List of female foreign ministers
Sovereign states
Italics denotes an acting foreign minister and states that are defunct.

List of female foreign ministers

Section Title: Sovereign states
Table Section Text: Italics denotes an acting foreign minister and states that are defunct.

Name	Image	Country	Region	Mandate start	Mandate end	Term length

Ana Pauker	-	Romania	Europe	30 December 1947	9 July 1952	4 years, 192 days

Golda Meir	-	Israel	Asia	18 June 1956	12 January 1966	9 years, 208 days

Sirimavo Bandaranaike	-	Ceylon	Asia	21 July 1960	27 March 1965	4 years, 249 days

Indira Gandhi	-	India	Asia	22 August 1967	14 March 1969	1 year, 204 days

Sirimavo Bandaranaike	-	Ceylon/ Sri Lanka	Asia	29 May 1970	23 July 1977	7 years, 55 days

Princess Elizabeth of Toro	-	Uganda	Africa	1974	1974	?

Licelott Catalina Marte Hoffiz de Barrio	-	Dominican Republic	America	1975	1975	?

Karin Söder	-	Sweden	Europe	8 October 1976	18 October 1978	2 years, 10 days

Maria do Nascimenta Graça Amorin	-	São Tomé and Príncipe	Africa	1978	1985	7 years, 0 days

Flora MacDonald	-	Canada	America	4 June 1979	2 March 1980	272 days

Gloria Amon Nikoi	-	Ghana	Africa	26 June 1979	24 September 1979	90 days

Dame Eugenia Charles	-	Dominica	America	21 July 1980	1990	9 years, 164 days

Colette Flesch	-	Luxembourg	Europe	22 November 1980	20 July 1984	3 years, 241 days

Gaositwe K. T. Chiepe	-	Botswana	Africa	1984	1994	10 years, 0 days

Indira Gandhi	-	India	Asia	9 March 1984	31 October 1984	236 days

Adrienne Liyonda	-	Zaire	Africa	1987	1988	1 year, 0 days

Danielle de St. Jorre	-	Seychelles	Africa	1989	25 February 1997	8 years, 55 days

Akmaral Arystanbekova	-	Kazakhstan	Asia	1989	1991	2 years, 0 days

Susana Ruiz Cerutti	-	Argentina	America	26 May 1989	8 July 1989	43 days

Pascaline Bongo Ondimba	-	Gabon	Africa	1991	1994	3 years, 0 days

Shakhlo Makhmudova	-	Uzbekistan	Asia	1991	1992	1 year, 0 days

Marie-Denise Fabien-Jean-Louis	-	Haiti	America	13 February 1991	11 October 1991	240 days

Barbara McDougall	-	Canada	America	21 April 1991	24 June 1993	2 years, 64 days

Margaretha af Ugglas	-	Sweden	Europe	4 October 1991	7 October 1994	3 years, 3 days

Noemí Sanín	-	Colombia	America	8 November 1991	7 August 1994	2 years, 272 days

Roza Otunbayeva	-	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	26 February 1992	10 October 1992	227 days

Andrea Willi	-	Liechtenstein	Europe	1993	5 April 2001	8 years, 94 days

Motarilavoa Hilda Lini	-	Vanuatu	Oceania	1993	1993	?

Claudette Werleigh	-	Haiti	America	1 September 1993	16 May 1994	257 days

Dame Billie Miller	-	Barbados	America	1994	19 January 2008	14 years, 18 days

Dorothy Musuleng-Cooper	-	Liberia	Africa	1994	1995	1 year, 0 days

Roza Otunbayeva	-	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	1994	1 July 1997	3 years, 0 days

