title: Thijs Niemantsverdriet
Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Nepal)
Ohn Gyaw
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union)
GLIFAA
Ben Bot
Frans Timmermans
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Bahamas)
sentences: Thijs Niemantsverdriet (born 1978) is a Dutch journalist, and since 2004, editor of the weekly "Vrij Nederland".
 In 2008 he won the De Tegel award for journalism for his portraits of MEP Joost Lagendijk and Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Frans Timmermans.
The Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence is a special committee of the Parliament of Norway.
 It holds non-disclosed discussions with the government regarding important issues of foreign affairs, trade policy and security issues.
 Other issues are discussed in the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence.
 The enlarged committee consists of the members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, the parliamentary leaders and the president.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nepal (Nepali: परराष्ट्र मन्त्रालय) abbreviated as MoFA is responsible for conducting external affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs represents other line ministries and Government of Nepal while dealing with other states.
 Currently Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal, Honorable Mr. Krishna Bahadur Mahara is leading the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nepal.
 Meanwhile, Mr. Shankar Das Bairagi is serving as Foreign Secretary of Nepal.
Ohn Gyaw (Burmese: အုန်းကျော် , ] ; born 3 March 1932) is a Burmese politician who served as 16th Minister of Foreign Affairs.
 Gyaw joined the diplomatic service in 1951, serving in Yugoslavia, Australia, and the USSR until 1985, when he was appointed Director of the South and Southeast Asian Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
 In 1988 he became Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and in 1991 was promoted to Minister of Foreign Affairs.
 In 1998 he was replaced; despite a thawing of relationships between Burma and the outside world during his tenure as Foreign Minister, Gyaw was seen as a "rigid and, at times, disingenuous champion of the regime" who "lacked innovation".
 He was replaced by Win Aung.
 He was in office when Burma won the observer position of ASEAN in July 1996 and full membership in July 1997.
 He played a key role in Burma becoming a member country and taking the chairmanship of it in 2014.
The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence (Norwegian: "Utenriks- og forsvarskomiteen" ) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway.
 It is responsible for policies relating foreign affairs, military, development cooperation, Svalbard or in other polar regions and matters in general relating to agreements between Norway and other states or organizations.
 It corresponds to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence.
 The committee has 17 members and is chaired by Anniken Huitfeldt of the Labour Party.
 The members also sit on the Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and the European Committee.
The Ministry of External Relations (MER) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: Министерство внешних сношений СССР ), formed on 16 July 1923, was one of the most important government offices in the Soviet Union.
 It was known as the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs (Russian: Народный комиссариат по иностранным делам ), or Narkomindel, until 1946.
 The Ministry was known as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russian: Министерство иностранных дел ), or MFA, from 1946 to 1991.
 The MER, at the all-Union level, was established on 6 July 1923, after the signing of the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR, and was based upon the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), formed in 1917.
 The Ministry was led by a Commissar prior to 1946, a Minister of Foreign Affairs prior to 1991, and a Minister of External Relations in 1991.
 Every leader of the Ministry was nominated by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers and confirmed by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, and was a member of the Council of Ministers.
GLIFAA (formerly Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies) is the officially recognized organization representing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender etc. (LGBT+) personnel and their families in the United States Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Foreign Commercial Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, and other agencies and entities working in foreign affairs in the U.S. Government.
 The acronym comes from its original name, Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies.
 As of 2014, the organization goes by GLIFAA and uses the slogan "LGBT+ pride in foreign affairs agencies" to underscore its inclusive composition.
 GLIFAA was founded in 1992 by fewer than a dozen employees who faced official harassment and potential loss of their jobs simply because of their sexual orientation.
 The organization has grown to hundreds of Foreign Service, Civil Service, and contract personnel and their families serving in Washington, throughout the U.S., and at U.S. embassies and missions around the world.
 Members also include retirees and straight allies in government agencies, while other supporters are affiliate members.
Bernard Rudolf "Ben" Bot (] ; born 21 November 1937) is a Dutch diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
 He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 3 December 2003 until 22 February 2007 in the Cabinets Balkenende II and III.
 A career diplomat, he succeeded then-Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaap de Hoop Scheffer who resigned to become Secretary General of NATO in 2003.
Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria "Frans" Timmermans (] ; born 6 May 1961) is a Dutch politician and diplomat who currently serves as the First Vice-President of the European Commission and the European Commissioner for the portfolio of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, Rule of Law and Charter of Fundamental Rights in the Juncker Commission from 1 November 2014.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs is the primary government officer in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas mandated to control foreign missions of the country.
 He is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
 He has the responsibility of implementing the Bahamian government's foreign affairs priorities.
 The current foreign affairs minister is Honorable Darren A. Henfield.

