List of Foreign Ministers 2002

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

The 2002 list of Foreign Ministers includes all of the world's foreign ministers who were in office between January 1 and December 31, 2002 . Information on foreign ministers from dependent areas or areas not recognized as independent states by the United Nations as well as earlier or later terms of office are in italics.

On May 20, 2002, the sovereignty of East Timor was recognized internationally.

country	Surname	Term of office
Abkhazia	Sergei Shamba	1997-2004
/ Afghanistan	Abdullah Abdullah	2001-2006
Egypt	Ahmed Maher	2001-2004
Albania	Arta Dade	2001 - July 31, 2002
	Ilir Meta	July 31, 2002 - 2003, 2009–2010
Algeria	Abdelaziz Belkhadem	2000-2005
Andorra	July Minoves Triquell	2001-2007
Angola	João Bernardo de Miranda	1999-2008
Antigua and Barbuda	Lester Bird	1981-1991 , 1991-2004
Equatorial Guinea	Santiago Nsobeya Efuman	1999-2003
Argentina	José María Vernet	2001 - January 3, 2002
	Carlos jerk up	January 3, 2002 - 2003
Armenia	Vartan Oskanyan	1998-2008
Azerbaijan	Vilayət Quliyev	1999-2004
Ethiopia	Seyoum Mesfin	1991-2010
Australia	Alexander Downer	1996-2007
Bahamas	Janet Bostwick	1994 - May 10, 2002
	Fred Mitchell	May 10, 2002 - 2007, since 2012
/ Bahrain	Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Chalifa	1971-2005
Bangladesh	Morshed Khan	2001-2006
Barbados	Billie Miller	1994-2008
Belgium	Louis Michel	1999-2004
Belize	Said Musa	1989–1993 , 1998– January 4, 2002
	Assad Shoman	January 4, 2002 - 2003
Benin	Antoine Idji Kolawolé	1998-2003
Artsakh	Naira Melkumjan	1997 - October 11, 2002
	Ashot Guljan	October 11, 2002 - 2004
Bhutan	Jigme Thinley	1998-2003
Bolivia	Gustavo Fernández Saavedra	1979 , 1984–1985 , 2001– August 6, 2002
	Carlos Saavedra Bruno	August 6, 2002 - 2003
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Zlatko Lagumdžija	2001–2003, since 2012
Botswana	Mompati Merafhe	1994-2008
Brazil	Celso Lafer	1992 , January 29, 2001 - December 31, 2002
Brunei	Mohammed Bolkiah	since 1984
Bulgaria	Solomon Pasi	2001-2005
Burkina Faso	Youssouf Ouédraogo	1999-2007
Burundi	Thérence Sinunguruza	2001-2005
Chile	Soledad Alvear	2000-2004
Taiwan	Tien Hung-mao	2000 - February 1, 2002
	Eugene Chien	February 1, 2002 - 2004
People's Republic of China	Tang Jiaxuan	1998-2003
Cook Islands	Robert Woonton	1999-2004
Costa Rica	Roberto Rojas López	1998 - May 8, 2002
	Roberto Tovar Faja	May 8, 2002 - 2006
Denmark	Per Stig Møller	2001-2010
Germany	Joschka Fischer	1998-2005
Dominica	Osborne Riviere	2001-2005
Dominican Republic	Hugo Tolentino Dipp	2000-2003
Djibouti	Ali Abdi Farah	1999-2005
Ecuador	Heinz Moeller Freile	2000-2003
Ivory Coast	Abou Drahamane Sangaré	2000-2003
El Salvador	María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila	1999-2004
Eritrea	Ali Sayyid Abdullah	2000-2005
Estonia	Toomas Hendrik Ilves	1996-1998 , 1999-28 January 2002
	Kristiina Ojuland	January 28, 2002 - 2005
Fiji	Kaliopate Tavola	2000-2006
Finland	Erkki Tuomioja	2000–2007, since 2011
France	Hubert Védrine	1997 - May 7, 2002
	Dominique de Villepin	May 7, 2002 - 2004
Gabon	Jean Ping	1994 , 1999-2008
Gambia	Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne	1995-1997 , 2001-2004
Georgia	Irakli Menagharishvili	1995-2003
Ghana	Hackman Owusu-Agyeman	2001-2003
Grenada	Elvin Nimrod	2000-2008
Greece	Giorgos Andrea Papandreou	1999-2004, 2009-2010
