# List of foreign ministers in 2002

This is a list of foreign ministers in 2002.

## 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 - Terence Sinunguruza (2001-2005)
* Cameroon - François Xavier Ngoubeyou (2001-2004)
* Cape Verde -
** Manuel Inocêncio Sousa (2001-2002)
** Fátima Veiga (2002-2004)
* Central African Republic - Agba Otikpo Mézodé (2001-2003)
* Chad - Mahamat Saleh Annadif (1997-2003)
* Comoros -
** Mohamed El-Amine Souef (1999-2002)
** Halidi Charif (2002)
** Mohamed El-Amine Souef (2002-2005)
* 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 - 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 - Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne (2001-2004)
* Ghana - Hackman Owusu-Agyeman (2001-2003)
* Guinea -
** Mahawa Bangoura (2000-2002)
** François Lonseny Fall (2002-2004)
* Guinea-Bissau -
** Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote (2001-2002)
** Joãozinho Vieira Có (2002-2003)
* Kenya - Marsden Madoka (2001-2003)
* Lesotho -
** Tom Thabane (1998-2002)
** Mohlabi Tsekoa (2002-2004)
* Liberia - Monie Captan (1996-2003)
* Libya - Abdel Rahman Shalgham (2000-2009)
* Madagascar -
** Lila Ratsifandrihamanana (1998-2002)
** Azaly Ben Marofo (2002)
** Marcel Ranjeva (2002-2009)
* Malawi - Lilian Patel (2000-2004)
* Mali -
** Modibo Sidibe (1997-2002)
** Lassana Traoré (2002-2004)
* Mauritania -
** Dah Ould Abdi (2001-2002)
** Mohamed Ould Tolba (2002-2003)
* 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)
** Hidipo Hamutenya (2002-2004)
* Niger - Aïchatou Mindaoudou (2001-2010)
* Nigeria - Sule Lamido (2000-2003)
* Rwanda -
** André Bumaya (2000-2002)
** Charles Murigande (2002-2008)
* São Tomé and Príncipe -
** Patrice Trovoada (2001-2002)
** Mateus Meira Rita (2002)
** Alda Bandeira (2002)
** Mateus Meira Rita (2002-2004)
* Senegal - Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (2000-2009)
* Seychelles - Jérémie Bonnelame (1997-2005)
* Sierra Leone -
** Ahmed Ramadan Dumbuya (2001-2002)
** Momodu Koroma (2002-2007)
* Somalia -
** Ismail Mahmud Hurre (2000-2002)
** Yusuf Hassan Ibrahim (2002-2004)
** Somaliland -
*** Abdihamid Garad Jama (2001-2002)
*** Mohamed Said Gees (2002-2003)
* South Africa - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1999-2009)
* Sudan - Mustafa Osman Ismail (1998-2005)
* Swaziland - Abednego Ntshangase (2001-2003)
* Tanzania - Jakaya Kikwete (1995-2006)
* Togo -
** Joseph Kokou Koffigoh (2000-2002)
** Roland Kpotsra (2002-2003)
* Tunisia - Habib Ben Yahia (1999-2004)
* Uganda - James Wapakhabulo (2001-2004)
* Zambia -
** Keli Walubita (1997-2002)
** Katele Kalumba (2002)
** Kalombo Mwansa (2002-2005)
* Zimbabwe - Stan Mudenge (1995-2005)

