List of Foreign Ministers 2011

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The list of Foreign Ministers 2011 contains all foreign ministers of the world who were in office between January 1 and December 31, 2011 . 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.

South Sudan gained independence on July 9, 2011.

country	Surname	Term of office
Abkhazia	Maxim Gwindschija	2010 - October 11, 2011
	Vyacheslav Chirikba	since October 11, 2011
Afghanistan	Zalmay Rassoul	2010-2013
Egypt	Ahmed Aboul Gheit	2004 - March 7, 2011
	Nabil Elaraby	March 7, 2011 - June 26, 2011
	Muhammad al Orabi	June 26, 2011 - July 16, 2011
	Mohamed Kamel Amr	July 21, 2011 - 2013
Albania	Edmond Haxhinasto	2010–2012
Algeria	Mourad Medelci	2007-2013
Andorra	Xavier Espot Miró	2009 - May 12, 2011
	Gilbert Saboya Sunyé	since May 12, 2011
Angola	George Chicoti	since 2010
Antigua and Barbuda	Baldwin Spencer	2005-2014
Equatorial Guinea	Pastor Micha Ondo Bile	2003-2012
Argentina	Héctor Timerman	since 2010
Armenia	Edward Nalbandjan	since 2008
Azerbaijan	Elmar Məmmədyarov	since 2004
Ethiopia	Hailemariam Desalegn	2010–2012
Australia	Kevin Rudd	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 - December 6, 2011
	Didier Reynders	since December 6, 2011
Belize	Wilfred Elrington	since 2008
Benin	Jean-Marie Ehouzou	2008 - May 28, 2011
	Nassirou Bako-Arifari	since May 28, 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	Antonio Patriota	January 1, 2011 - 2013
Brunei	Mohammed Bolkiah	since 1984
Bulgaria	Nikolay Mladenov	2010-2013
Burkina Faso	Alain Yoda	2008 - April 21, 2011
	Djibril Bassolé	2007-2008 , since April 21, 2011
Burundi	Augustin Nsanze	2009 - November 7, 2011
	Laurent Kavakure	since November 7, 2011
Chile	Alfredo Moreno	2010-2014
Taiwan	Timothy Yang	2009-2012
People's Republic of China	Yang Jiechi	2007-2013
Cook Islands	Tom Marsters	2010-2013
Costa Rica	René Castro	2010 - September 14, 2011
	José Enrique Castillo Barrantes	September 14, 2011 - 2014
Denmark	Lene Espersen	2010 - October 3, 2011
	Villy Søvndal	October 3, 2011 - 2013
Germany	Guido Westerwelle	2009-2013
Dominica	Roosevelt Skerrit	2007-2008 , since 2010
Dominican Republic	Carlos Morales Troncoso	1994-1996 , since 2004
Djibouti	Mahamud Ali Yussef	since 2005
Ecuador	Ricardo Patiño	since 2010
Ivory Coast	Jean-Marie Kacou Gervais	2010 - June 1, 2011
	Alcide Djédjé	2010 - April 11, 2011 (counter-government Aké N'Gbo)
	Daniel Kablan Duncan	June 1, 2011 - 2012
El Salvador	Hugo Martínez	2009-2013
Eritrea	Osman Saleh Mohammed	since 2007
Estonia	Urmas Paet	since 2005
Faroe Islands	Jørgen Niclasen	2008-2011
	Kaj Leo Johannesen	since November 14, 2011
Fiji	Ratu Inoke Kubuabola	since 2009
Finland	Alexander Stubb	2008 - June 22, 2011
	Erkki Tuomioja	2000-2007 , since June 22, 2011
France	Michèle Alliot-Marie	2010 - February 27, 2011
	Alain Juppé	1993-1995 , February 27, 2011 - 2012
Gabon	Paul Toungui	2008–2012
Gambia	Mamadou Tangara	2010–2012, 2012
Georgia	Grigol Vashadze	2008–2012
Ghana	Muhammad Mumuni	2009-2013
Grenada	Karl Hood	2010–2012
Greece	Dimitris Droutsas	2010 - June 17, 2011
	Stavros Lambrinidis	June 17, 2011 - November 11, 2011
