List of foreign ministers in 2008

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This is a list of foreign ministers in 2008.

Contents 1 Africa 2 Asia 3 Europe 4 North America and the Caribbean 5 Oceania 6 South America 7 References

[edit] Africa

• Algeria - Mourad Medelci (2007-present)
• Angola - João Bernardo de Miranda (1999-present)
• Benin - Moussa Okanla (2007-present)
• Botswana -
  1. Mompati Merafhe (1994-2008)
  2. Phandu Skelemani (2008-present)
• Burkina Faso - Djibril Bassolé (2007-present)
• Burundi - Antoinette Batumubwira (2005-present)
• Cameroon - Henri Eyebe Ayissi (2007-present)
• Cape Verde - Víctor Borges (2004-present)
• Central African Republic -
  1. Côme Zoumara (2006-2008)
  2. Dieudonné Kombo Yaya (2008-present)
• Chad -
  1. Ahmad Allam-Mi (2005-2008)
  2. Moussa Faki (2008-present)
• Comoros - Ahmed Said Jaffar (2006-present)
• Republic of Congo - Basile Ikouébé (2007-present)
• Democratic Republic of Congo - Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi (2007-present)
• Côte d'Ivoire - Youssouf Bakayoko (2005-present)
• Djibouti - Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (2005-present)
• Egypt - Ahmed Aboul Gheit (2004-present)
• Equatorial Guinea - Pastor Micha Ondó Bile (2003-present)
• Eritrea - Osman Saleh (2007-present)
• Ethiopia - Seyoum Mesfin (1991-present)
• Gabon -
  1. Jean Ping (1999-2008)
  2. Laure Olga Gondjout (2008-present)
• The Gambia -
  1. Crispin Grey-Johnson‎ (2007-2008)
  2. Omar Touray (2008-present)
• Ghana - Akwasi Osei-Adjei (2007-present)
• Guinea - Kabèlè Abdoul Camara (2007-present)
• Guinea-Bissau - Maria da Conceição Nobre Cabral (2007-present)
• Kenya -
  1. Raphael Tuju (2005-2008)
  2. Moses Wetangula (2008-present)
• Lesotho - Mohlabi Tsekoa (2007-present)
• Liberia - Olubanke King Akerele (2007-present)
• Libya - Abdel Rahman Shalgham (2000-present)
• Madagascar - Marcel Ranjeva (2002-present)
• Malawi - Joyce Banda (2006-present)
• Mali - Moctar Ouane (2004-present)
• Mauritania -
  1. Mohamed Saleck Ould Mohamed Lemine (2007-2008)
  2. Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna‎ (2008-present)
• Mauritius -
  1. Madan Dulloo (2005-2008)
  2. Navin Ramgoolam (2008-present)
• Morocco - Taieb Fassi Fihri (2007-present)
• Mozambique -
  1. Alcinda Abreu (2005-2008)
  2. Oldemiro Balói (2008-present)
• Namibia - Marco Hausiku (2004-present)
• Niger - Aïchatou Mindaoudou (2001-present)
• Nigeria - Ojo Maduekwe (2007-present)
• Rwanda -
  1. Charles Murigande (2002-2008)
  2. Rosemary Museminari (2008-present)
• São Tomé and Príncipe - Ovídio Manuel Barbosa Pequeno (2007-present)
• Senegal - Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (2000-present)
• Seychelles - Patrick Pillay (2005-present)
• Sierra Leone - Zainab Bangura (2007-present)
• Somalia -
  1. Muhammad Ali Hamoud (2007-2008)
  2. Ali Ahmed Jamal (2008-present)
  • Somaliland - Abdillahi Mohamed Duale (2006-present)
• South Africa - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1999-present)
• Sudan - Deng Alor (2007-present)
• Swaziland - Mathendele Moses Dlamini (2006-present)
• Tanzania – Bernard Membe (2007-present)
• Togo - Léopold Gnininvi (2007-present)
• Tunisia - Abdelwahab Abdallah (2005-present)
• Uganda - Sam Kutesa (2005-present)
• Western Sahara - Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998-present)
• Zambia - Kabinga Pande (2007-present)
• Zimbabwe - Simbarashe Mumbengegwi (2005-present)

