List of Foreign Ministers 2005

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The 2005 list of Foreign Ministers includes all of the world's foreign ministers who were in office between January 1 and December 31, 2005 . 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	2004-2010
Afghanistan	Abdullah Abdullah	2001-2006
Egypt	Ahmed Aboul Gheit	2004-2011
Albania	Kastriot Islami	2003 - September 11, 2005
	Besnik Mustafaj	September 11, 2005 - 2007
Algeria	Abdelaziz Belkhadem	2000 - May 1, 2005
	Mohammed Bedjaoui	May 1, 2005 - 2007
Andorra	July Minoves Triquell	2001-2007
Angola	João Bernardo de Miranda	1999-2008
Antigua and Barbuda	Harold Lovell	2004 - January 5, 2005
	Baldwin Spencer	January 5, 2005 - 2014
Equatorial Guinea	Pastor Micha Ondo Bile	2003-2012
Argentina	Rafael Bielsa	2003 - December 1, 2005
	Jorge Taiana	December 1, 2005 - 2010
Armenia	Vartan Oskanyan	1998-2008
Azerbaijan	Elmar Məmmədyarov	since 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 - September 26, 2005
	Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa	since September 26, 2005
Bangladesh	Morshed Khan	2001-2006
Barbados	Billie Miller	1994-2008
Belgium	Karel De Gucht	2004-2009
Belize	Godfrey Smith	2003-2006
Benin	Rogatien Biaou	2003-2006
Artsakh	Arman Melikjan	2004 - December 26, 2005
	Georgi Petrosian	December 26, 2005 - 2012 (?)
Bhutan	Khandu Wangchuk	2003-2007
Bolivia	Juan Ignacio Siles	2003 - June 14, 2005
	Armando Loaiza	June 14, 2005 - 2006
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 - August 16, 2005
	Ivajlo Kalfin	August 16, 2005 - 2009
Burkina Faso	Youssouf Ouédraogo	1999-2007
Burundi	Thérence Sinunguruza	2001 - August 30, 2005
	Antoinette Batumubwira	August 30, 2005 - 2009
Chile	Ignacio Walker	2004-2006
Taiwan	Mark Chen	2004-2006
People's Republic of China	Li Zhaoxing	2003-2007
Cook Islands	Tom Marsters	2004 - September 10, 2005
	Wilkie Rasmussen	September 15, 2005 - 2009
Costa Rica	Roberto Tovar Faja	2002-2006
Denmark	Per Stig Møller	2001-2010
Germany	Joschka Fischer	1998 - November 22, 2005
	Frank-Walter Steinmeier	November 22, 2005 - 2009, since 2013
Dominica	Osborne Riviere	2001 - May 12, 2005
	Charles Savarin	May 12, 2005 - 2007
Dominican Republic	Carlos Morales Troncoso	1994-1996 , since 2004
Djibouti	Ali Abdi Farah	1999 - May 22, 2005
	Mahamud Ali Yussef	since May 22, 2005
Ecuador	Patricio Zuquilanda	2003 - April 21, 2005
	Antonio Parra Gil	April 21, 2005 - October 10, 2005
	Francisco Carrión Mena	October 10, 2005 - 2007
Ivory Coast	Bamba Mamadou	2003-2006
El Salvador	Francisco Laínez	2004-2008
Eritrea	Ali Sayyid Abdullah	2000 - August 28, 2005
	Mohamed Omar	August 28, 2005 - 2007 (provisional)
Estonia	Kristiina Ojuland	2002 - February 10, 2005
	Jaak Jõerüüt	February 11, 2005 - February 21, 2005 (provisional)
	Purely long	February 21, 2005 - April 13, 2005
	Urmas Paet	since April 13, 2005
Fiji	Kaliopate Tavola	2000-2006
Finland	Erkki Tuomioja	2000–2007, since 2011
France	Michel Barnier	2004 - June 2, 2005
	Philippe Douste-Blazy	June 2, 2005 - 2007