	Stavros Dimas	November 11, 2011 - 2012
Greenland	Kuupik Kleist	2009-2013
Guatemala	Haroldo Rodas Melgar	2008–2012
Guinea	Edouard Niankoye Lamah	2010–2012
Guinea-Bissau	Adelino Mano Quetá	2009 - August 27, 2011
	Mamadu Saliu Djaló Pires	August 27, 2011 - 2012
Guyana	Carolyn Rodrigues	since 2008
Haiti	Marie Michèle Rey	2009 - October 18, 2011
	Laurent Lamothe	October 18, 2011 - 2012
Honduras	Mario Canahuati	2010 - September 10, 2011
	Arturo Corrales	September 16, 2011 - 2013
India	SM Krishna	2009–2012
Indonesia	Marty Natalegawa	since 2009
Iraq	Hoshyar Zebari	2003-2014
Iran	Ali Akbar Salehi	2010 (January 30, 2011) - 2013
Ireland	Micheál Martin	2008 - January 19, 2011
	Brian Cowen	2000-2004 , January 19, 2011 - March 9, 2011
	Eamon Gilmore	March 9, 2011 - 2014
Iceland	Össur Skarphéðinsson	2009-2013
Israel	Avigdor Lieberman	2009–2012, since 2013
Italy	Franco Frattini	2002-2004 , 2008 - November 16, 2011
	Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata	November 16, 2011 - 2013
Jamaica	Kenneth Baugh	2007–2012
Japan	Seiji Maehara	2010 - March 6, 2011
	Takeaki Matsumoto	March 9, 2011 - September 2, 2011
	Kōichirō Gemba	September 2, 2011 - 2012
Yemen	Abubakr al-Kirbi	since 2001
Jordan	Nasir Juda	since 2009
Cambodia	Hor Namhong	1990-1993 , since 1998
Cameroon	Henri Eyebe Ayissi	2007 - December 11, 2011
	Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo	since December 11, 2011
Canada	Lawrence Cannon	2008 - May 18, 2011
	John R. Baird	since May 18, 2011
Cape Verde	José Brito	2008 - March 21, 2011
	Jorge Borges	March 21, 2011 - 2014
Kazakhstan	Qanat Saudabaev	1994 , 2009 - April 11, 2011
	Yershan Qasykhanov	April 11, 2011 - 2012
Qatar	Hamad ibn Jazim ibn Jabir Al Thani	1992-2013
Kenya	George Saitoti	2010 - August 24, 2011
	Moses Wetangula	2008-2010 , August 24, 2011 - 2012
Kyrgyzstan	Ruslan Kazakbayev	2010–2012
Kiribati	Anote Tong	since 2003
Colombia	María Ángela Holguín	since 2010
Comoros	Fahmi Said Ibrahim	2010 - May 30, 2011
	Mohamed Bakri Ben Abdoulfatah Charif	May 30, 2011 - 2013
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)	Kim Sung-hwan	2010-2013
Kosovo	Vlora Çitaku	2010 - February 22, 2011
	Enver Hoxhaj	since February 22, 2011
Croatia	Gordan Jandroković	2008 - December 23, 2011
	Vesna Pusić	since December 23, 2011
Cuba	Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla	since 2009
Kuwait	Muhammad as-Sabah as-Salim as-Sabah	2003 - October 17, 2011
	Sabah al-Chaled al-Hamad as-Sabah	since October 17, 2011
Laos	Thongloun Sisoulith	since 2006
Lesotho	Mohlabi Tsekoa	2002-2004 , since 2007
Latvia	Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis	2010 - October 25, 2011
	Edgars Rinkēvičs	since October 25, 2011
Lebanon	Ali ash-shami	2009 - June 13, 2011
	Adnan Mansour	since June 13, 2011
Liberia	Toga McIntosh	2010–2012
/ Libya	Mussa Kussa	2009 - March 30, 2011
	Abd al-Ati al-Ubayyidi	1982-1984 , April 5, 2011 - August 23, 2011
	Mahmoud Jibril	March 5, 2011 (August 23, 2011) - November 22, 2011
	Ashur bin Hayal	November 22, 2011 - 2012
Liechtenstein	Aurelia Frick	since 2009
Lithuania	Audronius Ažubalis	2010–2012
