List of foreign ministers in 2005

This is a list of foreign ministers in 2005.

Africa

* Algeria -
*# Abdelaziz Belkhadem (2000-2005)
*# Mohammed Bedjaoui (2005-2007)
* Angola - João Bernardo de Miranda (1999-2008)
* Benin - Rogatien Biaou (2003-2006)
* Botswana - Mompati Merafhe (1994-2008)
* Burkina Faso - Youssouf Ouédraogo (1999-2007)
* Burundi -
*# Terence Sinunguruza (2001-2005)
*# Antoinette Batumubwira (2005-2009)
* Cameroon - Laurent Esso (2004-2006)
* Cape Verde - Víctor Borges (2004-2008)
* Central African Republic -
*# Charles Wénézoui (2003-2005)
*# Jean-Paul Ngoupandé (2005-2006)
* Chad -
*# Nagoum Yamassoum (2003-2005)
*# Ahmad Allam-Mi (2005-2008)
*Comoros -
*# Mohamed El-Amine Souef (2002-2005)
*# Aboudou Soefou (2005-2006)
* Republic of Congo - Rodolphe Adada (1997-2007)
* Democratic Republic of Congo - Raymond Ramazani Baya (2004-2007)
* Côte d'Ivoire - Bamba Mamadou (2003-2006)
* Djibouti -
*# Ali Abdi Farah (1999-2005)
*# Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (2005–present)
* Egypt - Ahmed Aboul Gheit (2004-2011)
* Equatorial Guinea - Pastor Micha Ondó Bile (2003-2012)
* Eritrea -
*# Ali Said Abdella (2000-2005)
*# Mohamed Omer (Eritrea), Mohamed Omer (acting) (2005-2007)
* Ethiopia - Seyoum Mesfin (1991-2010)
* Gabon - Jean Ping (1999-2008)
* The Gambia -
*# Sidi Moro Sanneh (2004-2005)
*# Musa Gibril Bala Gaye (2005)
*# Lamin Kaba Bajo (2005-2006)
* Ghana - Nana Akufo-Addo (2003-2007)
* Guinea -
*# Mamady Condé (2004-2005)
*# Fatoumata Kaba (politician), Fatoumata Kaba (2005-2006)
* Guinea-Bissau -
*# Soares Sambu (2004-2005)
*# António Isaac Monteiro (2005-2007)
* Kenya -
*# Chirau Ali Mwakwere (2004-2005)
*# Raphael Tuju (2005-2008)
* Lesotho - Monyane Moleleki (2004-2007)
* Liberia - Thomas Nimely (2003-2006)
* History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi#Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011), Libya - Abdel Rahman Shalgham (2000-2009)
* Madagascar - Marcel Ranjeva (2002-2009)
* Malawi -
*# George Chaponda (2004-2005)
*# Davis Katsonga (2005-2006)
* Mali - Moctar Ouane (2004-2011)
* Mauritania -
*# Mohamed Vall Ould Bellal (2003-2005)
*# Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed (2005-2007)
* Mauritius -
*# Jaya Krishna Cuttaree (2003-2005)
*# Madan Dulloo (2005-2008)
* Morocco - Mohamed Benaissa (1999-2007)
** Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Western Sahara - Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998–2023)
* Mozambique -
*#Leonardo Simão (1994-2005)
*#Alcinda Abreu (2005-2008)
* Namibia - Marco Hausiku (2004-2010)
* Niger - Aïchatou Mindaoudou (2001-2010)
* Nigeria - Oluyemi Adeniji (2003-2006)
* Rwanda - Charles Murigande (2002-2008)
* São Tomé and Príncipe - Ovídio Manuel Barbosa Pequeno (2004-2006)
* Senegal - Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (2000-2009)
* Seychelles -
*# Jérémie Bonnelame (1997-2005)
*# Patrick Pillay (2005-2009)
* Sierra Leone - Momodu Koroma (2002-2007)
* Somalia - Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail (2004-2006)
* Somaliland - Edna Adan Ismail (2003-2006)
* South Africa - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1999-2009)
* Sudan -
*# Mustafa Osman Ismail (1998-2005)
*# Lam Akol (2005-2007)
* Swaziland - Mabili Dlamini (2003-2006)
* Tanzania - Jakaya Kikwete (1995-2006)
* Togo -
*#Kokou Tozoun (2003-2005)
*#Zarifou Ayéva (2005-2007)
* Tunisia -
*#Abdelbaki Hermassi (2004-2005)
*#Abdelwahab Abdallah (2005-2010)
* Uganda -
*#Tom Butime (2004-2005)
*#Sam Kutesa (2005–2021)
* Zambia -
*#Kalombo Mwansa (2002-2005)
*#Ronnie Shikapwasha (2005-2006)
* Zimbabwe -
*# Stan Mudenge (1995-2005)
*# Simbarashe Mumbengegwi (2005–2017)

