# List of foreign ministers in 2019

This is a list of foreign ministers in 2019.

## Africa

* Algeria –
** Abdelkader Messahel (2017–2019)
** Ramtane Lamamra (2019)
** Sabri Boukadoum (2019–2021)
* Angola – Manuel Domingos Augusto (2017–2020)
* Benin – Aurélien Agbénonci (2016–present)
* Botswana – Unity Dow (2018–2020)
* Burkina Faso – Alpha Barry (2016–2021)
* Burundi – Ezéchiel Nibigira (2018–2020)
* Cameroon- Lejeune Mbella Mbella (2015–present)
* Cape Verde – Luís Felipe Tavares (2016–2021)
* Central African Republic – Sylvie Baïpo-Temon (2018–present)
* Chad – Mahamat Zene Cherif (2017–2020)
* Comoros – Mohamed El-Amine Souef (2017–2020)
* Congo–Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo) – Jean-Claude Gakosso (2015–present)
* Congo–Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo) –
** Léonard She Okitundu (2016–2019)
** Alexis Thambwe Mwamba (acting) (2019)
** Franck Mwe di Malila (acting) (2019)
** Marie Tumba Nzeza (2019–2021)
* Djibouti – Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (2005–present)
* Egypt – Sameh Shoukry (2014–present)
* Equatorial Guinea – Simeón Oyono Esono Angue (2018–present)
* Eritrea – Osman Saleh Mohammed (2007–present)
* Ethiopia –
** Workneh Gebeyehu (2016–2019)
** Gedu Andargachew (2019–2020)
* Gabon –
** Régis Immongault Tatangani (2018–2019)
** Abdu Razzaq Guy Kambogo (2019)
** Alain Claude Bilie-By-Nze (2019–2020)
* The Gambia – Mamadou Tangara (2018–present)
* Ghana – Shirley Ayorkor Botchway (2017–present)
* Guinea – Mamadi Touré (2017–2021)
* Guinea-Bissau –
** João Ribeiro Butiam Có (2018–2019)
** Suzi Barbosa (2019–2020)
** Aristides Ocante da Silva (2019)
* Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) – Marcel Amon Tanoh (acting to 2017) (2016–2020)
* Kenya – Monica Juma (2018–2020)
* Lesotho – Lesego Makgothi (2017–2020
* Liberia – Gbehzohngar Findley (2018–2020)
* Libya
** Government of House of Representatives of Libya (Government of Libya internationally recognized to 2016) –
*** Mohammed al-Dairi (2014–2019)
*** Abdulhadi Elhweg (2019–2021)
** Government of National Accord of Libya (Interim government internationally recognized as the sole legitimate government of Libya from 2016) – Mohamed Taha Siala (2016–2021)
* Madagascar –
** Eloi Maxime Alphonse (2018–2019)
** Naina Andriantsitohaina (2019–2020)
* Malawi –
** Emmanuel Fabiano (2017–2019)
** Peter Mutharika (2019)
** Francis Kasaila (2019–2020)
* Mali –
** Kamissa Camara (2018–2019)
** Tiébilé Dramé (2019–2020)
* Mauritania – Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (2018–present)
* Mauritius –
** Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo (2016–2019)
** Nando Bodha (2019–2021)
* Morocco – Nasser Bourita (2017–present)
* Mozambique – José Condungua Pacheco (2017–2020)
* Namibia – Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (2012–present)
* Niger – Kalla Ankourao (2018–2020)
* Nigeria – Geoffrey Onyeama (2015–present)
* Rwanda –
** Richard Sezibera (2018–2019)
** Vincent Biruta (2019–present)
* São Tomé and Príncipe – Elsa Teixeira Pinto (2018–2020)
* Senegal –
** Sidiki Kaba (2017–2019)
** Amadou Ba (2019–2020)
* Seychelles – Vincent Meriton (2018–2020)
* Sierra Leone –
** Alie Kabba (2018–2019)
** Nabeela Tunis (2019–2021)
* Somalia – Ahmed Isse Awad (2018–2020)
* Somaliland – Yasin Haji Mohamoud (2018–present)
* South Africa –
** Lindiwe Sisulu (2018–2019)
** Naledi Pandor (2019–present)
* South Sudan –
** Nhial Deng Nhial (2018–2019)
** Awut Deng Acuil (2019–2020)
* Sudan –
** al-Dirdiri Mohamed Ahmed (2018–2019)
** Asma Mohamed Abdalla (2019–2020)
* Swaziland – Thuli Dladla (2018–present)
* Tanzania –
** Augustine Mahiga (2015–2019)
** Palamagamba John Aidan Mwaluko Kabudi (2019-2021)
* Togo – Robert Dussey (2013–present)
* Tunisia –
** Khemaies Jhinaoui (2016–2019)
** Sabri Bachtabji (acting) (2019–2020)
* Uganda – Sam Kutesa (2005–2021)
* Western Sahara – Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998–2023)
* Zambia – Joe Malanji (2018–2021)
* Zimbabwe – Sibusiso Moyo (2017–2021)