Janet Bostwick	-	Bahamas, The	America	1994	3 May 2002	8 years, 122 days

Maritza Ruiz de Vielman	-	Guatemala	America	1994	1995	1 year, 0 days

Sy Kadiatou Sow	-	Mali	Africa	1994	1995	1 year, 0 days

Lena Hjelm-Wallén	-	Sweden	Europe	7 October 1994	7 October 1998	4 years, 0 days

Claudette Werleigh	-	Haiti	America	8 November 1994	7 November 1995	364 days

Susanna Agnelli	-	Italy	Europe	17 January 1995	17 May 1996	1 year, 121 days

Tarja Halonen	-	Finland	Europe	13 April 1995	25 February 2000	4 years, 318 days

Tansu Çiller	-	Turkey	Asia	28 June 1996	30 July 1997	1 year, 32 days

María Emma Mejía Vélez	-	Colombia	America	10 July 1996	25 March 1998	1 year, 258 days

Irina Bokova	-	Bulgaria	Europe	13 November 1996	13 February 1997	92 days

Shirley Gbujama	-	Sierra Leone	Africa	21 November 1996	25 May 1997	185 days

Madeleine Albright	-	United States	America	23 January 1997	20 January 2001	3 years, 363 days

Nadezhda Mihaylova	-	Bulgaria	Europe	21 May 1997	24 July 2001	4 years, 64 days

Zdenka Kramplová	-	Slovakia	Europe	25 May 1997	30 October 1998	1 year, 158 days

Rosario Green	-	Mexico	America	1 January 1998	30 November 2000	2 years, 334 days

Lila Ratsifandrihamanana	-	Madagascar	Africa	31 July 1998	28 February 2002	3 years, 212 days

Anna Lindh	-	Sweden	Europe	7 October 1998	11 September 2003	4 years, 339 days

Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa	-	Mongolia	Asia	9 December 1998	9 August 2000	1 year, 244 days

Hilia Barber	-	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	8 January 1999	7 May 1999	119 days

Aïchatou Mindaoudou	-	Niger	Africa	16 April 1999	5 January 2000	264 days

María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila	-	El Salvador	America	1 June 1999	1 June 2004	5 years, 0 days

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma	-	South Africa	Africa	14 June 1999	10 May 2009	9 years, 330 days

Lydie Polfer	-	Luxembourg	Europe	7 August 1999	31 July 2004	4 years, 359 days

Benita Ferrero-Waldner	-	Austria	Europe	4 February 2000	20 October 2004	4 years, 259 days

Lilian Patel	-	Malawi	Africa	1 March 2000	16 June 2004	4 years, 107 days

Soledad Alvear	-	Chile	America	11 March 2000	1 October 2004	4 years, 204 days

Mahawa Bangoura	-	Guinea	Africa	7 June 2000	10 June 2002	2 years, 3 days

Marie Levens	-	Suriname	America	12 August 2000	12 August 2005	5 years, 0 days

Antonieta Rosa Gomes	-	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	25 March 2001	21 November 2001	241 days

Makiko Tanaka	-	Japan	Asia	26 April 2001	26 January 2002	275 days

Ilinka Mitreva	-	Macedonia, Republic of	Europe	13 May 2001	23 November 2001	194 days

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo	-	Philippines	Asia	15 July 2002	16 July 2002	1 day

Arta Dade	-	Albania	Europe	12 September 2001	31 July 2002	322 days

Aïchatou Mindaoudou	-	Niger	Africa	17 September 2001	21 April 2011	9 years, 216 days

Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote	-	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	12 December 2001	17 November 2002	340 days

Kristiina Ojuland	-	Estonia	Europe	28 January 2002	8 February 2005	3 years, 11 days

Yoriko Kawaguchi	-	Japan	Asia	16 February 2002	27 September 2004	2 years, 224 days

Alda Bandeira	-	São Tomé and Príncipe	Africa	28 March 2002	7 October 2002	193 days

Ana de Palacio y del Valle-Lersundi	-	Spain	Europe	9 July 2002	17 April 2004	1 year, 283 days

Carolina Barco	-	Colombia	America	7 August 2002	7 August 2006	4 years, 0 days

Fátima Veiga	-	Cape Verde	Africa	19 October 2002	3 April 2004	1 year, 167 days

Ilinka Mitreva	-	Macedonia, Republic of	Europe	1 November 2002	28 August 2006	3 years, 298 days

Sandra Kalniete	-	Latvia	Europe	7 November 2002	9 March 2004	1 year, 123 days

Micheline Calmy-Rey	-	Switzerland	Europe	1 January 2003	31 December 2011	8 years, 364 days