Asia

* Afghanistan - Abdullah Abdullah (2001-2006)
* Armenia - Vartan Oskanian (1998-2008)
* Azerbaijan - Elmar Mammadyarov (2004–2020)
** Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Nagorno-Karabakh -
**#Arman Melikyan (2004-2005)
**#Georgy Petrosyan (2005-2011)
* Bahrain -
*# Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah, Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah (1971-2005)
*# Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah, Sheikh Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (2005–2020)
* Bangladesh - Morshed Khan (2001-2006)
* Bhutan - Khandu Wangchuk (2003-2007)
* Brunei - Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah (1984–2015)
* Cambodia - Hor Namhong (1998–2016)
* China - Li Zhaoxing (2003-2007)
* East Timor - José Ramos-Horta (2000-2006)
* Georgia (country), Georgia -
*#Salome Zourabichvili (2004-2005)
*#Gela Bezhuashvili (2005-2008)
** Abkhazia - Sergei Shamba (2004-2010)
** South Ossetia - Murat Dzhioyev (1998-2012)
* India -
*#Natwar Singh (2004-2005)
*#Manmohan Singh (2005-2006)
* Indonesia - Hassan Wirajuda (2001-2009)
* Iran -
*# Kamal Kharazi (1997-2005)
*# Manouchehr Mottaki (2005-2010)
* Iraq - Hoshyar Zebari (2003–2014)
* Israel - Silvan Shalom (2003-2006)
** Palestinian Authority -
**# Nabil Shaath (2003-2005)
**# Nasser al-Qudwa (2005-2006)
* Japan -
*# Nobutaka Machimura (2004-2005)
*# Taro Aso (2005-2007)
* Jordan -
*# Hani al-Mulki (2004-2005)
*# Farouq Qasrawi (2005)
*# Abdul Ilah Khatib (2005-2007)
* Kazakhstan - Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (2002-2007)
* Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea - Paek Nam-sun (1998-2007)
* Republic of Korea, South Korea - Ban Ki-moon (2004-2006)
* Kuwait - Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (2003-2011)
* Kyrgyzstan -
*# Askar Aitmatov (2002-2005)
*# Roza Otunbayeva (2005)
*# Alikbek Jekshenkulov (2005-2007)
* Laos - Somsavat Lengsavad (1993-2006)
* Lebanon -
*#Mahmoud Hammoud (politician), Mahmoud Hammoud (2004-2005)
*#Fawzi Salloukh (2005-2009)
* Malaysia - Syed Hamid Albar (1999-2008)
* Maldives -
*#Fathulla Jameel (1978-2005)
*#Ahmed Shaheed (2005-2007)
* Mongolia - Tsendiin Mönkh-Orgil (2004-2006)
* Myanmar - Nyan Win (2004-2011)
* Kingdom of Nepal, Nepal -
*#Sher Bahadur Deuba (2004-2005)
*#Ramesh Nath Pandey (2005-2006)
* Oman - Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (1982–2020)
* Pakistan - Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (2002-2007)
* Philippines - Alberto Romulo (2004-2011)
* Qatar - Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani (1992-2013)
* Saudi Arabia - Saud bin Faisal bin Abdul Aziz, Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1975–2015
* Singapore - George Yeo (2004-2011)
* Sri Lanka -
*# Lakshman Kadirgamar (2004-2005)
*# Anura Bandaranaike (2005)
*# Mangala Samaraweera (2005-2007)
* Syria - Farouk al-Sharaa (1984-2006)
* Republic of China, Taiwan - Mark Chen (2004-2006)
* Tajikistan - Talbak Nazarov (1994-2006)
* Thailand -
*# Surakiart Sathirathai (2001-2005)
*# Kantathi Suphamongkhon (2005-2006)
* Turkey - Abdullah Gül (2003-2007)
* Turkmenistan - Raşit Meredow (2001–present)
* United Arab Emirates - Rashid Abdullah Al Nuaimi (1980-2006)
* Uzbekistan -
*#Sodiq Safoyev (2003-2005)
*#Elyor Ganiyev (2005-2006)
* Vietnam - Nguyễn Dy Niên (2000-2006)
* Yemen - Abu Bakr al-Qirbi (2001-2014)

