List of Foreign Ministers 2004

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The 2004 list of Foreign Ministers contains all of the world's foreign ministers who were in office between January 1 and December 31, 2004 . 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.

country	Surname	Term of office
Abkhazia	Sergei Shamba	1997 - June 15, 2004
	Igor Achba	July 29, 2004 - December 14, 2004
	Sergei Shamba	December 14, 2004 - 2010
/ Afghanistan	Abdullah Abdullah	2001-2006
Egypt	Ahmed Maher	2001 - July 9, 2004
	Ahmed Aboul Gheit	July 14, 2004 - 2011
Albania	Kastriot Islami	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– March 24, 2004
	Harold Lovell	March 24, 2004 - 2005
Equatorial Guinea	Pastor Micha Ondo Bile	2003-2012
Argentina	Rafael Bielsa	2003-2005
Armenia	Vartan Oskanyan	1998-2008
Azerbaijan	Vilayət Quliyev	1999 - April 2, 2004
	Elmar Məmmədyarov	since April 2, 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 - July 20, 2004
	Karel De Gucht	July 20, 2004 - 2009
Belize	Godfrey Smith	2003-2006
Benin	Rogatien Biaou	2003-2006
Artsakh	Ashot Guljan	2002 - December 24, 2004
	Arman Melikjan	December 24, 2004 - 2005
Bhutan	Khandu Wangchuk	2003-2007
Bolivia	Juan Ignacio Siles	2003-2005
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mladen Ivanić	2003-2007
Botswana	Mompati Merafhe	1994-2008
Brazil	Celso Amorim	1993-1995 , 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 - September 29, 2004
	Ignacio Walker	September 29, 2004 - 2006
Taiwan	Eugene Chien	2002 - April 10, 2004
	Mark Chen	April 10, 2004 - 2006
People's Republic of China	Li Zhaoxing	2003-2007
Cook Islands	Robert Woonton	1999 - December 11, 2004
	Tom Marsters	December 14, 2004 - 2005
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	Frank Guerrero Prats	2003 - August 16, 2004
	Carlos Morales Troncoso	1994–1996 , since August 16, 2004
Djibouti	Ali Abdi Farah	1999-2005
Ecuador	Patricio Zuquilanda	2003-2005
Ivory Coast	Bamba Mamadou	2003-2006
El Salvador	María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila	1999 - June 1, 2004
	Francisco Laínez	June 1, 2004 - 2008
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 - March 31, 2004
	Michel Barnier	March 31, 2004 - 2005
Gabon	Jean Ping	1994 , 1999-2008
Gambia	Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne	1995–1997 , 2001–14 October 2004
	Sidi Moro Sanneh	October 14, 2004 - 2005
/ Georgia	Tedo Japaridze	2003 - March 11, 2004
	Salome Zurabishvili	March 11, 2004 - 2005
Ghana	Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo	2003-2007
Grenada	Elvin Nimrod	2000-2008
Greece	Giorgos Andrea Papandreou	1999 - February 13, 2004, 2009-2010
	Tasos Giannitsis	February 13, 2004 - March 10, 2004
	Petros Molyviatis	March 10, 2004 - 2006, 2012
Greenland	Josef Motzfeldt	2003-2007
Guatemala	Edgar Armando Gutiérrez Girón	2002 - January 14, 2004
	Jorge Briz Abularach	January 14, 2004 - 2006
Guinea	François Lonseny case	2002 - February 23, 2004, since 2012
