Permanent State Secretary

The highest permanent civil servant of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Permanent State Secretary, has over-all responsibility for the activities and organisation of the foreign policy administration as well as the development of the personnel policy.

He also directs the financial and strategy planning of his administration and supervises the preparation of the budget and its implemention, whilst being in charge of important projects in his domain.

The Permanent State Secretary also follows the work of the different departments, units and embassies of the Foreign Ministry and is active in international politics.