Nina Pacari	-	Ecuador	America	15 January 2003	6 August 2003	203 days

Fatumata Djau Baldé	-	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	4 July 2003	14 September 2003	72 days

Leila Rachid de Cowles	-	Paraguay	America	15 August 2003	21 August 2006	3 years, 6 days

Teresa Patrício de Gouveia	Teresa Gouveia na Exponor.JPG	Portugal	Europe	9 October 2003	17 July 2004	282 days

Laila Freivalds	-	Sweden	Europe	10 October 2003	21 March 2006	2 years, 162 days

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo	-	Philippines	Asia	17 December 2003	23 December 2003	6 days

Delia Albert	-	Philippines	Asia	23 December 2003	18 August 2004	239 days

Salome Zurabishvili	SaloméZourabichvili.JPG	Georgia	Europe	20 March 2004	19 October 2005	1 year, 213 days

Ursula Plassnik	-	Austria	Europe	20 October 2004	2 December 2008	4 years, 43 days

Helēna Demakova	-	Latvia	Europe	28 October 2004	29 November 2004	32 days

Condoleezza Rice	-	United States	America	26 January 2005	20 January 2009	3 years, 360 days

Alcinda Abreu	-	Mozambique	Africa	3 February 2005	10 March 2008	3 years, 36 days

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović	-	Croatia	Europe	17 February 2005	12 January 2008	2 years, 329 days

Fatoumata Kaba	-	Guinea	Africa	8 March 2005	6 September 2006	1 year, 182 days

Roza Otunbayeva	-	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	25 March 2005	30 September 2005	189 days

Rita Kieber-Beck	-	Liechtenstein	Europe	21 April 2005	25 March 2009	3 years, 338 days

Ana Trišić-Babić	-	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	9 June 2005	15 June 2005	6 days

Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk	-	Suriname	America	12 August 2005	12 August 2010	5 years, 0 days

Antoinette Batumubwira	-	Burundi	Africa	30 August 2005	29 January 2009	3 years, 152 days

Rosemary Museminali	-	Rwanda	Africa	2 September 2005	4 December 2009	4 years, 93 days

Asha-Rose Migiro	-	Tanzania	Africa	6 January 2006	11 January 2007	1 year, 5 days

Tzipi Livni	-	Israel	Asia	18 January 2006	1 April 2009	3 years, 73 days

Dora Bakoyannis	-	Greece	Europe	15 February 2006	6 October 2009	3 years, 233 days

Carin Jämtin	-	Sweden	Europe	27 March 2006	24 April 2006	28 days

Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo	-	Benin	Africa	10 April 2006	17 June 2007	1 year, 68 days

Margaret Beckett	-	United Kingdom	Europe	5 May 2006	28 June 2007	1 year, 54 days

Anna Fotyga	-	Poland	Europe	9 May 2006	15 November 2007	1 year, 190 days

Joyce Banda	-	Malawi	Africa	1 June 2006	29 May 2009	2 years, 362 days

Kinga Göncz	Kinga Göncz Senate of Poland.JPG	Hungary	Europe	9 June 2006	14 April 2009	2 years, 309 days

Valgerður Sverrisdóttir	-	Iceland	Europe	15 June 2006	24 May 2007	343 days

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala	-	Nigeria	Africa	21 June 2006	30 August 2006	70 days

María Consuelo Araújo	-	Colombia	America	7 August 2006	19 February 2007	196 days

Joy Ogwu	-	Nigeria	Africa	30 August 2006	29 May 2007	272 days

Patricia Espinosa	-	Mexico	America	1 December 2006	1 December 2012	6 years, 0 days

María Fernanda Espinosa	-	Ecuador	America	15 January 2007	7 December 2007	326 days

Sahana Pradhan	-	Nepal	Asia	1 April 2007	22 August 2008	1 year, 143 days

Maria da Conceição Nobre Cabral	-	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	18 April 2007	7 January 2009	1 year, 264 days

