List of Foreign Ministers 2007

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The 2007 list of foreign ministers includes all foreign ministers in the world who were in office between January 1 and December 31, 2007 . 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
AbkhaziaAbkhazia Abkhazia Sergei Shamba 2004-2010
Afghanistan 2002Afghanistan Afghanistan Rangin Dadfar Spanta 2006-2010
EgyptEgypt Egypt Ahmed Aboul Gheit 2004-2011
AlbaniaAlbania Albania Besnik Mustafaj 2005 - May 2, 2007
Lulzim Basha May 2, 2007 - 2009
AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria Mohammed Bedjaoui 2005 - June 4, 2007
Mourad Medelci June 4, 2007 - 2013
AndorraAndorra Andorra July Minoves Triquell 2001 - May 2, 2007
Meritxell Mateu i Pi May 2, 2007 - 2009
AngolaAngola Angola João Bernardo de Miranda 1999-2008
Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Baldwin Spencer 2005-2014
Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Pastor Micha Ondo Bile 2003-2012
ArgentinaArgentina Argentina Jorge Taiana 2005-2010
ArmeniaArmenia Armenia Vartan Oskanyan 1998-2008
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan Elmar Məmmədyarov since 2004
Ethiopia 1996Ethiopia Ethiopia Seyoum Mesfin 1991-2010
AustraliaAustralia Australia Alexander Downer 1996 - December 3, 2007
Stephen Smith December 3, 2007 - 2010
BahamasBahamas Bahamas Fred Mitchell 2002 - May 4, 2007, since 2012
Brent Symonette May 4, 2007 - 2012
BahrainBahrain Bahrain Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa since 2005
BangladeshBangladesh Bangladesh Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury January 18, 2007 - 2009
BarbadosBarbados Barbados Billie Miller 1994-2008
BelgiumBelgium Belgium Karel De Gucht 2004-2009
BelizeBelize Belize Eamon Courtenay 2006 - June 5, 2007
Lisa Shoman June 5, 2007 - 2008
BeninBenin Benin Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo 2006 - June 17, 2007
Moussa Okanla June 17, 2007 - 2008
Artsakh RepublicArtsakh Artsakh Georgi Petrosian 2005-2012 (?)
BhutanBhutan Bhutan Khandu Wangchuk 2003 - July 26, 2007
BoliviaBolivia Bolivia David Choquehuanca since 2006
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Mladen Ivanić 2003 - February 9, 2007
Sven Alkalaj February 9, 2007 - 2012
BotswanaBotswana Botswana Mompati Merafhe 1994-2008
BrazilBrazil Brazil Celso Amorim 1993-1995 , 2003-2011
BruneiBrunei Brunei Mohammed Bolkiah since 1984
BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria Ivajlo Kalfin 2005-2009
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso Burkina Faso Youssouf Ouédraogo 1999 - June 11, 2007
Djibril Bassolé June 11, 2007 - 2008, since 2011
BurundiBurundi Burundi Antoinette Batumubwira 2005-2009
ChileChile Chile Alejandro Foxley 2006-2009
TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan James Huang 2006-2008
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Li Zhaoxing 2003 - April 27, 2007
Yang Jiechi April 27, 2007 - 2013
Cook IslandsCook Islands Cook Islands Wilkie Rasmussen 2005-2009
Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica Bruno Stagno Ugarte 2006-2010
DenmarkDenmark Denmark Per Stig Møller 2001-2010
GermanyGermany Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier 2005–2009, since 2013
DominicaDominica Dominica Charles Savarin 2005 - October 22, 2007
Roosevelt Skerrit October 22, 2007 - 2008, since 2010
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic Carlos Morales Troncoso 1994-1996 , since 2004
DjiboutiDjibouti Djibouti Mahamud Ali Yussef since 2005
EcuadorEcuador Ecuador Francisco Carrión Mena 2005 - January 15, 2007
María Fernanda Espinosa January 15, 2007 - December 6, 2007
