List of female foreign ministers
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A Foreign Minister or Minister of Foreign Affairs is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a nation's foreign policy and relations. There have been many women appointed to this post around the world. This list shows female foreign ministers from around the world, either from sovereign states, unrecognized states, autonomous regions, or sui generis entities.
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Sovereign states
Denotes incumbent foreign minister
- Italics denotes an acting foreign minister and states that are defunct.
| Name | Image | Country | Continent | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ana Pauker | 80px |  Romania |
Europe | 30 December 1947 | 9 July 1952 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Golda Meir |  |
 Israel |
Asia | 18 June 1956 | 12 January 1966 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike | _(Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop).jpg) |
 Ceylon |
Asia | 21 July 1960 | 27 March 1965 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Indira Gandhi |  |
 India |
Asia | 22 August 1967 | 14 March 1969 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike | |
Ceylon |
Asia | 29 May 1970 | 22 May 1972 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike | |
 Sri Lanka |
Asia | 22 May 1972 | 23 July 1977 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Princess Elizabeth Rukidi |  |
 Uganda |
Africa | 1974 | 1974 | ? |
| Licelott Catalina Marte Hoffiz de Barrio | |
 Dominican Republic |
Africa | 1975 | 1975 | ? |
| Karin Söder | 80px |  Sweden |
Europe | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Maria do Nascimenta Graça Amorin | |
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
Africa | 1978 | 1985 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Flora MacDonald | |
 Canada |
America | 4 June 1979 | 2 March 1980 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Gloria Amon Nikoi | |
 Ghana |
Africa | 26 June 1979 | 24 September 1979 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Dame Eugenia Charles |  |
 Dominica |
America | 21 July 1980 | 1990 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Colette Flesch | |
 Luxembourg |
Europe | 22 November 1980 | 20 July 1984 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Gaositwe K. T. Chiepe | 80px |  Botswana |
Africa | 1984 | 1994 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Indira Gandhi | |
India |
Asia | 9 March 1984 | 31 October 1984 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Adrienne Liyonda | |
 Zaire |
Africa | 1987 | 1988 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Danielle St. Jorre | |
 Seychelles |
Africa | 1989 | 25 February 1997 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Akmaral Arystanbekova | |
 Kazakhstan |
Asia | 1989 | 1991 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Susana Ruiz Cerutti | 80px |  Argentina |
America | 26 May 1989 | 8 July 1989 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Pascaline Bongo Ondimba | |
 Gabon |
Africa | 1991 | 1994 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Shakhlo Makhmudova | |
 Uzbekistan |
Asia | 1991 | 1992 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Marie-Denise Fabien-Jean-Louis | |
 Haiti |
America | 13 February 1991 | 11 October 1991 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Barbara McDougall | |
Canada |
America | 21 April 1991 | 24 June 1993 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Margaretha af Ugglas | |
Sweden |
Europe | 4 October 1991 | 7 October 1994 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Noemí Sanín | 80px |  Colombia |
America | 8 November 1991 | 7 August 1994 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Roza Otunbayeva |  |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Asia | 26 February 1992 | 10 October 1992 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Andrea Willi | |
 Liechtenstein |
Europe | 1993 | 5 April 2001 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Motarilavoa Hilda Lini | |
 Vanuatu |
Oceania | 1993 | 1993 | ? |
| Claudette Werleigh | |
Haiti |
America | 1 September 1993 | 16 May 1994 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Dame Billie Miller | |
 Barbados |
America | 1994 | 19 January 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Dorothy Musuleng-Cooper | |
 Liberia |
Africa | 1994 | 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Janet Bostwick | |
 Bahamas, The |
America | 1994 | 3 May 2002 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Maritza Ruiz de Vielman | |
 Guatemala |
America | 1994 | 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Sy Kadiatou Sow | |
 Mali |
Africa | 1994 | 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Lena Hjelm-Wallén | |
Sweden |
Europe | 7 October 1994 | 7 October 1998 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Claudette Werleigh | |
Haiti |