Gabon	Jean Ping	1994 , 1999-2008
Gambia	Sidi Moro Sanneh	2004 - March 24, 2005
	Musa Gibril Bala Gaye	March 24, 2005 - October 24, 2005
	Lamin Kaba Bajo	October 24, 2005 - 2006
Georgia	Salome Zurabishvili	2004 - October 19, 2005
	Gela Beschuashvili	October 20, 2005 - 2008
Ghana	Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo	2003-2007
Grenada	Elvin Nimrod	2000-2008
Greece	Petros Molyviatis	2004-2006, 2012
Greenland	Josef Motzfeldt	2003-2007
Guatemala	Jorge Briz Abularach	2004-2006
Guinea	Mamady Condé	2004 - March 8, 2005, 2006-2007
	Fatoumata Kaba	March 8, 2005 - 2006
Guinea-Bissau	Soares Sambu	2004 - October 28, 2005
	Antonio Isaac Monteiro	November 9, 2005 - 2007
Guyana	Samuel Insanally	2001-2008
Haiti	Yvon Siméon	2004 - January 31, 2005
	Hérard Abraham	1987-1988 , January 31, 2005 - 2006
Honduras	Leónidas Rosa Bautista	2003 - July 4, 2005
	Mario Fortin	July 4, 2005 - 2006
India	Kanwar Natwar Singh	2004 - November 7, 2005
	Manmohan Singh	November 7, 2005 - 2006
Indonesia	Hassan Wirajuda	2001-2009
Iraq	Hoshyar Zebari	2003-2014
Iran	Kamal Kharrazi	1997 - August 24, 2005
	Manutschehr Mottaki	August 24, 2005 - 2010
Ireland	Dermot Ahern	2004-2008
Iceland	Davíð Oddsson	2004 - September 27, 2005
	Geir Haarde	September 27, 2005 - 2006
Israel	Silvan Shalom	2003-2006
Italy	Gianfranco Fini	2004-2006
Jamaica	Keith Desmond Knight	2001-2006
Japan	Nobutaka Machimura	2004 - October 31, 2005, 2007
	Tarō Asō	October 31, 2005 - 2007
Yemen	Abubakr al-Kirbi	since 2001
Jordan	Hani al-Mulki	2004 - April 5, 2005
	Faruk al-Kasrawi	April 7, 2005 - November 27, 2005
	Abdul Ilah al-Khatib	1998-2002 , November 27, 2005 - 2007
Cambodia	Hor Namhong	1990-1993 , since 1998
Cameroon	Laurent Esso	2004-2006
Canada	Pierre Pettigrew	2004-2006
Cape Verde	Víctor Borges	2004-2008
Kazakhstan	Qassym-Shomart Toqayev	1994-1999 , 2002-2007
Qatar	Hamad ibn Jazim ibn Jabir Al Thani	1992-2013
Kenya	Chirau Ali Mwakwere	2004 - November 23, 2005
	Raphael Tuju	December 9, 2005 - 2008
Kyrgyzstan	Askar Aitmatov	2002 - March 25, 2005
	Rosa Otunbayeva	March 25, 2005 - September 30, 2005 (provisional)
	Alikbek Ekschenkulov	September 30, 2005 - 2007
Kiribati	Anote Tong	since 2003
Colombia	Carolina Barco	2002-2006
Comoros	Mohamed El-Amine Souef	1999-2002 , 2002 - July 5, 2005
	Aboudou Soefou	July 5, 2005 - 2006
Democratic Republic of Congo	Raymond Ramazani Baya	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)	Ban Ki-moon	2004-2006
Croatia	Miomir Žužul	2003 - February 17, 2005
	Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović	February 17, 2005 - 2008
Cuba	Felipe Perez Roque	1999-2009
Kuwait	Muhammad as-Sabah as-Salim as-Sabah	2003-2011
Laos	Somsavat Lengsavad	1993-2006
Lesotho	Monyane Moleleki	2004-2007
Latvia	Artis Pabriks	2004-2007
Lebanon	Mahmoud Hammoud	2000-2003 , 2004 - July 19, 2005
	Fawzi Salloukh	July 19, 2005 - 2006, 2008-2009
Liberia	Thomas Nimely	2003-2006
Libya	Abdel Rahman Shalgham	2000-2009
Liechtenstein	Ernst Walch	2001 - April 21, 2005
	Rita Kieber-Beck	April 21, 2005 - 2009
Lithuania	Antanas Valionis	2000-2006