Europe

* Albania -
*# Kastriot Islami (2003-2005)
*# Besnik Mustafaj (2005-2007)
* Andorra - Juli Minoves Triquell (2001-2007)
* Austria - Ursula Plassnik (2004-2008)
* Belarus - Sergei Martynov (politician), Sergei Martynov (2003-2012)
* Belgium - Karel De Gucht (2004-2009)
** Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region - Guy Vanhengel (2000-2009)
** Flanders - Geert Bourgeois (2004-2008)
** Wallonia - Marie-Dominique Simonet (2004-2009)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina - Mladen Ivanić (2003-2007)
* Bulgaria -
*#Solomon Passy (2001-2005)
*#Ivailo Kalfin (2005-2009)
* Croatia -
*# Miomir Žužul (2003-2005)
*# Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (2005-2008)
* Cyprus - Georgios Iacovou (2003-2006)
** Northern Cyprus - Serdar Denktaş (2004-2006)
* Czech Republic - Cyril Svoboda (2002-2006)
* Denmark - Per Stig Møller (2001-2010)
** Greenland - Josef Motzfeldt (2003-2007)
* Estonia -
*# Kristiina Ojuland (2002-2005)
*# Jaak Jõerüüt (acting) (2005)
*# Rein Lang (2005)
*# Urmas Paet (2005–2014)
* Finland - Erkki Tuomioja (2000-2007)
* France -
*# Michel Barnier (2004-2005)
*# Philippe Douste-Blazy (2005-2007)
* Germany -
*#Joschka Fischer (1998-2005)
*#Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2005-2009)
* Greece - Petros Molyviatis (2004-2006)
* Hungary - Ferenc Somogyi (2004-2006)
* Iceland -
*# Davíð Oddsson (2004-2005)
*# Geir Haarde (2005-2006)
* Republic of Ireland, Ireland - Dermot Ahern (2004-2008)
* Italy - Gianfranco Fini (2004-2006)
* Latvia - Artis Pabriks (2004-2007)
* Liechtenstein -
*# Ernst Walch (2001-2005)
*# Rita Kieber-Beck (2005-2009)
* Lithuania - Antanas Valionis (2000-2006)
* Luxembourg - Jean Asselborn (2004–present)
* Republic of Macedonia, Macedonia - Ilinka Mitreva (2002-2006)
* Malta - Michael Frendo (2004-2008)
* Moldova - Andrei Stratan (2004-2009)
** Transnistria - Valeriy Litskai (2000-2008)
* Monaco - Rainier Imperti (2005-2006)
* Netherlands - Ben Bot (2003-2007)
* Norway -
*#Jan Petersen (2001-2005)
*#Jonas Gahr Støre (2005-2012)
* Poland -
*#Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (2001-2005)
*#Adam Daniel Rotfeld (2005)
*#Stefan Meller (2005-2006)
* Portugal -
*# António Monteiro (politician), António Monteiro (2004-2005)
*# Diogo de Freitas do Amaral (2005-2006)
* Romania - Mihai-Răzvan Ungureanu (2004-2007)
* Russia - Sergey Lavrov (2004–present)
* San Marino - Fabio Berardi (2003-2006)
* Serbia and Montenegro - Vuk Drašković (2004-2007)
** Republic of Montenegro (1992–2006), Montenegro - Miodrag Vlahović (2004-2006)
* Slovakia - Eduard Kukan (1998-2006)
* Slovenia - Dimitrij Rupel (2004-2008)
* Spain - Miguel Ángel Moratinos (2004-2010)
* Sweden - Laila Freivalds (2003-2006)
* Switzerland - Micheline Calmy-Rey (2003-2011)

* Ukraine -
*#Kostyantyn Gryshchenko (2003-2005)
*#Borys Tarasyuk (2005-2007)
* United Kingdom - Jack Straw (politician), Jack Straw (2001-2006)
* Vatican City - Giovanni Lajolo, Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo (2003-2006)

