List of current foreign ministers

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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.

Generally recognised sovereign states edit

State Historical list of foreign ministers Current foreign minister Political affiliation Assumed office
  Afghanistan List Amir Khan Muttaqi (acting) Taliban 7 September 2021
  Albania List Igli Hasani Socialist Party of Albania 12 September 2023
  Algeria List Ahmed Attaf[1] 18 March 2023
  Andorra List Imma Tor Faus 17 May 2023
  Angola List Tete António[2] MPLA 20 April 2020
  Antigua and Barbuda List E.P. Chet Greene Antigua Labour Party 21 March 2018
  Argentina List Diana Mondino[3] La Libertad Avanza 10 December 2023
  Armenia List Ararat Mirzoyan[4] 19 August 2021
  Australia List Penny Wong[5] Australian Labor Party 23 May 2022
  Austria List Alexander Schallenberg People's Party 6 December 2021
  Azerbaijan List Jeyhun Bayramov[6] Independent 16 July 2020
  Bahamas List Fred Mitchell[7] 20 September 2021
  Bahrain List Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani[8] [9] 11 February 2020
  Bangladesh List Hasan Mahmud Bangladesh Awami League 11 January 2024
  Barbados List Kerrie D. Symmonds[10] Barbados Labour Party 26 October 2022
  Belarus List Sergei Aleinik 13 December 2022
  Belgium List Hadja Lahbib[11] Reformist Movement 15 July 2022
  Belize List Eamon Courtenay People's United Party 13 November 2020
  Benin List Shegun Adjadi Bakari 6 June 2023
  Bhutan List Tandi Dorji[12] Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa 7 November 2018
  Bolivia List Celinda Sosa Lunda[13] Movement for Socialism 27 November 2023
  Bosnia and Herzegovina List Elmedin Konaković People and Justice 25 January 2023
  Botswana List Lemogang Kwape 26 August 2020
  Brazil List Mauro Vieira Independent 1 January 2023
  Brunei List Hassanal Bolkiah (monarch) (Minister of Foreign Affairs) [9] 22 October 2015
Erywan Yusof (Second Minister of Foreign Affairs) 31 January 2018
  Bulgaria List Mariya Gabriel Citizens for European Development 6 June 2023
  Burkina Faso List Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré 17 December 2023
  Burundi List Albert Shingiro[14] 28 June 2020
  Cambodia List Sok Chenda Sophea[15] Cambodian People's Party 22 August 2023
  Cameroon List Lejeune Mbella Mbella Cameroon People's Democratic Movement 2 October 2015
  Canada List Mélanie Joly[16] Liberal Party of Canada 26 October 2021
  Cape Verde List Rui Alberto de Figueiredo Soares 14 January 2021
  Central African Republic List Sylvie Baïpo-Temon[17] Independent 14 December 2018
  Chad List Mahamat Saleh Annadif 14 October 2022
  Chile List Alberto van Klaveren 10 March 2023
  China List Wang Yi Chinese Communist Party 25 July 2023
  Colombia List Álvaro Leyva Colombian Conservative Party 7 August 2022
  Comoros List Dhoihir Dhoulkamal 28 September 2020
  Congo, Democratic Republic of the List Christophe Lutundula 27 April 2021
  Congo, Republic of the List Jean-Claude Gakosso[18] Congolese Party of Labour 10 August 2015
  Costa Rica List Arnoldo André Tinoco[19] 8 May 2022
  Croatia List Gordan Grlić-Radman[20] Croatian Democratic Union 19 July 2019
  Cuba List Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla Communist Party of Cuba 2 March 2009
  Cyprus List Constantinos Kombos[21] 1 March 2023
  Czech Republic List Jan Lipavský[22] Czech Pirate Party 17 December 2021
  Denmark List Lars Løkke Rasmussen[23] Moderates 15 December 2022
  Djibouti List Mahamoud Ali Youssouf Independent 22 May 2005
  Dominica List Vince Henderson Dominica Labour Party 13 December 2022
  Dominican Republic List Roberto Álvarez Gil 16 August 2020
  Ecuador List Gabriela Sommerfeld 23 November 2023
