List of current foreign ministers

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This is a list of current foreign ministers of the 192 United Nations member states, the Holy See (Vatican City), the Republic of China (Taiwan), the Palestinian Authority, and Western Sahara, (SADR).

Foreign ministers of Unrecognized countries, contested territories, etc. are also included.

Country	Name	Since
Foreign ministers of sovereign states
Afghanistan	Rangin Dadfar Spanta	22 March 2006
Albania	Besnik Mustafaj	11 September 2005
Algeria	Mohammed Bedjaoui	1 May 2005
Andorra	Juli Minoves Triquell	7 April 2001
Angola	João Bernardo de Miranda	30 January 1999
Antigua and Barbuda	Baldwin Spencer	6 January 2005
Argentina	Jorge Taiana	1 December 2005
Armenia	Vartan Oskanian	10 April 1998
Australia	Alexander Downer	11 March 1996
Austria	Ursula Plassnik	20 October 2004
Azerbaijan	Elmar Mamedyarov	2 April 2004
Bahamas	Fred Mitchell	10 May 2002
Bahrain	Sheikh Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah	26 September 2005
Bangladesh	Iajuddin Ahmed (acting)	1 November 2006
Barbados	Dame Billie Miller	7 September 1994
Belarus	Syarhey Martynau	21 March 2003
Belgium	Karel De Gucht	20 July 2004
Belize	Eamon Courtenay	12 April 2006
Benin	Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo	10 April 2006
Bhutan	Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk	10 July 2003
Bolivia	David Choquehuanca	23 January 2006
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mladen Ivanić	13 January 2003
Botswana	Mompati Merafhe	1994
Brazil	Celso Amorim	1 January 2003
Brunei	Pagiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah	1 January 1984
Bulgaria	Ivailo Kalfin	16 August 2005
Burkina Faso	Youssouf Ouédraogo	14 January 1999
Burma	Nyan Win	18 September 2004
Burundi	Antoinette Batumubwira	30 August 2005
Cambodia	Hor Namhong	30 November 1998
Cameroon	Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara	22 September 2006
Canada	Peter MacKay	6 February 2006
Cape Verde	Víctor Borges	3 April 2004
Central African Republic	Côme Zoumara	2 September 2006
Chad	Ahmad Allam-Mi	7 August 2005
Chile	Alejandro Foxley	11 March 2006
People's Republic of China	Li Zhaoxing	17 March 2003
Colombia	María Consuelo Araújo	7 August 2006
Comoros	Ahmed Said Jaffar	28 May 2006
Republic of the Congo	Rodolphe Adada	3 November 1997
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Raymond Ramazani Baya	22 July 2004
Costa Rica	Bruno Stagno	8 May 2006
Côte d'Ivoire	Youssouf Bakayoko	3 January 2006
Croatia	Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović	17 February 2005
Cuba	Felipe Pérez Roque	28 May 1999
Cyprus	George Lillikas	13 June 2006
Czech Republic	Alexandr Vondra	4 September 2006
Denmark	Per Stig Møller	27 November 2001
Djibouti	Mahamoud Ali Youssouf	22 May 2005
Dominica	Charles Savarin	12 May 2005
Dominican Republic	Carlos Morales Troncoso	16 August 2004
East Timor	José Luís Guterres	14 July 2006
Egypt	Ahmed Aboul Gheit	10 July 2004
Ecuador	Francisco Carrión	10 October 2005
El Salvador	Francisco Laínez	1 June 2004
Equatorial Guinea	Pastor Micha Ondó Bile	11 February 2003
Eritrea	Mohamed Omar (acting)	October 2005
Estonia	Urmas Paet	13 April 2005