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 Thijs Niemantsverdriet (born 1978) is a Dutch journalist, and since 2004, editor of the weekly "Vrij Nederland".
 In 2008 he won the De Tegel award for journalism for his portraits of MEP Joost Lagendijk and Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Frans Timmermans. 

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 The Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence is a special committee of the Parliament of Norway.
 It holds non-disclosed discussions with the government regarding important issues of foreign affairs, trade policy and security issues.
 Other issues are discussed in the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence.
 The enlarged committee consists of the members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, the parliamentary leaders and the president. 

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 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nepal (Nepali: परराष्ट्र मन्त्रालय) abbreviated as MoFA is responsible for conducting external affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs represents other line ministries and Government of Nepal while dealing with other states.
 Currently Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal, Honorable Mr. Krishna Bahadur Mahara is leading the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nepal.
 Meanwhile, Mr. Shankar Das Bairagi is serving as Foreign Secretary of Nepal. 

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 Ohn Gyaw (Burmese: အုန်းကျော် , ] ; born 3 March 1932) is a Burmese politician who served as 16th Minister of Foreign Affairs.
 Gyaw joined the diplomatic service in 1951, serving in Yugoslavia, Australia, and the USSR until 1985, when he was appointed Director of the South and Southeast Asian Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
 In 1988 he became Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and in 1991 was promoted to Minister of Foreign Affairs.
 In 1998 he was replaced; despite a thawing of relationships between Burma and the outside world during his tenure as Foreign Minister, Gyaw was seen as a "rigid and, at times, disingenuous champion of the regime" who "lacked innovation".
 He was replaced by Win Aung.
 He was in office when Burma won the observer position of ASEAN in July 1996 and full membership in July 1997.
 He played a key role in Burma becoming a member country and taking the chairmanship of it in 2014. 

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 The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence (Norwegian: "Utenriks- og forsvarskomiteen" ) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway.
 It is responsible for policies relating foreign affairs, military, development cooperation, Svalbard or in other polar regions and matters in general relating to agreements between Norway and other states or organizations.
 It corresponds to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence.
 The committee has 17 members and is chaired by Anniken Huitfeldt of the Labour Party.
 The members also sit on the Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and the European Committee. 

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 The Ministry of External Relations (MER) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: Министерство внешних сношений СССР ), formed on 16 July 1923, was one of the most important government offices in the Soviet Union.
 It was known as the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs (Russian: Народный комиссариат по иностранным делам ), or Narkomindel, until 1946.
 The Ministry was known as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russian: Министерство иностранных дел ), or MFA, from 1946 to 1991.
 The MER, at the all-Union level, was established on 6 July 1923, after the signing of the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR, and was based upon the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), formed in 1917.
 The Ministry was led by a Commissar prior to 1946, a Minister of Foreign Affairs prior to 1991, and a Minister of External Relations in 1991.
 Every leader of the Ministry was nominated by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers and confirmed by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, and was a member of the Council of Ministers. 

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 Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria "Frans" Timmermans (] ; born 6 May 1961) is a Dutch politician and diplomat who currently serves as the First Vice-President of the European Commission and the European Commissioner for the portfolio of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, Rule of Law and Charter of Fundamental Rights in the Juncker Commission from 1 November 2014. 

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 The Minister of Foreign Affairs is the primary government officer in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas mandated to control foreign missions of the country.
 He is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
 He has the responsibility of implementing the Bahamian government's foreign affairs priorities.
 The current foreign affairs minister is Honorable Darren A. Henfield. 

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Answer: First Vice-President of the European Commission