María Isabel Salvador December 7, 2007 - 2008
Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast Youssouf Bakayoko 2006-2010
El SalvadorEl Salvador El Salvador Francisco Laínez 2004-2008
EritreaEritrea Eritrea Mohamed Omar 2005 - April 18, 2007 (provisional)
Osman Saleh Mohammed since April 18, 2007
EstoniaEstonia Estonia Urmas Paet since 2005
FijiFiji Fiji Isikeli Mataitoga 2006 - January 8, 2007 (provisional)
Epeli Nailatikau January 8, 2007 - 2008
FinlandFinland Finland Erkki Tuomioja 2000 - April 19, 2007, since 2011
Ilkka Kanerva April 19, 2007 - 2008
FranceFrance France Philippe Douste-Blazy 2005 - May 18, 2007
Bernard Kouchner May 18, 2007 - 2010
GabonGabon Gabon Jean Ping 1994 , 1999-2008
GambiaGambia Gambia Bala Garba-Jahumpa 2006 - September 13, 2007
Crispin Gray-Johnson September 13, 2007 - 2008
GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia Gela Beschuashvili 2005-2008
GhanaGhana Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo 2003 - July 31, 2007
Akwasi Osei Adjei July 31, 2007 - 2009
GrenadaGrenada Grenada Elvin Nimrod 2000-2008
GreeceGreece Greece Dora Bakogianni 2006-2009
GreenlandGreenland Greenland Josef Motzfeldt 2003 - May 1, 2007
Lars-Emil Johansen May 1, 2007 - May 30, 2007
Aleqa Hammond July 1, 2007 - 2008
GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala Gert Rosenthal 2006-2008
Guinea-aGuinea Guinea Mamady Condé 2004-2005 , 2006 - March 28, 2007
Kabèlè Abdoul Camara March 28, 2007 - 2008
Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Antonio Isaac Monteiro 2005 - April 17, 2007
Maria da Conceição Nobre Cabral April 17, 2007 - 2009
GuyanaGuyana Guyana Samuel Insanally 2001-2008
HaitiHaiti Haiti Rénald Clérismé 2006-2008
HondurasHonduras Honduras Milton Jiménez Puerto 2006-2008
IndiaIndia India Pranab Mukherjee 1995-1996 , 2006-2009
IndonesiaIndonesia Indonesia Hassan Wirajuda 2001-2009
Iraq 2004Iraq Iraq Hoshyar Zebari 2003-2014
IranIran Iran Manutschehr Mottaki 2005-2010
IrelandIreland Ireland Dermot Ahern 2004-2008
IcelandIceland Iceland Valgerður Sverrisdóttir 2006 - May 24, 2007
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir May 24, 2007 - 2009
IsraelIsrael Israel Tzipi Livni 2006-2009
ItalyItaly Italy Massimo D'Alema 2006-2008
JamaicaJamaica Jamaica Anthony Hylton 2006 - September 14, 2007
Kenneth Baugh September 14, 2007 - 2012
JapanJapan Japan Tarō Asō 2005 - August 27, 2007
Nobutaka Machimura 2004-2005 , August 27, 2007 - September 26, 2007
Masahiko Kōmura September 26, 2007 - 2008
YemenYemen Yemen Abubakr al-Kirbi since 2001
JordanJordan Jordan Abdul Ilah al-Khatib 1998-2002 , 2005 - November 25, 2007
Salah Bashir November 25, 2007 - 2009
CambodiaCambodia Cambodia Hor Namhong 1990-1993 , since 1998
CameroonCameroon Cameroon Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara 2006 - September 7, 2007
Henri Eyebe Ayissi September 7, 2007 - 2011
CanadaCanada Canada Peter MacKay 2006 - August 14, 2007
Maxime Bernier August 14, 2007 - 2008
Cape VerdeCape Verde Cape Verde Víctor Borges 2004-2008
KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan Qassym-Shomart Toqayev 1994-1999 , 2002 - January 10, 2007
Marat Täschin January 10, 2007 - 2009
QatarQatar Qatar Hamad ibn Jazim ibn Jabir Al Thani 1992-2013
KenyaKenya Kenya Raphael Tuju 2005-2008
KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Alikbek Ekschenkulov 2005 - February 8, 2007
Ednan Karabaev 1992-1993 , February 8, 2007 - 2009
KiribatiKiribati Kiribati Anote Tong since 2003
ColombiaColombia Colombia María Consuelo Araújo 2006 - February 19, 2007
Fernando Araújo Perdomo February 28, 2007 - 2008