## Asia

* Abkhazia – Daur Kove (2016–2021)
* Afghanistan –
** Salahuddin Rabbani (2015–2019)
** Idrees Zaman (acting) (2019–2020)
* Armenia – Zohrab Mnatsakanian (2018–2020)
* Artsakh – Masis Mayilyan (2017–2021)
* Azerbaijan – Elmar Mammadyarov (2004–2020)
* Bahrain – Sheikh Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (2005–2020)
* Bangladesh –
** Abul Hassan Mahmud Ali (2014–2019)
** Abulkalam Abdul Momen (2019–present)
* Bhutan – Tandi Dorji (2018–present)
* Brunei – Hassanal Bolkiah (2015–present)
* Cambodia – Prak Sokhon (2016–present)
* China (People's Republic of China) – Wang Yi (2013–present)
* East Timor – Dionísio Babo Soares (2018–2020)
* Georgia – Davit Zalkaliani (2018–present)
* India –
** Sushma Swaraj (2014–2019)
** Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (2019–present)
* Indonesia – Retno Marsudi (2014–present)
* Iran – Mohammad Javad Zarif (2013–2021)
* Iraq – Mohamed Ali Alhakim (2018–2020)
** Kurdistan –
*** Falah Mustafa Bakir (2006–2019)
*** Safeen Muhsin Dizayee (2019–present)
* Israel –
** Benjamin Netanyahu (2015–2019)
** Yisrael Katz (2019–2020)
* Japan –
** Tarō Kōno (2017–2019)
** Toshimitsu Motegi (2019–2021)
* Jordan – Ayman Safadi (2017–present)
* Kazakhstan –
** Beibut Atamkulov (2018–2019)
** Mukhtar Tleuberdi (2019–present)
* North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) – Ri Yong-ho (2016–2020)
* South Korea (Republic of Korea) – Kang Kyung-wha (2017–2021)
* Kuwait –
** Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah (2011–2019)
** Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al Muhammad Al Sabah (2019–present)
* Kyrgyzstan – Chingiz Aidarbekov (2018–2020)
* Laos – Saleumxay Kommasith (2016–present)
* Lebanon – Gebran Bassil (2014–2020)
* Malaysia – Saifuddin Abdullah (2018–2020)
* Maldives – Abdulla Shahid (2018–present)
* Mongolia – Damdin Tsogtbaatar (2017–2020)
* Myanmar – Aung San Suu Kyi (2016–2021)
* Nepal – Pradeep Gyawali (2018–2021)
* Oman – Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (1982–2020)
* Pakistan – Shah Mehmood Qureshi (2018–present)
* Palestine – Riyad al-Maliki (2007–present)
* Philippines – Teodoro Locsin Jr. (2018–2022)
* Qatar – Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (2016–present)
* Saudi Arabia –
** Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf (2018–2019)
** Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud (2019–present)
* Singapore – Vivian Balakrishnan (2015–present)
* South Ossetia – Dmitry Medoyev (2017–present)
* Sri Lanka –
** Tilak Marapana (2018–2019)
** Dinesh Gunawardena (2019–2021)
* Syria (Syrian Arab Republic) – Walid Muallem (2006–2020)
* Taiwan (Republic of China) – Joseph Wu (2018–present)
* Tajikistan – Sirodjidin Aslov (2013–present)
* Thailand – Don Pramudwinai (2015–present)
* Turkey – Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (2015–present)
* Turkmenistan – Raşit Meredow (2001–present)
* United Arab Emirates – Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (2006–present)
* Uzbekistan – Abdulaziz Komilov (2012–present)
* Vietnam – Phạm Bình Minh (2011–2021)
* Yemen
** Republic of Yemen –
*** Khaled al-Yamani (2018–2019)
*** Mohammed A. Al-Hadhramii (2019–2020)
** Supreme Political Council (unrecognised, rival government) – Hisham Abdullah (2016–present)