Ethiopia	Seyoum Mesfin	1991
Fiji	Kaliopate Tavola	4 July 2000
Finland	Erkki Tuomioja	25 February 2000
France	Philippe Douste-Blazy	2 June 2005
Gabon	Jean Ping	25 January 1999
Gambia	Bala Garba Jahumpa	27 October 2006
Georgia	Gela Bezhuashvili	19 October 2005
Germany	Frank-Walter Steinmeier	22 November 2005
Ghana	Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo	1 April 2003
Greece	Dora Bakoyannis	15 February 2006
Grenada	Elvin Nimrod	2000
Guatemala	Gert Rosenthal	1 August 2006
Guinea	Mamady Condé	29 May 2006
Guinea-Bissau	António Isaac Monteiro	9 November 2005
Guyana	Samuel Insanally	21 May 2001
Haiti	Rénald Clérismé	9 June 2006
Honduras	Milton Jiménez	27 January 2006
Holy See	Dominique Mamberti	15 September 2006
Hungary	Kinga Göncz	9 June 2006
Iceland	Valgerður Sverrisdóttir	15 June 2006
India	Pranab Mukherjee	24 October 2006
Indonesia	Hassan Wirajuda	9 August 2001
Iran	Manouchehr Mottaki	24 August 2005
Iraq	Hoshyar Zebari	3 September 2003
Ireland	Dermot Ahern	29 September 2004
Israel	Tzipi Livni	18 January 2006
Italy	Massimo D'Alema	17 May 2006
Jamaica	Anthony Hylton	31 March 2006
Japan	Taro Aso	21 October 2005
Jordan	Abdul Ilah Khatib	27 November 2005
Kazakhstan	Kasymzhomart Tokayev	29 January 2002
Kenya	Raphael Tuju	7 December 2005
Kyrgyzstan	Alikbek Jekshenkulov	30 September 2005
Kiribati	Anote Tong	4 July 2003
North Korea	Paek Nam Sun	5 September 1998
South Korea	Song Min Soon	1 November 2006
Kuwait	Sheikh Muhammad Al-Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah	14 July 2003
Laos	Thongloun Sisoulith	8 June 2006
Latvia	Artis Pabriks	21 July 2004
Lebanon	Fawzi Salloukh	19 July 2005
Lesotho	Monyane Moleleki	19 November 2004
Liberia	George Wallace	23 January 2006
Libya	Abdel Rahman Shalgham	1 March 2000
Liechtenstein	Rita Kieber-Beck	21 April 2005
Lithuania	Petras Vaitiekūnas	18 July 2006
Luxembourg	Jean Asselborn	21 July 2004
Macedonia	Antonio Milošoski	27 Aug 2006
Madagascar	Marcel Ranjeva	14 May 2002
Malaysia	Syed Hamid Albar	8 January 1999
Malawi	Joyce Banda	1 June 2006
Maldives	Ahmed Shaheed	14 July 2005
Mali	Moctar Ouane	2 May 2004
Malta	Michael Frendo	3 July 2004
Marshall Islands	Gerald Zackios	6 July 2001
Mauritius	Madun Dulloo	7 July 2005
Mauritania	Ahmed Ould Sidi Ahmed	10 August 2005
Mexico	Patricia Espinosa	1 December 2006
Micronesia	Sebastian Anefal	5 September 2003
Moldova	Andrei Stratan	4 February 2002
Monaco	Henri Fissore	11 July 2006
Mongolia	Nyamaa Enkhbold	28 January 2006
Montenegro	Milan Rocen	10 November 2006
Morocco	Mohamed Benaissa	8 April 1999
Mozambique	Alcinda Abreu	3 February 2005
Namibia	Marco Hausiku	27 May 2004
Nauru	David Adeang	22 June 2004
Nepal	Khadga Prasad Oli	2 May 2006
Netherlands	Bernard Bot	3 December 2003
New Zealand	Winston Peters	19 October 2005
Nicaragua	Norman José Caldera Cardenal	10 January 2002
Niger	Aïchatou Mindaoudou	17 September 2001
Nigeria	Joy Ogwu	30 August 2006
Norway	Jonas Gahr Støre	17 October 2005
Oman	Youssef al-Alawi Abdullah	1982
Pakistan	Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri	23 November 2002
Palau	Tommy Remengesau	1 January 2001
Palestinian Authority	Mahmoud al-Zahar	29 March 2006
Panama	Samuel Lewis Navarro	1 September 2004