ComorosComoros Comoros Ahmed Said Jaffar 2006-2010
Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of Congo Raymond Ramazani Baya 2004 - February 5, 2007
Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi February 5, 2007 - 2008
Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Rodolphe Adada 1997 - May 31, 2007
Basile Ikouébé since May 31, 2007
Korea NorthNorth Korea The People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) Paek Nam-sun 1997 - January 2, 2007
Kang Sok-ju January 2, 2007 - May 19, 2007 (provisional)
Pak Ui-chun May 19, 2007 - 2014
Korea SouthSouth Korea Republic of Korea (South Korea) Song Min-soon 2006-2008
CroatiaCroatia Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović 2005-2008
CubaCuba Cuba Felipe Perez Roque 1999-2009
KuwaitKuwait Kuwait Muhammad as-Sabah as-Salim as-Sabah 2003-2011
LaosLaos Laos Thongloun Sisoulith since 2006
LesothoLesotho Lesotho Monyane Moleleki 2004 - March 2, 2007
Mohlabi Tsekoa 2002-2004 , since March 2, 2007
LatviaLatvia Latvia Artis Pabriks 2004 - October 28, 2007
Helena Demakova October 29, 2007 - November 8, 2007 (provisional)
Māris Riekstiņš November 8, 2007 - 2010
LebanonLebanon Lebanon Tarek Mitri 2006-2008 (provisional)
LiberiaLiberia Liberia George Wallace 2006 - August 22, 2007
Olubanke King-Akerele August 22, 2007 - 2010
Political system of the Libyan Arab JamahiriyaPolitical system of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya Abdel Rahman Shalgham 2000-2009
LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein Rita Kieber-Beck 2005-2009
LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania Petras Vaitiekūnas 2006-2008
LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg Jean Asselborn since 2004
MadagascarMadagascar Madagascar Marcel Ranjeva 2002-2009
MalawiMalawi Malawi Joyce Banda 2006-2009
MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia Syed Hamid Albar 1999-2008
MaldivesMaldives Maldives Ahmed Shaheed 2005 - August 21, 2007, 2008-2010
Abdullah Shahid August 23, 2007 - 2008
MaliMali Mali Moktar Ouane 2004-2011
MaltaMalta Malta Michael Frendo 2004-2008
MoroccoMorocco Morocco Mohamed Benaïssa 1999 - October 15, 2007
Taïb Fassi-Fihri October 15, 2007 - 2012
Marshall IslandsMarshall Islands Marshall Islands Gerald Zackios 2001-2008
MauritaniaMauritania Mauritania Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed 2005 - April 28, 2007
Mohamed Saleck Ould Mohamed Lemine April 28, 2007 - 2008
MauritiusMauritius Mauritius Madan Dulloo 1986 , 1990 , 2005-2008
North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia North Macedonia Antonio Milososki 2006-2011
MexicoMexico Mexico Patricia Espinosa Cantellano 2006–2012
Micronesia, Federated StatesMicronesia Micronesia Sebastian Anefal 2003 - July 14, 2007
Lorin S. Robert since July 14, 2007
Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova Andrei Stratan 2004-2009
MonacoMonaco Monaco Henri Fissore 2006 - June 1, 2007
Jean Pastorelli June 1, 2007 - 2008
MongoliaMongolia Mongolia Njamaagiin Enchbold 2006 - December 5, 2007
Sandschaasürengiin Ojuun December 5, 2007 - 2008
MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro Milan Roćen 2006–2012
MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique Alcinda Abreu 2005-2008
Myanmar 1974Myanmar Myanmar Nyan Win 2004-2011
NamibiaNamibia Namibia Marco Hausiku 2004-2010
NauruNauru Nauru David Adeang 2004 - December 19, 2007
Kieren Keke December 19, 2007 - 2011, since 2012
NepalNepal Nepal Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli 2006 - April 1, 2007
Sahana Pradhan April 1, 2007 - 2008
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand Winston Peters 2005-2008
