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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brunei)

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Kementerian Hal Ehwal Luar Negeri
Ministry of Foreign Affairs' logo

Ministry of Foreign Affairs building
1 January 1984 (1984-01-01)
Government of Brunei and its diplomatic missions worldwide
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529 (2024)
B$127 million (2022)
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www.mofat.gov.bn

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA; Malay: Kementerian Hal Ehwal Luar Negeri, KHELN), formerly known as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT), is the cabinet-level ministry in the government of Brunei which is responsible for handling Brunei's external relations, the management of its international diplomatic missions and the nation's foreign trade policy. It was established immediately upon Brunei's independence on 1 January 1984. It is currently led by a minister and a second minister, in which the incumbents are Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei, and Erywan Yusof respectively. The ministry is headquartered in Bandar Seri Begawan.

Bruneian passports are issued by the ministry

From 1888 until 1984, Brunei was a protectorate under British rule, but the nation began the foundations of a foreign ministry by creating a Diplomatic Service Department. After achieving full independence from the United Kingdom in January 1984, Brunei immediately established an independent foreign ministry, then known as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In 2005, the government merged the ministry with the former International Relations and Trade Department of the Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources. The addition of "Foreign Trade" to the ministry's official name was made to reflect the full scope of its responsibilities. From 2005 until 2018, Lim Jock Seng was the Second Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade. The current Second Minister is Erywan Yusof.

In the fiscal year 2022–23, the ministry has been allocated with a budget of B$127 million, a 4.3 percent increase from the previous year.

No.	Portrait	Minister	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Ref.
1		Mohamed Bolkiah	1 January 1984	22 October 2015	31 years, 294 days
2		Hassanal Bolkiah	22 October 2015	incumbent	10 years, 188 days

No.	Portrait	Minister	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Ref.
1		Lim Jock Seng	24 May 2005	30 January 2018	12 years, 251 days
2		Erywan Yusof	30 January 2018	incumbent	8 years, 88 days

No.	Minister	Term start	Term end	Time in office
1	Zakaria Sulaiman	20 October 1986	1989	2–3 years
2	Ali Mohammad Daud	1989	24 May 2005	15–16 years
3	Erywan Yusof	22 October 2015	30 January 2018	2 years, 100 days

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