America | 8 November 1994 | 7 November 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Susanna Agnelli | |
 Italy |
Europe | 17 January 1995 | 17 May 1996 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Tarja Halonen |  |
 Finland |
Europe | 13 April 1995 | 25 February 2000 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| María Emma Mejía Vélez | 80px | Colombia |
America | 10 July 1996 | 25 March 1998 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Irina Bokova |  |
 Bulgaria |
Europe | 13 November 1996 | 13 February 1997 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Shirley Gbujama | |
 Sierra Leone |
Africa | 21 November 1996 | 25 May 1997 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Madeleine Albright |  |
 United States |
America | 23 January 1997 | 20 January 2001 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Nadezhda Neynsky |  |
Bulgaria |
Europe | 21 May 1997 | 24 July 2001 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Zdenka Kramplová | |
 Slovakia |
Europe | 25 May 1997 | 30 October 1998 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Rosario Green | |
 Mexico |
America | 1 January 1998 | 30 November 2000 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Lila Ratsifandrihamanana | |
 Madagascar |
Africa | 31 July 1998 | 28 February 2002 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Anna Lindh | 80px | Sweden |
Europe | 7 October 1998 | 11 September 2003 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa | |
 Mongolia |
Asia | 9 December 1998 | 9 August 2000 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Hilia Barber | |
 Guinea-Bissau |
Africa | 8 January 1999 | 7 May 1999 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Aïchatou Mindaoudou | |
 Niger |
Africa | 16 April 1999 | 5 January 2000 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila | |
 El Salvador |
America | 1 June 1999 | 1 June 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma |  |
 South Africa |
Africa | 14 June 1999 | 10 May 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Lydie Polfer | 80px | Luxembourg |
Europe | 7 August 1999 | 31 July 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Benita Ferrero-Waldner |  |
 Austria |
Europe | 4 February 2000 | 20 October 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Lilian Patel | |
 Malawi |
Africa | 1 March 2000 | 16 June 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Soledad Alvear |  |
 Chile |
America | 11 March 2000 | 1 October 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Mahawa Bangoura | |
 Guinea |
Africa | 7 June 2000 | 10 June 2002 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Marie Levens | |
 Suriname |
America | 12 August 2000 | 12 August 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Antonieta Rosa Gomes | |
Guinea-Bissau |
Africa | 25 March 2001 | 21 November 2001 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Makiko Tanaka |  |
 Japan |
Asia | 26 April 2001 | 26 January 2002 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Ilinka Mitreva |  |
Europe | 13 May 2001 | 23 November 2001 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
| Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo | 80px |  Philippines |
Asia | 15 July 2002 | 16 July 2002 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Aïchatou Mindaoudou | |
Niger |
Africa | 17 September 2001 | 21 April 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote | |
Guinea-Bissau |
Africa | 12 December 2001 | 17 November 2002 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Kristiina Ojuland | 80px |  Estonia |
Europe | 28 January 2002 | 8 February 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Yoriko Kawaguchi |  |
Japan |
Asia | 16 February 2002 | 27 September 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Alda Bandeira | |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
Africa | 28 March 2002 | 7 October 2002 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Ana de Palacio y del Valle-Lersundi |  |
 Spain |
Europe | 9 July 2002 | 17 April 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Carolina Barco |  |
Colombia |
America | 7 August 2002 | 7 August 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Fátima Veiga | 80px |  Cape Verde |
Africa | 19 October 2002 | 3 April 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Ilinka Mitreva | |
 Macedonia, Republic of |
Europe | 1 November 2002 | 28 August 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Sandra Kalniete | 80px |  Latvia |
Europe | 7 November 2002 | 9 March 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Micheline Calmy-Rey |  |
 Switzerland |
Europe | 1 January 2003 | 31 December 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Nina Pacari | |
 Ecuador |
America | 15 January 2003 | 6 August 2003 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Fatumata Djau Baldé | 80px | Guinea-Bissau |
Africa | 4 July 2003 | 14 September 2003 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Leila Rachid de Cowles | |
 Paraguay |
