List of Foreign Ministers 2008

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The 2008 list of foreign ministers includes all foreign ministers in the world who were in office between January 1 and December 31, 2008 . 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.

On February 5, 2008, an independent foreign ministry was established in the Faroe Islands . Kosovo proclaimed its independence on February 17, 2008.

country	Surname	Term of office
Afghanistan	Rangin Dadfar Spanta	2006-2010
Egypt	Ahmed Aboul Gheit	2004-2011
Albania	Lulzim Basha	2007-2009
Algeria	Mourad Medelci	2007-2013
Andorra	Meritxell Mateu i Pi	2007-2009
Angola	João Bernardo de Miranda	1999 - October 1, 2008
	Assunção dos Anjos	October 1, 2008 - 2010
Antigua and Barbuda	Baldwin Spencer	2005-2014
Equatorial Guinea	Pastor Micha Ondo Bile	2003-2012
Argentina	Jorge Taiana	2005-2010
Armenia	Vartan Oskanyan	1998 - April 14, 2008
	Edward Nalbandjan	since April 14, 2008
Azerbaijan	Elmar Məmmədyarov	since 2004
Ethiopia	Seyoum Mesfin	1991-2010
Australia	Stephen Smith	2007-2010
Bahamas	Brent Symonette	2007–2012
Bahrain	Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa	since 2005
Bangladesh	Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury	2007-2009
Barbados	Billie Miller	1994 - January 20, 2008
	Christopher Sinckler	January 20, 2008 - November 24, 2008
	Maxine McClean	since November 24, 2008
Belgium	Karel De Gucht	2004-2009
Belize	Lisa Shoman	2007 - February 12, 2008
	Wilfred Elrington	since February 12, 2008
Benin	Moussa Okanla	2007 - October 22, 2008
	Jean-Marie Ehouzou	October 22, 2008 - 2011
Artsakh	Georgi Petrosian	2005-2012 (?)
Bhutan	Ugyen Tshering	April 11, 2008 - 2013
Bolivia	David Choquehuanca	since 2006
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sven Alkalaj	2007–2012
Botswana	Mompati Merafhe	1994 - April 1, 2008
	Phandu Skelemani	since April 1, 2008
Brazil	Celso Amorim	1993-1995 , 2003-2011
Brunei	Mohammed Bolkiah	since 1984
Bulgaria	Ivajlo Kalfin	2005-2009
Burkina Faso	Djibril Bassolé	2007 - September 4, 2008, since 2011
	Alain Yoda	September 4, 2008 - 2011
Burundi	Antoinette Batumubwira	2005-2009
Chile	Alejandro Foxley	2006-2009
Taiwan	James Huang	2006 - May 20, 2008
	Francisco Ou	May 20, 2008 - 2009
People's Republic of China	Yang Jiechi	2007-2013
Cook Islands	Wilkie Rasmussen	2005-2009
Costa Rica	Bruno Stagno Ugarte	2006-2010
Denmark	Per Stig Møller	2001-2010
Germany	Frank-Walter Steinmeier	2005–2009, since 2013
Dominica	Roosevelt Skerrit	2007 - November 18, 2008, since 2010
	Vince Henderson	November 18, 2008 - 2010
Dominican Republic	Carlos Morales Troncoso	1994-1996 , since 2004
Djibouti	Mahamud Ali Yussef	since 2005
Ecuador	María Isabel Salvador	2007 - December 12, 2008
	Fander Falconí	December 15, 2008 - 2010
Ivory Coast	Youssouf Bakayoko	2006-2010
El Salvador	Francisco Laínez	2004 - January 15, 2008
	Marisol Argueta de Barillas	January 16, 2008 - 2009
Eritrea	Osman Saleh Mohammed	since 2007
Estonia	Urmas Paet	since 2005
Faroe Islands	Høgni Hoydal	February 5, 2008 - September 26, 2008
	Jørgen Niclasen	September 26, 2008 - 2011
Fiji	Epeli Nailatikau	2007 - October 5, 2008
	Frank Bainimarama	October 5, 2008 - 2009
Finland	Ilkka Kanerva	2007 - April 1, 2008
	Alexander Stubb	April 4, 2008 - 2011
France	Bernard Kouchner	2007-2010
Gabon	Jean Ping	1994 , 1999 - February 6, 2008
	Laure Olga Gondjout	February 6, 2008 - October 7, 2008
	Paul Toungui	October 7, 2008 - 2012
