Ministry of External Relations (Dominican Republic)

Ministry of External Relations
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Cancillería
Agency overview
Formed1874
Jurisdiction Dominican Republic
HeadquartersAv. Independencia, Santo Domingo
Annual budgetRD$ 8,261,136,983.55 (2021)[1]
Minister responsible
  • Roberto Álvarez [2]
Websitehttps://mirex.gob.do/

The Ministry of External Relations (Spanish: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores or MIREX) of the Dominican Republic is the government institution in charge of foreign affairs. It's responsible of coordinating the foreign policy of the Dominican Republic along the President, in accordance with Article 128 of the Constitution. It is commonly known as the Chancellery (Cancillería)

It was created on 1874 as the Secretaría de Estado de Relaciones Exteriores. Its headquarters are located at Santo Domingo. Its current Minister is Roberto Álvarez, since August 16, 2020.[3]

  1. ^ "Datos de la Ejecución Presupuestaria" (PDF). Dirección General de Presupuesto (in Spanish). 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  2. ^ "Despacho del Ministro". MIREX (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  3. ^ "Decreto no. 324-20". Presidencia de la República Dominicana (in Spanish). 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2023-02-15.