	Mamady Condé	February 23, 2004-2005, 2006-2007
Guinea-Bissau	João José Monteiro	2003 - May 12, 2004
	Soares Sambu	May 12, 2004 - 2005
Guyana	Samuel Insanally	2001-2008
Haiti	Joseph Philippe Antonio	2001 - February 29, 2004
	Yvon Siméon	March 17, 2004 - 2005
Honduras	Leónidas Rosa Bautista	2003-2005
India	Yashwant Sinha	2002 - May 22, 2004
	Kanwar Natwar Singh	May 23, 2004 - 2005
Indonesia	Hassan Wirajuda	2001-2009
/ Iraq	Hoshyar Zebari	2003-2014
Iran	Kamal Kharrazi	1997-2005
Ireland	Brian Cowen	2000 - September 29, 2004, 2011
	Dermot Ahern	September 29, 2004 - 2008
Iceland	Halldór Ásgrímsson	1995 - September 15, 2004
	Davíð Oddsson	September 15, 2004 - 2005
Israel	Silvan Shalom	2003-2006
Italy	Franco Frattini	2002 - November 18, 2004, 2008–2011
	Gianfranco Fini	November 18, 2004 - 2006
Jamaica	Keith Desmond Knight	2001-2006
Japan	Yoriko Kawaguchi	2002 - September 27, 2004
	Nobutaka Machimura	September 27, 2004 - 2005, 2007
Yemen	Abubakr al-Kirbi	since 2001
Jordan	Marwan Muasher	2002 - October 24, 2004
	Hani al-Mulki	October 24, 2004 - 2005
Cambodia	Hor Namhong	1990–1993 , since 1998
Cameroon	François Xavier Ngoubeyou	2001 - December 8, 2004
	Laurent Esso	December 8, 2004 - 2006
Canada	William Graham	2002 - July 20, 2004
	Pierre Pettigrew	July 20, 2004 - 2006
Cape Verde	Fatima Veiga	2002 - April 3, 2004
	Víctor Borges	April 3, 2004 - 2008
Kazakhstan	Qassym-Shomart Toqayev	1994-1999 , 2002-2007
Qatar	Hamad ibn Jazim ibn Jabir Al Thani	1992-2013
Kenya	Kalonzo Musyoka	1993–1998 , 2003– June 30, 2004
	Chirau Ali Mwakwere	June 30, 2004 - 2005
Kyrgyzstan	Askar Aitmatov	2002-2005
Kiribati	Anote Tong	since 2003
Colombia	Carolina Barco	2002-2006
Comoros	Mohamed El-Amine Souef	1999-2002 , 2002-2005
Democratic Republic of Congo	Antoine Ghonda	2003 - July 22, 2004
	Raymond Ramazani Baya	July 22, 2004 - 2007
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)	Yoon Young-kwan	2003 - January 15, 2004
	Ban Ki-moon	January 16, 2004 - 2006
Croatia	Miomir Žužul	2003-2005
Cuba	Felipe Perez Roque	1999-2009
Kuwait	Muhammad as-Sabah as-Salim as-Sabah	2003-2011
Laos	Somsavat Lengsavad	1993-2006
Lesotho	Mohlabi Tsekoa	2002 - November 19, 2004, since 2007
	Monyane Moleleki	November 19, 2004 - 2007
Latvia	Sandra Kalniete	2002 - March 9, 2004
	Rihards Pīks	March 9, 2004 - July 19, 2004
	Artis Pabriks	July 21, 2004 - 2007
Lebanon	Jean Obeid	2003 - October 26, 2004
	Mahmoud Hammoud	2000–2003 , October 26, 2004–2005
Liberia	Thomas Nimely	2003-2006
Libya	Abdel Rahman Shalgham	2000-2009
Liechtenstein	Ernst Walch	2001-2005
/ Lithuania	Antanas Valionis	2000-2006
Luxembourg	Lydie Polfer	1999 - July 20, 2004
	Charles Goerens	July 20, 2004 - July 31, 2004
	Jean Asselborn	since July 31, 2004
Madagascar	Marcel Ranjeva	2002-2009
Malawi	Lilian Patel	2000 - June 16, 2004
	George Chaponda	June 16, 2004 - 2005
Malaysia	Syed Hamid Albar	1999-2008
Maldives	Fathulla Jameel	1978-2005
Mali	Lassana Traoré	2002 - May 2, 2004
	Moktar Ouane	May 2, 2004 - 2011