## Europe

* Albania –
** Ditmir Bushati (2013–2019)
** Edi Rama (2019–2020)
* Andorra – Maria Ubach i Font (2017–present)
* Austria –
** Karin Kneissl (2017–2019)
** Alexander Schallenberg (2019–2021)
* Belarus – Vladimir Makei (2012–present)
* Belgium –
** Didier Reynders (2011–2019)
** Philippe Goffin (2019–2020)
** Brussels -
*** Guy Vanhengel (2013–2019)
*** Pascal Smet (2019–present)
** Flanders -
*** Geert Bourgeois (2014–2019)
*** Ben Weyts (2019)
*** Jan Jambon (2019–present)
** Wallonia -
*** Willy Borsus (2017–2019)
*** Elio Di Rupo (2019–present)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina –
** Igor Crnadak (2015–2019)
** Bisera Turković (2019–2023)
* Bulgaria – Ekaterina Zakharieva (2017–2021)
* Croatia –
** Marija Pejčinović Burić (2017–2019)
** Gordan Grlić-Radman (2019–present)
* Cyprus – Nikos Christodoulides (2018–2022)
* Czech Republic – Tomáš Petříček (2018–2021)
* Denmark –
** Anders Samuelsen (2016–2019)
** Jeppe Kofod (2019–present)
** Faroe Islands –
*** Poul Michelsen (2015–2019)
*** Jenis av Rana (2019–present)
* Donetsk People's Republic – Natalya Nikonorova (2016–present)
* Estonia –
** Sven Mikser (2016–2019)
** Urmas Reinsalu (2019–2021)
* Finland –
** Timo Soini (2015–2019)
** Pekka Haavisto (2019–present)
* France – Jean-Yves Le Drian (2017–present)
* Germany – Heiko Maas (2018–2021)
* Greece –
** Alexis Tsipras (2018–2019)
** Georgios Katrougalos (2019)
** Nikos Dendias (2019–present)
* Guernsey – Jonathan Le Tocq (2016–present)
* Hungary – Péter Szijjártó (2014–present)
* Iceland – Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson (2017–2021)
* Ireland – Simon Coveney (2017–present)
* Italy –
** Enzo Moavero Milanesi (2018–2019)
** Luigi Di Maio (2019–present)
* Jersey – Ian Gorst (2018–present)
* Kosovo – Behgjet Pacolli (2017–2020)
* Latvia – Edgars Rinkēvičs (2011–2023)
* Liechtenstein –
** Aurelia Frick (2009–2019)
** Mauro Pedrazzini (acting) (2019)
** Katrin Eggenberger (2019–present)
* Lithuania – Linas Antanas Linkevičius (2012–2020)
* Lugansk People's Republic – Vladislav Deinevo (2017–present)
* Luxembourg – Jean Asselborn (2004–present)
* Malta – Carmelo Abela (2017–2020)
* Moldova –
** Tudor Ulianovschi (2018–2019)
** Nicu Popescu (2019)
** Aureliu Ciocoi (2019–2020)
** Gagauzia – Vitaliy Vlah (2015–present)
* Monaco –
** Gilles Tonelli (2015–2019)
** Laurent Anselmi (2019–2022)
* Montenegro – Srđan Darmanović (2016–2020)
* Netherlands – Stef Blok (2018–2021)
* North Macedonia – Nikola Dimitrov (2017–2020)
* Northern Cyprus – Kudret Özersay (2018–2020)
* Norway – Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide (2017–2021)
* Poland – Jacek Czaputowicz (2018–2020)
* Portugal – Augusto Santos Silva (2015–present)
* Romania –
** Teodor Meleșcanu (2017–2019)
** Ramona Mănescu (2019)
** Bogdan Aurescu (2019–present)
* Russia – Sergey Lavrov (2004–present)
* San Marino – Nicola Renzi (2016–present)
* Serbia – Ivica Dačić (2014–2020)
* Slovakia – Miroslav Lajčák (2012–2020)
* Slovenia – Miro Cerar (2018–2020)
* Spain –
** Josep Borrell (2018–2019)
** Margarita Robles (interim) (2019–2020)
** Catalonia – Alfred Bosch (2018–2020)
* Sweden –
** Margot Wallström (2014–2019)
** Ann Linde (2019–present)
* Switzerland – Ignazio Cassis (2017–present)
* Transnistria – Vitaly Ignatyev (2015–present)
* Ukraine –
** Pavlo Klimkin (2014–2019)
** Vadym Prystaiko (2019–2020)
* United Kingdom -
** Jeremy Hunt (2018–2019)
** Dominic Raab (2019–2021)
** Scotland – Fiona Hyslop (2009–2020)
* Vatican City – Archbishop Paul Gallagher (2014–present)

