List of Foreign Ministers 2010

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

The list of Foreign Ministers 2010 includes all foreign ministers in the world who were in office between January 1 and December 31, 2010 . 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 - February 13, 2010
	Maxim Gwindschija	February 26, 2010 - 2011
Afghanistan	Rangin Dadfar Spanta	2006 - January 18, 2010
	Zalmay Rassoul	January 18, 2010 - 2013
Egypt	Ahmed Aboul Gheit	2004-2011
Albania	Ilir Meta	2002-2003 , 2009 - September 17, 2010
	Edmond Haxhinasto	September 17, 2010 - 2012
Algeria	Mourad Medelci	2007-2013
Andorra	Xavier Espot Miró	2009-2011
Angola	Assunção dos Anjos	2008 - November 26, 2010
	George Chicoti	since November 26, 2010
Antigua and Barbuda	Baldwin Spencer	2005-2014
Equatorial Guinea	Pastor Micha Ondo Bile	2003-2012
Argentina	Jorge Taiana	2005 - June 18, 2010
	Héctor Timerman	since June 22, 2010
Armenia	Edward Nalbandjan	since 2008
Azerbaijan	Elmar Məmmədyarov	since 2004
Ethiopia	Seyoum Mesfin	1991 - October 5, 2010
	Hailemariam Desalegn	October 5, 2010 - 2012
Australia	Stephen Smith	2007 - September 14, 2010
	Kevin Rudd	September 14, 2010 - 2012
Bahamas	Brent Symonette	2007–2012
Bahrain	Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa	since 2005
Bangladesh	Dipu Moni	2009-2013
Barbados	Maxine McClean	since 2008
Belgium	Steven Vanackere	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 - January 1, 2011
Brunei	Mohammed Bolkiah	since 1984
Bulgaria	Rumjana Sheleva	2009 - January 20, 2010
	Nikolay Mladenov	January 27, 2010 - 2013
Burkina Faso	Alain Yoda	2008-2011
Burundi	Augustin Nsanze	2009-2011
Chile	Mariano Fernández	2009 - March 11, 2010
	Alfredo Moreno	March 11, 2010 - 2014
Taiwan	Timothy Yang	2009-2012
People's Republic of China	Yang Jiechi	2007-2013
Cook Islands	Robert Wigmore	January 5, 2010 - December 3, 2010
	Tom Marsters	December 3, 2010 - 2013
Costa Rica	Bruno Stagno Ugarte	2006 - May 8, 2010
	René Castro	May 8, 2010 - 2011
Denmark	Per Stig Møller	2001 - February 23, 2010
	Lene Espersen	February 23, 2010 - 2011
Germany	Guido Westerwelle	2009-2013
Dominica	Vince Henderson	2008 - January 4, 2010
	Roosevelt Skerrit	2007-2008 , since January 4, 2010
Dominican Republic	Carlos Morales Troncoso	1994-1996 , since 2004
Djibouti	Mahamud Ali Yussef	since 2005
Ecuador	Fander Falconí	2008 - January 12, 2010
	Ricardo Patiño	since January 28, 2010
Ivory Coast	Youssouf Bakayoko	2006 - March 4, 2010
	Jean-Marie Kacou Gervais	March 4, 2010 - 2011
	Alcide Djédjé	December 7, 2010 - 2011 (counter-government Aké N'Gbo)
El Salvador	Hugo Martínez	2009-2013
Eritrea	Osman Saleh Mohammed	since 2007
Estonia	Urmas Paet	since 2005
Faroe Islands	Jørgen Niclasen	2008-2011
Fiji	Ratu Inoke Kubuabola	since 2009
Finland	Alexander Stubb	2008-2011
France	Bernard Kouchner	2007 - November 14, 2010
	Michèle Alliot-Marie	November 14, 2010 - 2011
Gabon	Paul Toungui	2008–2012
Gambia	Ousman Jammeh	2009 - June 7, 2010
	Mamadou Tangara	June 7, 2010–2012, 2012
Georgia	Grigol Vashadze	2008–2012
Ghana	Muhammad Mumuni	2009-2013
Grenada	Peter David	2008 - November 22, 2010
	Karl Hood	November 22, 2010–2012
Greece	Giorgos Andrea Papandreou	1999-2004 , 2009 - September 7, 2010
	Dimitris Droutsas	September 7, 2010 - 2011
Greenland	Kuupik Kleist	2009-2013
Guatemala	Haroldo Rodas Melgar	2008–2012
Guinea	Alexandre Cécé Loua	2009 - February 15, 2010
	Bakary Fofana	February 15, 2010 - December 27, 2010
	Edouard Niankoye Lamah	December 27, 2010–2012
Guinea-Bissau	Adelino Mano Quetá	2009-2011
Guyana	Carolyn Rodrigues	since 2008
Haiti	Marie Michèle Rey	2009-2011
Honduras	Carlos López Contreras	1986-1990 , 2009 - January 27, 2010
	Mario Canahuati	January 27, 2010 - 2011
India	SM Krishna	2009–2012
