# List of foreign ministers in 2001

This is a list of foreign ministers in 2001.

## Africa

* Algeria - Abdelaziz Belkhadem (2000-2005)
* Angola - João Bernardo de Miranda (1999-2008)
* Benin - Antoine Idji Kolawolé (1998-2003)
* Botswana - Mompati Merafhe (1994-2008)
* Burkina Faso - Youssouf Ouedraogo (1999-2007)
* Burundi -
** Severin Ntahomvukiye (1998-2001)
** Thérence Sinunguruza (2001-2005)
* Cameroon -
** Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni (1997-2001)
** François Xavier Ngoubeyou (2001-2004)
* Cape Verde -
** Rui Alberto de Figueiredo Soares (2000-2001)
** Manuel Inocêncio Sousa (2001-2002)
* Central African Republic -
** Marcel Metefara (1999-2001)
** Agba Otikpo Mézodé (2001-2003)
* Chad - Mahamat Saleh Annadif (1997-2003)
* Comoros - Mohamed El-Amine Souef (1999-2002)
* Republic of Congo - Rodolphe Adada (1997-2007)
* Democratic Republic of Congo - Léonard She Okitundu (2000-2003)
* Côte d'Ivoire - Abou Drahamane Sangare (2000-2003)
* Djibouti - Ali Abdi Farah (1999-2005)
* Egypt -
** Amr Moussa (1991-2001)
** Ahmed Maher (2001-2004)
* Equatorial Guinea - Santiago Nsobeya Efuman (1999-2003)
* Eritrea - Ali Said Abdella (2000-2005)
* Ethiopia - Seyoum Mesfin (1991-2010)
* Gabon - Jean Ping (1999-2008)
* The Gambia -
** Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe (1998-2001)
** Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne (2001-2004)
* Ghana -
** James Victor Gbeho (1997-2001)
** Hackman Owusu-Agyeman (2001-2003)
* Guinea - Mahawa Bangoura (2000-2002)
* Guinea-Bissau -
** Yaya Diallo (2000-2001)
** Faustino Imbali (2001)
** Antonieta Rosa Gomes (2001)
** Malam Mané (2001)
** Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote (2001-2002)
* Kenya -
** Bonaya Godana (1998-2001)
** Christopher Obure (2001)
** Marsden Madoka (2001-2003)
* Lesotho - Tom Thabane (1998-2002)
* Liberia - Monie Captan (1996-2003)
* Libya - Abdel Rahman Shalgham (2000-2009)
* Madagascar - Lila Ratsifandrihamanana (1998-2002)
* Malawi - Lilian Patel (2000-2004)
* Mali - Modibo Sidibe (1997-2002)
* Mauritania -
** Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed (1998-2001)
** Dah Ould Abdi (2001-2002)
* Mauritius - Anil Gayan (2000-2003)
* Morocco - Mohamed Benaissa (1999-2007)
** Western Sahara - Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998–2023)
* Mozambique - Leonardo Simão (1994-2005)
* Namibia - Theo-Ben Gurirab (1990-2002)
* Niger -
** Nassirou Sabo (2000-2001)
** Aïchatou Mindaoudou (2001-2010)
* Nigeria - Sule Lamido (2000-2003)
* Rwanda - André Bumaya (2000-2002)
* São Tomé and Príncipe -
** Joaquim Rafael Branco (2000-2001)
** Patrice Trovoada (2001-2002)
* Senegal - Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (2000-2009)
* Seychelles - Jérémie Bonnelame (1997-2005)
* Sierra Leone -
** Sama Banya (1998-2001)
** Ahmed Ramadan Dumbuya (2001-2002)
* Somalia - Ismail Mahmud Hurre (2000-2002)
** Somaliland -
*** Mahmud Salah Nur (1997-2001)
*** Abdihamid Garad Jama (2001-2002)
* South Africa - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1999-2009)
* Sudan - Mustafa Osman Ismail (1998-2005)
* Swaziland -
** Albert Nhlanhla Shabangu (1998-2001)
** Abednego Ntshangase (2001-2003)
* Tanzania - Jakaya Kikwete (1995-2006)
* Togo - Joseph Kokou Koffigoh (2000-2002)
* Tunisia - Habib Ben Yahia (1999-2004)
* Uganda -
** Eriya Kategaya (1996-2001)
** James Wapakhabulo (2001-2004)
* Zambia - Keli Walubita (1997-2002)
* Zimbabwe - Stan Mudenge (1995-2005)