Guatemala	Gabriel Orellana Rojas	2000 - December 16, 2002
	Edgar Armando Gutiérrez Girón	December 16, 2002 - 2004
Guinea	Mahawa Bangoura	2000 - June 10, 2002
	François Lonseny case	June 10, 2002 - 2004, since 2012
Guinea-Bissau	Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote	2001 - November 18, 2002
	Joãozinho Vieira Có	November 18, 2002 - 2003
Guyana	Samuel Insanally	2001-2008
Haiti	Joseph Philippe Antonio	2001-2004
Honduras	Roberto Flores Bermúdez	1999 - January 27, 2002
	Guillermo Pérez Arias	January 27, 2002 - 2003
India	Jaswant Singh	1998 - July 1, 2002
	Yashwant Sinha	July 1, 2002 - 2004
Indonesia	Hassan Wirajuda	2001-2009
Iraq	Naji Sabri	2001-2003
Iran	Kamal Kharrazi	1997-2005
Ireland	Brian Cowen	2000-2004, 2011
Iceland	Halldór Ásgrímsson	1995-2004
Israel	Shimon Peres	1986–1988 , 1992–1995 , 2001– November 2, 2002
	Ariel Sharon	1998–1999 , November 2, 2002 - November 6, 2002
	Benjamin Netanyahu	1998 , November 6, 2002 - 2003, 2012–2013
Italy	Renato Ruggiero	2001 - January 6, 2002
	Silvio Berlusconi	January 6, 2002 - November 14, 2002
	Franco Frattini	November 14, 2002 - 2004, 2008–2011
Jamaica	Keith Desmond Knight	2001-2006
Japan	Makiko Tanaka	2001 - January 29, 2002
	Jun'ichirō Koizumi	January 29, 2002 - February 1, 2002
	Yoriko Kawaguchi	February 1, 2002 - 2004
Yemen	Abubakr al-Kirbi	since 2001
Jordan	Abdul Ilah al-Khatib	1998 - January 14, 2002, 2005-2007
	Marwan Muasher	January 14, 2002 - 2004
Yugoslavia	Goran Svilanović	2000-2003
Cambodia	Hor Namhong	1990–1993 , since 1998
Cameroon	François Xavier Ngoubeyou	2001-2004
Canada	John Manley	2000 - January 15, 2002
	William Graham	January 15, 2002 - 2004
Cape Verde	Manuel Inocêncio Sousa	2001 - October 19, 2002
	Fatima Veiga	October 19, 2002 - 2004
Kazakhstan	Jerlan Ydyryssow	1999 - January 29, 2002, since 2012
	Qassym-Shomart Toqayev	1994–1999 , January 29, 2002–2007
Qatar	Hamad ibn Jazim ibn Jabir Al Thani	1992-2013
Kenya	Marsden Madoka	2001-2003
Kyrgyzstan	Muratbek Imanaliev	1991–1992 , 1997–14 June 2002
	Askar Aitmatov	June 14, 2002 - 2005
Kiribati	Teburoro Tito	1994-2003
Colombia	Guillermo Fernández de Soto	1998 - August 7, 2002
	Carolina Barco	August 7, 2002 - 2006
Comoros	Mohamed El-Amine Souef	1999 - January 20, 2002, 2002–2005
	Halidi Charif	January 20, 2002 - June 7, 2002
	Mohamed El-Amine Souef	1999–2002 , June 7, 2002–2005
Democratic Republic of Congo	Léonard She Okitundu	2000-2003
Republic of the Congo	Rodolphe Adada	1997-2007
The People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)	Paek Nam-sun	1997-2007
Republic of Korea (South Korea)	Han Seung-soo	2001 - February 4, 2002
	Choi Sung-hong	February 4, 2002 - 2003
Croatia	Tonino Picula	2000-2003
Cuba	Felipe Perez Roque	1999-2009
Kuwait	Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah	1963-1991 , 1992-2003
Laos	Somsavat Lengsavad	1993-2006
Lesotho	Tom Thabane	1990–1991 , 1998– June 12, 2002
	Mohlabi Tsekoa	June 12, 2002 - 2004, since 2007
Latvia	Indulis Bērziņš	1999 - November 7, 2002
	Sandra Kalniete	November 7, 2002 - 2004
Lebanon	Mahmoud Hammoud	2000-2003, 2004-2005
Liberia	Monie Ralph Captan	1996-2003
Libya	Abdel Rahman Shalgham	2000-2009
Liechtenstein	Ernst Walch	2001-2005
Lithuania	Antanas Valionis	2000-2006
Luxembourg	Lydie Polfer	1999-2004
Madagascar	Purple Ratsifandrihamanana	1998 - February 28, 2002
	Azaly Ben Marofo	February 28, 2002 - May 14, 2002