Indonesia	Marty Natalegawa	since 2009
Iraq	Hoshyar Zebari	2003-2014
Iran	Manutschehr Mottaki	2005 - December 13, 2010
	Ali Akbar Salehi	December 13, 2010 (2011) - 2013
Ireland	Micheál Martin	2008-2011
Iceland	Össur Skarphéðinsson	2009-2013
Israel	Avigdor Lieberman	2009–2012, since 2013
Italy	Franco Frattini	2002-2004 , 2008-2011
Jamaica	Kenneth Baugh	2007–2012
Japan	Katsuya Okada	2009 - September 17, 2010
	Seiji Maehara	September 17, 2010 - 2011
Yemen	Abubakr al-Kirbi	since 2001
Jordan	Nasir Juda	since 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	Qanat Saudabaev	1994 , 2009-2011
Qatar	Hamad ibn Jazim ibn Jabir Al Thani	1992-2013
Kenya	Moses Wetangula	2008 - October 27, 2010, since 2011
	George Saitoti	October 27, 2010 - 2011
Kyrgyzstan	Kadyrbek Sarbayev	2009 - April 14, 2010
	Ruslan Kazakbayev	April 14, 2010–2012
Kiribati	Anote Tong	since 2003
Colombia	Jaime Bermúdez	2008 - August 7, 2010
	María Ángela Holguín	since August 7, 2010
Comoros	Ahmed Said Jaffar	2006 - May 26, 2010
	Fahmi Said Ibrahim	May 26, 2010 - 2011
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 - September 4, 2010
	Kim Sung-hwan	October 8, 2010–2013
Kosovo	Skënder Hyseni	2008 - October 18, 2010
	Vlora Çitaku	October 18, 2010 - 2011
Croatia	Gordan Jandroković	2008-2011
Cuba	Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla	since 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 - April 29, 2010
	Aivis Ronis	April 29, 2010 - November 3, 2010
	Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis	November 3, 2010 - 2011
Lebanon	Ali ash-shami	2009-2011
Liberia	Olubanke King-Akerele	2007 - November 3, 2010
	Toga McIntosh	December 4, 2010 - 2012
Libya	Mussa Kussa	2009-2011
Liechtenstein	Aurelia Frick	since 2009
Lithuania	Vygaudas Ušackas	2008 - January 26, 2010
	Audronius Ažubalis	February 11, 2010 - 2012
Luxembourg	Jean Asselborn	since 2004
Madagascar	Ny Hasina Andriamanjato	2009 - February 12, 2010
	Hyppolite Ramaroson	February 25, 2010 - 2011
/ Malawi	Etta Banda	2009-2011
Malaysia	Anifah Aman	since 2009
Maldives	Ahmed Shaheed	2005-2007 , 2008 - December 9, 2010
Mali	Moktar Ouane	2004-2011
Malta	Tonio Borg	2008–2012
Morocco	Taïb Fassi-Fihri	2007–2012
Marshall Islands	John Silk	2009–2012
Mauritania	Naha Mint Mouknass	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	Iurie Leancă	2009-2013
Monaco	Franck Biancheri	2008 - January 1, 2011
Mongolia	Gombodschawyn Dzandanschatar	2009–2012
Montenegro	Milan Roćen	2006–2012
Mozambique	Oldemiro Balói	since 2008
/ Myanmar	Nyan Win	2004-2011
Namibia	Marco Hausiku	2004 - March 21, 2010
	Utoni Nujoma	March 21, 2010 - 2012
Nauru	Kieren Keke	2007–2011, since 2012
Nepal	Sujata Koirala	2009-2011
New Zealand	Murray McCully	since 2008
Nicaragua	Samuel Santos López	since 2007
Netherlands	Maxime Verhagen	2007 - October 14, 2010
	Uri Rosenthal	October 14, 2010 - 2012
Niger	Aïchatou Mindaoudou	1999-2000 , 2001 - February 19, 2010
	Aminatou Maïga Touré	March 1, 2010 - 2011
Nigeria	Ojo Maduekwe	2007 - March 18, 2010
	Odein Ajumogobia	April 6, 2010 - 2011
Niue	Toke Talagi	since 2008
Northern Cyprus	Hüseyin Özgürgün	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	Sandra Pierantozzi	2009 - March 19, 2010
	Victor Yano	April 19, 2010 - 2013
Panama	Juan Carlos Varela	2009-2011
Papua New Guinea	Sam Abal	2007 - December 9, 2010
	Don Polye	December 9, 2010 - 2011
Paraguay	Héctor Lacognata	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	Louise Mushikiwabo	since 2009
Romania	Teodor Baconschi	2009–2012
Russia	Sergei Lavrov	since 2004
Solomon Islands	William Haomae	2007 - August 27, 2010
	Peter Shanel Agovaka	August 27, 2010 - 2012
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 - August 14, 2010
	Manuel Salvador dos Ramos	August 14, 2010 - 2012