## Asia

* Afghanistan -
** Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil (1999-2001)
** Abdullah Abdullah (2001-2006)
* Armenia - Vartan Oskanian (1998-2008)
* Azerbaijan - Vilayat Guliyev (1999-2004)
** Nagorno-Karabakh - Naira Melkumian (1997-2002)
* Bahrain - Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah (1971-2005)
* Bangladesh -
** Abdus Samad Azad (1996-2001)
** Latifur Rahman (2001)
** A.Q.M. Badruddoza Chowdhury (2001)
** Morshed Khan (2001-2006)
* Bhutan - Jigme Thinley (1998-2003)
* Brunei - Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah (1984–2015)
* Cambodia - Hor Namhong (1998–2016)
* China - Tang Jiaxuan (1998-2003)
* East Timor - José Ramos-Horta (2000-2006)
* Georgia - Irakli Menagarishvili (1995-2003)
** Abkhazia - Sergei Shamba (1997-2004)
** South Ossetia - Murat Dzhioyev (1998-2012)
* India - Jaswant Singh (1998-2002)
* Indonesia -
** Alwi Shihab (1999-2001)
** Hassan Wirajuda (2001-2009)
* Iran - Kamal Kharazi (1997-2005)
* Iraq -
** Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (1992-2001)
** Tariq Aziz (acting) (2001)
** Naji Sabri (2001-2003)
* Israel -
** Shlomo Ben-Ami (2000-2001)
** Shimon Peres (2001-2002)
* Japan -
** Yōhei Kōno (1999-2001)
** Makiko Tanaka (2001-2002)
* Jordan - Abdul Ilah Khatib (1998-2002)
* Kazakhstan - Erlan Idrisov (1999-2002)
* North Korea - Paek Nam-sun (1998-2007)
* South Korea -
** Yi Jeong-bin (2000-2001)
** Han Seung-soo (2001-2002)
* Kuwait - Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1978-2003)
* Kyrgyzstan - Muratbek Imanaliyev (1997-2002)
* Laos - Somsavat Lengsavad (1993-2006)
* Lebanon - Mahmoud Hammoud (2000-2003)
* Malaysia - Syed Hamid Albar (1999-2008)
* Maldives - Fathulla Jameel (1978-2005)
* Mongolia - Luvsangiin Erdenechuluun (2000-2004)
* Myanmar - Win Aung (1998-2004)
* Nepal -
** Chakra Bastola (2000-2001)
** Sher Bahadur Deuba (2001-2002)
* Oman - Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (1982–2020)
* Pakistan - Abdul Sattar (1999-2002)
* Philippines -
** Domingo Siazon, Jr. (1995-2001)
** Teofisto Guingona, Jr. (2001-2002)
* 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)
** Tyronne Fernando (2001-2004)
* Syria - Farouk al-Sharaa (1984-2006)
* Taiwan - Tien Hung-mao (2000-2002)
* Tajikistan - Talbak Nazarov (1994-2006)
* Thailand -
** Surin Pitsuwan (1997-2001)
** Surakiart Sathirathai (2001-2005)
* Turkey - İsmail Cem (1997-2002)
* Turkmenistan -
** Batyr Berdiýew (2000-2001)
** Raşit Meredow (2001–present)
* United Arab Emirates - Rashid Abdullah Al Nuaimi (1980-2006)
* Uzbekistan - Abdulaziz Komilov (1994-2003)
* Vietnam - Nguyễn Dy Niên (2000-2006)
* Yemen -
** Abdul Qadir Bajamal (1998-2001)
** Abu Bakr al-Qirbi (2001-2014)