America | 15 August 2003 | 21 August 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Teresa Patrício de Gouveia | 80px |  Portugal |
Europe | 9 October 2003 | 17 July 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Laila Freivalds | 80px | Sweden |
Europe | 10 October 2003 | 21 March 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo | 80px | Philippines |
Asia | 17 December 2003 | 23 December 2003 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Delia Albert | |
Philippines |
Asia | 23 December 2003 | 18 August 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Salome Zurabishvili |  |
 Georgia |
Europe | 20 March 2004 | 19 October 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Ursula Plassnik |  |
Austria |
Europe | 20 October 2004 | 2 December 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Helēna Demakova | 80px | Latvia |
Europe | 28 October 2004 | 29 November 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Condoleezza Rice |  |
United States |
America | 26 January 2005 | 20 January 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Alcinda Abreu |  |
 Mozambique |
Africa | 3 February 2005 | 10 March 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović |  |
 Croatia |
Europe | 17 February 2005 | 12 January 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Fatoumata Kaba | |
Guinea |
Africa | 8 March 2005 | 6 September 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Rita Kieber-Beck | 80px | Liechtenstein |
Europe | 21 April 2005 | 25 March 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Ana Trišić-Babić | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Europe | 9 June 2005 | 15 June 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk | |
Suriname |
America | 12 August 2005 | 12 August 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Antoinette Batumubwira | |
 Burundi |
Africa | 30 August 2005 | 29 January 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Rosemary Museminali | |
 Rwanda |
Africa | 2 September 2005 | 4 December 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Asha-Rose Migiro |  |
 Tanzania |
Africa | 6 January 2006 | 11 January 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Tzipi Livni | 80px | Israel |
Asia | 18 January 2006 | 1 April 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Dora Bakoyannis |  |
 Greece |
Europe | 15 February 2006 | 6 October 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Carin Jämtin | 80px | Sweden |
Europe | 27 March 2006 | 24 April 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo | 80px |  Benin |
Africa | 10 April 2006 | 17 June 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Margaret Beckett | 80px |  United Kingdom |
Europe | 5 May 2006 | 28 June 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Anna Fotyga | .jpg) |
 Poland |
Europe | 9 May 2006 | 15 November 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Joyce Banda | .jpg) |
Malawi |
Africa | 1 June 2006 | 29 May 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Kinga Göncz |  |
 Hungary |
Europe | 9 June 2006 | 14 April 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Valgerður Sverrisdóttir | 80px |  Iceland |
Europe | 15 June 2006 | 24 May 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | .jpg) |
 Nigeria |
Africa | 21 June 2006 | 30 August 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| María Consuelo Araújo | 80px | Colombia |
America | 7 August 2006 | 19 February 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Joy Ogwu | |
Nigeria |
Africa | 30 August 2006 | 29 May 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Patricia Espinosa |  |
Mexico |
America | 1 December 2006 | 1 December 2012 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| María Fernanda Espinosa | 80px | Ecuador |
America | 15 January 2007 | 7 December 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Sahana Pradhan | 80px |  Nepal |
Asia | 1 April 2007 | 22 August 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Maria da Conceição Nobre Cabral | 80px | Guinea-Bissau |
Africa | 18 April 2007 | 7 January 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Meritxell Mateu Pi | 80px |  Andorra |
Europe | 2 May 2007 | 9 June 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Adalgisa Magno Guterres | |
 Timor Leste |
Asia | 19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Lisa Shoman | |
 Belize |
America | 4 June 2007 | 12 February 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis | 80px |  Cyprus |
Europe | 16 July 2007 | 2 March 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Olubanke King Akerele | 80px | Liberia |
Africa | 22 August 2007 | 3 November 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Zainab Bangura | .jpg) |
Sierra Leone |
Africa | 14 October 2007 | 3 December 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Helēna Demakova | 80px | Latvia |
Europe | 29 October 2007 | 8 November 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Paula Gopee-Scoon | 80px |  Trinidad and Tobago |
