# List of foreign ministers in 1997

This is a list of foreign ministers in 1997.

## Africa

* Algeria - Ahmed Attaf (1996-1999)
* Angola - Venâncio da Silva Moura (1992-1999)
* Benin - Pierre Osho (1996-1998)
* Botswana - Mompati Merafhe (1994-2008)
* Burkina Faso - Ablassé Ouedraogo (1994-1999)
* Burundi - Luc Rukingama (1996-1998)
* Cameroon -
** Ferdinand Oyono (1992-1997)
** Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni (1997-2001)
* Cape Verde - Amílcar Spencer Lopes (1996-1998)
* Central African Republic -
** Michel Gbezera-Bria (1996-1997)
** Jean-Mette Yapende (1997-1999)
* Chad -
** Saleh Kebzabo (1996-1997)
** Mahamat Saleh Annadif (1997-2003)
* Comoros -
** Said Omar Said Ahmed (1996-1997)
** Mouhtar Ahmed Charif (1997)
** Ibrahim Ali Mzimba (1997-1998)
* Republic of the Congo -
** Arsène Tsaty Boungou (1995-1997)
** Rodolphe Adada (1997-2007)
* Democratic Republic of the Congo / Zaire -
** Gérard Kamanda Wa Kamanda (1996-1997)
** Bizima Karaha (1997-1998)
* Côte d'Ivoire - Amara Essy (1990-2000)
* Djibouti - Mohamed Moussa Chehem (1995-1999)
* Egypt - Amr Moussa (1991-2001)
* Equatorial Guinea - Miguel Oyono Ndong Mifumu (1993-1999)
* Eritrea -
** Petros Solomon (1994-1997)
** Haile Woldetensae (1997-2000)
* Ethiopia - Seyoum Mesfin (1991-2010)
* Gabon - Casimir Oyé-Mba (1994-1999)
* The Gambia -
** Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne (1995-1997)
** Omar Njie (1997-1998)
* Ghana -
** Obed Asamoah (1981-1997)
** Kwamena Ahwoi (1997)
** Victor Gbeho (1997-2001)
* Guinea - Lamine Camara (1996-1999)
* Guinea-Bissau - Fernando Delfim da Silva (1996-1999)
* Kenya - Kalonzo Musyoka (1993-1998)
* Lesotho - Kelebone Maope (1995-1998)
* Liberia - Monie Captan (1996-2003)
* Libya - Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir (1992-2000)
* Madagascar -
** Evariste Marson (1996-1997)
** Herizo Razafimahaleo (1997-1998)
* Malawi -
** George Ntafu (1996-1997)
** Mapopa Chipeta (1997-1999)
* Mali -
** Dioncounda Traoré (1994-1997)
** Modibo Sidibe (1997-2002)
* Mauritania -
** Lemrabott Sidi Mahmoud Ould Cheikh Ahmed (1996-1997)
** Ahmed Sidi Ould Khalifa (1997)
** Abdallahi Ould Nem (1997)
** Sow Abou Demha (1997)
** Mohamed El Hacen Ould Lebatt (1997-1998)
* Mauritius -
** Paul Bérenger (1995-1997)
** Navin Ramgoolam (1997)
** Rajkeswur Purryag (1997-2000)
* Morocco - Abdellatif Filali (1985-1999)
** Western Sahara -
*** Malainine Sadik (1995-1997)
*** Bachir Mustafa Sayed (1997-1998)
* Mozambique - Leonardo Simão (1994-2005)
* Namibia - Theo-Ben Gurirab (1990-2002)
* Niger -
** Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki (1996-1997)
** Maman Sambo Sidikou (1997-1999)
* Nigeria - Tom Ikimi (1995-1998)
* Rwanda - Anastase Gasana (1994-1999)
* São Tomé and Príncipe - Homero Jeronimo Salvaterra (1996-1999)
* Senegal - Moustapha Niasse (1993-1998)
* Seychelles -
** Danielle de St. Jorre (1989-1997)
** France-Albert René (1997)
** Jérémie Bonnelame (1997-2005)
* Sierra Leone -
** Shirley Gbujama (1996-1997)
** Paolo Bangura (1997-1998)
* Somalia - no central government
** Somaliland - Mahmud Salah Nur (1997-2001)
* South Africa - Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo (1994-1999)
* Sudan - Ali Osman Taha (1995-1998)
* Swaziland - Arthur Khoza (1995-1998)
* Tanzania - Jakaya Kikwete (1995-2006)
* Togo - Koffi Panou (1996-1998)
* Tunisia -
** Habib Ben Yahia (1991-1997)
** Abderrahim Zouari (1997)
** Said Ben Mustapha (1997-1999)
* Uganda - Eriya Kategaya (1996-2001)
* Zambia -
** Lawrence Shimba (1996-1997)
** Keli Walubita (1997-2002)
* Zimbabwe - Stan Mudenge (1995-2005)

