This is a list of foreign ministers in 2005.
Africa
edit- 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 (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 (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)
- 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)
- 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
edit- Afghanistan - Abdullah Abdullah (2001-2006)
- Armenia - Vartan Oskanian (1998-2008)
- Azerbaijan - Elmar Mammadyarov (2004–2020)
- Nagorno-Karabakh -
- Arman Melikyan (2004-2005)
- Georgy Petrosyan (2005-2011)
- Nagorno-Karabakh -
- Bahrain -
- Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah (1971-2005)
- 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 -
- 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)
- Palestinian Authority -
- 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)
- North Korea - Paek Nam-sun (1998-2007)
- South Korea - Ban Ki-moon (2004-2006)
- Kuwait - 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 (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)
- 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 - Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani (1992-2013)
- Saudi Arabia - 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)
- 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
edit- Albania -
- Kastriot Islami (2003-2005)
- Besnik Mustafaj (2005-2007)
- Andorra - Juli Minoves Triquell (2001-2007)
- Austria - Ursula Plassnik (2004-2008)
- Belarus - Sergei Martynov (2003-2012)
- Belgium - Karel De Gucht (2004-2009)
- 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)
- 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 - 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 (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)
- 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 (2001-2006)
- Vatican City - Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo (2003-2006)
North America and the Caribbean
edit- Antigua and Barbuda -
- Harold Lovell (2004-2005)
- Baldwin Spencer (2005–2014)
- The Bahamas - Fred Mitchell (2002-2007)
- Barbados - Dame Billie Miller (1994-2008)
- Belize - 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 (2005)
- Louis Straker (2005-2010)
- Trinidad and Tobago - Knowlson Gift (2001-2006)
- United States -
- Colin Powell (2001-2005)
- Condoleezza Rice (2005-2009)
Oceania
edit- 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)
- 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 - 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
edit- 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 (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)