# List of foreign ministers in 2006

This is a list of foreign ministers in 2006.

## Africa

* Algeria - Mohammed Bedjaoui (2005-2007)
* Angola - João Bernardo de Miranda (1999-2008)
* Benin -
** Rogatien Biaou (2003-2006)
** Frédéric Dohou, (acting) (2006)
** Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo (2006-2007)
* Botswana - Mompati Merafhe (1994-2008)
* Burkina Faso - Youssouf Ouédraogo (1999-2007)
* Burundi - Antoinette Batumubwira (2005-2009)
* Cameroon -
** Laurent Esso (2004-2006)
** Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara (2006-2007)
* Cape Verde - Víctor Borges (2004-2008)
* Central African Republic -
** Jean-Paul Ngoupandé (2005-2006)
** Côme Zoumara (2006-2008)
* Chad - Ahmad Allam-Mi (2005-2008)
* Comoros -
** Aboudou Soefou (2005-2006)
** Ahmed Ben Said Jaffar (2006-2010)
* Republic of Congo - Rodolphe Adada (1997-2007)
* Democratic Republic of Congo - Raymond Ramazani Baya (2004-2007)
* Côte d'Ivoire -
** Bamba Mamadou (2003-2006)
** Youssouf Bakayoko (2006-2010)
* Djibouti - Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (2005–present)
* Egypt - Ahmed Aboul Gheit (2004-2011)
* Equatorial Guinea - Pastor Micha Ondó Bile (2003-2012)
* Eritrea - Mohamed Omer (acting) (2005-2007)
* Ethiopia - Seyoum Mesfin (1991-2010)
* Gabon - Jean Ping (1999-2008)
* The Gambia -
** Lamin Kaba Bajo (2005-2006)
** Bala Garba Jahumpa (2006-2007)
* Ghana - Nana Akufo-Addo (2003-2007)
* Guinea -
** Fatoumata Kaba (2005-2006)
** Mamady Condé (2006-2007)
* Guinea-Bissau - António Isaac Monteiro (2005-2007)
* Kenya - Raphael Tuju (2005-2008)
* Lesotho - Monyane Moleleki (2004-2007)
* Liberia -
** Thomas Nimely (2003-2006)
** George Wallace (2006-2007)
* Libya - Abdel Rahman Shalgham (2000-2009)
* Madagascar - Marcel Ranjeva (2002-2009)
* Malawi -
** Davis Katsonga (2005-2006)
** Joyce Banda (2006-2009)
* Mali - Moctar Ouane (2004-2011)
* Mauritania - Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed (2005-2007)
* Mauritius - Madan Dulloo (2005-2008)
* Morocco - Mohamed Benaissa (1999-2007)
** Western Sahara - Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998–2023)
* Mozambique - Alcinda Abreu (2005-2008)
* Namibia - Marco Hausiku (2004-2010)
* Niger - Aïchatou Mindaoudou (2001-2010)
* Nigeria -
** Oluyemi Adeniji (2003-2006)
** Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (2006)
** Joy Ogwu (2006-2007)
* Rwanda - Charles Murigande (2002-2008)
* São Tomé and Príncipe -
** Ovídio Manuel Barbosa Pequeno (2004-2006)
** Óscar Sousa (2006)
** Carlos Gustavo dos Anjos (2006-2007)
* Senegal - Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (2000-2009)
* Seychelles - Patrick Pillay (2005-2009)
* Sierra Leone - Momodu Koroma (2002-2007)
* Somalia -
** Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail (2004-2006)
** Ismail Mahmud Hurre (2006-2007)
** Somaliland -
*** Edna Adan Ismail (2003-2006)
*** Abdillahi Mohamed Duale (2006-2010)
* South Africa - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1999-2009)
* Sudan - Lam Akol (2005-2007)
* Swaziland -
** Mabili Dlamini (2003-2006)
** Moses Mathendele Dlamini (2006-2008)
* Tanzania -
** Jakaya Kikwete (1995-2006)
** Asha-Rose Migiro (2006-2007)
* Togo - Zarifou Ayéva (2005-2007)
* Tunisia - Abdelwahab Abdallah (2005-2010)
* Uganda - Sam Kutesa (2005–2021)
* Zambia -
** Ronnie Shikapwasha (2005-2006)
** Mundia Sikatana (2006-2007)
* Zimbabwe - Simbarashe Mumbengegwi (2005–2017)

