List of Foreign Ministers 2003

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 2003 list of Foreign Ministers contains all of the world's foreign ministers who were in office between January 1 and December 31, 2003 . Information on foreign ministers from dependent areas or areas not recognized by the United Nations as independent states as well as earlier or later terms of office are written in italics.

On February 4, 2003, Serbia and Montenegro became the legal successor to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .

country	Surname	Term of office
Abkhazia	Sergei Shamba	1997-2004
Afghanistan	Abdullah Abdullah	2001-2006
Egypt	Ahmed Maher	2001-2004
Albania	Ilir Meta	2002 - July 18, 2003, 2009–2010
	Luan Hajdaraga	July 29, 2003 - December 29, 2003 (provisional)
	Kastriot Islami	December 29, 2003 - 2005
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 - February 11, 2003
	Pastor Micha Ondo Bile	February 11, 2003 - 2012
Argentina	Carlos jerk up	2002 - May 25, 2003
	Rafael Bielsa	May 25, 2003 - 2005
Armenia	Vartan Oskanyan	1998-2008
Azerbaijan	Vilayət Quliyev	1999-2004
Ethiopia	Seyoum Mesfin	1991-2010
Australia	Alexander Downer	1996-2007
Bahamas	Fred Mitchell	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	Assad Shoman	2002 - March 7, 2003
	Godfrey Smith	March 7, 2003 - 2006
Benin	Antoine Idji Kolawolé	1998 - May 20, 2003
	Joseph Gnonlonfoun	May 20, 2003 - June 12, 2003 (provisional)
	Rogatien Biaou	June 12, 2003 - 2006
Artsakh	Ashot Guljan	2002-2004
Bhutan	Jigme Thinley	1998 - July 10, 2003
	Khandu Wangchuk	July 10, 2003 - 2007
Bolivia	Carlos Saavedra Bruno	2002 - October 19, 2003
	Juan Ignacio Siles	October 19, 2003 - 2005
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Zlatko Lagumdžija	2001 - January 13, 2003, since 2012
	Mladen Ivanić	January 13, 2003 - 2007
Botswana	Mompati Merafhe	1994-2008
Brazil	Celso Amorim	1993–1995 , January 1, 2003–2011
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	Eugene Chien	2002-2004
People's Republic of China	Tang Jiaxuan	1998 - March 17, 2003
	Li Zhaoxing	March 17, 2003 - 2007
Cook Islands	Robert Woonton	1999-2004
Costa Rica	Roberto Tovar Faja	2002-2006
Denmark	Per Stig Møller	2001-2010
Germany	Joschka Fischer	1998-2005
Dominica	Osborne Riviere	2001-2005
Dominican Republic	Hugo Tolentino Dipp	2000 - March 26, 2003
	Frank Guerrero Prats	March 26, 2003 - 2004
Djibouti	Ali Abdi Farah	1999-2005
Ecuador	Heinz Moeller Freile	2000 - January 15, 2003
	Nina Pacari	January 15, 2003 - August 6, 2003
	Patricio Zuquilanda	August 6, 2003 - 2005
Ivory Coast	Abou Drahamane Sangaré	2000 - March 13, 2003
	Bamba Mamadou	March 13, 2003 - 2006
El Salvador	María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila	1999-2004
Eritrea	Ali Sayyid Abdullah	2000-2005
Estonia	Kristiina Ojuland	2002-2005
Fiji	Kaliopate Tavola	2000-2006
Finland	Erkki Tuomioja	2000–2007, since 2011
France	Dominique de Villepin	2002-2004
Gabon	Jean Ping	1994 , 1999-2008
Gambia	Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne	1995-1997 , 2001-2004