Gambia	Crispin Gray-Johnson	2007 - March 19, 2008
	Omar Touray	March 19, 2008 - 2009
Georgia	Gela Beschuashvili	2005 - January 31, 2008
	Dawit Bakradse	January 31, 2008 - April 2008
	Eka Tqeschelashvili	May 5, 2008 - December 5, 2008
	Grigol Vashadze	December 6, 2008 - 2012
Ghana	Akwasi Osei Adjei	2007-2009
Grenada	Elvin Nimrod	2000 - July 13, 2008
	Peter David	July 13, 2008 - 2010
Greece	Dora Bakogianni	2006-2009
Greenland	Aleqa Hammond	2007 - September 22, 2008
	Per Berthelsen	September 26, 2008 - 2009
Guatemala	Gert Rosenthal	2006 - January 14, 2008
	Haroldo Rodas Melgar	January 14, 2008 - 2012
Guinea	Kabèlè Abdoul Camara	2007 - June 19, 2008
	Amadou Lamarana Bah	June 19, 2008 - 2009
Guinea-Bissau	Maria da Conceição Nobre Cabral	2007-2009
Guyana	Samuel Insanally	2001 - April 10, 2008
	Carolyn Rodrigues	since April 10, 2008
Haiti	Rénald Clérismé	2006 - September 5, 2008
	Alrich Nicolas	September 5, 2008 - 2009
Honduras	Milton Jiménez Puerto	2006 - January 3, 2008
	Ángel Edmundo Orellana Mercado	February 1, 2008 - 2009
India	Pranab Mukherjee	1995-1996 , 2006-2009
Indonesia	Hassan Wirajuda	2001-2009
/ Iraq	Hoshyar Zebari	2003-2014
Iran	Manutschehr Mottaki	2005-2010
Ireland	Dermot Ahern	2004 - May 7, 2008
	Micheál Martin	May 7, 2008 - 2011
Iceland	Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir	2007-2009
Israel	Tzipi Livni	2006-2009
Italy	Massimo D'Alema	2006 - May 8, 2008
	Franco Frattini	2002-2004 , May 8, 2008 - 2011
Jamaica	Kenneth Baugh	2007–2012
Japan	Masahiko Kōmura	2007 - September 24, 2008
	Hirofumi Nakasone	September 24, 2008 - 2009
Yemen	Abubakr al-Kirbi	since 2001
Jordan	Salah Bashir	2007-2009
Cambodia	Hor Namhong	1990-1993 , since 1998
Cameroon	Henri Eyebe Ayissi	2007-2011
Canada	Maxime Bernier	2007 - May 26, 2008
	David Emerson	May 26, 2008 - October 30, 2008
	Lawrence Cannon	October 30, 2008 - 2011
Cape Verde	Víctor Borges	2004 - June 27, 2008
	José Brito	June 27, 2008 - 2011
Kazakhstan	Marat Täschin	2007-2009
Qatar	Hamad ibn Jazim ibn Jabir Al Thani	1992-2013
Kenya	Raphael Tuju	2005 - January 10, 2008
	Moses Wetangula	January 10, 2008 - 2010, since 2011
Kyrgyzstan	Ednan Karabaev	1992-1993 , 2007-2009
Kiribati	Anote Tong	since 2003
Colombia	Fernando Araújo Perdomo	2007 - July 16, 2008
	Jaime Bermúdez	July 17, 2008 - 2010
Comoros	Ahmed Said Jaffar	2006-2010
Democratic Republic of Congo	Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi	2007 - October 26, 2008
	Alexis Thambwe Mwamba	October 26, 2008 - 2012
Republic of the Congo	Basile Ikouébé	since 2007
The People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)	Pak Ui-chun	2007-2014
Republic of Korea (South Korea)	Song Min-soon	2006 - February 29, 2008
	Yu Myung-hwan	February 29, 2008 - 2010
Kosovo	Skënder Hyseni	June 15, 2008 - 2010
Croatia	Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović	2005 - January 12, 2008
	Gordan Jandroković	January 12, 2008 - 2011
Cuba	Felipe Perez Roque	1999-2009
Kuwait	Muhammad as-Sabah as-Salim as-Sabah	2003-2011
Laos	Thongloun Sisoulith	since 2006
Lesotho	Mohlabi Tsekoa	2002-2004 , since 2007
Latvia	Māris Riekstiņš	2007-2010
Lebanon	Tarek Mitri	2006 - July 11, 2008 (provisional)
	Fawzi Salloukh	2005-2006 , July 11, 2008 - 2009
Liberia	Olubanke King-Akerele	2007-2010
Libya	Abdel Rahman Shalgham	2000-2009
Liechtenstein	Rita Kieber-Beck	2005-2009
Lithuania	Petras Vaitiekūnas	2006 - December 9, 2008
	Vygaudas Ušackas	December 9, 2008 - 2010
Luxembourg	Jean Asselborn	since 2004