## Asia

* Afghanistan - Abdullah Abdullah (2001-2006)
* Armenia - Vartan Oskanian (1998-2008)
* Azerbaijan - Vilayat Guliyev (1999-2004)
** Nagorno-Karabakh -
*** Naira Melkumian (1997-2002)
*** Ashot Gulyan (2002-2004)
* Bahrain - Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah (1971-2005)
* Bangladesh - 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)
** Yashwant Sinha (2002-2004)
* Indonesia - Hassan Wirajuda (2001-2009)
* Iran - Kamal Kharazi (1997-2005)
* Iraq - Naji Sabri (2001-2003)
* Israel -
** Shimon Peres (2001-2002)
** Ariel Sharon (2002)
** Benjamin Netanyahu (2002-2003)
* Japan -
** Makiko Tanaka (2001-2002)
** Junichiro Koizumi (2002)
** Yoriko Kawaguchi (2002-2004)
* Jordan -
** Abdul Ilah Khatib (1998-2002)
** Marwan al-Muasher (2002-2004)
* Kazakhstan -
** Erlan Idrisov (1999-2002)
** Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (2002-2007)
* North Korea - Paek Nam-sun (1998-2007)
* South Korea -
** Han Seung-soo (2001-2002)
** Choi Sung Hong (2002-2003)
* Kuwait - Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1978-2003)
* Kyrgyzstan -
** Muratbek Imanaliyev (1997-2002)
** Askar Aitmatov (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 -
** Sher Bahadur Deuba (2001-2002)
** Narendra Bikram Shah (2002-2003)
* Oman - Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (1982–2020)
* Pakistan -
** Abdul Sattar (1999-2002)
** Inam ul-Haq (2002)
** Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (2002-2007)
* Philippines -
** Teofisto Guingona, Jr. (2001-2002)
** Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2002)
** Blas Ople (2002-2003)
* 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 - Tyronne Fernando (2001-2004)
* Syria - Farouk al-Sharaa (1984-2006)
* Taiwan -
** Tien Hung-mao (2000-2002)
** Eugene Chien (2002-2004)
* Tajikistan - Talbak Nazarov (1994-2006)
* Thailand - Surakiart Sathirathai (2001-2005)
* Turkey -
** İsmail Cem (1997-2002)
** Şükrü Sina Gürel (2002)
** Yaşar Yakış (2002-2003)
* Turkmenistan - 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 - 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 - Gerald Zackios (2001-2008)
* Micronesia - Ieske Iehsi (2001-2003)
* Nauru - René Harris (2001-2003)
* New Zealand - Phil Goff (1999-2005)
** Cook Islands - Robert Woonton (1999-2004)
** Niue -
*** Sani Lakatani (1999-2002)
*** Young Vivian (2002-2008)
* Palau - Temmy Shmull (2001-2009)
* Papua New Guinea -
** John Waiko (2001-2002)
** Sir Rabbie Namaliu (2002-2006)
* Samoa - Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi (1998–2021)
* Solomon Islands -
** Alex Bartlett (2001-2002)
** Nollen Cornelius Leni (2002)
** Laurie Chan (2002-2006)
* Tonga - Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata (1998-2004)
* Tuvalu -
** Koloa Talake (2001-2002)
** Saufatu Sopoanga (2002-2004)
* Vanuatu -
** Alain Mahe (2001-2002)
** Serge Vohor (2002-2003)

## Europe

* Albania - Ilir Meta (2001–2003)
* Andorra - 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 -
*** Paul Van Grembergen (2001–2002)
*** Jaak Gabriëls (2002–2003)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina - Zlatko Lagumdžija (2001–2003)
* Bulgaria - 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)
** Cyril Svoboda (2002–2006)
* Denmark - Per Stig Møller (2001–2010)
* Estonia -
** Toomas Hendrik Ilves (1999–2002)
** Kristiina Ojuland (2002–2005)
* Finland - Erkki Tuomioja (2000–2007)
* France -
** Hubert Védrine (1997–2002)
** Dominique de Villepin (2002–2004)
* Germany - Joschka Fischer (1998–2005)
* Greece - George Papandreou (1999–2004)
* Hungary -
** János Martonyi (1998–2002)
** László Kovács (2002–2004)
* Iceland - Halldór Ásgrímsson (1995–2004)
* Ireland - Brian Cowen (2000–2004)
* Italy -
** Renato Ruggiero (2001–2002)
** Silvio Berlusconi (interim) (2002)
** Franco Frattini (2002–2004)
* Latvia -
** Indulis Bērziņš (1999–2002)
** Sandra Kalniete (2002–2004)
* Liechtenstein - Ernst Walch (2001–2005)
* Lithuania - Antanas Valionis (2000–2006)
* Luxembourg - Lydie Polfer (1999–2004)
* Republic of Macedonia -
** Slobodan Čašule (2001–2002)
** Ilinka Mitreva (2002–2006)
* Malta - Joe Borg (1999–2004)
* Moldova - Nicolae Dudău (2001–2004)
** Transnistria - Valeriy Litskai (2000–2008)
* Netherlands -
** Jozias van Aartsen (1998–2002)
** Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (2002–2003)
* Norway - Jan Petersen (2001–2005)
* Poland - Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (2001–2005)
* Portugal -
** Jaime Gama (1995–2002)
** António Martins da Cruz (2002–2003)
* Romania - Mircea Geoană (2000–2004)
* Russia - Igor Ivanov (1998–2004)
* San Marino -
** Gabriele Gatti (1986–2002)
** Augusto Casali (2002)
** Fiorenzo Stolfi (2002–2003)
* Slovakia - Eduard Kukan (1998–2006)
* Slovenia - Dimitrij Rupel (2000–2004)
* Spain -
** Josep Piqué (2000–2002)
** Ana de Palacio y del Valle-Lersundi (2002–2004)
* Sweden - Anna Lindh (1998–2003)
* Switzerland - Joseph Deiss (1999–2002)
* Ukraine - Anatoliy Zlenko (2000–2003)
* United Kingdom - Jack Straw (2001–2006)
* Vatican City - Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran (1990–2003)
* Yugoslavia - Goran Svilanović (2000–2004)
** Montenegro -
*** Branko Lukovac (2000–2002)
*** Dragan Đurović (acting) (2002–2003)