  Egypt List Sameh Shoukry Independent 17 June 2014
  El Salvador List Alexandra Hill Tinoco[24] 1 June 2019
  Equatorial Guinea List Simeón Oyono Esono Angüe Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea 6 February 2018
  Eritrea List Osman Saleh Mohammed[25] People's Front for Democracy and Justice 18 April 2007
  Estonia List Margus Tsahkna[26] Estonia 200 17 April 2023
  Eswatini List Thuli Dladla 2 November 2018
  Ethiopia List Demeke Mekonnen Prosperity Party 8 November 2020
  Fiji List Sitiveni Rabuka (prime minister) People's Alliance 24 December 2022
  Finland List Elina Valtonen National Coalition Party 20 June 2023
  France List Stéphane Séjourné Renaissance 11 January 2024
  Gabon List Régis Onanga Ndiaye 9 September 2023
  Gambia List Mamadou Tangara United Democratic Party 29 June 2018
  Georgia List Ilia Darchiashvili 4 April 2022
  Germany List Annalena Baerbock Bündnis 90/Die Grünen 8 December 2021
  Ghana List Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey New Patriotic Party 27 January 2017
  Greece List Giorgos Gerapetritis New Democracy 27 June 2023
  Grenada List Joseph Andall National Democratic Congress (Grenada) 30 June 2022
  Guatemala List Carlos Ramiro Martínez 15 January 2024
  Guinea List Morissanda Kouyaté 25 October 2021
  Guinea-Bissau List Carlos Pinto Pereira 13 August 2023
  Guyana List Hugh Todd People's Progressive Party 5 August 2020
  Haiti List Jean Victor Généus 24 November 2021
  Holy See List Archbishop Paul Gallagher [9] 8 November 2014
  Honduras List Eduardo Enrique Reina [es] 27 January 2022
  Hungary List Péter Szijjártó Fidesz 23 September 2014
  Iceland List Bjarni Benediktsson Independence Party 14 October 2023
  India List S. Jaishankar Bharatiya Janata Party 31 May 2019
  Indonesia List Retno Marsudi Independent 27 October 2014
  Iran List Hossein Amir-Abdollahian 25 August 2021
  Iraq List Fuad Hussein Kurdistan Democratic Party 6 June 2020
  Ireland List Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil 17 December 2022
  Israel List Israel Katz Likud 1 January 2024
  Italy List Antonio Tajani Forza Italia 22 October 2022
  Ivory Coast List Kacou Houadja Léon Adom 18 October 2023
  Jamaica List Kamina Johnson-Smith Jamaica Labour Party 7 March 2016
  Japan List Yōko Kamikawa Liberal Democratic Party 13 September 2023
  Jordan List Ayman Safadi Independent 15 January 2017
  Kazakhstan List Murat Nurtleu 3 April 2023
  Kenya List Musalia Mudavadi 5 October 2023
  Kiribati List Taneti Mamau (president) Tobwaan Kiribati Party 15 March 2016
  Kuwait List Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah [9] 17 December 2019
  Kyrgyzstan List Jeenbek Kulubaev 22 April 2022
  Laos List Saleumxay Kommasith Lao People's Revolutionary Party 19 April 2016
  Latvia List Krišjānis Kariņš Unity 8 July 2023
  Lebanon List Abdallah Bou Habib 10 September 2021
  Lesotho List Mpotjoane Lejone 28 October 2022
  Liberia List Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr. Coalition for Democratic Change 6 October 2020
  Libya List Taher al-Baour (Acting) 22 September 2023
  Liechtenstein Dominique Hasler 25 March 2021
  Lithuania List Gabrielius Landsbergis Homeland Union 11 December 2020
  Luxembourg List Xavier Bettel Democratic Party 17 November 2023
  Madagascar List Rasata Rafaravavitafika 14 January 2024
  Malawi List Nancy Tembo 28 January 2022
  Malaysia List Mohamad Hasan Barisan Nasional (United Malays National Organisation) 12 December 2023
  Maldives List Moosa Zameer Progressive Party of Maldives 17 November 2023
  Mali List Abdoulaye Diop 11 June 2021
  Malta List Ian Borg 30 March 2022
  Marshall Islands List Kitlang Kabua[27] 7 June 2022
  Mauritania List Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug 31 March 2022
