List of current foreign ministers

This is a list of current foreign ministers of the 193 United Nations member states, Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine.

Foreign ministers of sovereign countries with limited recognition, some alternative governments, some dependent territories and some autonomous administrative divisions are included in separate tables.

States recognised by the United Nations

State List Foreign minister Party Assumed office
 AfghanistanListSalahuddin RabbaniJamiat-e Islami1 February 2015
 AlbaniaListDitmir BushatiSocialist Party of Albania Albania Liberals15 September 2013
 AlgeriaListAbdelkader Messahel25 May 2017
 AndorraListMaria Ubach Font15 July 2017
 AngolaListManuel Domingos AugustoPeople's Movement for the Liberation of AngolaSeptember 28, 2017
 Antigua and BarbudaListE.P. Chet GreeneAntigua Labour Party21 March 2018
 ArgentinaListJorge Faurie12 June 2017
 ArmeniaListZohrab MnatsakanianIndependent12 May 2018
 AustraliaListMarise PayneLiberal Party of Australia28 August 2018
 AustriaListKarin KneisslIndependent, nominated by the Freedom Party of Austria17 December 2017
 AzerbaijanListElmar MammadyarovIndependent2 April 2004
 BahamasListDarren HenfieldFree National Movement15 May 2017
 BahrainListSheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al KhalifaN/A[1]26 September 2005
 BangladeshListAbul Hassan Mahmud AliBangladesh Awami League26 February 2014
 BarbadosListJerome WalcottDemocratic Labour Party27 May 2018
 BelarusListVladimir Makei20 August 2012
 BelgiumListDidier ReyndersReformist Movement6 December 2011
 BelizeListWilfred ElringtonUnited Democratic Party12 February 2008
 BeninListAurélien Agbénonci6 April 2016
 BhutanListDasho Tshering Wangchuk (Chief Advisor of the Interim Government)People's Democratic Party10 August 2018
 BoliviaListDiego Pary4 September 2018
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaListIgor CrnadakParty of Democratic Progress31 March 2015
 BotswanaListUnity DowBotswana Democratic Party20 June 2018
 BrazilAloysio NunesBrazilian Social Democracy Party7 March 2017
 BruneiHassanal Bolkiah (monarch) (Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade)N/A[1]22 October 2015
Erywan Yusof (Second Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade)31 January 2018
 BulgariaListEkaterina ZakharievaReformist Bloc4 May 2017
 Burkina FasoListAlpha Barry12 January 2016
 BurmaListAung San Suu KyiNational League for Democracy30 March 2016
 BurundiListEzéchiel Nibigira19 April 2018
 CambodiaListPrak SokhonCambodian People's Party5 April 2016
 CameroonListLejeune Mbella MbellaCameroon People's Democratic Movement2 October 2015
 CanadaListChrystia FreelandLiberal Party of Canada10 January 2017
 Cape VerdeListLuís Felipe TavaresMovement for Democracy22 April 2016
 Central African RepublicListCharles-Armel DoubaneIndependent1 April 2016
 ChadListMahamat Zene Cherif24 December 2017
 ChileListRoberto AmpueroParty for Democracy11 March 2018
 People's Republic of ChinaListWang YiCommunist Party of China16 March 2013
 ColombiaListCarlos Holmes TrujilloColombian Liberal Party1 August 2018
 ComorosListMohamed El-Amine Souef17 July 2017
 Republic of the CongoListJean-Claude GakossoCongolese Party of Labour10 August 2015
 Democratic Republic of the CongoListLéonard She OkitunduPeople's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy19 December 2016
 Costa RicaListEpsy Campbell BarrCitizens' Action Party8 May 2018
 Côte d'IvoireListMarcel Amon Tanoh25 November 2016
 CroatiaListMarija Pejčinović BurićCroatian Democratic Union19 June 2017
 CubaListBruno Rodríguez ParrillaCommunist Party of Cuba2 March 2009
 CyprusListNikos ChristodoulidisDemocratic Rally1 March 2018
 Czech RepublicListJan Hamáček (acting)ANO 201127 June 2018
 DenmarkListAnders SamuelsenLiberal Alliance28 November 2016
 DjiboutiListMahamoud Ali YoussoufIndependent22 May 2005
 DominicaListFrancine BaronDominica Labour Party13 December 2014
 Dominican RepublicListMiguel Vargas MaldonadoDominican Revolutionary Party16 August 2016
 East TimorListDionísio BaboRevolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor22 june 2018
 EcuadorListJosé Valencia AmoresPAIS Alliance12 June 2018
 EgyptListSameh ShoukryIndependent17 June 2014
 El SalvadorListCarlos Castaneda [2]28 May 2018
 Equatorial GuineaListSimeón Oyono Esono AngueDemocratic Party of Equatorial Guinea6 February 2018
