- Official name
- R. Welch
- Note on the name
- Spelling of the given name pending verification. The archive carries both "Rodger Welch" and "Roger Welch"; the only Kingdom instruments held in this archive — the 2020 letters to the United Nations Secretary-General and the World Bank correspondence — are signed "R. Welch". Until a signed appointment instrument or other authoritative record settles the spelling, the register uses the initial and this listing is not described as confirmed.
- Exact title
- Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Relations
- Office
- Documented at /council-of-ministers
- Appointment date
- No appointment date is recorded in the current public archive.
- Appointing authority
- The Aliʻi Nui
- Appointment instrument
- No appointment instrument is published in the current public archive.
- Term or service period
- Recorded as signing as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2020 and carried in the cabinet register for 2025–2027. No appointment date and no end of service are recorded.
- Current status
- Listed in the current Kingdom register; appointment instrument not publicly available.
- Function
- Directs the Kingdom's external relations with foreign states, Indigenous nations, and inter-governmental organisations, including the Kingdom's engagement with the United Nations system. Appointments made by this office are internal PKOA appointments and are not accreditation by any receiving government or organisation.
- Office classification
- Office demonstrably operational — Established internally, shown with a named officeholder, and supported by dated public activity documented elsewhere in this archive.
- Evidence classification
- Kingdom register entry supported by externally documented activity
- Public contact route
- Written correspondence through the contact form at /contact, or the Office of the Aliʻi Nui email published on the contact page. No dedicated address or telephone number is published for this office.
- Last verification date
- 2026-09-06
- Source of authority
- The office is constituted under the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi's own internal law. Authority within the Kingdom: The Aliʻi Nui. No external government or international organisation is the source of this office's authority.
- Relationship to the Aliʻi Nui
- Appointed by and serving under the Aliʻi Nui (The Aliʻi Nui).
- Traditional / ceremonial / administrative
- Administrative
- Naming note
- The register title is "Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Relations". The cabinet roster carries the shorter form "Minister of Foreign Affairs", and the office is named in the roster as both "Office of International Relations" and "Office of External Affairs". These are the same office; the register title above is the one to use.