## North America and the Caribbean

* Antigua and Barbuda - Lester Bird (1991-2004)
* The Bahamas -
** Janet Bostwick (1994-2002)
** Fred Mitchell (2002-2007)
* Barbados - Billie Miller (1994-2008)
* Belize -
** Said Musa (1998-2002)
** Assad Shoman (2002-2003)
* Canada -
** John Manley (2000-2002)
** Bill Graham (2002-2004)
** Quebec - Louise Beaudoin (1998-2003)
* Costa Rica -
** Roberto Rojas López (1998-2002)
** Roberto Tovar Faja (2002-2006)
* Cuba - Felipe Pérez Roque (1999-2009)
* Dominica - 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)
** Edgar Armando Gutiérrez Girón (2002-2004)
* Haiti - Joseph Philippe Antonio (2001-2004)
* Honduras -
** Roberto Flores Bermúdez (1999-2002)
** Guillermo Pérez Arias (2002-2003)
* Jamaica - Keith Desmond Knight (2001-2006)
* Mexico - Jorge Castañeda Gutman (2000-2003)
* Nicaragua -
** Francisco Aguirre Sacasa (2000-2002)
** Norman José Caldera Cardenal (2002-2007)
* Panama - José Miguel Alemán Healy (1999-2003)
* Puerto Rico – Ferdinand Mercado (2001–2003)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis - Timothy Harris (2001-2008)
* Saint Lucia - Julian Hunte (2001-2005)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Louis Straker (2001-2005)
* Trinidad and Tobago - Knowlson Gift (2001-2006)
* United States - Colin Powell (2001-2005)

## South America

* Argentina -
** José María Vernet (2001-2002)
** Carlos Ruckauf (2002-2003)
* Bolivia -
** Gustavo Fernández Saavedra (2001-2002)
** Carlos Saavedra Bruno (2002-2003)
* Brazil - Celso Lafer (2001-2003)
* Chile - Soledad Alvear (2000-2004)
* Colombia -
** Guillermo Fernández de Soto (1998-2002)
** Carolina Barco (2002-2006)
* Ecuador - Heinz Moeller Freile (2000-2003)
* Guyana - Rudy Insanally (2001-2008)
* Paraguay - José Antonio Moreno Ruffinelli (2001-2003)
* Peru -
** Diego García Sayán (2001-2002)
** Allan Wagner Tizón (2002-2003)
* Suriname - Marie Levens (2000-2005)
* Uruguay - Didier Opertti (1998-2005)
* Venezuela -
** Luis Alfonso Dávila (2001-2002)
** José Rodríguez Iturbe (2002)
** Luis Alfonso Dávila (2002)
** Roy Chaderton (2002-2004)