## North America and the Caribbean

* Antigua and Barbuda – E.P. Chet Greene (2018–present)
* The Bahamas – Darren Henfield (2017–2021)
* Barbados – Jerome Walcott (2018–present)
* Belize – Wilfred Elrington (2008–2020)
* Canada –
** Chrystia Freeland (2017–2019)
** François-Philippe Champagne (2019–2021)
** Quebec – Nadine Girault (2018–present)
* Costa Rica –
** Lorena Aguilar Revelo (acting) (2018–2019)
** Manuel Ventura (2019–2020)
* Cuba – Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla (2009–present)
* Dominica –
** Francine Baron (2014–2019)
** Kenneth Darroux (2019–present)
* Dominican Republic – Miguel Vargas Maldonado (2016–2020)
* El Salvador –
** Carlos Alfredo Castaneda (2018–2019)
** Alexandra Hill Tinoco (2019–present)
* Greenland – Ane Lone Bagger (2018–2020)
* Grenada – Peter David (2018–2020)
* Guatemala – Sandra Jovel (2017–2020)
* Haiti – Bocchit Edmond (2018–2020)
* Honduras –
** María Dolores Agüero (2016–2019)
** Lisandro Rosales (2019–2022)
* Jamaica – Kamina Johnson-Smith (2016–present)
* Mexico – Marcelo Ebrard (2018–present)
* Nicaragua –Denis Moncada (2017–present)
* Panama –
** Isabel Saint Malo (2014–2019)
** Alejandro Ferrer López (2019–2020)
* Puerto Rico –
** Luis G. Rivera Marín (2017–2019)
** Pedro Pierluisi (acting) (2019)
** Elmer Román (2019–2020)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis – Mark Brantley (2015–present)
* Saint Lucia – Allen Chastanet (2016–2021)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Sir Louis Straker (2015–2020)
* Trinidad and Tobago – Dennis Moses (2015–2020)
* United States – Mike Pompeo (2018–2021)

## Oceania

* Australia – Marise Payne (2018–present)
* Cook Islands – Henry Puna (2013–2020)
* Fiji –
** Frank Bainimarama (2016–2019)
** Inia Seruiratu (2019–2020)
* French Polynesia – Édouard Fritch (2014–present)
* Kiribati – Taneti Mamau (2016–present)
* Marshall Islands – John Silk (2016–2020)
* Micronesia –
** Lorin S. Robert (2007–2019)
** Kandhi Elieisar (2019–present)
* Nauru –
** Baron Waqa (2013–2019)
** Lionel Aingimea (2019–present)
* New Zealand – Winston Peters (2017–2020)
* Niue – Toke Talagi (2008–2020)
* Palau – Faustina Rehuher-Marugg (2017–2021)
* Papua New Guinea –
** Rimbink Pato (2012–2019)
** Solan Mirisim (2019)
** Soroi Eoe (2019)
** Patrick Pruaitch (2019–2020)
* Samoa – Tuilaep Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (1998–2021)
* Solomon Islands –
** Milner Tozaka (2014–2019)
** Jeremiah Manele (2019–present)
* Tokelau –
** Afega Gaualofa (2018–2019)
** Kerisiano Kalolo (2019–2020)
* Tonga –
** ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (2018–2019)
** Semisi Sika (acting) (2019)
** Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa (2019–2021)
* Tuvalu –
** Taukelina Finikaso (2013–2019)
** Simon Kofe (2019–2023)
* Vanuatu – Ralph Regenvanu (2017–2020)

## South America

* Argentina –
** Jorge Faurie (2017–2019)
** Felipe Solá (2019–present)
* Bolivia –
** Diego Pary (2018–2019)
** Karen Longaric (2019–2020)
* Brazil –
** Aloysio Nunes (2017–2019)
** Ernesto Araújo (2019–2021)
* Chile –
** Roberto Ampuero (2018–2019)
** Teodoro Ribera (2019–2020)
* Colombia –
** Carlos Holmes Trujillo (2018–2019)
** Adriana Mejía (acting) (2019)
** Claudia Blum (2019–2021)
* Ecuador – José Valencia Amores (2018–2020)
* Guyana –
** Carl Greenidge (2015–2019)
** Karen Cummings (2019–2020)
* Paraguay –
** Luis Castiglioni (2018–2019)
** Antonio Rivas Palacios (2019–2020)
* Peru –
** Néstor Popolizio (2018–2019)
** Gustavo Meza-Cuadra (2019–2020)
* Suriname – Yldiz Pollack-Beighle (2017–2020)
* Uruguay – Rodolfo Nin Novoa (2015–2020)
* Venezuela – Jorge Arreaza (2017–2021)