## Asia

* Afghanistan -
** Mohammad Ghous (1996-1997)
** Mullah Abdul Jalil (1997-1998)
* Armenia - Alexander Arzumanyan (1996-1998)
* Azerbaijan - Hasan Hasanov (1993-1998)
** Nagorno-Karabakh -
*** Arkadi Ghukasyan (1993-1997)
*** Naira Melkumyan (1997-2002)
* Bahrain - Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah (1971-2005)
* Bangladesh - Abdus Samad Azad (1996-2001)
* Bhutan - Dawa Tsering (1972-1998)
* Brunei - Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah (1984–2015)
* Cambodia - Ung Huot (1994-1998)
* China - Qian Qichen (1988-1998)
* Georgia - Irakli Menagarishvili (1995-2003)
** Abkhazia -
*** Konstantin Ozgan (1996-1997)
*** Sergei Shamba (1997-2004)
* India - I. K. Gujral (1996-1998)
* Indonesia - Ali Alatas (1988-1999)
* Iran -
** Ali Akbar Velayati (1981-1997)
** Kamal Kharazi (1997-2005)
* Iraq - Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (1992-2001)
* Israel - David Levy (1996-1998)
* Japan -
** Yukihiko Ikeda (1996-1997)
** Keizō Obuchi (1997-1998)
* Jordan -
** Abdul Karim al-Kabariti (1995-1997)
** Fayez al-Tarawneh (1997-1998)
* Kazakhstan - Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (1994-1999)
* North Korea - Kim Yong-nam (1983-1998)
* South Korea - Yu Jong-ha (1996-1998)
* Kuwait - Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1978-2003)
* Kyrgyzstan -
** Roza Otunbayeva (1994-1997)
** Muratbek Imanaliyev (1997-2002)
* Laos - Somsavat Lengsavad (1993-2006)
* Lebanon - Farès Boueiz (1992-1998)
* Malaysia - Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1991-1999)
* Maldives - Fathulla Jameel (1978-2005)
* Mongolia -
** Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan (1996-1997)
** Shukher Altangerel (1997-1998)
* Myanmar - Ohn Gyaw (1991-1998)
* Nepal -
** Prakash Chandra Lohani (1995-1997)
** Kamal Thapa (1997-1998)
* Oman - Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (1982–2020)
* Pakistan -
** Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1996-1997)
** Gohar Ayub Khan (1997-1998)
* Philippines - Domingo Siazon, Jr. (1995-2001)
* Qatar - Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani (1992-2013)
* Saudi Arabia - Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1975–2015)
* Singapore - S. Jayakumar (1994-2004)
* Sri Lanka - Lakshman Kadirgamar (1994-2001)
* Syria - Farouk al-Sharaa (1984-2006)
* Taiwan -
** John Chiang (1996-1997)
** Jason Hu (1997-1999)
* Tajikistan - Talbak Nazarov (1994-2006)
* Thailand -
** Prachuab Chaiyasan (1996-1997)
** Surin Pitsuwan (1997-2001)
* Turkey -
** Tansu Çiller (1996-1997)
** İsmail Cem (1997-2002)
* Turkmenistan - Boris Şyhmyradow (1995-2000)
* United Arab Emirates - Rashid Abdullah Al Nuaimi (1980-2006)
* Uzbekistan - Abdulaziz Komilov (1994-2003)
* Vietnam - Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm (1991-2000)
* Yemen - Abd al-Karim al-Iryani (1994-1998)