Luxembourg	Jean Asselborn	since 2004
Madagascar	Hyppolite Ramaroson	2010 - November 21, 2011
	Pierrot Rajaonarivelo	November 21, 2011 - 2013
Malawi	Etta Banda	2009 - September 7, 2011
	Peter Mutharika	September 7, 2011 - 2012
Malaysia	Anifah Aman	since 2009
Maldives	Ahmed Naseem	March 21, 2011 - 2012
Mali	Moktar Ouane	2004 - April 6, 2011
	Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga	April 6, 2011 - 2012
Malta	Tonio Borg	2008–2012
Morocco	Taïb Fassi-Fihri	2007–2012
Marshall Islands	John Silk	2009–2012
Mauritania	Naha Mint Mouknass	2009 - March 22, 2011
	Hamadi Ould Hamadi	March 22, 2011 - 2013
Mauritius	Arvin Boolell	since 2008
North Macedonia	Antonio Milososki	2006 - July 28, 2011
	Nikola Poposki	since July 28, 2011
Mexico	Patricia Espinosa Cantellano	2006–2012
Micronesia	Lorin S. Robert	since 2007
Moldova	Iurie Leancă	2009-2013
Monaco	José Badia	since January 1, 2011
Mongolia	Gombodschawyn Dzandanschatar	2009–2012
Montenegro	Milan Roćen	2006–2012
Mozambique	Oldemiro Balói	since 2008
Myanmar	Nyan Win	2004 - March 30, 2011
	Wunna Maung Lwin	since March 30, 2011
Namibia	Utoni Nujoma	2010–2012
Nauru	Kieren Keke	2007 - November 10, 2011, since 2012
	Mathew Batsiua	November 10, 2011 - November 16, 2011
	Sprent Dabwido	November 16, 2011 - 2012, 2013
Nepal	Sujata Koirala	2009 - May 4, 2011
	Upendra Yadav	2008-2009 , May 4, 2011 - September 4, 2011
	Narayan Kaji Shrestha	September 4, 2011 - 2013
New Zealand	Murray McCully	since 2008
Nicaragua	Samuel Santos López	since 2007
Netherlands	Uri Rosenthal	2010–2012
Niger	Aminatou Maïga Touré	2010 - April 21, 2011
	Mohamed Bazoum	1995-1996 , since April 21, 2011
Nigeria	Odein Ajumogobia	2010 - July 11, 2011
	Olugbenga Ashiru	July 11, 2011 - 2013
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 - February 11, 2011
	Hina Rabbani Khar	February 11 (July 19) 2011 - 2013
Palestine	Riyad al-Malki	since 2007
Palau	Victor Yano	2010-2013
Panama	Juan Carlos Varela	2009 - August 30, 2011
	Roberto Henríquez	August 31, 2011 - 2012
Papua New Guinea	Don Polye	2010 - June 6, 2011
	Ano Pala	June 21, 2011 - 2012
Paraguay	Héctor Lacognata	2009 - March 22, 2011
	Jorge Lara Castro	March 22, 2011 - 2012
Peru	José García Belaúnde	2006 - July 28, 2011
	Rafael Roncagliolo Orbegoso	July 28, 2011 - 2013
Philippines	Alberto Romulo	2004 - February 24, 2011
	Albert del Rosario	since February 24, 2011
Poland	Radosław Sikorski	2007-2014
Portugal	Luís Filipe Marques Amado	2006 - June 21, 2011
	Paulo Portas	June 21, 2011 - 2013
Rwanda	Louise Mushikiwabo	since 2009
Romania	Teodor Baconschi	2009–2012
Russia	Sergei Lavrov	since 2004
Solomon Islands	Peter Shanel Agovaka	2010–2012
Zambia	Kabinga Pande	2007 - September 30, 2011
	Chishimba Kambwili	September 30, 2011 - 2012
Samoa	Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi	since 1998
San Marino	Antonella Mularoni	2008–2012
Sao Tome and Principe	Manuel Salvador dos Ramos	2010–2012
Saudi Arabia	Saud ibn Faisal	since 1975
Sweden	Carl Bildt	since 2006
Switzerland	Micheline Calmy-Rey	2003 - December 31, 2011
Senegal	Madické Niang	2009–2012
Serbia	Vuk Jeremic	2007–2012
Seychelles	Jean-Paul Adam	since 2010