	Marcel Ranjeva	May 14, 2002 - 2009
Malawi	Lilian Patel	2000-2004
Malaysia	Syed Hamid Albar	1999-2008
Maldives	Fathulla Jameel	1978-2005
Mali	Modibo Sidibé	1997 - June 15, 2002
	Lassana Traoré	June 15, 2002 - 2004
Malta	Joseph Borġ	1999-2004
Morocco	Mohamed Benaïssa	1999-2007
Marshall Islands	Gerald Zackios	2001-2008
Mauritania	Dah Ould Abdi	2001 - October 27, 2002
	Mohamed Ould Tolba	October 27, 2002 - 2003
Mauritius	Anil Gayan	1983-1986 , 2000-2003
North Macedonia	Slobodan Čašule	2001 - November 1, 2002
	Ilinka Mitreva	2001 , November 1, 2002 - 2006
Mexico	Jorge Castañeda	2000-2003
Micronesia	Ieske K. Iehsi	( 2000 ) 2001-2003
Moldova	Nicolae Dudau	2001-2004
Mongolia	Luwsangiin Erdenetschuluun	2000-2004
Montenegro	Branko Lukovac	2000 - May 2002
Mozambique	Leonardo Simão	1994-2005
Myanmar	Win Aung	1998-2004
Namibia	Theo-Ben Gurirab	1990 - August 28, 2002
	Hidipo Hamutenya	August 28, 2002 - 2004
Nauru	René Harris	1999-2000 , 2001-2003, 2003-2004
Nepal	Sher Bahadur Deuba	2001 - October 4, 2002, 2004–2005
	Narendra Bikram Shah	October 11, 2002 - 2003
New Zealand	Phil Goff	1999-2005
Nicaragua	Francisco Aguirre Sacasa	2000 - January 10, 2002
	Norman José Caldera Cardenal	January 10, 2002 - 2007
Netherlands	Jozias van Aartsen	1998 - July 22, 2002
	Jaap de Hoop Scheffer	July 22, 2002 - 2003
Niger	Aïchatou Mindaoudou	1999-2000 , 2001-2010
Nigeria	Pillar lamido	1999-2003
Niue	Sani Lakatani	1999 - May 1, 2002
	Young Vivian	May 1, 2002 - 2008
Northern Cyprus	Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu	1998-2004
Norway	Jan Petersen	2001-2005
Oman	Qabus ibn Said (formal)	since 1970
	Youssef al-Alawi Abdullah (de facto)	since 1982
Austria	Benita Ferrero-Waldner	2000-2004
East Timor	José Ramos-Horta	2000 (May 20, 2002) - 2006
Pakistan	Abdul Sattar	1993 , 1999 - June 14, 2002
	Inam ul-Haq	June 22, 2002 - November 23, 2002, 2007–2008
	Khurshid Kasuri	November 23, 2002 - 2007
Palau	Temmy Shmull	2001-2009
Panama	José Miguel Alemán Healy	1999-2003
Papua New Guinea	John Waiko	2001 - August 13, 2002
	Rabbie Namaliu	1982–1984 , August 13, 2002–2006
Paraguay	José Antonio Moreno Ruffinelli	2001-2003
Peru	Diego García Sayán	2001 - July 9, 2002
	Allan Wagner Tizón	1985–1988 , July 12, 2002–2003
Philippines	Teofisto Guingona	2001 - July 15, 2002
	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo	July 15, 2002 - July 30, 2002, 2003
	Blow Ople	July 30, 2002 - 2003
Poland	Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz	2001-2005
Portugal	Jaime Gama	1983–1985 , 1995– April 6, 2002
	Antonio Martins da Cruz	April 6, 2002 - 2003
Rwanda	André Bumaya	2000 - November 15, 2002
	Charles Murigande	November 15, 2002 - 2008
Romania	Mircea Geoana	2000-2004
Russia	Igor Ivanov	1998-2004
Solomon Islands	Alex Bartlett	2001 - July 29, 2002
	Nollen Leni	July 29, 2002 - December 12, 2002
	Laurie Chan	December 12, 2002 - 2006
Zambia	Keli Walubita	1997 - January 7, 2002
	Katele Kalumba	January 7, 2002 - July 11, 2002
	Kalombo Mwansa	July 19, 2002 - 2005
Samoa	Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi	since 1998
San Marino	Gabriele Gatti	1986 - May 21, 2002
	Romeo Morri	May 21, 2002 - June 25, 2002
	Augusto Casali	June 25, 2002 - December 17, 2002
	Fiorenzo Stolfi	December 17, 2002 - 2003, 2006–2008
Sao Tome and Principe	Patrice Trovoada	2001 - February 4, 2002
	Mateus Meira Rita	February 4, 2002 - April 8, 2002, 2002-2004
