# List of foreign ministers in 2017

This is a list of foreign ministers in 2017.

## Africa

* Algeria
** Ramtane Lamamra (2013–2017)
** Abdelkader Messahel (2017–2019)
* Angola -
** Georges Rebelo Chicoti (2010–2017)
** Manuel Domingos Augusto (2017–2020)
* Benin - Aurélien Agbénonci (2016–2023)
* Botswana - Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi (2014–2018)
* Burkina Faso - Alpha Barry (2016–2021)
* Burundi - Alain Aimé Nyamitwe (2015–2018)
* Cameroon- Lejeune Mbella Mbella (2015–present)
* Cape Verde - Luís Felipe Tavares (2016–2021)
* Central African Republic - Charles-Armel Doubane (2016–present)
* Chad -
** Moussa Faki (2008–2017)
** Hissein Brahim Taha (2017)
** Mahamat Zene Cherif (2017–2020)
* Comoros -
** Mohamed Bacar Dossar (2016–2017)
** 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)
* Djibouti - Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (2005–present)
* Egypt - Sameh Shoukry (2014–present)
* Equatorial Guinea - Agapito Mba Mokuy (2012–2018)
* Eritrea - Osman Saleh (2007–present)
* Ethiopia - Workneh Gebeyehu (2016–2019)
* Gabon -
** Pacôme Moubelet-Boubeya (2016–2017)
** Noël Nelson Messone (2017–2018)
* The Gambia -
** Neneh MacDouall-Gaye (2015–2017)
** Yahya Jammeh (2017)
** Ousainou Darboe (2017–2018)
* Ghana -
** Hanna Tetteh (2013–2017)
** Shirley Ayorkor Botchway (2017–present)
* Guinea
** Makalé Camara (2016–2017)
** Mamadi Touré (2017–2021)
* Guinea-Bissau - Jorge Malú (2016–2018)
* Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) - Marcel Amon Tanoh (acting to 2017) (2016–2020)
* Kenya - Amina Mohamed (2013–2018)
* Lesotho -
** 'Mamphono Khaketla (2016–2017)
** Lesego Makgothi (2017–2020)
* Liberia - Marjon Kamara (2016–2018)
* Libya
** Government of House of Representatives of Libya (Government of Libya internationally recognized to 2016) - Mohammed al-Dairi (2014–2019)
** 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 -
** Béatrice Atallah (2015–2017)
** Henry Rabary Njaka (2017–2018)
* Malawi -
** Francis Kasaila (2016–2017)
** Emmanuel Fabiano (2017–2019)
* Mali -
** Abdoulaye Diop (2014–2017)
** Tiéman Coulibaly (2017–2018)
* Mauritania - Isselkou Ould Ahmed Izid Bih (2016–2018)
* Mauritius - Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo (2016–2019)
* Morocco -
** Salaheddine Mezouar (2013–2017)
** Nasser Bourita (2017–present)
* Mozambique -
** Oldemiro Balói (2008–2017)
** José Condungua Pacheco (2017–2020)
* Namibia - Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (2012–2024)
* Niger - Ibrahim Yacouba (2016–2018)
* Nigeria - Geoffrey Onyeama (2015–2023)
* Rwanda - Louise Mushikiwabo (2009–2018)
* São Tomé and Príncipe - Urbino Botelho (2016–2018)
* Senegal -
** Mankeur Ndiaye (2012–2017)
** Sidiki Kaba (2017–2019)
* Seychelles - Danny Faure (2016–2018)
* Sierra Leone -
** Samura Kamara (2012–2017)
** Kaifala Marah (2017–2018)
* Somalia -
** Abdisalam Omer (2015–2017)
** Yusuf Garaad Omar (2017–2018)
* Somaliland - Saad Ali Shire (2015–2018)
* South Africa - Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (2009–2018)
* South Sudan - Deng Alor (2016–2018)
* Sudan - Ibrahim Ghandour (2015–2018)
* Swaziland – Mgwagwa Gamedze (2013–2018)
* Tanzania - Augustine Mahiga (2015–2019)
* Togo - Robert Dussey (2013–present)
* Tunisia - Khemaies Jhinaoui (2016–2019)
* Uganda - Sam Kutesa (2005–2021)
* Western Sahara - Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998–2023)
* Zambia - Harry Kalaba (2014–2018)
* Zimbabwe -
** Simbarashe Mumbengegwi (2005–2017)
** Walter Mzembi (2017)
** Simbarashe Mumbengegwi (acting) (2017)
** Sibusiso Moyo (2017–2021)