[edit] Asia

• Afghanistan - Rangin Dadfar Spanta (2006-present)
• Armenia -
  1. Vardan Oskanyan (1998-2008)
  2. Eduard Nalbandyan (2008-present)
• Azerbaijan - Elmar Mammadyarov (2004-present)
  • Nagorno-Karabakh - Georgy Petrosyan (2005-present)
• Bahrain - Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (2005-present)
• Bangladesh – Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury (2007-present)
• Bhutan -
  1. Yeshey Dorji, acting (2007-2008)
  2. Ugyen Tshering (2008-present)
• Brunei - Pagiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah (1984-present)
• Cambodia - Hor Namhong (1998-present)
• People's Republic of China - Yang Jiechi (2007-present)
• East Timor - Zacarias da Costa (2007-present)
• Georgia -
  1. Gela Bezhuashvili (2005-2008)
  2. David Bakradze (2008)
  3. Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili (2008-present)
  • Abkhazia - Sergey Shamba (2004-present)
• India - Pranab Mukherjee (2006-present)
• Indonesia - Hassan Wirajuda (2001-present)
• Iran - Manouchehr Mottaki (2005-present)
• Iraq - Hoshyar Zebari (2003-present)
• Israel - Tzipi Livni (2006-present)
• Japan - Masahiko Komura (2007-present)
• Jordan - Salah Bashir (2007-present)
• Kazakhstan – Marat Tazhin (2007-present)
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Pak Ui Chun (2007-present)
• Republic of Korea -
  1. Song Min Soon (2006-2008)
  2. Yu Myung Hwan (2008-present)
• Kuwait - Muhammad Al Sabah Al Salim Al Sabah (2003-present)
• Kyrgyzstan - Ednan Karabayev (2007-present)
• Laos - Thongloun Sisoulith (2006-present)
• Lebanon - Tarek Mitri (acting) (2006-present)
• Malaysia -
  1. Syed Hamid Albar (1999-2008)
  2. Rais Yatim (2008-present)
• Maldives - Abdullah Shahid (2007-present)
• Mongolia - Sanjaasuren Oyun (2007-present)
• Myanmar - Nyan Win (2004-present)
• Nepal - Sahana Pradhan (2007-present)
• Oman - Youssef al-Alawi Abdullah (1982-present)
• Pakistan -
  1. Inam-ul-Haq (2007-2008)
  2. Shah Mehmood Qureshi (2008-present)
• Palestinian Authority - Salam Fayyad (2007-present)
• Philippines - Alberto Romulo (2004-present)
• Qatar - Hamad ibn Jaber Al Thani (1992-present)
• Saudi Arabia - Prince Sa'ud al-Faysal (1975-present)
• Singapore - George Yeo (2004-present)
• Sri Lanka - Rohitha Bogollagama (2007-present)
• Syria - Walid Muallem (2006-present)
• Taiwan (Republic of China) - James Huang (2006-present)
• Tajikistan - Khamrokhon Zaripov (2006-present)
• Thailand -
  1. Nitya Pibulsonggram (2006-2008)
  2. Noppadon Pattama (2008-present)
• Turkmenistan - Rashid Meredov (2001-present)
• United Arab Emirates - Sheikh Abdullah ibn Zaid Al Nahayan (2006-present)
• Uzbekistan - Vladimir Norov (2006-present)
• Vietnam - Phạm Gia Khiêm (2006-present)
• Yemen - Abu Bakr al-Kerbi (2001-present)

[edit] Europe

• Albania - Lulzim Basha (2007-present)
• Andorra - Meritxell Mateu Pi (2007-present)
• Austria - Ursula Plassnik (2004-present)
• Belarus - Syarhey Martynau (2003-present)
• Belgium - Karel De Gucht (2004-present)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sven Alkalaj (2007-present)
• Bulgaria - Ivailo Kalfin (2005-present)
• Croatia -
  1. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (2005-2008)
  2. Gordan Jandroković (2008-present)
• Cyprus -
  1. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis (2007-2008)
  2. Markos Kyprianou (2008-present)
  • Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus - Turgay Avci (2006-present)
• Czech Republic - Karel Schwarzenberg (2007-present)
• Denmark - Per Stig Møller (2001-present)
• Estonia - Urmas Paet (2005-present)
• Finland -
  1. Ilkka Kanerva (2007-2008)
  2. Alexander Stubb (2008-present)
• France - Bernard Kouchner (2007-present)
• Germany - Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2005-present)
• Greece - Dora Bakoyannis (2006-present)
• Hungary - Kinga Göncz (2006-present)
• Iceland - Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir (2007-present)
• Ireland -
  1. Dermot Ahern (2004-2008)
  2. Micheál Martin (2008-present)
• Italy -
  1. Massimo D'Alema (2006-2008)
  2. Franco Frattini (2008-present)
• Latvia - Māris Riekstiņš (2007-present)
• Liechtenstein - Rita Kieber-Beck (2005-present)
• Lithuania - Petras Vaitiekūnas (2006-present)
• Luxembourg - Jean Asselborn (2004-present)
• Republic of Macedonia - Antonio Milošoski (2006-present)
• Malta -
  1. Michael Frendo (2004-2008)
  2. Tonio Borg (2008-present)
• Moldova - Andrei Stratan (2004-present)
• Monaco - Jean Pastorelli (2007-present)
• Montenegro - Milan Roćen (2006-present)
• Netherlands - Maxime Verhagen (2007-present)
• Norway - Jonas Gahr Støre (2005-present)
• Poland - Radosław Sikorski (2007-present)
• Portugal - Luís Amado (2006-present)
• Romania -
  1. Adrian Cioroianu (2007-2008)
  2. Lazăr Comănescu (2008-present)
• Russia - Sergey Lavrov (2004-present)
  • Chechnya (independentists) - Akhmed Zakayev (2006-present)
• San Marino - Fiorenzo Stolfi (2006-present)
• Serbia - Vuk Jeremić (2007-present)
• Slovakia - Ján Kubiš (2006-present)
• Slovenia - Dimitrij Rupel (2004-present)
• Spain - Miguel Ángel Moratinos (2004-present)
• Sweden - Carl Bildt (2006-present)
• Switzerland - Micheline Calmy-Rey (2003-present)
• Turkey - Ali Babacan (2007-present)
• Ukraine - Volodymyr Ohryzko (2007-present)
• United Kingdom - David Miliband (2007-present)
• Vatican City - Dominique Mamberti (2006-present)