NicaraguaNicaragua Nicaragua Norman José Caldera Cardenal 2002 - January 11, 2007
Samuel Santos López since January 11, 2007
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands Ben bot 2003 - February 22, 2007
Maxime Verhagen February 22, 2007 - 2010
NigerNiger Niger Aïchatou Mindaoudou 1999-2000 , 2001-2010
NigeriaNigeria Nigeria Joy Ogwu 2006 - July 26, 2007
Ojo Maduekwe July 26, 2007 - 2010
NiueNiue Niue Young Vivian 2002-2008
Northern CyprusTurkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus Turgay Avcı 2006-2009
NorwayNorway Norway Jonas Gahr Støre 2005–2012
OmanOman Oman Qabus ibn Said (formal) since 1970
Youssef al-Alawi Abdullah (de facto) since 1982
AustriaAustria Austria Ursula Plassnik 2004-2008
East TimorEast Timor East Timor José Luís Guterres 2006 - May 19, 2007, since 2012
Adaljíza Magno May 19, 2007 - August 8, 2007 (provisional)
Zacarias da Costa August 8, 2007 - 2012
PakistanPakistan Pakistan Khurshid Kasuri 2002 - November 16, 2007
Inam ul-Haq 2002 , November 16, 2007 - 2008
Palastina autonomous areasPalestine Palestine Mahmud al-Zahar 2006 - March 17, 2007
Ziad Abu Amr March 17, 2007 - June 17, 2007
Salam Fayyad June 17, 2007 - September 1, 2007
Riyad al-Malki since September 1, 2007
PalauPalau Palau Temmy Shmull 2001-2009
PanamaPanama Panama Samuel Lewis Navarro 2004-2009
Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Paul Tiensten 2006 - August 29, 2007
Sam Abal August 29, 2007 - 2010
Paraguay 1990Paraguay Paraguay Rubén Ramírez Lezcano 2006-2008
PeruPeru Peru José García Belaúnde 2006-2011
PhilippinesPhilippines Philippines Alberto Romulo 2004-2011
PolandPoland Poland Anna Fotyga 2006 - November 16, 2007
Radosław Sikorski November 16, 2007 - 2014
PortugalPortugal Portugal Luís Filipe Marques Amado 2006-2011
RwandaRwanda Rwanda Charles Murigande 2002-2008
RomaniaRomania Romania Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu 2004 - February 2007
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu March 21, 2007 - April 5, 2007 (provisional)
Adrian Cioroianu April 5, 2007 - 2008
RussiaRussia Russia Sergei Lavrov since 2004
Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands Solomon Islands Patteson Oti 1997-2000 , 2006 - December 22, 2007
William Haomae December 22, 2007 - 2010
ZambiaZambia Zambia Mundia Sikatana 2006 - August 22, 2007
Kabinga Pande August 23, 2007 - 2011
SamoaSamoa Samoa Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi since 1998
San MarinoSan Marino San Marino Fiorenzo Stolfi 2002-2003 , 2006-2008
Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe Carlos Gustavo dos Anjos 2006 - November 20, 2007
Ovídio Pequeno 2004-2006 , November 20, 2007-2008
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saud ibn Faisal since 1975
SwedenSweden Sweden Carl Bildt since 2006
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland Micheline Calmy-Rey 2003-2011
SenegalSenegal Senegal Tidiane Gadio 2000-2009
SerbiaSerbia Serbia Vuk Drašković 2006 - May 15, 2007
Vuk Jeremic May 15, 2007 - 2012
SeychellesSeychelles Seychelles Patrick Pillay 2005-2009
Sierra LeoneSierra Leone Sierra Leone Momodu Koroma 2002 - October 22, 2007
Zainab Hawa Bangura October 22, 2007 - 2010
ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe Simbarashe Mumbengegwi since 2005
SingaporeSingapore Singapore George Yeo 2004-2011
SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia Ján Kubiš 2006-2009
SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia Dimitrij Rupel 1990-1993 , 2000-2004 , 2004-2008
SomaliaSomalia Somalia Ismail Mohammed Buba 2000-2002 , 2006 - April 18, 2007
