# List of foreign ministers in 2005

This is a list of foreign ministers in 2005.

## Africa

* 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

* 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)
* 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)
* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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)