List of Foreign Ministers 2009

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The list of foreign ministers for 2009 contains all foreign ministers in the world who were in office between January 1 and December 31, 2009 . 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	Rangin Dadfar Spanta	2006-2010
Egypt	Ahmed Aboul Gheit	2004-2011
Albania	Lulzim Basha	2007 - September 17, 2009
	Ilir Meta	2002-2003 , September 17, 2009-2010
Algeria	Mourad Medelci	2007-2013
Andorra	Meritxell Mateu i Pi	2007 - June 9, 2009
	Xavier Espot Miró	June 9, 2009 - 2011
Angola	Assunção dos Anjos	2008-2010
Antigua and Barbuda	Baldwin Spencer	2005-2014
Equatorial Guinea	Pastor Micha Ondo Bile	2003-2012
Argentina	Jorge Taiana	2005-2010
Armenia	Edward Nalbandjan	since 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 - January 6, 2009
	Dipu Moni	January 6, 2009 - 2013
Barbados	Maxine McClean	since 2008
Belgium	Karel De Gucht	2004 - July 17, 2009
	Yves Leterme	July 17, 2009 - November 25, 2009
	Steven Vanackere	November 25, 2009 - 2011
Belize	Wilfred Elrington	since 2008
Benin	Jean-Marie Ehouzou	2008-2011
Artsakh	Georgi Petrosian	2005-2012 (?)
Bhutan	Ugyen Tshering	2008-2013
Bolivia	David Choquehuanca	since 2006
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sven Alkalaj	2007–2012
Botswana	Phandu Skelemani	since 2008
Brazil	Celso Amorim	1993-1995 , 2003-2011
Brunei	Mohammed Bolkiah	since 1984
Bulgaria	Ivajlo Kalfin	2005 - July 27, 2009
	Rumjana Sheleva	July 27, 2009 - 2010
Burkina Faso	Alain Yoda	2008-2011
Burundi	Antoinette Batumubwira	2005 - January 29, 2009
	Augustin Nsanze	January 29, 2009 - 2011
Chile	Alejandro Foxley	2006 - March 12, 2009
	Mariano Fernández	March 12, 2009 - 2010
Taiwan	Francisco Ou	2008 - September 10, 2009
	Timothy Yang	September 10, 2009 - 2012
People's Republic of China	Yang Jiechi	2007-2013
Cook Islands	Wilkie Rasmussen	2005 - July 28, 2009
	Terepai Maoate	July 30, 2009 - December 23, 2009
Costa Rica	Bruno Stagno Ugarte	2006-2010
Denmark	Per Stig Møller	2001-2010
Germany	Frank-Walter Steinmeier	2005 - October 28, 2009, since 2013
	Guido Westerwelle	October 28, 2009 - 2013
Dominica	Vince Henderson	2008-2010
Dominican Republic	Carlos Morales Troncoso	1994-1996 , since 2004
Djibouti	Mahamud Ali Yussef	since 2005
Ecuador	Fander Falconí	2008-2010
Ivory Coast	Youssouf Bakayoko	2006-2010
El Salvador	Marisol Argueta de Barillas	2008 - June 1, 2009
	Hugo Martínez	June 1, 2009 - 2013
Eritrea	Osman Saleh Mohammed	since 2007
Estonia	Urmas Paet	since 2005
Faroe Islands	Jørgen Niclasen	2008-2011
Fiji	Frank Bainimarama	2008 - August 3, 2009
	Ratu Inoke Kubuabola	since August 3, 2009
Finland	Alexander Stubb	2008-2011
France	Bernard Kouchner	2007-2010
Gabon	Paul Toungui	2008–2012
Gambia	Omar Touray	2008 - September 11, 2009
	Ousman Jammeh	September 11, 2009 - 2010
Georgia	Grigol Vashadze	2008–2012
Ghana	Akwasi Osei Adjei	2007 - February 13, 2009
	Muhammad Mumuni	February 13, 2009 - 2013