America | 7 November 2007 | 28 May 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Sanjaasürengiin Oyuun | 80px | Mongolia |
Asia | 4 December 2007 | 20 September 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| María Isabel Salvador | 80px | Ecuador |
America | 7 December 2007 | 12 December 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Marisol Argueta de Barillas |  |
El Salvador |
America | 16 January 2008 | 1 June 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Carolyn Rodrigues | 80px |  Guyana |
America | 10 April 2008 | 19 May 2015 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Laure Olga Gondjout | 80px | Gabon |
Africa | 28 April 2008 | 9 October 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Eka Tkeshelashvili | 80px | Georgia |
Europe | 5 May 2008 | 6 December 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Helen Clark |  |
 New Zealand |
Oceania | 29 August 2008 | 19 November 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Maxine McClean | 80px | Barbados |
America | 24 November 2008 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Antonella Mularoni |  |
 San Marino |
Europe | 4 December 2008 | 5 December 2012 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Dipu Moni |  |
 Bangladesh |
Asia | 6 January 2009 | 20 November 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Adiato Djaló Nandigna | |
Guinea-Bissau |
Africa | 7 January 2009 | 28 October 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Hillary Clinton |  |
United States |
America | 21 January 2009 | 1 February 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Patricia Isabel Rodas | |
 Honduras |
America | 31 January 2009 | 28 June 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Sandra Pierantozzi |  |
 Palau |
Oceania | 6 February 2009 | 19 March 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Aurelia Frick | 80px | Liechtenstein |
Europe | 25 March 2009 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Maite Nkoana-Mashabane | .jpg) |
South Africa |
Africa | 10 May 2009 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Sujata Koirala | 80px | Nepal |
Asia | 25 May 2009 | 6 February 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Etta Banda | |
Malawi |
Africa | 17 June 2009 | 19 August 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Rumiana Jeleva | 80px | Bulgaria |
Europe | 27 July 2009 | 27 January 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Naha Mint Mouknass | |
 Mauritania |
Africa | 5 August 2009 | 22 March 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Marie Michèle Rey | |
Haiti |
America | 8 November 2009 | 24 October 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Louise Mushikiwabo | 80px | Rwanda |
Africa | 4 December 2009 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Rasa Juknevičienė | 80px |  Lithuania |
Europe | 26 January 2010 | 11 February 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Lene Espersen |  |
 Denmark |
Europe | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Aminatou Touré | |
Niger |
Africa | 1 March 2010 | 21 April 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| María Ángela Holguín | 80px | Colombia |
America | 7 August 2010 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Trinidad Jiménez García-Herrera |  |
Spain |
Europe | 20 October 2010 | 22 December 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Michèle Alliot-Marie |  |
 France |
Europe | 14 November 2010 | 27 February 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Hina Rabbani Khar | .jpg) |
 Pakistan |
Asia | 11 February 2011 | 16 March 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Erlinda F. Basilio | 80px | Philippines |
Asia | 18 February 2011 | 24 February 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Yvette Sylla | |
Madagascar |
Africa | 26 March 2011 | 21 November 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis | 80px | Cyprus |
Europe | 5 August 2011 | 1 March 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Vesna Pusic |  |
Croatia |
Europe | 23 December 2011 | 22 January 2016 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Maia Panjikidze | 80px | Georgia |
Europe | 25 October 2012 | 5 November 2014 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Susan Waffa-Ogoo | |
 Gambia, The |
Africa | 1 November 2012 | 31 October 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Fowsiyo Yussuf Haji Aadan | 80px |  Somalia |
Africa | 4 November 2012 | 17 January 2014 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah | 80px |  Namibia |
Africa | 4 December 2012 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Natália Pedro da Costa Umbelina Neto | |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
Africa | 12 December 2012 | 25 December 2014 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Hanna Tetteh |  |
Ghana |
Africa | 30 January 2013 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Emma Bonino |  |
Italy |
Europe | 28 April 2013 | 22 February 2014 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Mireya Agüero de Corrales | 80px | Honduras |
