This is a list of current foreign ministers of the 193 United Nations member states as well as the Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine.
Foreign ministers of sovereign countries with limited recognition, some alternative governments, some dependent territories and some autonomous administrative divisions are included in separate tables.
The following states control their territory and are recognized by at least one UN member state.
State | Historical list of foreign ministers | Current foreign minister | Party | Assumed office |
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Abkhazia | List | Inal Ardzinba | 17 November 2021 | |
Republic of China (Taiwan) | List | Joseph Wu | Democratic Progressive Party | 26 February 2018 |
Cook Islands | List | Mark Brown (prime minister) | Independent | 8 October 2020 |
Kosovo | List | Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz | Guxo | 22 March 2021 |
Niue | List | Dalton Tagelagi (prime minister) | Independent | 11 June 2020 |
Northern Cyprus | List | Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu[35] | 9 March 2022 | |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | List | Mohamed Sidati[36] | Polisario Front | 14 February 2023 |
South Ossetia | List | Akhsar Dzhioev | 15 August 2022 |
The following states/governments control their territory, but are not recognized by any UN member states.
State | Historical list of foreign ministers | Current foreign minister | Party | Assumed office |
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Somaliland (Republic of Somaliland) | List | Essa Kayd | Peace, Unity, and Development Party | 3 March 2020 |
Transnistria | List | Vitaly Ignatyev[37] | 14 September 2015 |
These alternative governments are recognized as a sovereign state by at least one UN member.
State | Government | Historical list of foreign ministers | Current foreign minister | Party | Assumed office |
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Myanmar | National Unity Government of Myanmar | List | Zin Mar Aung | 16 April 2021 | |
Yemen | Supreme Political Council | List | Hisham Sharaf | 28 November 2016 |
The alternative governments are not recognized by any UN member states.
State | Government | Historical list of foreign ministers | Current foreign minister | Party | Assumed office |
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Libya | Government of National Stability[38] | Hafez Kaddour | 3 March 2022 | ||
Tibet | Central Tibetan Administration[39] | Norzin Dolma | 14 November 2021 |
Entity | Historical list of foreign ministers | Current foreign minister | European Party | National Party | Assumed office |
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European Union | List | Josep Borrell | Party of European Socialists | 1 November 2019 | |
Sovereign Military Order of Malta | Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo | —[9] | —[9] | 3 September 2022 |
Territory | Historical list of foreign ministers | Current foreign minister | Party | Assumed office |
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Faroe Islands | Høgni Hoydal | 22 December 2022 | ||
French Polynesia | Moetai Brotherson (president) | 15 May 2023 | ||
Greenland | Vivian Motzfeldt | 5 April 2022 | ||
Guernsey | Jonathan Le Tocq | 6 May 2016 | ||
Jersey | Philip Ozouf | 12 July 2022 | ||
New Caledonia | Louis Mapou (President of the Government) | 22 July 2021 | ||
Puerto Rico | Omar Marrero Díaz | 13 July 2021 | ||
Tokelau | Siopili Perez (prime minister) | 19 May 2022 |
Autonomous region | Historical list of foreign ministers | Current foreign minister | Party | Assumed office |
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Brussels-Capital Region | Pascal Smet | 20 July 2019 | ||
Catalonia | Meritxell Serret | 10 October 2022 | ||
Cantabria | Paula Fernandez Viaña | 29 June 2019 | ||
Flanders | Jan Jambon (Minister-President) | 2 October 2019 | ||
Gagauzia | Vitaliy Vlah | 30 April 2015 | ||
Kurdistan | Safeen Muhsin Dizayee | July 2019 | ||
Quebec | Martine Biron | 20 October 2022 | ||
Scotland | List | Angus Robertson | SNP | 21 May 2021 |
Wallonia | Elio Di Rupo (Minister-President) | 13 September 2019 |