## Asia

* Abkhazia - Daur Kove (2016–2021)
* Afghanistan - Salahuddin Rabbani (2015–2019)
* Armenia - Eduard Nalbandyan (2008-2018)
* Azerbaijan - Elmar Mammadyarov (2004–2020)
* Bahrain - Sheikh Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (2005–2020)
* Bangladesh - Abul Hassan Mahmud Ali (2014–2019)
* Bhutan - Damcho Dorji (2015-2018)
* Brunei - Hassanal Bolkiah (2015–present)
* Cambodia - Prak Sokhon (2016–2023)
* China (People's Republic of China) - Wang Yi (2013–present)
* East Timor -
** Hernâni Coelho (2015–2017)
** Aurélio Guterres (2017–2018)
* Georgia - Mikheil Janelidze (2015–2018)
* India - Sushma Swaraj (2014–2019)
* Indonesia - Retno Marsudi (2014–present)
* Iran - Mohammad Javad Zarif (2013–2021)
* Iraq - Ibrahim al-Jaafari (2014–2018)
** Kurdistan - Falah Mustafa Bakir (2006–2019)
* Israel - Benjamin Netanyahu (2015–2019)
* Japan -
** Fumio Kishida (2012–2017)
** Tarō Kōno (2017–2019)
* Jordan -
** Nasser Judeh (2009–2017)
** Ayman Safadi (2017–present)
* Kazakhstan – Kairat Abdrakhmanov (2016–2018)
* North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) - Ri Yong-ho (2016–2020)
* South Korea (Republic of Korea) -
** Yun Byung-se (2013–2017)
** Kang Kyung-wha (2017–2021)
* Kuwait - Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah (2011–2019)
* Kyrgyzstan - Erlan Abdyldayev (2012–2018)
* Laos - Saleumxay Kommasith (2016–present)
* Lebanon - Gebran Bassil (2014–2020)
* Malaysia - Anifah Aman (2009-2018)
* Maldives - Mohamed Asim (2016–2018)
* Mongolia -
** Tsend Munkh-Orgil (2016–2017)
** Damdin Tsogtbaatar (2017–2020)
* Myanmar - Aung San Suu Kyi (2016–2021)
* Nepal -
** Prakash Sharan Mahat (2016–2017)
** Krishna Bahadur Mahara (2017)
** Sher Bahadur Deuba (2017–2018)
* Oman - Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (1982–2020)
* Pakistan -
** Sartaj Aziz (2013-2017)
** Khawaja Muhammad Asif (2017–2018)
* Palestine - Riyad al-Maliki (2007–present)
* Philippines -
** Perfecto R. Yasay, Jr. (2016–2017)
** Enrique Manalo (acting) (2017)
** Alan Peter Cayetano (2017–2018)
* Qatar - Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (2016–present)
* Saudi Arabia - Adel al-Jubeir (2015–2018)
* Singapore - Vivian Balakrishnan (2015–present)
* South Ossetia -
** Murat Dzhoiev (2016–2017)
** Dmitry Medoyev (2017–2022)
* Sri Lanka -
** Mangala Samaraweera (2015–2017)
** Ravi Karunanayake (2017)
** Wasantha Senanayake (acting) (2017)
** Tilak Marapana (2017–2018)
* Syria (Syrian Arab Republic - Walid Muallem (2006–2020)
* Taiwan (Republic of China) - David Lee (2016–2018)
* Tajikistan - Sirodjidin Aslov (2013–present)
* Thailand - Don Pramudwinai (2015–2023)
* Turkey - Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (2015–2023)
* Turkmenistan - Raşit Meredow (2001–present)
* United Arab Emirates - Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (2006–present)
* Uzbekistan - Abdulaziz Komilov (2012–2022)
* Vietnam - Phạm Bình Minh (2011–2021)
* Yemen
** Republic of Yemen - Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi (2015–2018)
** Supreme Political Council (unrecognised, rival government) - Hisham Abdullah (2016-present)