Malta	Joseph Borġ	1999 - March 23, 2004
	John Dalli	March 23, 2004 - July 3, 2004
	Michael Frendo	July 3, 2004 - 2008
Morocco	Mohamed Benaïssa	1999-2007
Marshall Islands	Gerald Zackios	2001-2008
Mauritania	Mohamed Vall Ould Bellal	2003-2005
Mauritius	Jaya Krishna Cuttaree	2003-2005
North Macedonia	Ilinka Mitreva	2001 , 2002-2006
Mexico	Luis Ernesto Derbez	2003-2006
Micronesia	Sebastian Anefal	2003-2007
Moldova	Nicolae Dudau	2001 - February 4, 2004
	Andrei Stratan	February 4, 2004 - 2009
Mongolia	Luwsangiin Erdenetschuluun	2000 - August 20, 2004
	Tsendiin Monk Orgil	August 20, 2004 - 2006
/ Montenegro	Dragiša Burzan	2003 - July 29, 2004
	Miodrag Vlahović	July 29, 2004 - 2006
Mozambique	Leonardo Simão	1994-2005
Myanmar	Win Aung	1998 - September 18, 2004
	Nyan Win	September 18, 2004 - 2011
Namibia	Hidipo Hamutenya	2002 - May 25, 2004
	Marco Hausiku	May 27, 2004 - 2010
Nauru	René Harris	1999–2000 , 2001–2003 , 2003– June 22, 2004
	David Adeang	June 22, 2004 - 2007
Nepal	Surya Bahadur Thapa	1981–1982 , 2003–3 March 2004
	Bhekh Bahadur Thapa	March 3, 2004 - June 3, 2004
	Sher Bahadur Deuba	2001–2002 , June 3, 2004–2005
New Zealand	Phil Goff	1999-2005
Nicaragua	Norman José Caldera Cardenal	2002-2007
Netherlands	Ben bot	2003-2007
Niger	Aïchatou Mindaoudou	1999-2000 , 2001-2010
Nigeria	Oluyemi Adeniji	2003-2006
Niue	Young Vivian	2002-2008
Northern Cyprus	Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu	1998 - January 13, 2004
	Serdar Denktaş	January 13, 2004 - 2006
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 - October 20, 2004
	Ursula Plassnik	October 20, 2004 - 2008
East Timor	José Ramos-Horta	2000 (2002) -2006
Pakistan	Khurshid Kasuri	2002-2007
Palestine	Nabil Shaath	2003-2005
Palau	Temmy Shmull	2001-2009
Panama	Harmodio Arias Cerjack	2003 - September 1, 2004
	Samuel Lewis Navarro	September 1, 2004 - 2009
Papua New Guinea	Rabbie Namaliu	1982-1984 , 2002-2006
Paraguay	Leila Rachid de Cowles	2003-2006
Peru	Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros	2003-2005
Philippines	Delia Domingo-Albert	2003 - August 19, 2004
	Alberto Romulo	August 19, 2004 - 2011
Poland	Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz	2001-2005
Portugal	Teresa Patrício Gouveia	2003 - July 17, 2004
	António Vítor Martins Monteiro	July 17, 2004 - 2005
Rwanda	Charles Murigande	2002-2008
Romania	Mircea Geoana	2000 - December 29, 2004
	Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu	December 29, 2004 - 2007
Russia	Igor Ivanov	1998 - March 9, 2004
	Sergei Lavrov	since March 9, 2004
Solomon Islands	Laurie Chan	2002-2006
Zambia	Kalombo Mwansa	2002-2005
Samoa	Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi	since 1998
San Marino	Fabio Berardi	2003-2006
Sao Tome and Principe	Mateus Meira Rita	2002 , 2002 - March 8, 2004
	Óscar Sousa	March 15, 2004 - March 30, 2004, 2006
	Ovídio Pequeno	March 30, 2004-2006, 2007-2008
Saudi Arabia	Saud ibn Faisal	since 1975
Sweden	Laila Freivalds	2003-2006
Switzerland	Micheline Calmy-Rey	2003-2011