## Australia and Oceania

* Australia - Alexander Downer (1996-2007)
* Fiji - Kaliopate Tavola (2000-2006)
* French Polynesia - Gaston Flosse (2000-2004)
* Kiribati - Teburoro Tito (1994-2003)
* Marshall Islands -
** Alvin Jacklick (2000-2001)
** Gerald Zackios (2001-2008)
* Micronesia - Ieske K. Iehsi (2000-2003)
* Nauru -
** Bernard Dowiyogo (2000-2001)
** René Harris (2001-2003)
* New Zealand - Phil Goff (1999-2005)
** Cook Islands - Robert Woonton (1999-2004)
** Niue - Sani Lakatani (1999-2002)
* Palau - Temmy Shmull (2001-2009)
* Papua New Guinea -
** Bart Philemon (2000-2001)
** John Pundari (2001)
** John Waiko (2001-2002)
* Samoa - Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi (1998–2021)
* Solomon Islands -
** Danny Philip (2000-2001)
** David Sitai (2001)
** Alex Bartlett (2001-2002)
* Tonga - Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata (1998-2004)
* Tuvalu -
** Lagitupu Tuilimu (2000-2001)
** Faimalaga Luka (2001)
** Koloa Talake (2001-2002)
* Vanuatu -
** Serge Vohor (1999-2001)
** Alain Mahe (2001-2002)

## Europe

* Albania -
** Paskal Milo (1997–2001)
** Arta Dade (2001–2002)
* Andorra -
** Albert Pintat (1997–2001)
** Juli Minoves Triquell (2001–2007)
* Austria - Benita Ferrero-Waldner (2000–2004)
* Belarus - Mikhail Khvostov (2000–2003)
* Belgium - Louis Michel (1999–2004)
** Brussels-Capital Region - Guy Vanhengel (2000–2009)
** Flanders -
*** Patrick Dewael (1999–2001)
*** Paul Van Grembergen (2001–2002)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina -
** Jadranko Prlić (1996–2001)
** Zlatko Lagumdžija (2001–2003)
* Bulgaria -
** Nadezhda Mihailova (1997–2001)
** Solomon Passy (2001–2005)
* Croatia - Tonino Picula (2000–2003)
* Cyprus - Ioannis Kasoulidis (1997–2003)
** Northern Cyprus - Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu (1998–2004)
* Czech Republic - Jan Kavan (1998–2002)
* Denmark -
** Mogens Lykketoft (2000–2001)
** Per Stig Møller (2001–2010)
* Estonia - Toomas Hendrik Ilves (1999–2002)
* Finland - Erkki Tuomioja (2000–2007)
* France - Hubert Védrine (1997–2002)
* Germany - Joschka Fischer (1998–2005)
* Greece - George Papandreou (1999–2004)
* Hungary - János Martonyi (1998–2002)
* Iceland - Halldór Ásgrímsson (1995–2004)
* Ireland - Brian Cowen (2000–2004)
* Italy -
** Lamberto Dini (1996–2001)
** Renato Ruggiero (2001–2002)
* Latvia - Indulis Bērziņš (1999–2002)
* Liechtenstein -
** Andrea Willi (1993–2001)
** Ernst Walch (2001–2005)
* Lithuania - Antanas Valionis (2000–2006)
* Luxembourg - Lydie Polfer (1999–2004)
* Republic of Macedonia -
** Srgjan Kerim (2000–2001)
** Ilinka Mitreva (2001)
** Slobodan Čašule (2001–2002)
* Malta - Joe Borg (1999–2004)
* Moldova -
** Nicolae Cernomaz (2000–2001)
** Iurie Leancă (acting) (2001)
** Nicolae Dudău (2001–2004)
** Transnistria - Valeriy Litskai (2000–2008)
* Netherlands - Jozias van Aartsen (1998–2002)
* Norway -
** Thorbjørn Jagland (2000–2001)
** Jan Petersen (2001–2005)
* Poland -
** Władysław Bartoszewski (2000–2001)
** Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (2001–2005)
* Portugal - Jaime Gama (1995–2002)
* Romania - Mircea Geoană (2000–2004)
* Russia - Igor Ivanov (1998–2004)
* San Marino - Gabriele Gatti (1986–2002)
* Slovakia - Eduard Kukan (1998–2006)
* Slovenia - Dimitrij Rupel (2000–2004)
* Spain - Josep Piqué (2000–2002)
* Sweden - Anna Lindh (1998–2003)
* Switzerland - Joseph Deiss (1999–2002)
* Ukraine - Anatoliy Zlenko (2000–2003)
* United Kingdom -
** Robin Cook (1997–2001)
** Jack Straw (2001–2006)
** Scotland - Jack McConnell (2000–2001)
* Vatican City - Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran (1990–2003)
* Yugoslavia - Goran Svilanović (2000–2004)
** Montenegro - Branko Lukovac (2000–2002)