Saudi Arabia	Saud ibn Faisal	since 1975
Sweden	Carl Bildt	since 2006
Switzerland	Micheline Calmy-Rey	2003-2011
Senegal	Madické Niang	2009–2012
Serbia	Vuk Jeremic	2007–2012
Seychelles	James Alix Michel	2009 - July 1, 2010
	Jean-Paul Adam	since July 1, 2010
Sierra Leone	Zainab Hawa Bangura	2007 - December 4, 2010
	Joseph B. Dauda	December 4, 2010 - 2012
Zimbabwe	Simbarashe Mumbengegwi	since 2005
Singapore	George Yeo	2004-2011
Slovakia	Miroslav Lajčák	2009 - July 9, 2010, since 2012
	Mikuláš Dzurinda	July 9, 2010 - 2012
Slovenia	Samuel Žbogar	2008–2012
Somalia	Ali Ahmed Jama Jangali	1990 , 2008-2009 , 2009 - July 3, 2010
	Yusuf Hassan Ibrahim	2002-2004 , July 3, 2010 - November 12, 2010
	Mohamed Abdullahi Omar	2009 , November 12, 2010 - 2011
Somaliland	Abdillahi Mohamed Duale	2006 - July 28, 2010
	Mohamed Abdullahi Omar	since July 28, 2010
Spain	Miguel Ángel Moratinos	2004 - October 21, 2010
	Trinidad Jiménez	October 21, 2010 - 2011
Sri Lanka	Rohitha Bogollagama	2007 - April 23, 2010
	Gamini Lakshman Peiris	since April 23, 2010
St. Kitts and Nevis	Denzil Douglas	1995-2000 , 2008 - February 7, 2010
	Sam Condor	2000-2001 , February 7, 2010-2013
St. Lucia	Rufus Bousquet	2006-2007 , 2009-2011
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Louis Straker	2001-2005 , 2005 - December 19, 2010
	Douglas Slater	December 19, 2010 - 2013
South Africa	Maite Nkoana-Mashabane	since 2009
Sudan	Deng Alor	2007 - June 16, 2010
	Ali Karti	since June 16, 2010
South Ossetia	Murat Dschiojew	1998-2012
Suriname	Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk	2005 - August 13, 2010
	Winston Lackin	since August 13, 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 - May 28, 2010
	Elliott Ohin	May 28, 2010 - 2013
Tonga	Feleti Sevele	2009 - December 22, 2010
	Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō	since December 22, 2010
Transnistria	Vladimir Yastrebchak	2008-2012
Trinidad and Tobago	Paula Gopee-Scoon	2007 - May 28, 2010
	Surujrattan Rambachan	May 28, 2010 - 2012
Chad	Moussa Faki	since 2008
Czech Republic	Jan Kohout	2009 - July 13, 2010, since 2013
	Karel Schwarzenberg	2007-2009 , July 13, 2010-2013
Tunisia	Abdelwahab Abdallah	2005 - January 14, 2010
	Camel Morjane	January 14, 2010 - 2011
Turkey	Ahmet Davutoğlu	2009-2014
Turkmenistan	Raşit Meredow	since 2001
Tuvalu	Apisai Ielemia	2006 - September 29, 2010, since 2010
	Enele Sopoaga	September 29, 2010 - December 24, 2010
	Apisai Ielemia	2006-2010 , December 24, 2010-2013
Uganda	Sam Kutesa	since 2005
Ukraine	Petro Poroshenko	2009 - March 11, 2010
	Kostyantyn Hryshchenko	2003-2005 , March 11, 2010 - 2012
Hungary	Péter Balázs	2009 - May 29, 2010
	János Martonyi	1998-2002 , May 29, 2010-2014
Uruguay	Pedro Vaz	2009 - March 1, 2010
	Luis Almagro	since March 1, 2010
Uzbekistan	Vladimir Norov	2006 - December 28, 2010
	Elyor Gʻaniyev	2005-2006 , December 28, 2010 - 2012
Vanuatu	Joe Natuman	2009 - December 2, 2010, 2011
	George Wells	2007-2008 , December 3, 2010 - 2011, 2011
Vatican city	Dominique Mamberti	since 2006
Venezuela	Nicolás Maduro	2006-2013
United Arab Emirates	Abdullah bin Zayid Al Nahyan	since 2006
United States	Hillary Clinton	2009-2013
United Kingdom	David Miliband	2007 - May 12, 2010
	William Hague	May 12, 2010 - 2014
Vietnam	Phạm Gia Khiem	2006-2011
Belarus	Sjarhej Martynau	2003-2012
Western Sahara	Mohamed Salem Ould Salek	since 1998
Central African Republic	Antoine Gambi	2009-2013
Cyprus	Márkos Kyprianoú	2008-2011

literature

• The Fischer World Almanac 2011 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main September 2010, ISBN 978-3-596-72911-1 .
• The new Fischer World Almanac 2012 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main September 2011, ISBN 978-3-596-72012-5 .

Web links

• www.rulers.org