Meritxell Mateu Pi	-	Andorra	Europe	2 May 2007	9 June 2009	2 years, 38 days

Adalgisa Magno Guterres	-	Timor Leste	Asia	19 May 2007	8 August 2007	81 days

Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir	-	Iceland	Europe	24 May 2007	1 February 2009	1 year, 253 days

Lisa Shoman	-	Belize	America	4 June 2007	12 February 2008	253 days

Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis	-	Cyprus	Europe	16 July 2007	2 March 2008	230 days

Olubanke King Akerele	-	Liberia	Africa	22 August 2007	3 November 2010	3 years, 73 days

Zainab Bangura	-	Sierra Leone	Africa	14 October 2007	3 December 2010	3 years, 50 days

Helēna Demakova	-	Latvia	Europe	29 October 2007	8 November 2007	10 days

Paula Gopee-Scoon	Barack Obama & Paula Gopee-Scoon at Piarco International Airport 4-19-09.JPG	Trinidad and Tobago	America	7 November 2007	28 May 2010	2 years, 202 days

Sanjaasürengiin Oyuun	-	Mongolia	Asia	4 December 2007	20 September 2008	291 days

María Isabel Salvador	Maria Isabel Salvador.JPG	Ecuador	America	7 December 2007	12 December 2008	1 year, 5 days

Marisol Argueta de Barillas	-	El Salvador	America	16 January 2008	1 June 2009	1 year, 136 days

Carolyn Rodrigues	-	Guyana	America	10 April 2008	19 May 2015	7 years, 39 days

Laure Olga Gondjout	-	Gabon	Africa	28 April 2008	9 October 2008	164 days

Eka Tkeshelashvili	-	Georgia	Europe	5 May 2008	6 December 2008	215 days

Helen Clark	-	New Zealand	Oceania	29 August 2008	19 November 2008	82 days

Maxine McClean	-	Barbados	America	24 November 2008	27 May 2018	9 years, 184 days

Antonella Mularoni	-	San Marino	Europe	4 December 2008	5 December 2012	4 years, 1 day

Dipu Moni	Dr Dipu moni.JPG	Bangladesh	Asia	6 January 2009	20 November 2013	4 years, 318 days

Adiato Djaló Nandigna	-	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	7 January 2009	28 October 2009	294 days

Hillary Rodham Clinton	-	United States	America	21 January 2009	1 February 2013	4 years, 11 days

Patricia Isabel Rodas	-	Honduras	America	31 January 2009	28 June 2009	148 days

Sandra Pierantozzi	-	Palau	Oceania	6 February 2009	19 March 2010	1 year, 41 days

Aurelia Frick	-	Liechtenstein	Europe	25 March 2009	Incumbent	10 years, 27 days

Maite Nkoana-Mashabane	-	South Africa	Africa	10 May 2009	27 February 2018	9 years, 346 days

Sujata Koirala	-	Nepal	Asia	25 May 2009	6 February 2011	1 year, 257 days

Etta Banda	-	Malawi	Africa	17 June 2009	19 August 2011	2 years, 63 days

Rumiana Jeleva	-	Bulgaria	Europe	27 July 2009	27 January 2010	184 days

Naha Mint Mouknass	-	Mauritania	Africa	5 August 2009	22 March 2011	1 year, 229 days

Marie-Michèle Rey	-	Haiti	America	8 November 2009	24 October 2011	2 years, 296 days

Louise Mushikiwabo	-	Rwanda	Africa	4 December 2009	19 October 2018	8 years, 319 days

Rasa Juknevičienė	-	Lithuania	Europe	26 January 2010	11 February 2010	16 days

Lene Espersen	-	Denmark	Europe	23 February 2010	3 October 2011	1 year, 222 days

Aminatou Maïga Touré	-	Niger	Africa	1 March 2010	21 April 2011	1 year, 51 days

María Ángela Holguín	-	Colombia	America	7 August 2010	7 August 2018	8 years, 0 days

Trinidad Jiménez García-Herrera	-	Spain	Europe	20 October 2010	22 December 2011	1 year, 63 days

