List of Foreign Ministers 2012

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The 2012 list of foreign ministers includes all foreign ministers in the world who were in office between January 1 and December 31, 2012 . 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	Taking office
Abkhazia	Vyacheslav Chirikba	since 2011
Afghanistan	Zalmay Rassoul	2010-2013
Egypt	Mohamed Kamel Amr	2011-2013
Albania	Edmond Haxhinasto	2010 - July 3, 2012
	Edmond Panariti	July 3, 2012 - 2013
Algeria	Mourad Medelci	2007-2013
Andorra	Gilbert Saboya Sunyé	since 2011
Angola	George Chicoti	since 2010
Antigua and Barbuda	Baldwin Spencer	2005-2014
Equatorial Guinea	Pastor Micha Ondo Bile	2003 - May 22, 2012
	Agapito Mba Mokuy	since May 22, 2012
Argentina	Héctor Timerman	since 2010
Armenia	Edward Nalbandjan	since 2008
Azerbaijan	Elmar Məmmədyarov	since 2004
Ethiopia	Hailemariam Desalegn	2010 - September 21, 2012
	Tedros Adhanom	since November 29, 2012
Australia	Kevin Rudd	2010 - February 22, 2012
	Bob Carr	March 13, 2012 - 2013
Bahamas	Brent Symonette	2007 - May 11, 2012
	Fred Mitchell	2002-2007 , since May 11, 2012
Bahrain	Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa	since 2005
Bangladesh	Dipu Moni	2009-2013
Barbados	Maxine McClean	since 2008
Belgium	Didier Reynders	since 2011
Belize	Wilfred Elrington	since 2008
Benin	Nassirou Bako-Arifari	since 2011
Artsakh	Karen Mirsoyan	since September 22, 2012
Bhutan	Ugyen Tshering	2008-2013
Bolivia	David Choquehuanca	since 2006
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sven Alkalaj	2007 - February 10, 2012
	Zlatko Lagumdžija	2001-2003 , since February 10, 2012
Botswana	Phandu Skelemani	since 2008
Brazil	Antonio Patriota	2011-2013
Brunei	Mohammed Bolkiah	since 1984
Bulgaria	Nikolay Mladenov	2010-2013
Burkina Faso	Djibril Bassolé	2007-2008 , since 2011
Burundi	Laurent Kavakure	since 2011
Chile	Alfredo Moreno	2010-2014
Taiwan	Timothy Yang	2009 - September 19, 2012
	David Lin	since September 19, 2012
People's Republic of China	Yang Jiechi	2007-2013
Cook Islands	Tom Marsters	2010-2013
Costa Rica	José Enrique Castillo Barrantes	2011-2014
Denmark	Villy Søvndal	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	Daniel Kablan Duncan	2011 - November 22, 2012
	Charles Koffi Diby	since November 22, 2012
El Salvador	Hugo Martínez	2009-2013
Eritrea	Osman Saleh Mohammed	since 2007
Estonia	Urmas Paet	since 2005
Faroe Islands	Kaj Leo Johannesen	since 2011
Fiji	Ratu Inoke Kubuabola	since 2009
Finland	Erkki Tuomioja	2000-2007 , since 2011
France	Alain Juppé	1993-1995 , 2011 - May 16, 2012
	Laurent Fabius	since May 16, 2012
Gabon	Paul Toungui	2008 - February 28, 2012
	Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet	since February 28, 2012
Gambia	Mamadou Tangara	2010 - April 16, 2012, 2012
	Mambury Njie	April 16, 2012 - August 23, 2012
	Mamadou Tangara	2010-2012 , 23 August 2012 - 1 November 2012
	Susan Waffa-Ogoo	November 1, 2012 - 2013
Georgia	Grigol Vashadze	2008 - October 25, 2012
	Maya Punjikidze	since October 25, 2012
Ghana	Muhammad Mumuni	2009-2013
Grenada	Karl Hood	2010 - May 17, 2012