  Mauritius List Maneesh Gobin 30 August 2023
  Mexico List Alicia Bárcena Ibarra 12 June 2023
  Federated States of Micronesia List Kandhi A. Elieisar [9] 3 December 2019
  Moldova List Mihai Popșoi Party of Action and Solidarity 29 January 2024
  Monaco List Isabelle Berro-Amadeï 17 January 2022
  Mongolia List Batmunkh Battsetseg 29 January 2021
  Montenegro List Filip Ivanović Europe Now! 31 October 2023
  Morocco List Nasser Bourita Independent 5 April 2017
  Mozambique List Verónica Macamo 17 January 2020
  Myanmar List Than Swe 1 February 2023[28]
  Namibia List Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah South West African People's Organisation 4 December 2012
  Nauru Lionel Aingimea Independent 30 October 2023
    Nepal List Narayan Prakash Saud Nepali Congress 16 April 2023
  Netherlands List Hanke Bruins Slot Christian Democratic Appeal 5 September 2023
  New Zealand List Winston Peters New Zealand First 27 November 2023
  Nicaragua List Denis Moncada [es] 16 January 2017
  Niger List Bakary Yaou Sangaré 10 August 2023
  Nigeria List Yusuf Tuggar All Progressives Congress 21 August 2023
  North Korea List Choe Son-hui Workers' Party of Korea 11 June 2022
  North Macedonia List Bujar Osmani Democratic Union for Integration 30 August 2020
  Norway List Espen Barth Eide Labour Party 16 October 2023
  Oman List Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Al Busaidi [9] 26 August 2020
  Pakistan List Jalil Abbas Jilani 17 August 2023
  Palau Gustav Aitaro 3 September 2021
  Palestine List Riyad al-Maliki[29] Independent 19 May 2009 (Since 2007 for the Palestinian Authority[30])
  Panama List Janaina Tewaney Democratic Revolutionary Party 11 October 2022
  Papua New Guinea List James Marape (prime minister) Pangu Party 12 May 2023[31]
  Paraguay List Rubén Ramírez Lezcano 15 August 2023
  Peru List Javier González-Olaechea Union for Peru 7 November 2023
  Philippines List Enrique Manalo 1 July 2022
  Poland List Radosław Sikorski Civic Platform 13 December 2023
  Portugal List João Gomes Cravinho 30 March 2022
  Qatar List Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani [9] 27 January 2016
  Romania List Luminița Odobescu Independent 15 June 2023
  Russia List Sergey Lavrov United Russia 9 March 2004
  Rwanda List Vincent Biruta Independent 4 November 2019
  Saint Kitts and Nevis List Denzil Douglas Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party 13 August 2022
  Saint Lucia List Alva Baptiste 5 August 2021
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines List Keisal M. Peters Unity Labour Party 26 August 2022
  Samoa List Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa (prime minister) Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi 24 May 2021
  San Marino Luca Beccari PDCS 8 January 2020
  São Tomé and Príncipe List Gareth Guadalupe 9 August 2023
  Saudi Arabia List Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud [9] 29 October 2019
  Senegal List Aïssata Tall Sall Alliance for the Republic (Senegal) 1 November 2020
  Serbia List Ivica Dačić[32] 26 October 2022
  Seychelles List Sylvestre Radegonde 16 November 2020
  Sierra Leone List Timothy Kabba Sierra Leone People's Party 10 July 2023
  Singapore List Vivian Balakrishnan People's Action Party 1 October 2015
  Slovakia List Juraj Blanár Direction – Social Democracy 25 October 2023
  Slovenia List Tanja Fajon SD 1 June 2022
  Solomon Islands List Jeremiah Manele People's Alliance Party 25 April 2019
  Somalia List Abshir Omar Huruse Mideeye 2 August 2022
  South Africa List Naledi Pandor African National Congress 29 May 2019
  South Korea List Cho Tae-yul 9 January 2024
  South Sudan List James Pitia Morgan 31 August 2023