Grenada	Peter David	2008-2010
Greece	Dora Bakogianni	2006 - October 7, 2009
	Giorgos Andrea Papandreou	1999-2004 , October 7, 2009-2010
Greenland	Per Berthelsen	2008 - June 12, 2009
	Kuupik Kleist	June 12, 2009 - 2013
Guatemala	Haroldo Rodas Melgar	2008–2012
Guinea	Amadou Lamarana Bah	2008 - January 14, 2009
	Alexandre Cécé Loua	January 14, 2009 - 2010
Guinea-Bissau	Maria da Conceição Nobre Cabral	2007 - January 7, 2009
	Adiato Diallo Nandigna	January 7, 2009 - October 28, 2009
	Adelino Mano Quetá	October 28, 2009 - 2011
Guyana	Carolyn Rodrigues	since 2008
Haiti	Alrich Nicolas	2008 - November 11, 2009
	Marie Michèle Rey	November 11, 2009 - 2011
Honduras	Ángel Edmundo Orellana Mercado	2008 - January 31, 2009
	Patricia Isabel Rodas Baca	January 31, 2009 - June 28, 2009
	Enrique Ortez Colindres	June 29, 2009 - July 13, 2009
	Carlos López Contreras	1986-1990 , July 13, 2009-2010
India	Pranab Mukherjee	1995-1996 , 2006 - May 23, 2009
	SM Krishna	May 23, 2009 - 2012
Indonesia	Hassan Wirajuda	2001 - October 22, 2009
	Marty Natalegawa	since October 22, 2009
Iraq	Hoshyar Zebari	2003-2014
Iran	Manutschehr Mottaki	2005-2010
Ireland	Micheál Martin	2008-2011
Iceland	Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir	2007 - February 1, 2009
	Össur Skarphéðinsson	February 1, 2009 - 2013
Israel	Tzipi Livni	2006 - March 31, 2009
	Avigdor Lieberman	March 31, 2009 - 2012, since 2013
Italy	Franco Frattini	2002-2004 , 2008-2011
Jamaica	Kenneth Baugh	2007–2012
Japan	Hirofumi Nakasone	2008 - September 16, 2009
	Katsuya Okada	September 16, 2009 - 2010
Yemen	Abubakr al-Kirbi	since 2001
Jordan	Salah Bashir	2007 - February 23, 2009
	Nasir Juda	since February 23, 2009
Cambodia	Hor Namhong	1990-1993 , since 1998
Cameroon	Henri Eyebe Ayissi	2007-2011
Canada	Lawrence Cannon	2008-2011
Cape Verde	José Brito	2008-2011
Kazakhstan	Marat Täschin	2007 - September 4, 2009
	Qanat Saudabaev	1994 , September 4, 2009 - 2011
Qatar	Hamad ibn Jazim ibn Jabir Al Thani	1992-2013
Kenya	Moses Wetangula	2008–2010, since 2011
Kyrgyzstan	Ednan Karabaev	1992-1993 , 2007 - January 15, 2009
	Kadyrbek Sarbayev	January 26, 2009 - 2010
Kiribati	Anote Tong	since 2003
Colombia	Jaime Bermúdez	2008-2010
Comoros	Ahmed Said Jaffar	2006-2010
Democratic Republic of Congo	Alexis Thambwe Mwamba	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)	Yu Myung-hwan	2008-2010
Kosovo	Skënder Hyseni	2008-2010
Croatia	Gordan Jandroković	2008-2011
Cuba	Felipe Perez Roque	1999 - March 2, 2009
	Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla	since March 2, 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	Fawzi Salloukh	2005-2006 , 2008 - November 9, 2009
	Ali ash-shami	November 9, 2009 - 2011
Liberia	Olubanke King-Akerele	2007-2010
Libya	Abdel Rahman Shalgham	2000 - March 5, 2009
	Mussa Kussa	March 5, 2009 - 2011
Liechtenstein	Rita Kieber-Beck	2005 - March 25, 2009
	Aurelia Frick	since March 25, 2009
