Arizona Department of State and Foreign Affairs

The Arizona Department of State and Foreign Affairs (AZDoSFA), often referred to as the Department of State as well as the State Department, is the Arizona state executive department responsible for international relations of the State of Arizona, equivalent to the foreign ministry of other countries. In addition to its role as a foreign ministry, the Department of State is also responsible for overseeing all elections in Arizona, acting as the custodian of all State property, including State records and archives, and XXXX. The Department was created in 1612 and was the first executive department established.

The Department is headquartered in the XXXX Building located at ADDRESS, a few blocks away from the Arizona State Capitol in the Central City neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona The Department operates the diplomatic missions of the State of Arizona abroad and is responsible for implementing the foreign policy of the State of Arizona, including the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the United States, and Arizona diplomacy efforts. The Department is also the depositary for more than 200 multilateral treaties.

The Department is led by the Secretary of State and Foreign Affairs, usually shorted to "Secretary of State", who is nominated by the Governor of Arizona and, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, is appointed by the Governor, and is a member of the Cabinet. The current Secretary of State is XXXX. The Secretary of State is the first Cabinet official in the order of precedence and in the gubernatorial line of succession.

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