North America and the Caribbean

* Antigua and Barbuda -
*#Harold Lovell (2004-2005)
*#Baldwin Spencer (politician), Baldwin Spencer (2005–2014)
* The Bahamas - Fred Mitchell (Bahamian politician), Fred Mitchell (2002-2007)
* Barbados - Billie Miller, Dame Billie Miller (1994-2008)
* Belize - Godfrey Smith (politician), Godfrey Smith (2003-2006)
* Canada - Pierre Pettigrew (2004-2006)
** Quebec - Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (2003-2008)
* Costa Rica - Roberto Tovar Faja (2002-2006)
* Cuba - Felipe Pérez Roque (1999-2009)
* Dominica -
*# Osborne Riviere (2001-2005)
*# Charles Savarin (2005-2007)
* Dominican Republic - Carlos Morales Troncoso (2004–2014)
* El Salvador - Francisco Laínez (2004-2008)
* Grenada - Elvin Nimrod (2000-2008)
* Guatemala - Jorge Briz Abularach (2004-2006)
* Haiti -
*#Yvon Siméon (2004-2005)
*#Hérard Abraham (2005-2006)
* Honduras -
*#Leonidas Rosa Bautista (2003-2005)
*#Mario Fortín (2005-2006)
* Jamaica - Keith Desmond Knight (2001-2006)
* Mexico - Luis Ernesto Derbez (2003-2006)
* Netherlands Antilles - Etienne Ys (2004-2006)
* Nicaragua - Norman José Caldera Cardenal (2002-2007)
* Panama - Samuel Lewis Navarro (2004-2009)
* Puerto Rico –
*#Jose Izquierdo Encarnacion (2003–2005)
*#Marisara Pont Marchese (2005)
*#Fernando Bonilla (2005–2009)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis - Timothy Harris (2001-2008)
* Saint Lucia - Petrus Compton (2004-2006)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
*# Louis Straker (2001-2005)
*# Mike Browne (politician), Mike Browne (2005)
*# Louis Straker (2005-2010)
* Trinidad and Tobago - Knowlson Gift (2001-2006)
* United States -
*#Colin Powell (2001-2005)
*#Condoleezza Rice (2005-2009)

Oceania

* Australia - Alexander Downer (1996-2007)
* Fiji - Kaliopate Tavola (2000-2006)
* French Polynesia -
*# Gaston Flosse (2004-2005)
*# Oscar Temaru (2005-2006)
* Kiribati - Anote Tong (2003–2016)
* Marshall Islands - Gerald Zackios (2001-2008)
* Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia - Sebastian Anefal (2003-2007)
* Nauru - David Adeang (2004-2007)
* New Zealand -
*#Phil Goff (1999-2005)
*#Winston Peters (2005-2008)
** Cook Islands -
**# Tom Marsters (2004-2005)
**# Wilkie Rasmussen (2005-2009)
** Niue - Young Vivian (2002-2008)
* Palau - Temmy Shmull (2001-2009)
* Papua New Guinea - Rabbie Namaliu, Sir Rabbie Namaliu (2002-2006)
* Samoa - Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (1998–2021)
* Solomon Islands - Laurie Chan (2002-2006)
* Tonga - Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou (2004-2009)
* Tuvalu - Maatia Toafa (2004-2006)
* Vanuatu - Sato Kilman (2004-2007)

South America

* Argentina -
*# Rafael Bielsa (2003-2005)
*# Jorge Taiana (2005-2010)
* Bolivia -
*# Juan Ignacio Siles (2003-2005)
*# Armando Loaiza (2005-2006)
* Brazil - Celso Amorim (2003-2011)
* Chile - Ignacio Walker Prieto (2004-2006)
* Colombia - Carolina Barco (2002-2006)
* Ecuador -
*# Patricio Zuquilanda (2003-2005)
*# Antonio Parra Gil (2005)
*# Francisco Carrión (2005-2007)
* Guyana - Rudy Insanally (2001-2008)
* Paraguay - Leila Rachid de Cowles (2003-2006)
* Peru -
*#Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros (2003-2005)
*#Fernando Olivera (politician), Fernando Olivera (2005)
*#Óscar Maúrtua de Romaña (2005-2006)
* Suriname -
*# Marie Levens (2000-2005)
*# Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk (2005-2010)
* Uruguay -
*# Didier Opertti (1998-2005)
*# Reinaldo Gargano (2005-2008)
* Venezuela - Alí Rodríguez Araque (2004-2006)

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