Senegal	Tidiane Gadio	2000-2009
Serbia and Montenegro	Goran Svilanović	2003 - April 16, 2004
	Vuk Drašković	April 16, 2004 - 2006
Seychelles	Jérémie Bonnelame	1997-2005
Sierra Leone	Momodu Koroma	2002-2007
Zimbabwe	Stan Mudenge	1995-2005
Singapore	Shanmugam Jayakumar	1994 - August 12, 2004
	George Yeo	August 12, 2004 - 2011
Slovakia	Eduard Kukan	1994 , 1998-2006
Slovenia	Dimitrij Rupel	1990–1993 , 2000–6 July 2004, 2004–2008
	Ivo Vajgl	July 6, 2004 - December 3, 2004
	Dimitrij Rupel	1990–1993 , 2000–2004 , December 3, 2004–2008
Somalia	Yusuf Hassan Ibrahim	2002 - December 1, 2004, 2010
	Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail	December 1, 2004 - 2006
Somaliland	Edna Adan Ismail	2003-2006
Spain	Ana de Palacio	2002 - April 18, 2004
	Miguel Ángel Moratinos	April 18, 2004 - 2010
Sri Lanka	Tyronne Fernando	2001 - April 10, 2004
	Lakshman Kadirgamar	1994-2001 , April 10, 2004-2005
St. Kitts and Nevis	Timothy Harris	2001-2008
St. Lucia	Julian Hunte	2001 - October 26, 2004
	Petrus Compton	October 26, 2004 - 2006
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	Mabili Dlamini	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	Kokou Tozoun	2003-2005
Tonga	Ulukalala Lavaka Ata	1998 - September 2, 2004
	Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou	September 2, 2004 - 2009
Transnistria	Valery Lizkai	2000-2008
Trinidad and Tobago	Knowlson poison	2001-2006
Chad	Nagoum Yamassoum	2003-2005
Czech Republic	Cyril Svoboda	2002-2006
Tunisia	Habib Ben Yahia	1991–1997 , 1999–10 November 2004
	Abdelbaki Hermassi	November 11, 2004 - 2005
Turkey	Abdullah Gul	2003-2007
Turkmenistan	Raşit Meredow	since 2001
Tuvalu	Saufatu Sopoanga	2002 - August 27, 2004
	Maatia Toafa	August 27, 2004 - 2006
Uganda	James Wapakhabulo	2001 - March 27, 2004
	Tom Butime	March 27, 2004 - 2005 (provisional)
Ukraine	Kostyantyn Hryshchenko	2003-2005, 2010-2012
Hungary	László Kovács	1994–1998 , 2002–2 November 2004
	Ferenc Somogyi	November 2, 2004 - 2006
Uruguay	Didier Opertti	1998-2005
Uzbekistan	Sodiq Safoyev	1993 , 2003-2005
Vanuatu	Moana Carcasses Kalosil	2003 - July 29, 2004
	Barak Sopé	July 29, 2004 - November 15, 2004
	Marcellino Pipite	November 15, 2004 - December 11, 2004
	Sato Kilman	December 11, 2004 - 2007, since 2014
Vatican city	Giovanni Lajolo	2003-2006
Venezuela	Roy Chaderton	2002 - February 13, 2004
	Jesús Arnoldo Pérez	February 13, 2004 - November 22, 2004
	Alí Rodríguez Araque	November 22, 2004 - 2006
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	Sjarhej Martynau	2003-2012
Western Sahara	Mohamed Salem Ould Salek	since 1998
Central African Republic	Charles Wénézoui	2003-2005
Cyprus	Georgios Iacovou	1983-1993 , 2003-2006

literature

• The Fischer World Almanac 2005 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, September 2004, ISBN 3-596-72005-2 .
• The Fischer World Almanac 2006 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, September 2005, ISBN 3-596-72006-0 .

Web links

• www.rulers.org