Madagascar	Marcel Ranjeva	2002-2009
Malawi	Joyce Banda	2006-2009
Malaysia	Syed Hamid Albar	1999 - March 18, 2008
	Rais Yatim	1986-1987 , March 18, 2008 - 2009
Maldives	Abdullah Shahid	2007 - November 12, 2008
	Ahmed Shaheed	2005-2007 , November 12, 2008-2010
Mali	Moktar Ouane	2004-2011
Malta	Michael Frendo	2004 - March 12, 2008
	Tonio Borg	March 12, 2008 - 2012
Morocco	Taïb Fassi-Fihri	2007–2012
Marshall Islands	Gerald Zackios	2001 - January 9, 2008
	Tony deBrum	1979-1987 , January 9, 2008 - 2009
Mauritania	Mohamed Saleck Ould Mohamed Lemine	2007 - May 6, 2008
	Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna	1998 , May 11, 2008 - July 3, 2008
	Abdallahi Ould Ben Hmeida	July 15, 2008 - August 6, 2008
	Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou	August 31, 2008 - 2009
Mauritius	Madan Dulloo	1986 , 1990 , 2005 - March 17, 2008
	Navin Ramgoolam	March 17, 2008 - September 13, 2008 (provisional)
	Arvin Boolell	since September 13, 2008
North Macedonia	Antonio Milososki	2006-2011
Mexico	Patricia Espinosa Cantellano	2006–2012
Micronesia	Lorin S. Robert	since 2007
Moldova	Andrei Stratan	2004-2009
Monaco	Jean Pastorelli	2007 - June 20, 2008
	Franck Biancheri	June 20, 2008 - 2011
Mongolia	Sandschaasürengiin Ojuun	2007 - September 20, 2008
	Süchbaataryn Batbold	September 20, 2008 - 2009
Montenegro	Milan Roćen	2006–2012
Mozambique	Alcinda Abreu	2005 - March 11, 2008
	Oldemiro Balói	since March 11, 2008
Myanmar	Nyan Win	2004-2011
Namibia	Marco Hausiku	2004-2010
Nauru	Kieren Keke	2007–2011, since 2012
Nepal	Sahana Pradhan	2007 - August 22, 2008
	Upendra Yadav	August 22, 2008 - 2009
New Zealand	Winston Peters	2005 - August 29, 2008
	Helen Clark	August 29, 2008 - November 19, 2008 (provisional)
	Murray McCully	since November 19, 2008
Nicaragua	Samuel Santos López	since 2007
Netherlands	Maxime Verhagen	2007-2010
Niger	Aïchatou Mindaoudou	1999-2000 , 2001-2010
Nigeria	Ojo Maduekwe	2007-2010
Niue	Young Vivian	2002 - June 18, 2008
	Toke Talagi	since June 18, 2008
Northern Cyprus	Turgay Avcı	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 - December 2, 2008
	Michael Spindelegger	December 2, 2008 - 2013
East Timor	Zacarias da Costa	2007–2012
Pakistan	Inam ul-Haq	2002 , 2007 - March 31, 2008
	Shah Mehmood Qureshi	March 31, 2008 - 2011
Palestine	Riyad al-Malki	since 2007
Palau	Temmy Shmull	2001-2009
Panama	Samuel Lewis Navarro	2004-2009
Papua New Guinea	Sam Abal	2007-2010
Paraguay	Rubén Ramírez Lezcano	2006 - August 15, 2008
	Alejandro Hamed	August 15, 2008 - 2009
Peru	José García Belaúnde	2006-2011
Philippines	Alberto Romulo	2004-2011
Poland	Radosław Sikorski	2007-2014
Portugal	Luís Filipe Marques Amado	2006-2011
Rwanda	Charles Murigande	2002 - March 7, 2008
	Rosemary Museminali	March 7, 2008 - 2009
Romania	Adrian Cioroianu	2007 - April 11, 2008
	Lazar Comănescu	April 15, 2008 - December 22, 2008
	Cristian Diaconescu	December 22, 2008 - 2009, 2012
Russia	Sergei Lavrov	since 2004
Solomon Islands	William Haomae	2007-2010
Zambia	Kabinga Pande	2007-2011
Samoa	Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi	since 1998
San Marino	Fiorenzo Stolfi	2002-2003 , 2006 - December 4th, 2008
	Antonella Mularoni	December 4, 2008 - 2012
Sao Tome and Principe	Ovídio Pequeno	2004-2006 , 2007 - June 22, 2008
	Carlos Alberto Pires Tiny	June 22, 2008 - 2010
Saudi Arabia	Saud ibn Faisal	since 1975
Sweden	Carl Bildt	since 2006
Switzerland	Micheline Calmy-Rey	2003-2011
Senegal	Tidiane Gadio	2000-2009
Serbia	Vuk Jeremic	2007–2012