Georgia	Irakli Menagharishvili	1995 - November 28, 2003
	Merab Antadze	November 28, 2003 - November 30, 2003 (provisional)
	Tedo Japaridze	November 30, 2003 - 2004
Ghana	Hackman Owusu-Agyeman	2001 - April 1, 2003
	Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo	April 1, 2003 - 2007
Grenada	Elvin Nimrod	2000-2008
Greece	Giorgos Andrea Papandreou	1999-2004, 2009-2010
Greenland	Josef Motzfeldt	2003-2007
Guatemala	Edgar Armando Gutiérrez Girón	2002-2004
Guinea	François Lonseny case	2002–2004, since 2012
Guinea-Bissau	Joãozinho Vieira Có	2002 - July 1, 2003
	Fatumata Djau Baldé	July 4, 2003 - September 14, 2003
	João José Monteiro	October 3, 2003 - 2004
Guyana	Samuel Insanally	2001-2008
Haiti	Joseph Philippe Antonio	2001-2004
Honduras	Guillermo Pérez Arias	2002 - July 23, 2003
	Aníbal Quiñónez	July 23, 2003 - September 12, 2003
	Leónidas Rosa Bautista	September 12, 2003 - 2005
India	Yashwant Sinha	2002-2004
Indonesia	Hassan Wirajuda	2001-2009
Iraq	Naji Sabri	2001 - April 9, 2003
	Hoshyar Zebari	September 3, 2003 - 2014
Iran	Kamal Kharrazi	1997-2005
Ireland	Brian Cowen	2000-2004, 2011
Iceland	Halldór Ásgrímsson	1995-2004
Israel	Benjamin Netanyahu	1998 , 2002 - February 28, 2003, 2012–2013
	Silvan Shalom	February 28, 2003 - 2006
Italy	Franco Frattini	2002-2004, 2008-2011
Jamaica	Keith Desmond Knight	2001-2006
Japan	Yoriko Kawaguchi	2002-2004
Yemen	Abubakr al-Kirbi	since 2001
Jordan	Marwan Muasher	2002-2004
Yugoslavia	Goran Svilanović	2000 - February 4, 2003
Cambodia	Hor Namhong	1990–1993 , since 1998
Cameroon	François Xavier Ngoubeyou	2001-2004
Canada	William Graham	2002-2004
Cape Verde	Fatima Veiga	2002-2004
Kazakhstan	Qassym-Shomart Toqayev	1994-1999 , 2002-2007
Qatar	Hamad ibn Jazim ibn Jabir Al Thani	1992-2013
Kenya	Marsden Madoka	2001 - January 3, 2003
	Kalonzo Musyoka	1993–1998 , January 3, 2003–2004
Kyrgyzstan	Askar Aitmatov	2002-2005
Kiribati	Teburoro Tito	1994 - March 28, 2003
	Tion Otang	March 28, 2003 - July 10, 2003 (provisional)
	Anote Tong	since July 10, 2003
Colombia	Carolina Barco	2002-2006
Comoros	Mohamed El-Amine Souef	1999-2002 , 2002-2005
/ Democratic Republic of the Congo	Léonard She Okitundu	2000 - June 30, 2003
	Antoine Ghonda	June 30, 2003 - 2004
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)	Choi Sung-hong	2002 - February 27, 2003
	Yoon Young-kwan	February 27, 2003 - 2004
Croatia	Tonino Picula	2000 - December 23, 2003
	Miomir Žužul	December 23, 2003 - 2005
Cuba	Felipe Perez Roque	1999-2009
Kuwait	Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah	1963–1991 , 1992–13 July 2003
	Muhammad as-Sabah as-Salim as-Sabah	July 13, 2003 - 2011
Laos	Somsavat Lengsavad	1993-2006
Lesotho	Mohlabi Tsekoa	2002–2004, since 2007
Latvia	Sandra Kalniete	2002-2004
Lebanon	Mahmoud Hammoud	2000 - April 17, 2003, 2004-2005
	Jean Obeid	April 17, 2003 - 2004
Liberia	Monie Ralph Captan	1996 - August 11, 2003
	Lewis Brown	August 11, 2003 - October 15, 2003
	Thomas Nimely	October 15, 2003 - 2006
Libya	Abdel Rahman Shalgham	2000-2009