Michèle Alliot-Marie	-	France	Europe	14 November 2010	27 February 2011	105 days

Hina Rabbani Khar	-	Pakistan	Asia	11 February 2011	16 March 2013	2 years, 33 days

Erlinda F. Basilio	-	Philippines	Asia	18 February 2011	24 February 2011	6 days

Yvette Sylla	-	Madagascar	Africa	26 March 2011	21 November 2011	240 days

Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis	-	Cyprus	Europe	5 August 2011	1 March 2013	1 year, 208 days

Vesna Pusic	-	Croatia	Europe	23 December 2011	22 January 2016	4 years, 30 days

Maia Panjikidze	-	Georgia	Europe	25 October 2012	5 November 2014	2 years, 11 days

Susan Waffa-Ogoo	-	The Gambia	Africa	1 November 2012	31 October 2013	364 days

Fowsiyo Yussuf Haji Aadan	-	Somalia	Africa	4 November 2012	17 January 2014	1 year, 74 days

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah	-	Namibia	Africa	4 December 2012	Incumbent	6 years, 138 days

Natália Pedro da Costa Umbelina Neto	-	São Tomé and Príncipe	Africa	12 December 2012	25 December 2014	2 years, 13 days

Hanna Tetteh	-	Ghana	Africa	30 January 2013	7 January 2017	3 years, 343 days

Emma Bonino	-	Italy	Europe	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	300 days

Mireya Agüero de Corrales	-	Honduras	America	2 May 2013	8 January 2015	1 year, 251 days

Eda Rivas	-	Peru	America	15 May 2013	23 June 2014	1 year, 39 days

Amina Mohamed	-	Kenya	Africa	19 May 2013	16 February 2018	4 years, 273 days

Natalia Gherman	-	Moldova	Europe	30 May 2013	20 January 2016	2 years, 235 days

Léonie Banga-Bothy	-	Central African Republic	Africa	13 June 2013	27 January 2014	228 days

Mariyam Shakeela	-	Maldives	Asia	12 September 2013	17 November 2013	66 days

Viola Onwuliri	-	Nigeria	Africa	13 September 2013	5 March 2014	173 days

Julie Bishop	-	Australia	Oceania	18 September 2013	26 August 2018	4 years, 342 days

Dunya Maumoon	-	Maldives	Asia	17 November 2013	5 July 2016	2 years, 231 days

Sheikh Hasina	-	Bangladesh	Asia	5 January 2014	26 February 2014	52 days

Federica Mogherini	-	Italy	Europe	22 February 2014	31 October 2014	251 days

Arisoa Razafitrimo	-	Madagascar	Africa	18 April 2014	25 January 2015	282 days

Sushma Swaraj	-	India	Asia	26 May 2014	Incumbent	4 years, 330 days

Isabel Saint Malo	-	Panama	America	1 July 2014	Incumbent	4 years, 294 days

Margot Wallström	-	Sweden	Europe	3 October 2014	Incumbent	4 years, 200 days

Retno Marsudi	-	Indonesia	Asia	27 October 2014	Incumbent	4 years, 176 days

Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi	-	Botswana	Africa	31 October 2014	4 April 2018	3 years, 155 days

Anne Sulling	-	Estonia	Europe	3 November 2014	17 November 2014	14 days

Tamar Beruchashvili	-	Georgia	Europe	11 November 2014	1 September 2015	294 days

Keit Pentus-Rosimannus	-	Estonia	Europe	17 November 2014	1 July 2015	226 days

Clarice Modeste-Curwen	-	Grenada	America	1 December 2014	1 July 2016	1 year, 213 days

Francine Baron	-	Dominica	America	13 December 2014	Incumbent	4 years, 129 days

Delcy Rodríguez	-	Venezuela	America	26 December 2014	21 June 2017	2 years, 177 days

Neneh MacDouall-Gaye	-	The Gambia	Africa	6 January 2015	17 January 2017	2 years, 11 days

Béatrice Atallah	-	Madagascar	Africa	25 January 2015	25 August 2017	2 years, 212 days

Vatma Vall Mint Soueina	-	Mauritania	Africa	25 January 2015	2 September 2015	220 days