 EritreaListOsman Saleh MohammedPeople's Front for Democracy and Justice18 April 2007
 EstoniaListSven MikserSocial Democratic Party23 November 2016
 EthiopiaListWorkneh GebeyehuEthiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front1 November 2016
 FijiListFrank Bainimarama (prime minister)FijiFirst9 September 2016
 FinlandListTimo SoiniNew Alternative29 May 2015
 FranceListJean-Yves Le DrianIndependent, nominated by the party La République En Marche!17 May 2017
 GabonListRégis Immongault Tatangani7 May 2018
 GambiaListMamadou TangaraUnited Democratic Party29 June 2018
 GeorgiaListDavit ZalkalianiGeorgian Dream20 June 2018
 GermanyListHeiko MaasSocial Democratic Party of Germany14 March 2018
 GhanaListShirley Ayorkor BotchwayNew Patriotic Party27 January 2017
 GreeceListNikos KotziasSyriza23 September 2015
 GrenadaListPeter DavidNew National Party25 March 2018
 GuatemalaListSandra Jovel27 August 2017
 GuineaListMamadi Touré22 August 2017
 Guinea-BissauListJoão Ribeiro Butiam Có25 April 2018
 GuyanaListCarl Greenidge19 May 2015
 HaitiListBocchit Edmond17 September 2018
 Holy SeeListArchbishop Paul GallagherN/A[1]8 November 2014
 HondurasListMaría Dolores Agüero [3]18 April 2016
 HungaryListPéter SzijjártóFidesz23 September 2014
 IcelandListGuðlaugur Þór ÞórðarsonIndependence Party11 January 2017
 IndiaListSushma SwarajBharatiya Janata Party26 May 2014
 IndonesiaListRetno MarsudiIndependent27 October 2014
 IranListMohammad Javad ZarifIndependent15 August 2013
 IraqListIbrahim al-JaafariNational Iraqi Alliance8 September 2014
 IrelandListSimon CoveneyFine Gael14 June 2017
 IsraelListBenjamin Netanyahu (prime minister)Likud14 May 2015
 ItalyListEnzo Moavero Milanesi Popular Alternative1 June 2018
 JamaicaListKamina Johnson-SmithJamaica Labour Party7 March 2016
 JapanListTarō KōnoLiberal Democratic Party3 August 2017
 JordanListAyman SafadiIndependent15 January 2017
 KazakhstanListKairat AbdrakhmanovNur Otan28 December 2016
 KenyaListMonica JumaIndependent26 January 2018
 KiribatiTaneti Mamau (president)Tobwaan Kiribati Party15 March 2016
 North KoreaListRi Yong-hoWorkers' Party of Korea17 May 2016
 South KoreaListKang Kyung-whaDemocratic Party of Korea18 June 2017
 KuwaitListSheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-SabahN/A[1]23 October 2011
 KyrgyzstanListErlan Abdyldayev5 September 2012
 LaosListSaleumxay KommasithLao People's Revolutionary Party19 April 2016
 LatviaListEdgars RinkēvičsUnity25 October 2011
 LebanonListGebran BassilFree Patriotic Movement15 February 2014
 LesothoListLesego MakgothiAll Basotho Convention23 June 2017
 LiberiaListGbehzohngar Findley24 January 2018
 LibyaListMohamed Taha Siala12 March 2016
 LiechtensteinAurelia FrickProgressive Citizens' Party25 March 2009
 LithuaniaListLinas Antanas LinkevičiusSocial Democratic Party of Lithuania13 December 2012
 LuxembourgListJean AsselbornLuxembourg Socialist Workers' Party21 July 2004
 MacedoniaListNikola DimitrovSocial Democratic Union of Macedonia31 May 2017
 MadagascarListEloi Maxime Alphonse11 June 2018
MalawiListEmmanuel Fabiano17 July 2017
 MalaysiaListSaifuddin AbdullahPakatan Harapan-People's Justice Party2 July 2018
 MaldivesListMohamed Asim13 July 2016
 MaliListKamissa Camara9 September 2018
 MaltaListCarmelo AbelaLabour Party9 June 2017
 Marshall IslandsJohn Silk2 February 2016
 MauritaniaListIsmail Ould Cheikh Ahmed11 June 2018
 MauritiusListVishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo14 March 2016
 MexicoListLuis Videgaray CasoInstitutional Revolutionary Party4 January 2017
 MicronesiaLorin S. RobertN/A[1]14 July 2007
 MoldovaListTudor UlianovschiIndependent10 January 2018
 MonacoGilles TonelliIndependent22 February 2015
 MongoliaListDamdin TsogtbaatarMongolian People's Party20 October 2017
 MontenegroListSrđan DarmanovićDemocratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro28 November 2016
 MoroccoListNasser BouritaIndependent5 April 2017
 MozambiqueListJosé Condungua PachecoMozambique Liberation Front12 December 2017
 NamibiaListNetumbo Nandi-NdaitwahSouth West African People's Organisation4 December 2012
 NauruBaron Waqa (president)Independent13 June 2013
   NepalListPradip Kumar Gyawali14 March 2018
 NetherlandsListStef BlokPeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy7 March 2018
 New ZealandListWinston PetersNew Zealand First26 October 2017
 NicaraguaListDenis Moncada16 January 2017
 NigerListKalla AnkouraoNigerien Patriotic Movement11 April 2018