	Tillman Thomas	May 17, 2012 - 2013
Greece	Stavros Dimas	2011 - May 17, 2012
	Petros Molyviatis	2004-2006 , May 17, 2012 - June 21, 2012
	Dimitris Avramopoulos	June 21, 2012 - 2013
Greenland	Kuupik Kleist	2009-2013
Guatemala	Haroldo Rodas Melgar	2008 - January 14, 2012
	Harold Caballeros	January 14, 2012 - 2013
Guinea	Edouard Niankoye Lamah	2010 - October 5, 2012
	François Lonseny case	2002-2004 , since October 5, 2012
Guinea-Bissau	Mamadu Saliu Djaló Pires	2011 - April 12, 2012 (military coup)
	Faustino Imbali	May 22, 2012 - 2013 (interim)
Guyana	Carolyn Rodrigues	since 2008
Haiti	Laurent Lamothe	2011 - August 6, 2012
	Pierre-Richard Casimir	August 6, 2012 - 2014
Honduras	Arturo Corrales	2011-2013
India	SM Krishna	2009 - October 26, 2012
	Salman Khurshid	October 28, 2012 - 2014
Indonesia	Marty Natalegawa	since 2009
Iraq	Hoshyar Zebari	2003-2014
Iran	Ali Akbar Salehi	2010 (2011) -2013
Ireland	Eamon Gilmore	2011-2014
Iceland	Össur Skarphéðinsson	2009-2013
Israel	Avigdor Lieberman	2009 - December 18, 2012, since 2013
	Benjamin Netanyahu	1998 , 2002-2003 , December 18, 2012 - 2013
Italy	Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata	2011-2013
Jamaica	Kenneth Baugh	2007 - January 6, 2012
	Arnold Joseph Nicholson	since January 6, 2012
Japan	Kōichirō Gemba	2011 - December 26, 2012
	Fumio Kishida	since December 26, 2012
Yemen	Abubakr al-Kirbi	2001-2014
Jordan	Nasir Juda	since 2009
Cambodia	Hor Namhong	1990-1993 , since 1998
Cameroon	Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo	since 2011
Canada	John R. Baird	since 2011
Cape Verde	Jorge Borges	2011-2014
Kazakhstan	Yershan Qasykhanov	2011 - September 28, 2012
	Jerlan Ydyryssow	1999-2002 , since September 28, 2012
Qatar	Hamad ibn Jazim ibn Jabir Al Thani	1992-2013
Kenya	Moses Wetangula	2008-2010 , 2011 - March 26, 2012
	Sam Ongeri	March 26, 2012 - 2013
Kyrgyzstan	Ruslan Kazakbayev	2010 - September 5, 2012
	Erlan Abdildayev	since September 5, 2012
Kiribati	Anote Tong	since 2003
Colombia	María Ángela Holguín	since 2010
Comoros	Mohamed Bakri Ben Abdoulfatah Charif	2011-2013
Democratic Republic of Congo	Alexis Thambwe Mwamba	2008 - May 9, 2012
	Raymond Tshibanda	since May 9, 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	Enver Hoxhaj	since 2011
Croatia	Vesna Pusić	since 2011
Cuba	Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla	since 2009
Kuwait	Sabah al-Chaled al-Hamad as-Sabah	since 2011
Laos	Thongloun Sisoulith	since 2006
Lesotho	Mohlabi Tsekoa	2002-2004 , since 2007
Latvia	Edgars Rinkēvičs	since 2011
Lebanon	Adnan Mansour	since 2011
Liberia	Toga McIntosh	2010 - February 10, 2012
	Augustine Ngafuan	since February 10, 2012
Libya	Ashur bin Hayal	2011 - November 14, 2012
Liechtenstein	Aurelia Frick	since 2009
Lithuania	Audronius Ažubalis	2010 - December 13, 2012
	Linas Antanas Linkevičius	since December 13, 2012
Luxembourg	Jean Asselborn	since 2004
Madagascar	Pierrot Rajaonarivelo	2011-2013
/ Malawi	Peter Mutharika	2011 - April 26, 2012
	Ephraim Chiume	since April 26, 2012
Malaysia	Anifah Aman	since 2009
Maldives	Ahmed Naseem	2011 - March 5, 2012
