List of Foreign Ministers 2006

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The 2006 list of Foreign Ministers contains all of the world's foreign ministers who were in office between January 1 and December 31, 2006 . 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.

Montenegro became independent on June 3, 2006, and on June 5, 2006 Serbia became the legal successor to the Confederation of Serbia and Montenegro .

country	Surname	Term of office
Abkhazia	Sergei Shamba	2004-2010
Afghanistan	Abdullah Abdullah	2001 - May 2, 2006
	Rangin Dadfar Spanta	May 2, 2006 - 2010
Egypt	Ahmed Aboul Gheit	2004-2011
Albania	Besnik Mustafaj	2005-2007
Algeria	Mohammed Bedjaoui	2005-2007
Andorra	July Minoves Triquell	2001-2007
Angola	João Bernardo de Miranda	1999-2008
Antigua and Barbuda	Baldwin Spencer	2005-2014
Equatorial Guinea	Pastor Micha Ondo Bile	2003-2012
Argentina	Jorge Taiana	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	Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa	since 2005
Bangladesh	Morshed Khan	2001 - October 28, 2006
Barbados	Billie Miller	1994-2008
Belgium	Karel De Gucht	2004-2009
Belize	Godfrey Smith	2003 - April 12, 2006
	Eamon Courtenay	April 12, 2006 - 2007
Benin	Rogatien Biaou	2003 - February 15, 2006
	Frédéric Dohou	February 15, 2006 - April 6, 2006 (provisional)
	Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo	April 10, 2006 - 2007
Artsakh	Georgi Petrosian	2005-2012 (?)
Bhutan	Khandu Wangchuk	2003-2007
Bolivia	Armando Loaiza	2005 - January 23, 2006
	David Choquehuanca	since January 23, 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	Ivajlo Kalfin	2005-2009
Burkina Faso	Youssouf Ouédraogo	1999-2007
Burundi	Antoinette Batumubwira	2005-2009
Chile	Ignacio Walker	2004 - March 11, 2006
	Alejandro Foxley	March 11, 2006 - 2009
Taiwan	Mark Chen	2004 - January 25, 2006
	James Huang	January 25, 2006 - 2008
People's Republic of China	Li Zhaoxing	2003-2007
Cook Islands	Wilkie Rasmussen	2005-2009
Costa Rica	Roberto Tovar Faja	2002 - May 8, 2006
	Bruno Stagno Ugarte	May 8, 2006 - 2010
Denmark	Per Stig Møller	2001-2010
Germany	Frank-Walter Steinmeier	2005–2009, since 2013
Dominica	Charles Savarin	2005-2007
Dominican Republic	Carlos Morales Troncoso	1994-1996 , since 2004
Djibouti	Mahamud Ali Yussef	since 2005
Ecuador	Francisco Carrión Mena	2005-2007
Ivory Coast	Bamba Mamadou	2003 - January 3, 2006
	Youssouf Bakayoko	January 3, 2006 - 2010
El Salvador	Francisco Laínez	2004-2008
Eritrea	Mohamed Omar	2005-2007 (provisional)
Estonia	Urmas Paet	since 2005
Fiji	Kaliopate Tavola	2000 - December 5, 2006
	Isikeli Mataitoga	December 5, 2006 - 2007 (provisional)
Finland	Erkki Tuomioja	2000–2007, since 2011
France	Philippe Douste-Blazy	2005-2007
Gabon	Jean Ping	1994 , 1999-2008
Gambia	Lamin Kaba Bajo	2005 - October 27, 2006
	Bala Garba-Jahumpa	October 27, 2006 - 2007
Georgia	Gela Beschuashvili	2005-2008
Ghana	Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo	2003-2007
Grenada	Elvin Nimrod	2000-2008
Greece	Petros Molyviatis	2004 - February 15, 2006, 2012
	Dora Bakogianni	February 15, 2006 - 2009
Greenland	Josef Motzfeldt	2003-2007
Guatemala	Jorge Briz Abularach	2004 - August 1, 2006
	Gert Rosenthal	August 1, 2006 - 2008