Lithuania	Vygaudas Ušackas	2008-2010
Luxembourg	Jean Asselborn	since 2004
Madagascar	Marcel Ranjeva	2002 - March 17, 2009
	Ny Hasina Andriamanjato	March 17, 2009 - 2010
Malawi	Joyce Banda	2006 - June 17, 2009
	Etta Banda	June 17, 2009 - 2011
Malaysia	Rais Yatim	1986-1987 , 2008 - April 9, 2009
	Anifah Aman	since April 10, 2009
Maldives	Ahmed Shaheed	2005-2007 , 2008-2010
Mali	Moktar Ouane	2004-2011
Malta	Tonio Borg	2008–2012
Morocco	Taïb Fassi-Fihri	2007–2012
Marshall Islands	Tony deBrum	1979-1987 , 2008 - February 26, 2009
	John Silk	March 30, 2009 - 2012
Mauritania	Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou	2008 - August 11, 2009
	Naha Mint Mouknass	August 11, 2009 - 2011
Mauritius	Arvin Boolell	since 2008
North Macedonia	Antonio Milososki	2006-2011
Mexico	Patricia Espinosa Cantellano	2006–2012
Micronesia	Lorin S. Robert	since 2007
Moldova	Andrei Stratan	2004 - September 25, 2009
	Iurie Leancă	September 25, 2009 - 2013
Monaco	Franck Biancheri	2008-2011
Mongolia	Süchbaataryn Batbold	2008 - November 12, 2009
	Gombodschawyn Dzandanschatar	November 12, 2009 - 2012
Montenegro	Milan Roćen	2006–2012
Mozambique	Oldemiro Balói	since 2008
Myanmar	Nyan Win	2004-2011
Namibia	Marco Hausiku	2004-2010
Nauru	Kieren Keke	2007–2011, since 2012
Nepal	Upendra Yadav	2008 - June 4, 2009
	Sujata Koirala	June 4, 2009 - 2011
New Zealand	Murray McCully	since 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	Toke Talagi	since 2008
Northern Cyprus	Turgay Avcı	2006 - May 18, 2009
	Hüseyin Özgürgün	May 18, 2009 - 2013
Norway	Jonas Gahr Støre	2005–2012
Oman	Qabus ibn Said (formal)	since 1970
	Youssef al-Alawi Abdullah (de facto)	since 1982
Austria	Michael Spindelegger	2008-2013
East Timor	Zacarias da Costa	2007–2012
Pakistan	Shah Mehmood Qureshi	2008-2011
Palestine	Riyad al-Malki	since 2007
Palau	Temmy Shmull	2001 - February 6, 2009
	Sandra Pierantozzi	February 6, 2009 - 2010
Panama	Samuel Lewis Navarro	2004 - July 1, 2009
	Juan Carlos Varela	July 1, 2009 - 2011
Papua New Guinea	Sam Abal	2007-2010
Paraguay	Alejandro Hamed	2008 - April 29, 2009
	Héctor Lacognata	April 29, 2009 - 2011
Peru	José García Belaúnde	2006-2011
Philippines	Alberto Romulo	2004-2011
Poland	Radosław Sikorski	2007-2014
Portugal	Luís Filipe Marques Amado	2006-2011
Rwanda	Rosemary Museminali	2008 - December 3, 2009
	Louise Mushikiwabo	since December 3, 2009
Romania	Cristian Diaconescu	2008 - October 1, 2009, 2012
	Cătălin Predoiu	October 2, 2009 - December 23, 2009 (provisional)
	Teodor Baconschi	December 23, 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	Antonella Mularoni	2008–2012
Sao Tome and Principe	Carlos Alberto Pires Tiny	2008-2010
Saudi Arabia	Saud ibn Faisal	since 1975
Sweden	Carl Bildt	since 2006
Switzerland	Micheline Calmy-Rey	2003-2011
Senegal	Tidiane Gadio	2000 - October 1, 2009
	Madické Niang	October 1, 2009 - 2012
Serbia	Vuk Jeremic	2007–2012
Seychelles	Patrick Pillay	2005 - September 15, 2009