 NigeriaListGeoffrey OnyeamaAll Progressives Congress11 November 2015
 NorwayListIne Marie Eriksen SøreideConservative Party20 October 2017
 OmanListQaboos bin Said al Said (sultan) (Minister of Foreign Affairs)N/A[1]2 January 1972
Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs)19 December 1997
 PakistanListShah Mehmood QureshiPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf20 August 2018
 PalauFaustina K. Rehuher-MaruggN/A[1]13 June 2017
 Palestine [4]ListRiyad al-MalikiFatah1 September 2007
 PanamaListIsabel Saint MaloIndependent1 July 2014
 Papua New GuineaListRimbink PatoUnited Party9 August 2012
 ParaguayListLuis Castiglioni15 August 2018
 PeruListNéstor Popolizio2 April 2018
 PhilippinesListAlan Peter CayetanoPDP–Laban18 May 2017
 PolandListJacek CzaputowiczLaw and Justice9 January 2018
 PortugalListAugusto Santos SilvaSocialist Party26 November 2015
 QatarListSheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al ThaniN/A[1]27 January 2016
 RomaniaListTeodor MeleșcanuAlliance of Liberals and Democrats4 January 2017
 RussiaListSergey LavrovUnited Russia9 March 2004
 RwandaListLouise MushikiwaboIndependent3 December 2009
 Saint Kitts and NevisListMark BrantleyConcerned Citizens' Movement22 February 2015
 Saint LuciaListAllen Chastanet (prime minister)United Workers Party14 June 2016
 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesListSir Louis StrakerUnity Labour Party14 December 2015
 SamoaListTuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (prime minister)Human Rights Protection Party23 November 1998
 San MarinoNicola RenziFuture Republic27 December 2016
 São Tomé and PríncipeListUrbino Botelho18 October 2016
 Saudi ArabiaListAdel al-JubeirN/A[1]29 April 2015
 SenegalListSidiki Kaba7 September 2017
 SerbiaListIvica DačićSocialist Party of Serbia27 April 2014
 SeychellesListDanny Faure (president)People's Party29 October 2016
 Sierra LeoneListAlie KabbaAll People's Congress24 May 2018
 SingaporeListVivian BalakrishnanPeople's Action Party1 October 2015
 SlovakiaListMiroslav LajčákDirection – Social Democracy4 April 2012
 SloveniaListMiro CerarDemocratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia18 September 2018
 Solomon IslandsListMilner TozakaPeople's Alliance Party15 December 2014
 SomaliaListAhmed Isse Awad4 January 2018
 South AfricaListLindiwe SisuluAfrican National Congress26 February 2018
 South SudanListNhial Deng NhialSudan People's Liberation Movement17 July 2018
 SpainListJosep BorrellSpanish Socialist Workers' Party6 June 2018
 Sri LankaListTilak MarapanaUnited National Party15 August 2017
 SudanListal-Dirdiri Mohamed AhmedNational Congress14 May 2018
 SurinameListYldiz Pollack-Beighle1 February 2017
 SwazilandListJoel Musa Nhleko (acting)5 September 2018
 SwedenListMargot WallströmSwedish Social Democratic Party3 October 2014
  SwitzerlandListIgnazio CassisFDP.The Liberals1 November 2017
 SyriaListWalid MuallemArab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region11 February 2006
 TajikistanListSirodjidin Aslov29 November 2013
 TanzaniaListAugustine MahigaChama Cha Mapinduzi10 December 2015
 ThailandListDon Pramudwinai20 August 2015
 TogoListRobert Dussey17 September 2013
 TongaListʻAkilisi Pōhiva (prime minister)20 January 2018
 Trinidad and TobagoListDennis MosesPeople's National Movement11 September 2015
 TunisiaListKhemaies JhinaouiNidaa Tounes6 January 2016
 TurkeyListMevlüt ÇavuşoğluJustice and Development Party24 November 2015
 TurkmenistanListRaşit MeredowDemocratic Party of Turkmenistan7 July 2001
 TuvaluTaukelina FinikasoN/A[1]5 August 2013
 UgandaListSam KutesaNational Resistance Movement13 January 2005
 UkraineListPavlo KlimkinIndependent19 June 2014
 United Arab EmiratesSheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al NahyanN/A[1]9 February 2006
 United KingdomList Jeremy HuntConservative Party9 July 2018
 United StatesListMike PompeoRepublican Party26 April 2018
 UruguayListRodolfo Nin NovoaBroad Front1 March 2015
 UzbekistanListAbdulaziz Komilov13 January 2012
 VanuatuListRalph RegenvanuNational United Party18 December 2017
 VenezuelaListJorge ArreazaUnited Socialist Party of Venezuela2 August 2017
 VietnamListPhạm Bình MinhCommunist Party of Vietnam3 August 2011
 YemenListKhaled al-Yamani21 May 2018
 ZambiaListJoe MalanjiPatriotic Front8 January 2018
 ZimbabweListSibusiso MoyoZimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front30 November 2017