[edit] North America and the Caribbean

• Antigua and Barbuda - Baldwin Spencer (2005-present)
• The Bahamas - Brent Symonette (2007-present)
• Barbados -
  1. Dame Billie Miller (1994-2008)
  2. Christopher Sinckler (2008-present)
• Belize -
  1. Lisa Shoman (2007-2008)
  2. Wilfred Elrington (2008-present)
• Canada - Maxime Bernier (2007-present)
• Costa Rica - Bruno Stagno (2006-present)
• Cuba - Felipe Pérez Roque (1999-present)
• Dominica - Roosevelt Skerrit (2007-present)
• Dominican Republic - Carlos Morales Troncoso (2004-present)
• El Salvador -
  1. Francisco Laínez (2004-2008)
  2. Marisol Argueta de Barillas (2008-present)
• Grenada - Elvin Nimrod (2000-present)
• Guatemala
  1. Gert Rosenthal (2006-2008)
  2. Haroldo Rodas Melgar (2008-present)
• Haiti - Rénald Clérismé (2006-present)
• Honduras -
  1. Milton Jiménez (2006-2008)
  2. Ángel Edmundo Orellana (2008-present)
• Jamaica - Kenneth Baugh (2007-present)
• Mexico - Patricia Espinosa (2006-present)
• Netherlands Antilles - Emily de Jongh-Elhage (2006-present)
• Nicaragua - Samuel Santos (2007-present)
• Panama - Samuel Lewis Navarro (2004-present)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis - Timothy Harris (2001-present)
• Saint Lucia - Stephenson King (2007-present)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Sir Louis Straker (2005-present)
• Trinidad and Tobago - Paula Gopee-Scoon (2007-present)
• United States - Condoleezza Rice (2005-present)

[edit] Oceania

• Australia - Stephen Smith (2007-present)
• Cook Islands - Wilkie Rassmussen (2005-present)
• Fiji - Ratu Epeli Nailatikau (2007-present)
• Kiribati - Anote Tong (2003-present)
• Marshall Islands -
  1. Gerald Zackios (2001-2008)
  2. Tony deBrum (2008-present)
• Federated States of Micronesia - Lorin S. Robert (2007-present)
• Nauru - Kieren Keke (2007-present)
• New Zealand - Winston Peters (2005-present)
• Palau - Tommy Remengesau (2001-present)
• Papua New Guinea - Sam Abal (2007-present)
• Samoa - Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi (1998-present)
• Solomon Islands - William Haomae (2007-present)
• Tonga - Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou (2004-present)
• Tuvalu - Apisai Ielemia (2006-present)
• Vanuatu - George Wells (2007-present)

[edit] South America

• Argentina - Jorge Taiana (2005-present)
• Bolivia - David Choquehuanca (2006-present)
• Brazil - Celso Amorim (2003-present)
• Chile - Alejandro Foxley (2006-present)
• Colombia - Fernando Araújo (2007-present)
• Ecuador - María Isabel Salvador (2007-present)
• Guyana -
  1. Rudy Insanally (2001-2008)
  2. Carolyn Rodrigues (2008-present)
• Paraguay - Rubén Ramírez Lezcano (2006-present)
• Peru - José Antonio García Belaúnde (2006-present)
• Suriname - Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk (2005-present)
• Uruguay -
  1. Reinaldo Gargano (2005-2008)
  2. Gonzalo Fernández (2008-present)
• Venezuela - Nicolás Maduro (2006-present)

[edit] References

• http://rulers.org

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