Hussein Elabe Fahiye April 18, 2007 - December 2, 2007
Muhammad Ali Hamoud 1987-1988 , 1991-1992 , December 2, 2007 - 2008
SomalilandSomaliland Somaliland Abdillahi Mohamed Duale 2006-2010
SpainSpain Spain Miguel Ángel Moratinos 2004-2010
Sri LankaSri Lanka Sri Lanka Mangala Samaraweera 2005 - January 28, 2007
Rohitha Bogollagama January 28, 2007 - 2010
Saint Kitts NevisSt. Kitts and Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis Timothy Harris 2001-2008
Saint LuciaSt. Lucia St. Lucia Rufus Bousquet 2006 - June 6, 2007, 2009-2011
Stephenson King June 6, 2007 - 2009
Saint Vincent GrenadinesSt. Vincent and the Grenadines St. Vincent and the Grenadines Louis Straker 2001-2005 , 2005-2010
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma 1999-2009
SudanSudan Sudan Lam Akol 2005 - October 16, 2007
Deng Alor October 16, 2007 - 2010
South OssetiaSouth Ossetia South Ossetia Murat Dschiojew 1998-2012
SurinameSuriname Suriname Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk 2005-2010
SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland Moses Mathendele Dlamini 2006-2008
SyriaSyria Syria Walid al-Muallim since 2006
TajikistanTajikistan Tajikistan Hamrochon Sarifij 2006-2013
TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania Asha-Rose Migiro 2006 - January 11, 2007
Bernard Membe since January 11, 2007
ThailandThailand Thailand Nitya Pibulsonggram 2006-2008
TogoTogo Togo Zarifou Ayéva 2005 - December 13, 2007
Léopold Gnininvi December 13, 2007 - 2008
TongaTonga Tonga Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou 2004-2009
TransnistriaTransnistria Transnistria Valery Lizkai 2000-2008
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Arnold Piggott 2006 - November 7, 2007
Paula Gopee-Scoon November 7, 2007 - 2010
ChadChad Chad Ahmad Allammi 2005-2008
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic Alexandr Vondra 2006 - January 9, 2007
Karel Schwarzenberg January 9, 2007 - 2009, 2010-2013
TunisiaTunisia Tunisia Abdelwahab Abdallah 2005-2010
TurkeyTurkey Turkey Abdullah Gul 2003 - August 29, 2007
Ali Babacan August 29, 2007 - 2009
TurkmenistanTurkmenistan Turkmenistan Raşit Meredow since 2001
TuvaluTuvalu Tuvalu Apisai Ielemia 2006–2010, since 2010
UgandaUganda Uganda Sam Kutesa since 2005
UkraineUkraine Ukraine Borys Tarasyuk 1998-2000 , 2005 - January 30, 2007
Volodymyr Ohrysko January 30, 2007 - March 21, 2007 (provisional)
Arseniy Yatsenyuk March 21, 2007 - December 18, 2007
Volodymyr Ohrysko December 18, 2007 - 2009
HungaryHungary Hungary Kinga Göncz 2006-2009
UruguayUruguay Uruguay Reinaldo Gargano 2005-2008
UzbekistanUzbekistan Uzbekistan Vladimir Norov 2006-2010
VanuatuVanuatu Vanuatu Sato Kilman 2004 - July 29, 2007, since 2014
George Wells July 29, 2007 - 2008, 2010-2011
Vatican cityVatican Vatican city Dominique Mamberti since 2006
VenezuelaVenezuela Venezuela Nicolás Maduro 2006-2013
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayid Al Nahyan since 2006
United StatesUnited States United States Condoleezza Rice 2005-2009
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom Margaret Beckett 2006 - June 28, 2007
David Miliband June 28, 2007 - 2010
VietnamVietnam Vietnam Phạm Gia Khiem 2006-2011
Belarus 1995Belarus Belarus Sjarhej Martynau 2003-2012
Western SaharaWestern Sahara Western Sahara Mohamed Salem Ould Salek since 1998
Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Central African Republic Côme Zoumara 2006-2008
Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus Giorgos Lillikas 2006 - July 16, 2007
Erato Kozakou-Markoullis July 16, 2007 - 2008, 2011-2013

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