Sierra Leone	Joseph B. Dauda	2010–2012
Zimbabwe	Simbarashe Mumbengegwi	since 2005
Singapore	George Yeo	2004 - May 21, 2011
	Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam	since May 21, 2011
Slovakia	Mikuláš Dzurinda	2010–2012
Slovenia	Samuel Žbogar	2008–2012
Somalia	Mohamed Abdullahi Omar	2009 , 2010 - July 20, 2011
	Mohamed Mohamud Ibrahim	July 20, 2011 - 2012
Somaliland	Mohamed Abdullahi Omar	since 2010
Spain	Trinidad Jiménez	2010 - December 22, 2011
	José Manuel García-Margallo	since December 22, 2011
Sri Lanka	Gamini Lakshman Peiris	since 2010
St. Kitts and Nevis	Sam Condor	2000-2001 , 2010-2013
St. Lucia	Rufus Bousquet	2006-2007 , 2009 - December 6, 2011
	Alva Baptiste	since December 6, 2011
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Douglas Slater	2010-2013
South Africa	Maite Nkoana-Mashabane	since 2009
Sudan	Ali Karti	since 2010
South Ossetia	Murat Dschiojew	1998-2012
South Sudan	Deng Alor	July 11, 2011 - August 26, 2011
	Nhial Deng Nhial	August 26, 2011 - 2013
Suriname	Winston Lackin	since 2010
Swaziland	Lutfo Dlamini	2008 - October 17, 2011
	Mtiti Fakudze	October 17, 2011 - 2013
Syria	Walid al-Muallim	since 2006
Tajikistan	Hamrochon Sarifij	2006-2013
Tanzania	Bernard Membe	since 2007
Thailand	Kasit Piromya	2008 - August 10, 2011
	Surapong Tovichakchaikul	August 10, 2011 - 2014
Togo	Elliott Ohin	2010-2013
Tonga	Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō	since 2010
Transnistria	Vladimir Yastrebchak	2008-2012
Trinidad and Tobago	Surujrattan Rambachan	2010–2012
Chad	Moussa Faki	since 2008
Czech Republic	Karel Schwarzenberg	2007-2009 , 2010-2013
Tunisia	Camel Morjane	2010 - January 27, 2011
	Ahmed Ounaes	January 27, 2011 - February 13, 2011
	Mohamed Mouldi Kefi	February 21, 2011 - December 24, 2011
	Rafik Abdessalem	December 24, 2011 - 2013
Turkey	Ahmet Davutoğlu	2009-2014
Turkmenistan	Raşit Meredow	since 2001
Tuvalu	Apisai Ielemia	2006-2010 , 2010-2013
Uganda	Sam Kutesa	since 2005
Ukraine	Kostyantyn Hryshchenko	2003-2005 , 2010-2012
Hungary	János Martonyi	1998-2002 , 2010-2014
Uruguay	Luis Almagro	since 2010
Uzbekistan	Elyor Gʻaniyev	2005-2006 , 2010-2012
Vanuatu	George Wells	2007-2008 , 2010 - April 24, 2011, 2011
	Joe Natuman	2009-2010 , April 24, 2011 - May 13, 2011, 2011
	George Wells	2007-2008 , 2010-2011 , May 13, 2011 - May 14, 2011
	Alfred Carlot	May 14, 2011 - June 16, 2011, 2011-2013
	Joe Natuman	2009-2010 , 2011 , June 16, 2011 - June 27, 2011
	Alfred Carlot	2011 , June 27, 2011 - 2013
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	William Hague	2010-2014
Vietnam	Phạm Gia Khiem	2006 - August 3, 2011
	Pham Binh Minh	since August 3, 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 - August 5, 2011
	Erato Kozakou-Markoullis	2007-2008 , August 5, 2011-2013

literature

• The new Fischer World Almanac 2012 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main September 2011, ISBN 978-3-596-72012-5 .
• The new Fischer World Almanac 2013 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main September 2012, ISBN 978-3-596-72913-5 .

Web links

• www.rulers.org
• www.weltalmanach.de