Seychelles	Patrick Pillay	2005-2009
Sierra Leone	Zainab Hawa Bangura	2007-2010
Zimbabwe	Simbarashe Mumbengegwi	since 2005
Singapore	George Yeo	2004-2011
Slovakia	Ján Kubiš	2006-2009
Slovenia	Dimitrij Rupel	1990-1993 , 2000-2004 , 2004 - November 21, 2008
	Samuel Žbogar	November 21, 2008 - 2012
Somalia	Muhammad Ali Hamoud	1987-1988 , 1991-1992 , 2007 - January 10, 2008
	Ali Ahmed Jama Jangali	1990 , January 10, 2008 - 2009, 2009-2010
Somaliland	Abdillahi Mohamed Duale	2006-2010
Spain	Miguel Ángel Moratinos	2004-2010
Sri Lanka	Rohitha Bogollagama	2007-2010
St. Kitts and Nevis	Timothy Harris	2001 - August 8, 2008
	Denzil Douglas	1995-2000 , August 8, 2008-2010
St. Lucia	Stephenson King	2007-2009
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Louis Straker	2001-2005 , 2005-2010
South Africa	Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma	1999-2009
Sudan	Deng Alor	2007-2010
Suriname	Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk	2005-2010
Swaziland	Moses Mathendele Dlamini	2006 - October 24, 2008
	Lutfo Dlamini	October 24, 2008 - 2011
Syria	Walid al-Muallim	since 2006
Tajikistan	Hamrochon Sarifij	2006-2013
Tanzania	Bernard Membe	since 2007
Thailand	Nitya Pibulsonggram	2006 - February 6, 2008
	Noppadon Pattama	February 6, 2008 - July 14, 2008
	Tej Bunnag	July 27, 2008 - September 3, 2008
	Saroj Chavanaviraj	September 8, 2008 - September 25, 2008
	Sompong Amornwiwat	September 25, 2008 - December 22, 2008
	Kasit Piromya	December 22, 2008 - 2011
Togo	Léopold Gnininvi	2007 - September 15, 2008
	Kofi Esaw	September 15, 2008 - 2010
Tanzania	Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou	2004-2009
Transnistria	Valery Lizkai	2000 - July 1, 2008
	Vladimir Yastrebchak	July 1, 2008-2012
Trinidad and Tobago	Paula Gopee-Scoon	2007-2010
Chad	Ahmad Allammi	2005 - April 23, 2008
	Moussa Faki	since April 23, 2008
Czech Republic	Karel Schwarzenberg	2007-2009, 2010-2013
Tunisia	Abdelwahab Abdallah	2005-2010
Turkey	Ali Babacan	2007-2009
Turkmenistan	Raşit Meredow	since 2001
Tuvalu	Apisai Ielemia	2006–2010, since 2010
Uganda	Sam Kutesa	since 2005
Ukraine	Volodymyr Ohrysko	2007-2009
Hungary	Kinga Göncz	2006-2009
Uruguay	Reinaldo Gargano	2005 - March 3, 2008
	Gonzalo Fernández	March 3, 2008 - 2009
Uzbekistan	Vladimir Norov	2006-2010
Vanuatu	George Wells	2007 - September 22, 2008, 2010-2011
	Pakoa Kaltonga	September 22, 2008 - 2009
Vatican city	Dominique Mamberti	since 2006
Venezuela	Nicolás Maduro	2006-2013
United Arab Emirates	Abdullah bin Zayid Al Nahyan	since 2006
United States	Condoleezza Rice	2005-2009
United Kingdom	David Miliband	2007-2010
Vietnam	Phạm Gia Khiem	2006-2011
Belarus	Sjarhej Martynau	2003-2012
Western Sahara	Mohamed Salem Ould Salek	since 1998
Central African Republic	Côme Zoumara	2006 - January 28, 2008
	Dieudonné combo Yaya	January 28, 2008 - 2009
Cyprus	Erato Kozakou-Markoullis	2007 - March 3, 2008, 2011-2013
	Márkos Kyprianoú	March 3, 2008 - 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Der Fischer Weltalmanach 2009 , p. 113
2. ↑ Moldova.org , July 2, 2008 Transdniestria's foreign minister dismissed ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

literature

• The Fischer World Almanac 2009 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, September 2008, ISBN 978-3-596-72009-5 .
• The Fischer World Almanac 2010 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, September 2009, ISBN 978-3-596-72010-1 .

Web links

• www.rulers.org