Liechtenstein	Ernst Walch	2001-2005
Lithuania	Antanas Valionis	2000-2006
Luxembourg	Lydie Polfer	1999-2004
Madagascar	Marcel Ranjeva	2002-2009
Malawi	Lilian Patel	2000-2004
Malaysia	Syed Hamid Albar	1999-2008
Maldives	Fathulla Jameel	1978-2005
Mali	Lassana Traoré	2002-2004
Malta	Joseph Borġ	1999-2004
Morocco	Mohamed Benaïssa	1999-2007
Marshall Islands	Gerald Zackios	2001-2008
Mauritania	Mohamed Ould Tolba	2002 - November 13, 2003
	Mohamed Vall Ould Bellal	November 13, 2003 - 2005
Mauritius	Anil Gayan	1983–1986 , 2000– December 23, 2003
	Jaya Krishna Cuttaree	December 23, 2003 - 2005
North Macedonia	Ilinka Mitreva	2001 , 2002-2006
Mexico	Jorge Castañeda	2000 - January 11, 2003
	Luis Ernesto Derbez	January 11, 2003 - 2006
Micronesia	Ieske K. Iehsi	( 2000 ) 2001-2003
	Sebastian Anefal	September 5, 2003 - 2007
Moldova	Nicolae Dudau	2001-2004
Mongolia	Luwsangiin Erdenetschuluun	2000-2004
Montenegro	Dragiša Burzan	January 8, 2003 - 2004
Mozambique	Leonardo Simão	1994-2005
Myanmar	Win Aung	1998-2004
Namibia	Hidipo Hamutenya	2002-2004
Nauru	René Harris	1999–2000 , 2001–18 January 2003, 2003–2004
	Bernard Dowiyogo	1976–1978 , 1989–1995 , 1996 , 1998–1999 , 2000–2001 , January 18, 2003 - March 10, 2003
	Derog Gioura	March 20, 2003 - May 29, 2003
	Ludwig Scotty	May 29, 2003 - August 8, 2003
	René Harris	1999–2000 , 2001–2003 , August 8, 2003–2004
Nepal	Narendra Bikram Shah	2002 - June 5, 2003
	Surya Bahadur Thapa	1981–1982 , June 5, 2003–2004
New Zealand	Phil Goff	1999-2005
Nicaragua	Norman José Caldera Cardenal	2002-2007
Netherlands	Jaap de Hoop Scheffer	2002 - December 3, 2003
	Ben bot	December 3, 2003 - 2007
Niger	Aïchatou Mindaoudou	1999-2000 , 2001-2010
Nigeria	Pillar lamido	1999 - July 8, 2003
	Oluyemi Adeniji	July 8, 2003 - 2006
Niue	Young Vivian	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 (2002) -2006
Pakistan	Khurshid Kasuri	2002-2007
Palestine	Nabil Shaath	April 29, 2003 - 2005
Palau	Temmy Shmull	2001-2009
Panama	José Miguel Alemán Healy	1999 - January 6, 2003
	Harmodio Arias Cerjack	January 6, 2003 - 2004
Papua New Guinea	Rabbie Namaliu	1982-1984 , 2002-2006
Paraguay	José Antonio Moreno Ruffinelli	2001 - August 15, 2003
	Leila Rachid de Cowles	August 15, 2003 - 2006
Peru	Allan Wagner Tizón	1985–1988 , 2002– December 15, 2003
	Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros	December 15, 2003 - 2005
Philippines	Blow Ople	2002 - December 14, 2003
	Franklin Ebdalin	December 14, 2003 - December 17, 2003 (provisional)
	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo	December 17, 2003 - December 23, 2003
	Delia Domingo-Albert	December 23, 2003 - 2004
Poland	Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz	2001-2005
Portugal	Antonio Martins da Cruz	2002 - October 9, 2003
	Teresa Patrício Gouveia	October 9, 2003 - 2004
Rwanda	Charles Murigande	2002-2008
Romania	Mircea Geoana	2000-2004
Russia	Igor Ivanov	1998-2004
Solomon Islands	Laurie Chan	2002-2006
Zambia	Kalombo Mwansa	2002-2005
