cabinet reshuffle, until another cabinet reshuffle on August 17, 2005 when he lost that position. He was previously the minister of culture of Tunisia...
  
   (November 10, 2004-August 17, 2005)
• Abdelwahab Abdallah
  Abdelwahab Abdallah
  Abdelwahab Abdallah is a Tunisian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia and was advisor to the President.-Life and political career:...
  
   (August 17, 2005 - January 14, 2010)
• Kamel Morjane
  Kamel Morjane
  Kamel Morjane, also spelled Kemal Mourjan, is a Tunisian politician and diplomat who served as Tunisia's Minister of Defense from 2005 to 2010 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2011.-Life and political career:...
  
   (January 14, 2010- January 27, 2011)
• Ahmed Ounaies
  Ahmed Ounaies
  Ahmed Ounaies, also spelled Ahmed Ounaiss, is a Tunisian politician and diplomat who was Foreign Minister for two weeks in the transitional government established after the 2010–2011 Tunisian uprising...
  
   (January 27, 2011 - February 21, 2011)
• Mouldi Kefi
  Mouldi Kefi
  Mohamed Mouldi Kefi is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia and a retired diplomat. He is married and has four children....
  
  (February 21, 2011 - present)