## Asia

* Afghanistan -
** Abdullah Abdullah (2001-2006)
** Rangin Dadfar Spanta (2006-2010)
* Armenia - Vartan Oskanian (1998-2008)
* Azerbaijan - Elmar Mammadyarov (2004–2020)
** Nagorno-Karabakh - Georgy Petrosyan (2005-2011)
* Bahrain - Sheikh Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (2005–2020)
* Bangladesh -
** Morshed Khan (2001-2006)
** Iajuddin Ahmed (2006-2007)
* 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)
** José Luís Guterres (2006-2007)
* Georgia - Gela Bezhuashvili (2005-2008)
** Abkhazia - Sergei Shamba (2004-2010)
** South Ossetia - Murat Dzhioyev (1998-2012)
* India -
** Manmohan Singh (2005-2006)
** Pranab Mukherjee (2006-2009)
* Indonesia - Hassan Wirajuda (2001-2009)
* Iran - Manouchehr Mottaki (2005-2010)
* Iraq - Hoshyar Zebari (2003–2014)
** Kurdistan - Falah Mustafa Bakir (2006–2019)
* Israel -
** Silvan Shalom (2003-2006)
** Tzipi Livni (2006-2009)
** Palestinian Authority -
*** Nasser al-Qudwa (2005-2006)
*** Mahmoud al-Zahar (2006-2007)
* Japan - Taro Aso (2005-2007)
* Jordan - 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)
** Song Min-soon (2006-2008)
* Kuwait - Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (2003-2011)
* Kyrgyzstan - Alikbek Jekshenkulov (2005-2007)
* Laos -
** Somsavat Lengsavad (1993-2006)
** Thongloun Sisoulith (2006–2016)
* Lebanon -
** Fawzi Salloukh (2005-2009)
** Tarek Mitri (acting) (2006-2008)
* Malaysia - Syed Hamid Albar (1999-2008)
* Maldives - Ahmed Shaheed (2005-2007)
* Mongolia -
** Tsendiin Mönkh-Orgil (2004-2006)
** Nyamaa Enkhbold (2006-2007)
* Myanmar - Nyan Win (2004-2011)
* Nepal -
** Ramesh Nath Pandey (2005-2006)
** Khadga Prasad Oli (2006-2007)
* 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 - Mangala Samaraweera (2005-2007)
* Syria -
** Farouk al-Sharaa (1984-2006)
** Walid Muallem (2006–2020)
* Taiwan -
** Mark Chen (2004-2006)
** James C. F. Huang (2006-2008)
* Tajikistan -
** Talbak Nazarov (1994-2006)
** Khamrokhon Zaripov (2006-2013)
* Thailand -
** Kantathi Suphamongkhon (2005-2006)
** Nitya Pibulsonggram (2006-2008)
* Turkmenistan - Raşit Meredow (2001–present)
* United Arab Emirates -
** Rashid Abdullah Al Nuaimi (1980-2006)
** Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (2006–present)
* Uzbekistan -
** Elyor Ganiyev (2005-2006)
** Vladimir Norov (2006-2010)
* Vietnam -
** Nguyễn Dy Niên (2000-2006)
** Phạm Gia Khiêm (2006-2011)
* Yemen - Abu Bakr al-Qirbi (2001-2014)