Guinea	Fatoumata Kaba	2005 - May 29, 2006
	Mamady Condé	2004-2005 , May 29, 2006 - 2007
Guinea-Bissau	Antonio Isaac Monteiro	2005-2007
Guyana	Samuel Insanally	2001-2008
Haiti	Hérard Abraham	1987-1988 , 2005 - June 9, 2006
	Rénald Clérismé	June 9, 2006 - 2008
Honduras	Mario Fortin	2005 - January 27, 2006
	Milton Jiménez Puerto	January 27, 2006 - 2008
India	Manmohan Singh	2005 - October 24, 2006
	Pranab Mukherjee	1995-1996 , October 24, 2006 - 2009
Indonesia	Hassan Wirajuda	2001-2009
Iraq	Hoshyar Zebari	2003-2014
Iran	Manutschehr Mottaki	2005-2010
Ireland	Dermot Ahern	2004-2008
Iceland	Geir Haarde	2005 - June 15, 2006
	Valgerður Sverrisdóttir	June 15, 2006 - 2007
Israel	Silvan Shalom	2003 - January 16, 2006
	Tzipi Livni	January 18, 2006 - 2009
Italy	Gianfranco Fini	2004 - May 17, 2006
	Massimo D'Alema	May 17, 2006 - 2008
Jamaica	Keith Desmond Knight	2001 - March 31, 2006
	Anthony Hylton	March 31, 2006 - 2007
Japan	Tarō Asō	2005-2007
Yemen	Abubakr al-Kirbi	since 2001
Jordan	Abdul Ilah al-Khatib	1998-2002 , 2005-2007
Cambodia	Hor Namhong	1990-1993 , since 1998
Cameroon	Laurent Esso	2004 - September 22, 2006
	Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara	September 22, 2006 - 2007
Canada	Pierre Pettigrew	2004 - February 6, 2006
	Peter MacKay	February 6, 2006 - 2007
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	Raphael Tuju	2005-2008
Kyrgyzstan	Alikbek Ekschenkulov	2005-2007
Kiribati	Anote Tong	since 2003
Colombia	Carolina Barco	2002 - August 7, 2006
	María Consuelo Araújo	August 7, 2006 - 2007
Comoros	Aboudou Soefou	2005 - May 28, 2006
	Ahmed Said Jaffar	May 28, 2006 - 2010
/ Democratic Republic of the 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 - November 1, 2006
	Song Min-soon	November 1, 2006 - 2008
Croatia	Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović	2005-2008
Cuba	Felipe Perez Roque	1999-2009
Kuwait	Muhammad as-Sabah as-Salim as-Sabah	2003-2011
Laos	Somsavat Lengsavad	1993 - June 8, 2006
	Thongloun Sisoulith	since June 8, 2006
/ Lesotho	Monyane Moleleki	2004-2007
Latvia	Artis Pabriks	2004-2007
Lebanon	Fawzi Salloukh	2005 - November 11, 2006, 2008-2009
	Tarek Mitri	November 11, 2006 - 2008 (provisional)
Liberia	Thomas Nimely	2003 - January 24, 2006
	George Wallace	January 24, 2006 - 2007
Libya	Abdel Rahman Shalgham	2000-2009
Liechtenstein	Rita Kieber-Beck	2005-2009
Lithuania	Antanas Valionis	2000 - July 18, 2006
	Petras Vaitiekūnas	July 18, 2006 - 2008
Luxembourg	Jean Asselborn	since 2004
Madagascar	Marcel Ranjeva	2002-2009
Malawi	Davis Katsonga	2005 - June 1, 2006
	Joyce Banda	June 1, 2006 - 2009
Malaysia	Syed Hamid Albar	1999-2008
Maldives	Ahmed Shaheed	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	Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed	2005-2007
Mauritius	Madan Dulloo	1986 , 1990 , 2005-2008
North Macedonia	Ilinka Mitreva	2001 , 2002 - August 28, 2006
	Antonio Milososki	August 28, 2006 - 2011
Mexico	Luis Ernesto Derbez	2003 - December 1, 2006
	Patricia Espinosa Cantellano	December 1, 2006 - 2012
Micronesia	Sebastian Anefal	2003-2007
Moldova	Andrei Stratan	2004-2009
Monaco	Rainier Imperti	2005 - August 1, 2006
	Henri Fissore	August 1, 2006 - 2007