	Abdul Samad Abdulla	March 5, 2012 - 2013
Mali	Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga	2011 - March 21, 2012
	Sadio Lamine Sow	April 25, 2012 - August 20, 2012
	Tieman Coulibaly	August 20, 2012 - 2013
Malta	Tonio Borg	2008 - November 28, 2012
	Francis Zammit Dimech	November 28, 2012 - 2013
Morocco	Taïb Fassi-Fihri	2007 - January 3, 2012
	Saadeddine Othmani	January 3, 2012 - 2013
Marshall Islands	John Silk	2009 - January 10, 2012
	Phillip H. Muller	1994-2000 , January 10, 2012 - 2014
Mauritania	Hamadi Ould Hamadi	2011-2013
Mauritius	Arvin Boolell	since 2008
North Macedonia	Nikola Poposki	since 2011
Mexico	Patricia Espinosa Cantellano	2006 - December 1, 2012
	José Antonio Meade Kuribreña	since December 1, 2012
Micronesia	Lorin S. Robert	since 2007
Moldova	Iurie Leancă	2009-2013
Monaco	José Badia	since 2011
Mongolia	Gombodschawyn Dzandanschatar	2009 - August 19, 2012
	Luwsanwandangiin Bold	since August 19, 2012
Montenegro	Milan Roćen	2006 - July 10, 2012
	Nebojša Kaluđerović	July 18, 2012 - December 4, 2012
	Igor Lukšić	since December 4, 2012
Mozambique	Oldemiro Balói	since 2008
Myanmar	Wunna Maung Lwin	since 2011
Namibia	Utoni Nujoma	2010 - December 4, 2012
	Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah	since December 4, 2012
Nauru	Sprent Dabwido	2011 - June 11, 2012, 2013
	Kieren Keke	2007-2011 , 2012-2013
Nepal	Narayan Kaji Shrestha	2011-2013
New Zealand	Murray McCully	since 2008
Nicaragua	Samuel Santos López	since 2007
Netherlands	Uri Rosenthal	2010 - November 5, 2012
	Frans Timmermans	since November 5, 2012
Niger	Mohamed Bazoum	1995-1996 , since 2011
Nigeria	Olugbenga Ashiru	2011-2013
Niue	Toke Talagi	since 2008
Northern Cyprus	Hüseyin Özgürgün	2009-2013
Norway	Jonas Gahr Støre	2005 - September 21, 2012
	Espen Barth Eide	September 21, 2012 - 2013
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 - August 8, 2012
	José Luís Guterres	2006-2007 , since August 8, 2012
Pakistan	Hina Rabbani Khar	2011-2013
Palestine	Riyad al-Malki	since 2007
Palau	Victor Yano	2010-2013
Panama	Roberto Henríquez	2011 - July 16, 2012
	Francisco Álvarez De Soto	July 16, 2012 - August 20, 2012 (interim)
	Romulo Roux	August 20, 2012 - 2013
Papua New Guinea	Ano Pala	2011 - August 6, 2012
	Puka Temu	August 6, 2012 - August 9, 2012
	Rimbink Pato	since August 9, 2012
Paraguay	Jorge Lara Castro	2011 - June 22, 2012
	José Félix Fernández Estigarribia	1999-2000 , since June 22, 2012
Peru	Rafael Roncagliolo Orbegoso	2011-2013
Philippines	Albert del Rosario	since 2011
Poland	Radosław Sikorski	2007-2014
Portugal	Paulo Portas	2011-2013
Rwanda	Louise Mushikiwabo	since 2009
Romania	Teodor Baconschi	2009 - January 23, 2012
	Cristian Diaconescu	2008-2009 , January 24, 2012 - May 7, 2012
	Andrei Marga	May 7, 2012 - August 6, 2012
	Titus Corlățean	since August 6, 2012
Russia	Sergei Lavrov	since 2004
Solomon Islands	Peter Shanel Agovaka	2010 - February 9, 2012
	Clay Forau Soalaoi	since February 28, 2012
Zambia	Chishimba Kambwili	2011 - January 12, 2012
	Given Lubinda	January 12, 2012 - 2013
Samoa	Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi	since 1998