Samoa	Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi	since 1998
San Marino	Fiorenzo Stolfi	2002 - December 15, 2003, 2006–2008
	Fabio Berardi	December 15, 2003 - 2006
Sao Tome and Principe	Mateus Meira Rita	2002 , 2002-2004
Saudi Arabia	Saud ibn Faisal	since 1975
Sweden	Anna Lindh	1998 - September 11, 2003
	Jan O. Karlsson	September 11, 2003 - October 3, 2003 (provisional)
	Laila Freivalds	October 3, 2003 - 2006
Switzerland	Micheline Calmy-Rey	January 1, 2003 - 2011
Senegal	Tidiane Gadio	2000-2009
Serbia and Montenegro	Goran Svilanović	February 4, 2003 - 2004
Seychelles	Jérémie Bonnelame	1997-2005
Sierra Leone	Momodu Koroma	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	Yusuf Hassan Ibrahim	2002-2004, 2010
Somaliland	Mohamed Said Gees	2002 - July 30, 2003
	Edna Adan Ismail	July 30, 2003 - 2006
Spain	Ana de Palacio	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 - April 2, 2003
	Roy Fanourakis	April 2, 2003 - November 26, 2003
	Mabili Dlamini	November 26, 2003 - 2006
Syria	Faruk al-Sharaa	1984-2006
Tajikistan	Talbak Nazarov	1994-2006
Tanzania	Jakaya Kikwete	1995-2006
Thailand	Suraki style Sathirathai	2001-2005
Togo	Roland Kpotsra	2002 - July 30, 2003
	Kokou Tozoun	July 30, 2003 - 2005
Tonga	Ulukalala Lavaka Ata	1998-2004
Transnistria	Valery Lizkai	2000-2008
Trinidad and Tobago	Knowlson poison	2001-2006
Chad	Mahamat Saleh Annadif	1997 - June 25, 2003
	Nagoum Yamassoum	June 25, 2003 - 2005
Czech Republic	Cyril Svoboda	2002-2006
Tunisia	Habib Ben Yahia	1991-1997 , 1999-2004
Turkey	Yaşar Yakış	2002 - March 14, 2003
	Abdullah Gul	March 14, 2003 - 2007
Turkmenistan	Raşit Meredow	since 2001
Tuvalu	Saufatu Sopoanga	2002-2004
Uganda	James Wapakhabulo	2001-2004
Ukraine	Anatoly Slenko	(1990) 1991-1994 , 2000-2 September 2003
	Kostyantyn Hryshchenko	September 2, 2003-2005, 2010-2012
Hungary	László Kovács	1994-1998 , 2002-2004
Uruguay	Didier Opertti	1998-2005
Uzbekistan	Abdulaziz Komilov	1994 - March 17, 2003, since 2012
	Sodiq Safoyev	1993 , March 17, 2003 - 2005
Vanuatu	Serge Vohor	1991–1993 , 1999–2001 , 2002–19 November 2003
	Moana Carcasses Kalosil	November 19, 2003 - 2004
Vatican city	Jean-Louis Tauran	1990 - October 21, 2003
	Giovanni Lajolo	October 21, 2003 - 2006
Venezuela	Roy Chaderton	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 - March 21, 2003
	Sjarhej Martynau	March 21, 2003 - 2012
Western Sahara	Mohamed Salem Ould Salek	since 1998
Central African Republic	Agba Otikpo Mézodé	2001 - January 16, 2003
	Martial Beti Marace	January 16, 2003 - March 16, 2003
	Karim Meckassoua	March 31, 2003 - December 13, 2003
	Charles Wénézoui	December 13, 2003 - 2005
Cyprus	Ioannis Kasoulidis	1997 - March 1, 2003, since 2013
	Georgios Iacovou	1983–1993 , March 1, 2003–2006

literature

• Mario von Baratta (Ed.): Der Fischer Weltalmanach 2004 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, October 2003, ISBN 3-596-72004-4 .
• The Fischer World Almanac 2005 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, September 2004, ISBN 3-596-72005-2 .

Web links

• www.rulers.org