## Europe

* Albania - 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 - Ivailo Kalfin (2005-2009)
* Croatia - Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (2005-2008)
* Cyprus -
** Georgios Iacovou (2003-2006)
** Giorgos Lillikas (2006-2007)
** Northern Cyprus -
*** Serdar Denktaş (2004-2006)
*** Turgay Avcı (2006-2009)
* Czech Republic -
** Cyril Svoboda (2002-2006)
** Alexandr Vondra (2006-2007)
* Denmark - Per Stig Møller (2001-2010)
** Greenland - Josef Motzfeldt (2003-2007)
* Estonia - Urmas Paet (2005–2014)
* Finland - Erkki Tuomioja (2000-2007)
* France - Philippe Douste-Blazy (2005-2007)
* Germany - Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2005-2009)
* Greece -
** Petros Molyviatis (2004-2006)
** Dora Bakoyannis (2006-2009)
* Hungary -
** Ferenc Somogyi (2004-2006)
** Kinga Göncz (2006-2009)
* Iceland -
** Geir Haarde (2005-2006)
** Valgerður Sverrisdóttir (2006-2007)
* Ireland - Dermot Ahern (2004-2008)
* Italy -
** Gianfranco Fini (2004-2006)
** Massimo D'Alema (2006-2008)
* Latvia - Artis Pabriks (2004-2007)
* Liechtenstein - Rita Kieber-Beck (2005-2009)
* Lithuania -
** Antanas Valionis (2000-2006)
** Petras Vaitiekūnas (2006-2008)
* Luxembourg - Jean Asselborn (2004–present)
* Republic of Macedonia -
** Ilinka Mitreva (2002-2006)
** Antonio Milošoski (2006-2011)
* Malta - Michael Frendo (2004-2008)
* Moldova - Andrei Stratan (2004-2009)
** Transnistria - Valeriy Litskai (2000-2008)
* Monaco -
** Rainier Imperti (2005-2006)
** Henri Fissore (2006-2007)
* Montenegro -
** Miodrag Vlahović (2004-2006)
** Milan Roćen (2006-2012)
* Netherlands - Ben Bot (2003-2007)
* Norway - Jonas Gahr Støre (2005-2012)
* Poland -
** Stefan Meller (2005-2006)
** Anna Fotyga (2006-2007)
* Portugal -
** Diogo de Freitas do Amaral (2005-2006)
** Luís Amado (2006-2011)
* Romania - Mihai-Răzvan Ungureanu (2004-2007)
* Russia - Sergey Lavrov (2004–present)
* San Marino -
** Fabio Berardi (2003-2006)
** Fiorenzo Stolfi (2006-2008)
* Serbia - Vuk Drašković (2006-2007)
* Serbia and Montenegro - Vuk Drašković (2004-2006)
** Montenegro - Miodrag Vlahović (2004-2006)
* Slovakia -
** Eduard Kukan (1998-2006)
** Ján Kubiš (2006-2009)
* Slovenia - Dimitrij Rupel (2004-2008)
* Spain - Miguel Ángel Moratinos (2004-2010)
* Sweden -
** Laila Freivalds (2003-2006)
** Bosse Ringholm (acting) (2006)
** Carin Jämtin (acting) (2006)
** Jan Eliasson (2006)
** Carl Bildt (2006–2014)
* Switzerland - Micheline Calmy-Rey (2003-2011)
* Turkey - Abdullah Gül (2003-2007)
* Ukraine - Borys Tarasyuk (2005-2007)
* United Kingdom -
** Jack Straw (2001-2006)
** Margaret Beckett (2006-2007)
* Vatican City -
** Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo (2003-2006)
** Archbishop Dominique Mamberti (2006–2014)