Mongolia	Tsendiin Monk Orgil	2004 - January 13, 2006
	Njamaagiin Enchbold	January 28, 2006 - 2007
Montenegro	Miodrag Vlahović	2004 (June 3, 2006) - November 10, 2006
	Milan Roćen	November 10, 2006 - 2012
Mozambique	Alcinda Abreu	2005-2008
Myanmar	Nyan Win	2004-2011
Namibia	Marco Hausiku	2004-2010
Nauru	David Adeang	2004-2007
Nepal	Ramesh Nath Pandey	2005 - May 2, 2006
	Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli	May 2, 2006 - 2007
New Zealand	Winston Peters	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 - June 21, 2006
	Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala	June 21, 2006 - August 3, 2006
	Joy Ogwu	August 30, 2006 - 2007
Niue	Young Vivian	2002-2008
Northern Cyprus	Serdar Denktaş	2004 - September 25, 2006
	Turgay Avcı	September 25, 2006 - 2009
Norway	Jonas Gahr Støre	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) - July 14, 2006
	José Luís Guterres	July 14, 2006 - 2007, since 2012
Pakistan	Khurshid Kasuri	2002-2007
Palestine	Nasser al-Kidwa	2005 - March 29, 2006
	Mahmud al-Zahar	March 29, 2006 - 2007
Palau	Temmy Shmull	2001-2009
Panama	Samuel Lewis Navarro	2004-2009
Papua New Guinea	Rabbie Namaliu	1982-1984 , 2002 - July 12, 2006
	Michael Somare	1988-1992 , 1999 , 2000 , July 12, 2006 - November 15, 2006
	Paul Tiensten	November 15, 2006 - 2007
Paraguay	Leila Rachid de Cowles	2003 - August 22, 2006
	Rubén Ramírez Lezcano	August 22, 2006 - 2008
Peru	Óscar Maúrtua de Romaña	2005 - July 28, 2006
	José García Belaúnde	July 28, 2006 - 2011
Philippines	Alberto Romulo	2004-2011
Poland	Stefan Meller	2005 - May 5, 2006
	Anna Fotyga	May 9, 2006 - 2007
Portugal	Diogo Freitas do Amaral	1980-1981 , 2005 - July 3, 2006
	Luís Filipe Marques Amado	July 3, 2006 - 2011
Rwanda	Charles Murigande	2002-2008
Romania	Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu	2004-2007
Russia	Sergei Lavrov	since 2004
Solomon Islands	Laurie Chan	2002 - May 5, 2006
	Patteson Oti	1997-2000 , May 5, 2006 - 2007
Zambia	Ronnie Shikapwasha	2005 - October 9, 2006
	Mundia Sikatana	October 9, 2006 - 2007
Samoa	Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi	since 1998
San Marino	Fabio Berardi	2003 - July 27, 2006
	Fiorenzo Stolfi	2002-2003 , July 27, 2006 - 2008
Sao Tome and Principe	Ovídio Pequeno	2004 - January 16, 2006, 2007-2008
	Óscar Sousa	2004 , January 16, 2006 - April 21, 2006
	Carlos Gustavo dos Anjos	April 21, 2006 - 2007
Saudi Arabia	Saud ibn Faisal	since 1975
Sweden	Laila Freivalds	2003 - March 21, 2006
	Bosses Ringholm	March 21, 2006 - March 27, 2006 (provisional)
	Carin Jämtin	March 27, 2006 - April 24, 2006 (provisional)
	Jan Eliasson	April 24, 2006 - October 6, 2006
	Carl Bildt	since October 6, 2006
Switzerland	Micheline Calmy-Rey	2003-2011
Senegal	Tidiane Gadio	2000-2009
Serbia	Vuk Drašković	June 5, 2006 - 2007
Serbia and Montenegro	Vuk Drašković	2004 - June 5, 2006
Seychelles	Patrick Pillay	2005-2009
Sierra Leone	Momodu Koroma	2002-2007
Zimbabwe	Simbarashe Mumbengegwi	since 2005
Singapore	George Yeo	2004-2011
Slovakia	Eduard Kukan	1994 , 1998 - July 4, 2006
	Ján Kubiš	July 4, 2006 - 2009
Slovenia	Dimitrij Rupel	1990-1993 , 2000-2004 , 2004-2008
Somalia	Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail	2004 - August 2006