Other states

The following states control their territory and are recognised by at least one UN member state.

State List Foreign minister Party Assumed office
 Abkhazia (Republic of Abkhazia)ListDaur Kove4 October 2016
 Cook IslandsListHenry Puna (prime minister)25 July 2013
 Kosovo (Republic of Kosovo)ListBehgjet PacolliIndependent9 September 2017
 NiueListSir Toke Talagi (prime minister)7 June 2008
 Northern Cyprus (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus)ListKudret ÖzersayPeople's Party2 February 2018
State of PalestineZiad Abu Amr,[5]2 August 2018
 Sahrawi Republic (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)Mohamed Salem Ould Salek21 January 1998
 South Ossetia (Republic of South Ossetia–the State of Alania)ListDmitry Medoyev25 Mayt 2017
 Taiwan (Republic of China)ListJoseph WuDemocratic Progressive Party26 February 2018

The following states/governments control their territory, but are not recognised by any UN member states.

State List Foreign minister Party Assumed office
 ArtsakhMasis Mayilyan25 September 2017
Donetsk People's RepublicNatalya Nikonorova (acting)22 February 2016
Lugansk People's RepublicVladislav Deinevo (acting)12 September 2017
 SomalilandListSaad Ali ShireOctober 2015
 TransnistriaListVitaly Ignatyev [6]14 September 2015

Other governments

These alternative governments are recognised as a sovereign state by at least one UN member.

State List Foreign minister Party Assumed office
House of Representatives of LibyaListMohammed al-Dairi29 September 2014
Supreme Political Council of YemenListHisham Sharaf28 November 2016

The alternative governments are not recognised by any UN member states.

State List Foreign minister Party Assumed office
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria [7]Usman Ferzauli2007
Tibet [8]Lobsang Sangay (prime minister)28 February 2016

Sui generis entities

Entity List Foreign minister European Party National Party Assumed office
 European UnionListFederica MogheriniParty of European SocialistsDemocratic Party1 November 2014
 Sovereign Military Order of MaltaAlbrecht Freiherr von BoeselagerN/A[1]N/A[1]27 January 2017

Dependent territories

State List Foreign minister Party Assumed office
 Faroe IslandsPoul Michelsen15 September 2015
 French PolynesiaÉdouard Fritch (president)12 September 2014
 GreenlandVivian Motzfeldt11 May 2018
 JerseyIan Gorst7 June 2018
 TokelauAfega Gaualofa (prime minister)5 March 2018

Autonomous administrative divisions

State List Foreign minister Party Assumed office
 Brussels-Capital RegionGuy Vanhengel7 May 2013
 CataloniaErnest MaragallRepublican Left of Catalonia2 June 2018
 FlandersGeert Bourgeois (Minister-President)25 July 2014
GagauziaVitaliy Vlah30 April 2015
 KurdistanFalah Mustafa BakirSeptember 2006
 QuebecChristine St-Pierre23 April 2014
 ScotlandListFiona Hyslop1 December 2009
 WalloniaWilly Borsus (Minister-President)28 July 2017

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Foreign Ministers with the party field set to N/A indicates that their country has either banned political parties or that they do not have them.
  2. Acting to 31 August 2018.
  3. Acting to 28 March 2017.
  4. The Palestinian Authority renamed itself the State of Palestine on 6 January 2013 (a move not recognized by Israel). Do not confuse with the "State of Palestine" proclaimed on 15 November 1988 by the Palestinian National Council (PNC) in Algiers which remains a putative state, de facto ineffective despite partial international recognition.
  5. as Head of Department of International Relations of Executive Committee of PLO.
  6. Acting to 30 August 2016 and from 17 December 2016 to 30 January 2017.
  7. Government in exile in opposition to the emir's government, which itself is unrecognized.
  8. Government in exile.
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