Aïchatou Kané Boulama	-	Niger	Africa	25 February 2015	11 April 2016	1 year, 46 days

Ana María Sánchez	-	Peru	America	2 April 2015	28 July 2016	1 year, 117 days

Marina Kaljurand	-	Estonia	Europe	16 July 2015	12 September 2016	3 years, 279 days

Niermala Badrising	-	Suriname	America	12 August 2015	1 February 2017	1 year, 173 days

Claudia Ruiz Massieu	-	Mexico	America	27 August 2015	4 January 2017	1 year, 130 days

Susana Malcorra	-	Argentina	America	10 December 2015	29 May 2017	1 year, 170 days

Makalé Camara	-	Guinea	Africa	4 January 2016	22 August 2017	1 year, 230 days

Marjon Kamara	-	Liberia	Africa	6 January 2016	22 January 2018	2 years, 16 days

Kamina Johnson-Smith	-	Jamaica	America	7 March 2016	Incumbent	3 years, 45 days

Aung San Suu Kyi	-	Myanmar	Asia	30 March 2016	Incumbent	3 years, 22 days

Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir	-	Iceland	Europe	7 April 2016	11 January 2017	279 days

María Dolores Agüero	-	Honduras	America	14 April 2016	Incumbent	3 years, 7 days

'Mamphono Khaketla	-	Lesotho	Africa	8 November 2016	16 June 2017	220 days

Chrystia Freeland	-	Canada	America	10 January 2017	Incumbent	2 years, 101 days

Shirley Ayorkor Botchway	-	Ghana	Africa	28 January 2017	Incumbent	2 years, 83 days

Yldiz Pollack-Beighle	-	Suriname	America	1 February 2017	Incumbent	2 years, 79 days

Ekaterina Zakharieva	-	Bulgaria	Europe	4 May 2017	Incumbent	1 year, 352 days

María Fernanda Espinosa	-	Ecuador	America	24 May 2017	12 June 2018	1 year, 19 days

Faustina Rehuher-Marugg	-	Palau	Oceania	13 June 2017	Incumbent	1 year, 312 days

Kang Kyung-wha	-	South Korea	Asia	18 June 2017	Incumbent	1 year, 307 days

Marija Pejčinović Burić	-	Croatia	Europe	19 June 2017	Incumbent	1 year, 306 days

Maria Ubach Font	-	Andorra	Europe	17 July 2017	Incumbent	1 year, 278 days

Sandra Jovel	-	Guatemala	America	27 August 2017	Incumbent	1 year, 237 days

Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide	-	Norway	Europe	20 October 2017	Incumbent	1 year, 183 days

Karin Kneissl	-	Austria	Europe	18 December 2017	Incumbent	1 year, 124 days

Cayetana Aljovín	-	Peru	America	9 January 2018	2 April 2018	1 year, 102 days

Sigrid Kaag	Sigrid Kaag in 2018 (cropped).jpeg	Netherlands	Europe	13 February 2018	7 March 2018	1 year, 67 days

Monica Juma	-	Kenya	Africa	16 February 2018	Incumbent	1 year, 64 days

Lindiwe Sisulu	-	South Africa	Africa	27 February 2018	Incumbent	1 year, 53 days

Tehmina Janjua	-	Pakistan	Asia	26 April 2018	5 June 2018	40 days

Epsy Campbell Barr	-	Costa Rica	America	8 May 2018	11 December 2018	217 days

Marise Payne	-	Australia	Oceania	28 August 2018	Incumbent	236 days

Kamissa Camara	-	Mali	Africa	9 September 2018	18 April 2019	221 days

Thuli Dladla	-	Eswatini	Africa	2 November 2018	Incumbent	170 days

Elsa Teixeira Pinto	-	São Tomé and Príncipe	Africa	3 December 2018	Incumbent	139 days

Lorena Aguilar Revelo	-	Costa Rica	America	11 December 2018	8 January 2019	28 days

Sentence(s)

Aung San Suu Kyi served as Foreign Minister.

final_sentence: Aung San Suu Kyi served as Foreign Minister.