	Ismail Mohammed Buba	2000-2002 , August 23, 2006 - 2007
Somaliland	Edna Adan Ismail	2003-2006
	Abdillahi Mohamed Duale	2006-2010
Spain	Miguel Ángel Moratinos	2004-2010
Sri Lanka	Mangala Samaraweera	2005-2007
St. Kitts and Nevis	Timothy Harris	2001-2008
St. Lucia	Petrus Compton	2004 - December 19, 2006
	Rufus Bousquet	December 19, 2006 - 2007, 2009-2011
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Louis Straker	2001-2005 , 2005-2010
South Africa	Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma	1999-2009
Sudan	Lam Akol	2005-2007
South Ossetia	Murat Dschiojew	1998-2012
Suriname	Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk	2005-2010
Swaziland	Mabili Dlamini	2003 - February 23, 2006
	Moses Mathendele Dlamini	February 23, 2006 - 2008
Syria	Faruk al-Sharaa	1984 - February 11, 2006
	Walid al-Muallim	since February 11, 2006
Tajikistan	Talbak Nazarov	1994 - December 1, 2006
	Hamrochon Sarifij	December 1, 2006 - 2013
Tanzania	Jakaya Kikwete	1995 - January 4, 2006
	Asha-Rose Migiro	January 4, 2006 - 2007
Thailand	Kantathi Suphamongkhon	2005 - September 19, 2006
	Nitya Pibulsonggram	October 9, 2006 - 2008
Togo	Zarifou Ayéva	2005-2007
Tonga	Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou	2004-2009
Transnistria	Valery Lizkai	2000-2008
Trinidad and Tobago	Knowlson poison	2001 - September 26, 2006
	Arnold Piggott	September 29, 2006 - 2007
Chad	Ahmad Allammi	2005-2008
Czech Republic	Cyril Svoboda	2002 - September 4, 2006
	Alexandr Vondra	September 4, 2006 - 2007
Tunisia	Abdelwahab Abdallah	2005-2010
Turkey	Abdullah Gul	2003-2007
Turkmenistan	Raşit Meredow	since 2001
Tuvalu	Maatia Toafa	2004 - August 14, 2006
	Apisai Ielemia	August 14, 2006 - 2010, since 2010
Uganda	Sam Kutesa	since 2005
Ukraine	Borys Tarasyuk	1998-2000 , 2005-2007
Hungary	Ferenc Somogyi	2004 - June 9, 2006
	Kinga Göncz	June 9, 2006 - 2009
Uruguay	Reinaldo Gargano	2005-2008
Uzbekistan	Elyor Gʻaniyev	2005 - July 12, 2006, 2010-2012
	Vladimir Norov	July 12, 2006 - 2010
Vanuatu	Sato Kilman	2004–2007, since 2014
Vatican city	Giovanni Lajolo	2003 - September 15, 2006
	Dominique Mamberti	since September 15, 2006
Venezuela	Alí Rodríguez Araque	2004 - August 8, 2006
	Nicolás Maduro	August 8, 2006 - 2013
United Arab Emirates	Rashid Abdullah al-Nuaimi	1980 - February 9, 2006
	Abdullah bin Zayid Al Nahyan	since February 9, 2006
United States	Condoleezza Rice	2005-2009
United Kingdom	Jack Straw	2001 - May 5, 2006
	Margaret Beckett	May 5, 2006 - 2007
Vietnam	Nguyen Dy Nien	2000 - June 28, 2006
	Phạm Gia Khiem	June 28, 2006 - 2011
Belarus	Sjarhej Martynau	2003-2012
Western Sahara	Mohamed Salem Ould Salek	since 1998
Central African Republic	Jean-Paul Ngoupandé	2005 - September 2, 2006
	Côme Zoumara	September 2, 2006 - 2008
Cyprus	Georgios Iacovou	1983-1993 , 2003 - June 13, 2006
	Giorgos Lillikas	June 13, 2006 - 2007

literature

• The Fischer World Almanac 2007 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, September 2006, ISBN 978-3-596-72007-1 .
• The Fischer World Almanac 2008 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, September 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-72008-8 .

Web links

• www.rulers.org