Luxembourg	Jean Asselborn	since 2004
Madagascar	Marcel Ranjeva	2002-2009
Malawi	George Chaponda	2004 - February 4, 2005
	Davis Katsonga	February 4, 2005 - 2006
Malaysia	Syed Hamid Albar	1999-2008
Maldives	Fathulla Jameel	1978 - July 14, 2005
	Ahmed Shaheed	July 14, 2005 - 2007, 2008-2010
Mali	Moktar Ouane	2004-2011
Malta	Michael Frendo	2004-2008
Morocco	Mohamed Benaïssa	1999-2007
Marshall Islands	Gerald Zackios	2001-2008
Mauritania	Mohamed Vall Ould Bellal	2003 - August 7, 2005
	Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed	August 10, 2005 - 2007
Mauritius	Jaya Krishna Cuttaree	2003 - July 5, 2005
	Madan Dulloo	1986 , 1990 , July 5, 2005 - 2008
North Macedonia	Ilinka Mitreva	2001 , 2002-2006
Mexico	Luis Ernesto Derbez	2003-2006
Micronesia	Sebastian Anefal	2003-2007
Moldova	Andrei Stratan	2004-2009
Monaco	Rainier Imperti	February 1, 2005 - 2006
Mongolia	Tsendiin Monk Orgil	2004-2006
Montenegro	Miodrag Vlahović	2004- 2006
Mozambique	Leonardo Simão	1994 - February 3, 2005
	Alcinda Abreu	February 3, 2005 - 2008
Myanmar	Nyan Win	2004-2011
Namibia	Marco Hausiku	2004-2010
Nauru	David Adeang	2004-2007
Nepal	Sher Bahadur Deuba	2001-2002 , 2004 - February 1, 2005
	Ramesh Nath Pandey	February 2, 2005 - 2006
New Zealand	Phil Goff	1999 - October 19, 2005
	Winston Peters	October 19, 2005 - 2008
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	Serdar Denktaş	2004-2006
Norway	Jan Petersen	2001 - October 17, 2005
	Jonas Gahr Støre	October 17, 2005 - 2012
Oman	Qabus ibn Said (formal)	since 1970
	Youssef al-Alawi Abdullah (de facto)	since 1982
Austria	Ursula Plassnik	2004-2008
East Timor	José Ramos-Horta	2000 (2002) -2006
Pakistan	Khurshid Kasuri	2002-2007
Palestine	Nabil Shaath	2003 - February 24, 2005
	Nasser al-Kidwa	February 24, 2005 - 2006
Palau	Temmy Shmull	2001-2009
Panama	Samuel Lewis Navarro	2004-2009
Papua New Guinea	Rabbie Namaliu	1982-1984 , 2002-2006
Paraguay	Leila Rachid de Cowles	2003-2006
Peru	Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros	2003 - August 11, 2005
	Fernando Olivera Vega	August 11, 2005 - August 13, 2005
	Óscar Maúrtua de Romaña	August 16, 2005 - 2006
Philippines	Alberto Romulo	2004-2011
Poland	Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz	2001 - January 5, 2005
	Adam Daniel Rotfeld	January 5, 2005 - October 31, 2005
	Stefan Meller	October 31, 2005 - 2006
Portugal	António Vítor Martins Monteiro	2004 - March 12, 2005
	Diogo Freitas do Amaral	1980-1981 , March 12, 2005 - 2006
Rwanda	Charles Murigande	2002-2008
Romania	Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu	2004-2007
Russia	Sergei Lavrov	since 2004
Solomon Islands	Laurie Chan	2002-2006
Zambia	Kalombo Mwansa	2002 - January 10, 2005
	Ronnie Shikapwasha	January 10, 2005 - 2006
Samoa	Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi	since 1998
San Marino	Fabio Berardi	2003-2006
Sao Tome and Principe	Ovídio Pequeno	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	Vuk Drašković	2004-2006
Seychelles	Jérémie Bonnelame	1997 - February 12, 2005
