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Foreign & Commonwealth Office main building
The Foreign Office in Whitehall

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (or Foreign Office) is a ministry of the Government of the United Kingdom. Its job it is to protect British interests around the world.

The head of the department is known as the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which is usually shortened to "Foreign Secretary". This position is one of the four most important in the government's Cabinet. Jeremy Hunt is the current Foreign Secretary of the UK.

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  • Foreign and India Offices, London, 1866 ILN

    The western end of the FCDO Main Building in 1866, facing St James's Park. It was then occupied by the Foreign and India Offices, while the Home and Colonial Offices occupied the Whitehall end.

  • New UK Diplomatic Posts - April 2013 (8680641560)

    New UK Diplomatic Posts – April 2013

  • Foreign.office.london.arp

    The FCDO Main Building viewed from Horse Guards Road, with the Statue of Robert Clive and the entrance to the Churchill War Rooms visible

  • Muse Staircase 2019 World Photography Day

    The Muse Staircase

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y de la Mancomunidad de Naciones para niños

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