	James Alix Michel	September 15, 2009 - 2010
Sierra Leone	Zainab Hawa Bangura	2007-2010
Zimbabwe	Simbarashe Mumbengegwi	since 2005
Singapore	George Yeo	2004-2011
Slovakia	Ján Kubiš	2006 - January 26, 2009
	Miroslav Lajčák	January 26, 2009 - 2010, since 2012
Slovenia	Samuel Žbogar	2008–2012
Somalia	Ali Ahmed Jama Jangali	1990 , 2008 - February 20, 2009, 2009-2010
	Mohamed Abdullahi Omar	February 20, 2009 - August 18, 2009, 2010 - 2011
	Ali Ahmed Jama Jangali	1990 , 2008-2009 , August 18 , 2009-2010
Somaliland	Abdillahi Mohamed Duale	2006-2010
Spain	Miguel Ángel Moratinos	2004-2010
Sri Lanka	Rohitha Bogollagama	2007-2010
St. Kitts and Nevis	Denzil Douglas	1995-2000 , 2008-2010
St. Lucia	Stephenson King	2007 - February 2, 2009
	Rufus Bousquet	2006-2007 , February 2, 2009 - 2011
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Louis Straker	2001-2005 , 2005-2010
South Africa	Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma	1999 - May 11, 2009
	Maite Nkoana-Mashabane	since May 11, 2009
Sudan	Deng Alor	2007-2010
South Ossetia	Murat Dschiojew	1998-2012
Suriname	Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk	2005-2010
Swaziland	Lutfo Dlamini	2008-2011
Syria	Walid al-Muallim	since 2006
Tajikistan	Hamrochon Sarifij	2006-2013
Tanzania	Bernard Membe	since 2007
Thailand	Kasit Piromya	2008-2011
Togo	Kofi Esaw	2008-2010
Tonga	Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou	2004 - April 30, 2009
	Feleti Sevele	April 30, 2009 - 2010
Transnistria	Vladimir Yastrebchak	2008-2012
Trinidad and Tobago	Paula Gopee-Scoon	2007-2010
Chad	Moussa Faki	since 2008
Czech Republic	Karel Schwarzenberg	2007 - May 8, 2009, 2010-2013
	Jan Kohout	May 8, 2009 - 2010, since 2013
Tunisia	Abdelwahab Abdallah	2005-2010
Turkey	Ali Babacan	2007 - May 1, 2009
	Ahmet Davutoğlu	May 1, 2009 - 2014
Turkmenistan	Raşit Meredow	since 2001
Tuvalu	Apisai Ielemia	2006–2010, since 2010
Uganda	Sam Kutesa	since 2005
Ukraine	Volodymyr Ohrysko	2007 - March 3, 2009
	Volodymyr Chandohij	March 3, 2009 - October 9, 2009 (provisional)
	Petro Poroshenko	October 9, 2009 - 2010
Hungary	Kinga Göncz	2006 - April 20, 2009
	Péter Balázs	April 20, 2009 - 2010
Uruguay	Gonzalo Fernández	2008 - August 31, 2009
	Pedro Vaz	August 31, 2009 - 2010
Uzbekistan	Vladimir Norov	2006-2010
Vanuatu	Pakoa Kaltonga	2008 - June 19, 2009
	Joe Natuman	June 19, 2009 - 2010, 2011
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 - January 20, 2009
	Hillary Clinton	January 21, 2009 - 2013
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	Dieudonné combo Yaya	2008 - January 19, 2009
	Antoine Gambi	January 19, 2009 - 2013
Cyprus	Márkos Kyprianoú	2008-2011

literature

• The Fischer World Almanac 2010 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main September 2009, ISBN 978-3-596-72010-1 .
• The Fischer World Almanac 2011 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main September 2010, ISBN 978-3-596-72911-1 .

Web links

• www.rulers.org