	Patrick Pillay	February 12, 2005 - 2009
Sierra Leone	Momodu Koroma	2002-2007
Zimbabwe	Stan Mudenge	1995 - April 15, 2005
	Simbarashe Mumbengegwi	since April 15, 2005
Singapore	George Yeo	2004-2011
Slovakia	Eduard Kukan	1994 , 1998-2006
Slovenia	Dimitrij Rupel	1990-1993 , 2000-2004 , 2004-2008
Somalia	Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail	2004-2006
Somaliland	Edna Adan Ismail	2003-2006
Spain	Miguel Ángel Moratinos	2004-2010
Sri Lanka	Lakshman Kadirgamar	1994-2001 , 2004 - August 12, 2005
	Anura Bandaranaike	August 22, 2005 - November 23, 2005
	Mangala Samaraweera	November 23, 2005 - 2007
St. Kitts and Nevis	Timothy Harris	2001-2008
St. Lucia	Petrus Compton	2004-2006
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Louis Straker	2001 - May 17, 2005, 2005-2010
	Mike Browne	May 17, 2005 - December 8, 2005
	Louis Straker	2001-2005 , December 8, 2005 - 2010
South Africa	Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma	1999-2009
Sudan	Mustafa Osman Ismail	1998 - September 20, 2005
	Lam Akol	September 20, 2005 - 2007
South Ossetia	Murat Dschiojew	1998-2012
Suriname	Marie Levens	2000 - September 1, 2005
	Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk	September 1, 2005 - 2010
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 - March 11, 2005
	Kantathi Suphamongkhon	March 11, 2005 - 2006
Togo	Kokou Tozoun	2003 - June 20, 2005
	Zarifou Ayéva	June 20, 2005 - 2007
Tonga	Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou	2004-2009
Transnistria	Valery Lizkai	2000-2008
Trinidad and Tobago	Knowlson poison	2001-2006
Chad	Nagoum Yamassoum	2003 - August 7, 2005
	Ahmad Allammi	August 7, 2005 - 2008
Czech Republic	Cyril Svoboda	2002-2006
Tunisia	Abdelbaki Hermassi	2004 - August 17, 2005
	Abdelwahab Abdallah	August 17, 2005 - 2010
Turkey	Abdullah Gul	2003-2007
Turkmenistan	Raşit Meredow	since 2001
Tuvalu	Maatia Toafa	2004-2006
Uganda	Tom Butime	2004 - January 13, 2005 (provisional)
	Sam Kutesa	since January 13, 2005
Ukraine	Kostyantyn Hryshchenko	2003 - February 4, 2005, 2010-2012
	Borys Tarasyuk	1998-2000 , February 4, 2005 - 2007
Hungary	Ferenc Somogyi	2004-2006
Uruguay	Didier Opertti	1998 - March 1, 2005
	Reinaldo Gargano	March 1, 2005 - 2008
Uzbekistan	Sodiq Safoyev	1993 , 2003 - February 4, 2005
	Elyor Gʻaniyev	February 4, 2005 - 2006, 2010-2012
Vanuatu	Sato Kilman	2004–2007, since 2014
Vatican city	Giovanni Lajolo	2003-2006
Venezuela	Alí Rodríguez Araque	2004-2006
United Arab Emirates	Rashid Abdullah al-Nuaimi	1980-2006
United States	Colin Powell	2001 - January 26, 2005
	Condoleezza Rice	January 26, 2005 - 2009
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 - June 19, 2005
	Jean-Paul Ngoupandé	June 19, 2005 - 2006
Cyprus	Georgios Iacovou	1983-1993 , 2003-2006

literature

• The Fischer World Almanac 2006 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, September 2005, ISBN 3-596-72006-0 .
• The Fischer World Almanac 2007 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, September 2006, ISBN 978-3-596-72007-1 .

Web links

• www.rulers.org