San Marino	Antonella Mularoni	2008 - December 5, 2012
	Pasquale Valentini	since December 5, 2012
Sao Tome and Principe	Manuel Salvador dos Ramos	2010 - December 12, 2012
	Natália Pedro da Costa Umbelina Neto	since December 12, 2012
Saudi Arabia	Saud ibn Faisal	since 1975
Sweden	Carl Bildt	since 2006
Switzerland	Didier Burkhalter	since January 1, 2012
Senegal	Madické Niang	2009 - April 4, 2012
	Alioune Badara Cissé	April 4, 2012 - October 29, 2012
	Mankeur Ndiaye	since October 29, 2012
Serbia	Vuk Jeremic	2007 - July 27, 2012
	Ivan Mrkić	July 27, 2012 - 2014
Seychelles	Jean-Paul Adam	since 2010
Sierra Leone	Joseph B. Dauda	2010 - December 17, 2012
	Samura Kamara	since December 17, 2012
Zimbabwe	Simbarashe Mumbengegwi	since 2005
Singapore	Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam	since 2011
Slovakia	Mikuláš Dzurinda	2010 - April 4, 2012
	Miroslav Lajčák	2009-2010 , since April 4, 2012
Slovenia	Samuel Žbogar	2008 - February 10, 2012
	Karl Erjavec	since February 10, 2012
Somalia	Mohamed Mohamud Ibrahim	2011–2012
	Fowsiyo Yusuf Haji Adan	since November 13, 2012
Somaliland	Mohamed Abdullahi Omar	since 2010
Spain	José Manuel García-Margallo	since 2011
Sri Lanka	Gamini Lakshman Peiris	since 2010
St. Kitts and Nevis	Sam Condor	2000-2001 , 2010-2013
St. Lucia	Alva Baptiste	since 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 - May 30, 2012
	David Sanakoyev	since May 30, 2012
South Sudan	Nhial Deng Nhial	2011-2013
Suriname	Winston Lackin	since 2010
Swaziland	Mtiti Fakudze	2011-2013
Syria	Walid al-Muallim	since 2006
Tajikistan	Hamrochon Sarifij	2006-2013
Tanzania	Bernard Membe	since 2007
Thailand	Surapong Tovichakchaikul	2011-2014
Togo	Elliott Ohin	2010-2013
Tonga	Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō	since 2010
Transnistria	Vladimir Yastrebchak	2008 - January 17, 2012
	Nina Ștanschi	since January 24, 2012
Trinidad and Tobago	Surujrattan Rambachan	2010 - June 25, 2012
	Winston Dookeran	since June 25, 2012
Chad	Moussa Faki	since 2008
Czech Republic	Karel Schwarzenberg	2007-2009 , 2010-2013
Tunisia	Rafik Abdessalem	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 - December 24, 2012
	Leonid Koschara	December 24, 2012 - 2014
Hungary	János Martonyi	1998-2002 , 2010-2014
Uruguay	Luis Almagro	since 2010
Uzbekistan	Elyor Gʻaniyev	2005-2006 , 2010 - January 13, 2012
	Abdulaziz Komilov	1994-2003 , since January 13, 2012
Vanuatu	Alfred Carlot	2011 , 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	Pham Binh Minh	since 2011
Belarus	Sjarhej Martynau	2003 - August 20, 2012
	Uladsimir Makej	since August 20, 2012
Western Sahara	Mohamed Salem Ould Salek	since 1998
Central African Republic	Antoine Gambi	2009-2013
Cyprus	Erato Kozakou-Markoullis	2007-2008 , 2011-2013

literature

• The new Fischer World Almanac 2013 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main September 2012, ISBN 978-3-596-72913-5 .
• The new Fischer World Almanac 2014 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main September 2013, ISBN 978-3-596-72014-9 .

Web links

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