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10Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · Ministries and responsibilities

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has no state Foreign Minister.

Notice the word not. The question asks for the ministerial office absent from the state government: Foreign Minister.

About 4 min readReviewed: 20 October 2026
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Basic LawArticle 32 · Foreign relations
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The short answer

Foreign Minister is correct.

Under Article 32, relations with foreign states are primarily a federal responsibility. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has justice, finance and interior portfolios, but no separate foreign ministry.

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Which minister does Mecklenburg-Vorpommern not have?

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The federation and state have different responsibilities.

A state government is not a smaller copy of the federal government with every same ministerial office. Responsibilities follow Germany’s federal structure. For this question, associate foreign relations primarily with the federation.

The other three answers name existing areas of state government responsibility. Ministries can combine several subjects, and their full names may change. This does not turn a European-affairs portfolio into a separate foreign ministry.

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The other three answers

These three areas of responsibility exist at state level.

Justice Minister

Justice is a state portfolio. The ministry is not entitled to dictate the content of judgments to independent courts.

Finance Minister

Finance is a state government responsibility, including the state budget and financial administration. Finance Minister is therefore not the missing role.

Interior Minister

Interior affairs is also a state portfolio. It is different from foreign policy and is not the correct answer to the question about the missing office.

States can still take part in international affairs.

Article 32 requires consultation with a state before treaties affecting its particular circumstances. Within its legislative competence, a state may conclude treaties with foreign states with federal government consent. Primarily federal responsibility therefore does not exclude every international activity by states.

Under Article 47 of the state constitution, the Minister President represents the state externally. Treaties concerning legislative matters require the Landtag’s consent through a law. These rules allow state participation without changing Foreign Minister as the answer.

Article 32 · Foreign relations · Basic Law ↗
Your memory cue

Find the missing office: Foreign Minister.

Justice, finance and interior affairs exist at state level; foreign relations are primarily federal.

Three words for this question

das Ressortportfolio / department
A ministry’s area of responsibility.
auswärtige Beziehungenforeign relations
Relations with other states.
der Staatsvertragtreaty
A formal agreement between states within their respective powers.
Grundgesetz · Artikel 32 ↗
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