Papua New Guinea	Paul Tiensten	15 November 2006
Paraguay	Rubén Ramírez Lezcano	22 August 2006
Peru	José Antonio García Belaúnde	28 July 2006
Philippines	Alberto Romulo	18 August 2004
Poland	Anna Fotyga	5 May 2006
Portugal	Luís Amado	3 July 2006
Qatar	Sheikh Hamad ibn Jaber Al Thani	1 September 1992
Romania	Mihai-Răzvan Ungureanu	29 December 2004
Russia	Sergey Lavrov	9 March 2004
Rwanda	Charles Murigande	15 November 2002
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Timothy Harris	10 August 2001
Saint Lucia	Petrus Compton	26 October 2004
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Sir Louis Straker	8 December 2005
San Marino	Fiorenzo Stolfi	27 July 2006
Samoa	Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi	23 November 1998
Sao Tome and Principe	Carlos Gustavo dos Anjos	21 April 2006
Saudi Arabia	Prince Sa'ud al-Faysal	13 October 1975
Senegal	Cheikh Tidiane Gadio	5 April 2000
Serbia	Vuk Drašković	5 June 2006
Seychelles	Patrick Pillay	12 February 2005
Sierra Leone	Momodu Koroma	21 May 2002
Singapore	George Yeo	12 August 2004
Slovakia	Ján Kubiš	4 July 2006
Slovenia	Dimitrij Rupel	3 December 2004
Solomon Islands	Patteson Oti	5 May 2006
Somalia	Ismail Mahmud Hurre	21 August 2006
South Africa	Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma	17 June 1999
Spain	Miguel Ángel Moratinos	18 May 2004
Sri Lanka	Mangala Samaraweera	23 November 2005
Sudan	Lam Akol	20 September 2005
Suriname	Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk	1 September 2005
Swaziland	Moses Mathendele Dlamini	23 February 2006
Sweden	Carl Bildt	6 October 2006
Switzerland	Micheline Calmy-Rey	1 January 2003
Syria	Walid Muallem	11 February 2006
Republic of China (Taiwan)	James Huang	25 January 2006
Tajikistan	Talbak Nazarovv	1994
Tanzania	Asha-Rose Migiro	4 January 2006
Thailand	Nitya Pibulsonggram	9 October 2006
Togo	Zarifou Ayéva	20 June 2005
Tonga	Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou	2 September 2004
Trinidad and Tobago	Arnold Piggott	29 September 2006
Tunisia	Abdelwahab Abdallah	17 August 2005
Turkey	Abdullah Gül	14 March 2003
Turkmenistan	Rashid Meredov	7 July 2001
Tuvalu	Apisai Ielemia	14 August 2004
Uganda	Sam Kutesa	13 January 2005
Ukraine	Borys Tarasyuk	4 February 2005
United Arab Emirates	Sheikh Abdullah ibn Zaid Al Nahayan	9 February 2006
United Kingdom	Margaret Beckett	5 May 2006
United States	Condoleezza Rice	26 January 2005
Uruguay	Reinaldo Gargano	1 March 2005
Uzbekistan	Vladimir Norov	12 July 2006
Vanuatu	Sato Kilman	11 December 2004
Venezuela	Nicolás Maduro Moros	9 August 2006
Vietnam	Phạm Gia Khiêm	28 June 2006
Western Sahara (SADR)	Mohamed Salem Ould Salek	21 January 1998
Yemen	Abou Bakr al-Kerbi	4 April 2001
Zambia	Mundia Sikatana	9 October 2006
Zimbabwe	Simbarashe Mumbengegwi	15 April 2005
Foreign ministers of unrecognized countries, disputed territories, etc.
Country	Name	Since
Abkhazia	Sergey Shamba	2004
Chechnya	Akhmed Zakayev	27 May 2006
Cook Islands	Wilkie Rassmussen	2005
Northern Cyprus	Turgay Avci	25 September 2006
Nagorno-Karabakh	Georgy Petrosyan	2005
Somaliland	Edna Adan Ismail	2003
Other foreign ministers
Entity	Name	Since
European Union	Javier Solana (Spain)	1999