  Spain List José Manuel Albares Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 10 July 2021
  Sri Lanka List Ali Sabry Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 22 July 2022
  Sudan List Ali Al-Sadiq Ali (acting) 19 January 2022
  Suriname List Albert Ramdin Progressive Reform Party 16 July 2020[33]
  Sweden List Tobias Billström Moderate Party 18 October 2022
   Switzerland List Ignazio Cassis FDP.The Liberals 1 November 2017
  Syria List Faisal Mekdad Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party 22 November 2020
  Tajikistan List Sirojiddin Muhriddin 29 November 2013
  Tanzania List January Makamba Chama Cha Mapinduzi 1 September 2023
  Thailand List Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara Pheu Thai Party 1 September 2023
  Timor-Leste List Bendito Freitas CNRT 1 July 2023
  Togo List Robert Dussey 17 September 2013
  Tonga List Fekitamoeloa ʻUtoikamanu 28 December 2021
  Trinidad and Tobago List Amery Browne People's National Movement 19 August 2020
  Tunisia List Nabil Ammar Independent 7 February 2023
  Turkey List Hakan Fidan Justice and Development Party 4 June 2023
  Turkmenistan List Raşit Meredow Democratic Party of Turkmenistan 7 July 2001
  Tuvalu List Paulson Panapa [9] 27 February 2024.[34]
  Uganda List Jeje Odongo 21 June 2021
  Ukraine List Dmytro Kuleba Servant of the People 4 March 2020
  United Arab Emirates List Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan [9] 9 February 2006
  United Kingdom List David Cameron Conservative Party 13 November 2023
  United States List Antony Blinken Democratic Party 26 January 2021
  Uruguay List Francisco Bustillo 6 July 2020
  Uzbekistan List Baxtiyor Saidov (acting) 30 December 2022
  Vanuatu List Matai Seremaiah 6 October 2023
  Venezuela List Yván Gil United Socialist Party of Venezuela 6 January 2023
  Vietnam List Bùi Thanh Sơn Communist Party of Vietnam 8 April 2021
  Yemen List Ahmad Awad Bin Mubarak Independent 18 December 2020
  Zambia List Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe United Party for National Development 28 December 2023
  Zimbabwe List Frederick Shava ZANU-PF 8 February 2021

Other states edit

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
  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
  Somaliland (Republic of Somaliland) List Essa Kayd Peace, Unity, and Development Party 3 March 2020
  Transnistria List Vitaly Ignatyev[37] 14 September 2015

Other governments edit

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
  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
  Libya Government of National Stability[38] Hafez Kaddour 3 March 2022
  Tibet Central Tibetan Administration[39] Norzin Dolma 14 November 2021

Sui generis entities edit

Entity Historical list of foreign ministers Current foreign minister European Party National Party Assumed office
  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

Dependent territories edit

Territory Historical list of foreign ministers Current foreign minister Party Assumed office
  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 administrative divisions edit

Autonomous region Historical list of foreign ministers Current foreign minister Party Assumed office
  Brussels-Capital Region Pascal Smet 20 July 2019
  Catalonia Meritxell Serret 10 October 2022
  Cantabria Paula Fernandez Viaña [es] 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

See also edit

Notes edit

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  30. ^ Palestinian politics
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  38. ^ Alternative government, approved by Parliament, in opposition to the government Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh.
  39. ^ Government of Parliament in exile.