## Europe

* Albania - Ditmir Bushati (2013–2019)
* Andorra -
** Gilbert Saboya Sunyé (2011–2017)
** Maria Ubach i Font (2017–2023)
* Austria -
** Sebastian Kurz (2013–2017)
** Karin Kneissl (2017–2019)
* Belarus - Vladimir Makei (2012–2022)
* Belgium - Didier Reynders (2011–2019)
** Brussels - Guy Vanhengel (2013–2019)
** Flanders - Geert Bourgeois (2014–2019)
** Wallonia -
*** Paul Magnette (2014–2017)
*** Willy Borsus (2017–2019)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina - Igor Crnadak (2015–2019)
* Bulgaria -
** Daniel Mitov (2014–2017)
** Radi Naidenov (2017)
** Ekaterina Zakharieva (2017–2021)
* Croatia -
** Davor Ivo Stier (2016–2017)
** Marija Pejčinović Burić (2017–2019)
* Cyprus - Ioannis Kasoulidis (2013–2018)
* Czech Republic -
** Lubomír Zaorálek (2014–2017)
** Martin Stropnický (2017–2018)
* Denmark - Anders Samuelsen (2016–2019)
** Faroe Islands - Poul Michelsen (2015–2019)
* Donetsk People's Republic - Natalya Nikonorova (acting) (2016–present)
* Estonia - Sven Mikser (2016–2019)
* Finland - Timo Soini (2015–2019)
* France -
** Jean-Marc Ayrault (2016–2017)
** Jean-Yves Le Drian (2017–2022)
* Germany -
** Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2013–2017)
** Sigmar Gabriel (2017–2018)
* Greece - Nikos Kotzias (2015–2018)
* Guernsey - Jonathan Le Tocq (2016–present)
* Hungary - Péter Szijjártó (2014–present)
* Iceland -
** Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir (2016–2017)
** Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson (2017–2021)
* Ireland -
** Charles Flanagan (2014-2017)
** Simon Coveney (2017–2022)
* Italy - Angelino Alfano (2016–2018)
* Jersey - Sir Philip Bailhache (2013–2018)
* Kosovo -
** Enver Hoxhaj (2016–2017)
** Emanuel Demaj (acting) (2017)
** Behgjet Pacolli (2017–2020)
* Latvia - Edgars Rinkēvičs (2011–2023)
* Liechtenstein - Aurelia Frick (2009–2019)
* Lithuania - Linas Antanas Linkevičius (2012–2020)
* Lugansk People's Republic - Vladislav Deinevo (acting) (2017–present)
* Luxembourg - Jean Asselborn (2004–2023)
* Republic of Macedonia -
** Nikola Poposki (2011–2017)
** Nikola Dimitrov (2017–2020)
* Malta -
** George Vella (2013–2017)
** Carmelo Abela (2017–2020)
* Moldova - Andrei Galbur (2016–2017)
** Gagauzia - Vitaliy Vlah (2015–present)
* Monaco - Gilles Tonelli (2015–2019)
* Montenegro - Srđan Darmanović (2016–2020)
* Netherlands -
** Bert Koenders (2014–2017)
** Halbe Zijlstra (2017–2018)
* Norway -
** Børge Brende (2013–2017)
** Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide (2017–2021)
* Poland - Witold Waszczykowski (2015–2018)
* Portugal - Augusto Santos Silva (2015–2022)
* Romania -
** Lazăr Comănescu (2015–2017)
** Teodor Meleșcanu (2017–2019)
* Russia - Sergey Lavrov (2004–present)
* San Marino - Nicola Renzi (2016–2020)
* Serbia - Ivica Dačić (2014–2020)
* Slovakia - Miroslav Lajčák (2012–2020)
* Slovenia - Karl Erjavec (2012–2018)
* Spain - Alfonso Dastis (2016–2018)
** Catalonia - Raül Romeva (2016–2017)
* Sweden - Margot Wallström (2014–2019)
* Switzerland
** Didier Burkhalter (2012–2017)
** Ignazio Cassis (2017–present)
* Transnistria - Vitaly Ignatyev (2015–present)
* Ukraine - Pavlo Klimkin (2014–2019)
* United Kingdom - Boris Johnson (2016–2018)
* Vatican City - Archbishop Paul Gallagher (2014–present)