## Australia and Oceania

* Australia - Alexander Downer (1996-2007)
* Fiji -
** Filipe Bole (1994-1997)
** Berenado Vunibobo (1997-1999)
* Kiribati - Teburoro Tito (1994-2003)
* Marshall Islands - Phillip H. Muller (1994-2000)
* Micronesia -
** Asterio R. Takesy (1996-1997)
** Epel K. Ilon (1997-2000)
* Nauru -
** Rueben Kun (1996-1997)
** Kinza Clodumar (1997-1998)
* New Zealand - Don McKinnon (1990-1999)
** Cook Islands - Inatio Akaruru (1989-1999)
* Palau - Sabino Anastacio (1997-2000)
* Papua New Guinea -
** Kilroy Genia (1996-1997)
** Chris Haiveta (1997)
** Roy Yaki (1997-1999)
* Solomon Islands -
** David Sitai (1996-1997)
** Patterson Oti (1997-2000)
* Tonga - Prince Tupouto'a Tungi (1979-1998)
* Tuvalu - Bikenibeu Paeniu (1996-1999)
* Vanuatu -
** Willie Jimmy (1996-1997)
** Amos Andeng (1997)
** Vital Soksok (1997-1998)
* Western Samoa - Tofilau Eti Alesana (1988-1998)

## Europe

* Albania -
** Tritan Shehu (1996-1997)
** Arjan Starova (1997)
** Paskal Milo (1997-2001)
* Andorra -
** Manuel Mas Ribó (1994-1997)
** Albert Pintat (1997-2001)
* Austria - Wolfgang Schüssel (1995-2000)
* Belarus -
** Uladzimir Syanko (1994-1997)
** Ivan Antanovich (1997-1998)
* Belgium - Erik Derycke (1995-1999)
** Brussels-Capital Region - Jos Chabert (1989-1999)
** Flanders - Luc Van den Brande (1992-1999)
** Wallonia - William Ancion (1996-1999)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina - Jadranko Prlić (1996-2001)
** Republika Srpska - Aleksa Buha (1992-1998)
* Bulgaria -
** Irina Bokova (acting) (1996-1997)
** Stoyan Stalev (1997)
** Nadezhda Mihailova (1997-2001)
* Croatia - Mate Granić (1993-2000)
* Cyprus -
** Alekos Michaelides (1993-1997)
** Ioannis Kasoulidis (1997-2003)
** Northern Cyprus - Taner Etkin (1996-1998)
* Czech Republic -
** Josef Zieleniec (1992-1997)
** Jaroslav Šedivý (1997-1998)
* Denmark - Niels Helveg Petersen (1993-2000)
* Estonia - Toomas Hendrik Ilves (1996-1998)
* Finland - Tarja Halonen (1995-2000)
* France -
** Hervé de Charette (1995-1997)
** Hubert Védrine (1997-2002)
* Germany - Klaus Kinkel (1992-1998)
* Greece - Theodoros Pangalos (1996-1999)
* Hungary - László Kovács (1994-1998)
* Iceland - Halldór Ásgrímsson (1995-2004)
* Ireland -
** Dick Spring (1994-1997)
** Ray Burke (1997)
** David Andrews (1997-2000)
* Italy - Lamberto Dini (1996-2001)
* Latvia - Valdis Birkavs (1994-1999)
* Liechtenstein - Andrea Willi (1993-2001)
* Lithuania - Algirdas Saudargas (1996-2000)
* Luxembourg - Jacques Poos (1984-1999)
* Republic of Macedonia -
** Ljubomir Frckovski (1996-1997)
** Blagoje Handžiski (1997-1998)
* Malta - George Vella (1996-1998)
* Moldova -
** Mihai Popov (1994-1997)
** Nicolae Tăbăcaru (1997-2000)
* Netherlands - Hans van Mierlo (1994-1998)
* Norway -
** Bjørn Tore Godal (1994-1997)
** Knut Vollebæk (1997-2000)
* Poland -
** Dariusz Rosati (1995-1997)
** Bronisław Geremek (1997-2000)
* Portugal - Jaime Gama (1995-2002)
* Romania -
** Adrian Severin (1996-1997)
** Andrei Pleşu (1997-1999)
* Russia - Yevgeny Primakov (1996-1998)
** Chechnya -
*** Ruslan Chimayev (1996-1997)
*** Movladi Udugo (1997-1998)
* San Marino - Gabriele Gatti (1986-2002)
* Slovakia -
** Pavol Hamžík (1996-1997)
** Zdenka Kramplová (1997-1998)
* Slovenia -
** Davorin Kračun (1996-1997)
** Zoran Thaler (1997)
** Boris Frlec (1997-2000)
* Spain - Abel Matutes (1996-2000)
* Sweden - Lena Hjelm-Wallén (1994-1998)
* Switzerland - Flavio Cotti (1993-1999)
* Ukraine - Hennadiy Udovenko (1994-1998)
* United Kingdom -
** Malcolm Rifkind (1995-1997)
** Robin Cook (1997-2001)
* Vatican City - Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran (1990-2003)
* Yugoslavia - Milan Milutinović (1995-1998)
** Montenegro -
*** Janko Jeknić (1995-1997)
*** Branko Perović (1997-2000)