## North America and the Caribbean

* Antigua and Barbuda - Lester Bird (1991-2004)
* The Bahamas - Janet Bostwick (1994-2002)
* Barbados - Billie Miller (1994-2008)
* Belize - Said Musa (1998-2002)
* Canada - John Manley (2000-2002)
** Quebec - Louise Beaudoin (1998-2003)
* Costa Rica - Roberto Rojas López (1998-2002)
* Cuba - Felipe Pérez Roque (1999-2009)
* Dominica -
** Pierre Charles (2000-2001)
** Osborne Riviere (2001-2005)
* Dominican Republic - Hugo Tolentino Dipp (2000-2003)
* El Salvador - María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila (1999-2004)
* Grenada - Elvin Nimrod (2000-2008)
* Guatemala - Gabriel Orellana Rojas (2000-2002)
* Haiti -
** Fritz Longchamp (1995-2001)
** Joseph Philippe Antonio (2001-2004)
* Honduras - Roberto Flores Bermúdez (1999-2002)
* Jamaica -
** Paul Robertson (2000-2001)
** Keith Desmond Knight (2001-2006)
* Mexico - Jorge Castañeda Gutman (2000-2003)
* Nicaragua - Francisco Aguirre Sacasa (2000-2002)
* Panama - José Miguel Alemán Healy (1999-2003)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis -
** Sam Condor (2000-2001)
** Timothy Harris (2001-2008)
* Saint Lucia -
** George Odlum (1997-2001)
** Julian Hunte (2001-2004)
* Puerto Rico –
** Angel Morey (1999–2001)
** Ferdinand Mercado (2001–2003)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -
** Allan Cruickshank (1998-2001)
** Louis Straker (2001-2005)
* Trinidad and Tobago -
** Mervyn Assam (2000-2001)
** Knowlson Gift (2001-2006)
* United States -
** Madeleine Albright (1997-2001)
** Colin Powell (2001-2005)

## South America

* Argentina -
** Adalberto Rodríguez Giavarini (1999-2001)
** José María Vernet (2001-2002)
* Bolivia -
** Javier Murillo de la Rocha (1997-2001)
** Gustavo Fernández Saavedra (2001-2002)
* Brazil -
** Luiz Felipe Palmeira Lampreia (1995-2001)
** Luiz Felipe de Seixas Corrêa (acting) (2001)
** Celso Lafer (2001-2003)
* Chile - Soledad Alvear (2000-2004)
* Colombia - Guillermo Fernández de Soto (1998-2002)
* Ecuador - Heinz Moeller Freile (2000-2003)
* Guyana -
** Clement Rohee (1992-2001)
** Rudy Insanally (2001-2008)
* Paraguay -
** Juan Esteban Aguirre Martínez (2000-2001)
** José Antonio Moreno Ruffinelli (2001-2003)
* Peru -
** Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (2000-2001)
** Diego García Sayán (2001-2002)
* Suriname - Marie Levens (2000-2005)
* Uruguay - Didier Opertti (1998-2005)
* Venezuela -
** José Vicente Rangel (1999-2001)
** Luis Alfonso Dávila (2001-2002)