## North America and the Caribbean

* Antigua and Barbuda - Charles Fernandez (2014–2018)
* The Bahamas -
** Fred Mitchell (2012–2017)
** Darren Henfield (2017–2021)
* Barbados - Maxine McClean (2008–2018)
* Belize - Wilfred Elrington (2008–2020)
* Canada -
** Stéphane Dion (2015–2017)
** Chrystia Freeland (2017–2019)
** Quebec - Christine St-Pierre (2014–2018)
* Costa Rica - Manuel González Sanz (2014–2018)
* Cuba - Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla (2009–present)
* Dominica - Francine Baron (2014–2019)
* Dominican Republic - Miguel Vargas Maldonado (2016–2020)
* El Salvador - Hugo Martínez (2014–2018)
* Greenland -
** Vittus Qujaukitsoq (2014–2017)
** Suka K. Frederiksen (2017–2018)
* Grenada - Elvin Nimrod (2016–2018)
* Guatemala -
** Carlos Raúl Morales (2014–2017)
** Sandra Jovel (2017–2020)
* Haiti -
** Pierrot Delienne (2016–2017)
** Antonio Rodrigue (2017–2018)
* Honduras - María Dolores Agüero (2016–2019)
* Jamaica - Kamina Johnson-Smith (2016–present)
* Mexico -
** Claudia Ruiz Massieu (2015–2017)
** Luis Videgaray Caso (2017–2018)
* Nicaragua -
** Samuel Santos López (2007–2017)
** Denis Moncada (2017–present)
* Panama - Isabel Saint Malo (2014–2019)
* Puerto Rico –
** Víctor Suárez Meléndez (2015–2017)
** Luis G. Rivera Marín (2017–2019)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis - Mark Brantley (2015–2022)
* Saint Lucia - Allen Chastanet (2016–2021)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Sir Louis Straker (2015–2020)
* Trinidad and Tobago - Dennis Moses (2015–present)
* United States -
** John Kerry (2013–2017)
** Tom Shannon (acting) (2017)
** Rex Tillerson (2017–2018)

## Oceania

* Australia - Julie Bishop (2013–2018)
* Cook Islands - Henry Puna (2013–2020)
* Fiji - Frank Bainimarama (2016–2019)
* French Polynesia - Édouard Fritch (2014–present)
* Kiribati - Taneti Mamau (2016–present)
* Marshall Islands - John Silk (2016–2020)
* Micronesia - Lorin S. Robert (2007–2019)
* Nauru - Baron Waqa (2013–2019)
* New Zealand -
** Murray McCully (2008–2017)
** Gerry Brownlee (2017)
** Winston Peters (2017–2020)
* Niue - Toke Talagi (2008–2020)
* Palau -
** Billy Kuartei (2013–2017)
** Faustina Rehuher-Marugg (2017–2021)
* Papua New Guinea - Rimbink Pato (2012–2019)
* Samoa - Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (1998–2021)
* Solomon Islands - Milner Tozaka (2014–2019)
* Tokelau -
** Afega Gaualofa (2016–2017)
** Siopili Perez (2017–2018)
* Tonga -
** ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (2014–2017)
** Siaosi Sovaleni (2017–present)
* Tuvalu - Taukelina Finikaso (2013–2019)
* Vanuatu -
** Bruno Leingkone (2016–2017)
** Ralph Regenvanu (2017–2020)

## South America

* Argentina -
** Susana Malcorra (2015–2017)
** Jorge Faurie (2017–2019)
* Bolivia -
** David Choquehuanca (2006–2017)
** Fernando Huanacuni Mamani (2017–2018)
* Brazil -
** José Serra (2016–2017)
** Marcos Galvão (acting) (2017)
** Aloysio Nunes (2017–2019)
* Chile - Heraldo Muñoz (2014–2018)
* Colombia - María Ángela Holguín (2010-2017)
* Ecuador -
** Guillaume Long (2016–2017)
** María Fernanda Espinosa (2017–2018)
* Guyana - Carl Greenidge (2015–2019)
* Paraguay - Eladio Loizaga (2013–2018)
* Peru - Ricardo Luna (2016–2018)
* Suriname -
** Niermala Badrising (2015–2017)
** Yldiz Pollack-Beighle (2017–2020)
* Uruguay - Rodolfo Nin Novoa (2015–2020)
* Venezuela -
** Delcy Rodríguez (2014–2017)
** Samuel Moncada (2017)
** Jorge Arreaza (2017–2021)