## North America and the Caribbean

* Antigua and Barbuda - Lester Bird (1991-2004)
* The Bahamas - Janet Bostwick (1994-2002)
* Barbados - Billie Miller (1994-2008)
* Belize - Dean Barrow (1993-1998)
* Canada - Lloyd Axworthy (1996-2000)
** Quebec - Sylvain Simard (1996-1998)
* Costa Rica - Fernando Naranjo Villalobos (1994-1998)
* Cuba - Roberto Robaina (1993-1999)
* Dominica - Edison James (1995-1998)
* Dominican Republic - Eduardo Latorre Rodríguez (1996-2000)
* El Salvador - Ramón Ernesto González Giner (1995-1999)
* Grenada -
** Keith Mitchell (1995-1997)
** Raphael Fletcher (1997-1998)
* Guatemala - Eduardo Stein (1996-2000)
* Haiti - Fritz Longchamp (1995-2001)
* Honduras - Delmer Urbizo Panting (1995-1998)
* Jamaica - Seymour Mullings (1995-2000)
* Mexico - José Ángel Gurría (1994-1998)
* Nicaragua -
** Ernesto Leal (1992-1997)
** Emilio Álvarez Montalván (1997-1998)
* Panama - Ricardo Alberto Arias (1996-1998)
* Puerto Rico – Norma Burgos (1995–1999)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis - Denzil Douglas (1995-2000)
* Saint Lucia -
** Vaughan Lewis (1996-1997)
** George Odlum (1997-2001)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Alpian Allen (1994-1998)
* Trinidad and Tobago - Ralph Maraj (1995-2000)
* United States -
** Warren Christopher (1993-1997)
** Madeleine Albright (1997-2001)

## South America

* Argentina - Guido di Tella (1991-1999)
* Bolivia -
** Antonio Araníbar Quiroga (1993-1997)
** Javier Murillo de la Rocha (1997-2001)
* Brazil - Luiz Felipe Palmeira Lampreia (1995-2001)
* Chile - José Miguel Insulza (1994-1999)
* Colombia - María Emma Mejía Vélez (1996-1998)
* Ecuador -
** Galo Leoro Franco (1994-1997)
** José Ayala Lasso (1997-1999)
* Guyana - Clement Rohee (1992-2001)
* Paraguay - Rubén Melgarejo Lanzoni (1996-1998)
* Peru -
** Francisco Tudela (1995-1997)
** Eduardo Ferrero Costa (1997-1998)
* Suriname -
** Faried Pierkhan (1996-1997)
** Errol Snijders (1997-2000)
* Uruguay - Álvaro Ramos Trigo (1995-1998)
* Venezuela - Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas (1994-1999)