Department for Foreign, Queenslandian Commonwealth and Development Affairs

Department for Foreign, Queenslandian Commonwealth and Development Affairs

Thai : กระทรวงการต่างประเทศ เครือจักรภพ และการพัฒนา
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Central overview
Formed	2 March 2023
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Queensland
Minister responsible	The Rt. Hon. Michael Braun, MP, Secretary of State for Foreign, Queenslandian Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Deputy Minister responsible	Dame Christine Ank MP, Minister of State for Development
Child agencies	Queenslandian Commonwealth Department Department of Development Affairs

The Department for Foreign, Queenslandian Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Thai: กระทรวงการต่างประเทศ เครือจักรภพ และการพัฒนา), is a department of the Government of the Commonwealth of Queensland. Equivalent to other countries' ministries of foreign affairs, it was created on 2 March 2023 through the merger of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth of Independence and the Department for Development. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth of Independence was itself created in 2017. The department in its various forms is responsible for representing and promoting Queensland interests worldwide.

The head of the Department for Foreign, Queenslandian Commonwealth and Development Affairs is the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs. Michael Braun was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on 2 March 2023.