	Alda Bandeira	April 8, 2002 - October 7, 2002
	Mateus Meira Rita	2002 , October 7, 2002 - 2004
Saudi Arabia	Saud ibn Faisal	since 1975
Sweden	Anna Lindh	1998-2003
Switzerland	Joseph Deiss	1999 - December 31, 2002
Senegal	Tidiane Gadio	2000-2009
Seychelles	Jérémie Bonnelame	1997-2005
Sierra Leone	Ahmed Ramadan Dumbuya	1991–1992 , 2001– May 21, 2002
	Momodu Koroma	May 21, 2002 - 2007
Zimbabwe	Stan Mudenge	1995-2005
Singapore	Shanmugam Jayakumar	1994-2004
Slovakia	Eduard Kukan	1994 , 1998-2006
Slovenia	Dimitrij Rupel	1990-1993 , 2000-2004, 2004-2008
Somalia	Ismail Mahmud Hurray	2000 - February 16, 2002
	Yusuf Hassan Ibrahim	February 16, 2002 - 2004, 2010
Somaliland	Abdihamid Garad Jama	2001 - March 6, 2002
	Mohamed Said Gees	March 6, 2002 - 2003
Spain	Josep Piqué i Camps	2000 - July 10, 2002
	Ana de Palacio	July 10, 2002 - 2004
Sri Lanka	Tyronne Fernando	2001-2004
St. Kitts and Nevis	Timothy Harris	2001-2008
/ St. Lucia	Julian Hunte	2001-2004
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Louis Straker	2001-2005, 2005-2010
South Africa	Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma	1999-2009
Sudan	Mustafa Osman Ismail	1998-2005
South Ossetia	Murat Dschiojew	1998-2012
Suriname	Marie Levens	2000-2005
Swaziland	Abednego Ntshangase	2001-2003
Syria	Faruk al-Sharaa	1984-2006
Tajikistan	Talbak Nazarov	1994-2006
Tanzania	Jakaya Kikwete	1995-2006
Thailand	Suraki style Sathirathai	2001-2005
Togo	Koffi Panou	1996–1998 , 2000–3 December 2002
	Roland Kpotsra	December 3, 2002 - 2003
Tonga	Ulukalala Lavaka Ata	1998-2004
Transnistria	Valery Lizkai	2000-2008
Trinidad and Tobago	Knowlson poison	2001-2006
Chad	Mahamat Saleh Annadif	1997-2003
Czech Republic	Jan Kavan	1998 - July 15, 2002
	Cyril Svoboda	July 15, 2002 - 2006
Tunisia	Habib Ben Yahia	1991-1997 , 1999-2004
Turkey	İsmail Cem	1997 - July 11, 2002
	Şükrü Sina Gürel	July 12, 2002 - November 18, 2002
	Yaşar Yakış	November 18, 2002 - 2003
Turkmenistan	Raşit Meredow	since 2001
Tuvalu	Koloa Talake	2001 - August 2, 2002
	Saufatu Sopoanga	August 2, 2002 - 2004
Uganda	James Wapakhabulo	2001-2004
Ukraine	Anatoly Slenko	(1990) 1991-1994 , 2000-2003
Hungary	János Martonyi	1998 - May 27, 2002, 2010-2014
	László Kovács	1994–1998 , May 27, 2002–2004
Uruguay	Didier Opertti	1998-2005
Uzbekistan	Abdulaziz Komilov	1994–2003, since 2012
Vanuatu	Alain Mahe	2001 - June 3, 2002
	Serge Vohor	1991–1993 , 1999–2001 , June 3, 2002–2003
Vatican city	Jean-Louis Tauran	1990-2003
Venezuela	Luis Alfonso Dávila	2001 - April 12, 2002, 2002
	José Rodríguez Iturbe	April 12, 2002 - April 14, 2002
	Luis Alfonso Dávila	2001–2002 , April 14, 2002 - May 30, 2002
	Roy Chaderton	May 30, 2002 - 2004
United Arab Emirates	Rashid Abdullah al-Nuaimi	1980-2006
United States	Colin Powell	2001-2005
United Kingdom	Jack Straw	2001-2006
Vietnam	Nguyen Dy Nien	2000-2006
Belarus	Mikhail Chwastou	2000-2003
Western Sahara	Mohamed Salem Ould Salek	since 1998
Central African Republic	Agba Otikpo Mézodé	2001-2003
Cyprus	Ioannis Kasoulidis	1997–2003, since 2013

literature

• Mario von Baratta (Ed.): Der Fischer Weltalmanach 2003 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, October 2002, ISBN 3-596-72003-6 .
• Mario von Baratta (Ed.): Der Fischer Weltalmanach 2004 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, October 2003, ISBN 3-596-72004-4 .

Web links

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