## North America and the Caribbean

* Antigua and Barbuda - Baldwin Spencer (2005–2014)
* The Bahamas - Fred Mitchell (2002-2007)
* Barbados - Dame Billie Miller (1994-2008)
* Belize -
** Godfrey Smith (2003-2006)
** Eamon Courtenay (2006-2007)
* Canada -
** Pierre Pettigrew (2004-2006)
** Peter MacKay (2006-2007)
** Quebec - Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (2003-2008)
* Costa Rica -
** Roberto Tovar Faja (2002-2006)
** Bruno Stagno Ugarte (2006-2010)
* Cuba - Felipe Pérez Roque (1999-2009)
* Dominica - 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)
** Gert Rosenthal (2006-2008)
* Haiti -
** Hérard Abraham (2005-2006)
** Jean Rénald Clérismé (2006-2008)
* Honduras -
** Mario Fortín (2005-2006)
** Milton Jiménez (2006-2008)
* Jamaica -
** Keith Desmond Knight (2001-2006)
** Anthony Hylton (2006-2007)
* Mexico -
** Luis Ernesto Derbez (2003-2006)
** Patricia Espinosa (2006-2012)
* Netherlands Antilles -
** Etienne Ys (2004-2006)
** Emily de Jongh-Elhage (2006-2010)
* Nicaragua - Norman José Caldera Cardenal (2002-2007)
* Panama - Samuel Lewis Navarro (2004-2009)
* Puerto Rico – Fernando Bonilla (2005–2009)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis - Timothy Harris (2001-2008)
* Saint Lucia -
** Petrus Compton (2004-2006)
** Rufus Bousquet (2006-2007)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Sir Louis Straker (2005-2010)
* Trinidad and Tobago -
** Knowlson Gift (2001-2006)
** Arnold Piggott (2006-2007)
* United States - Condoleezza Rice (2005-2009)

## Oceania

* Australia - Alexander Downer (1996-2007)
* Fiji -
** Kaliopate Tavola (2000-2006)
** Isikeli Mataitoga (acting) (2006-2007)
* French Polynesia -
** Oscar Temaru (2005-2006)
** Gaston Tong Sang (2006-2007)
* Kiribati - Anote Tong (2003–2016)
* Marshall Islands - Gerald Zackios (2001-2008)
* Micronesia - Sebastian Anefal (2003-2007)
* Nauru - David Adeang (2004-2007)
* New Zealand - Winston Peters (2005-2008)
** Cook Islands - Wilkie Rasmussen (2005-2009)
** Niue - Young Vivian (2002-2008)
* Palau - Temmy Shmull (2001-2009)
* Papua New Guinea -
** Sir Rabbie Namaliu (2002-2006)
** Sir Michael Somare (2006)
** Paul Tiensten (2006-2007)
* Samoa - Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (1998–2021)
* Solomon Islands -
** Laurie Chan (2002-2006)
** Patteson Oti (2006-2007)
* Tonga - Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou (2004-2009)
* Tuvalu -
** Maatia Toafa (2004-2006)
** Apisai Ielemia (2006-2010)
* Vanuatu - Sato Kilman (2004-2007)

## South America

* Argentina - Jorge Taiana (2005-2010)
* Bolivia -
** Armando Loaiza (2005-2006)
** David Choquehuanca (2006–2017)
* Brazil - Celso Amorim (2003-2011)
* Chile -
** Ignacio Walker Prieto (2004-2006)
** Alejandro Foxley (2006-2009)
* Colombia -
** Carolina Barco (2002-2006)
** María Consuelo Araújo (2006-2007)
* Ecuador - Francisco Carrión (2005-2007)
* Guyana - Rudy Insanally (2001-2008)
* Paraguay -
** Leila Rachid de Cowles (2003-2006)
** Rubén Ramírez Lezcano (2006-2008)
* Peru -
** Óscar Maúrtua de Romaña (2005-2006)
** José Antonio García Belaúnde (2006-2011)
* Suriname - Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk (2005-2010)
* Uruguay - Reinaldo Gargano (2005-2008)
* Venezuela -
** Alí Rodríguez Araque (2004-2006)
** Nicolás Maduro (2006-2013)