America | 2 May 2013 | 8 January 2015 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Eda Rivas | 80px |  Peru |
America | 15 May 2013 | 23 June 2014 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Amina Mohamed |  |
 Kenya |
Africa | 19 May 2013 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Natalia Gherman |  |
 Moldova |
Europe | 30 May 2013 | 20 January 2016 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Léonie Banga-Bothy | |
 Central African Republic |
Africa | 13 June 2013 | 27 January 2014 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Mariyam Shakeela | |
 Maldives |
Asia | 12 September 2013 | 17 November 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Viola Onwuliri | 80px | Nigeria |
Africa | 13 September 2013 | 5 March 2014 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Julie Bishop |  |
 Australia |
Oceania | 18 September 2013 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Dunya Maumoon | .jpg) |
Maldives |
Asia | 17 November 2013 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Sheikh Hasina | .jpg) |
Bangladesh |
Asia | 5 January 2014 | 26 February 2014 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Federica Mogherini |  |
Italy |
Europe | 22 February 2014 | 31 October 2014 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Arisoa Razafitrimo | |
Madagascar |
Africa | 18 April 2014 | 25 January 2015 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Sushma Swaraj |  |
India |
Asia | 26 May 2014 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Isabel Saint Malo | 80px |  Panama |
America | 1 July 2014 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Margot Wallström |  |
Sweden |
Europe | 3 October 2014 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi | |
Botswana |
Africa | 24 October 2014 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Retno Marsudi | 80px |  Indonesia |
Asia | 27 October 2014 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Anne Sulling |  |
Estonia |
Europe | 3 November 2014 | 17 November 2014 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Tamar Beruchashvili | 80px | Georgia |
Europe | 11 November 2014 | 1 September 2015 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Keit Pentus-Rosimannus |  |
Estonia |
Europe | 17 November 2014 | 1 July 2015 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Clarice Modeste-Curwen | |
 Grenada |
America | 1 December 2014 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Francine Baron | 80px | Dominica |
America | 13 December 2014 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Delcy Rodríguez | 80px |  Venezuela |
America | 26 December 2014 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Neneh MacDouall-Gaye | |
Gambia, The |
Africa | 6 January 2015 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Béatrice Atallah | |
Madagascar |
Africa | 25 January 2015 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Vatma Vall Mint Soueina | |
Mauritania |
Africa | 25 January 2015 | 2 September 2015 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Aïchatou Kané Boulama | |
Niger |
Africa | 25 February 2015 | 11 April 2016 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Ana María Sánchez | 80px | Peru |
America | 2 April 2015 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Marina Kaljurand | 80px | Estonia |
Europe | 16 July 2015 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Niermala Badrising | 80px | Suriname |
America | 12 August 2015 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Claudia Ruiz Massieu |  |
Mexico |
America | 27 August 2015 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
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Argentina |
America | 10 December 2015 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Makalé Camara | |
Guinea |
Africa | 4 January 2016 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Marjon Kamara | |
Liberia |
Africa | 6 January 2016 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Kamina Johnson Smith | |
 Jamaica |
America | 7 March 2016 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Aung San Suu Kyi |  |
 Myanmar |
Asia | 30 March 2016 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Lilja Alfreðsdóttir | |
Iceland |
Europe | 7 April 2016 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| María Dolores Agüero | |
Honduras |
America | 18 April 2016 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Unrecognized states, autonomous regions
Denotes incumbent foreign minister
- Italics denotes an acting foreign minister and states that are defunct.
| Name | Image | Country/Region | Continent | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nguyễn Thị Bình | 80px |  Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam |
Asia | 1969 | 1976 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Naira Melkumian | |
 Nagorno-Karabakh Republic |
Europe | 1997 | 11 October 2002 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Edna Adan Ismail | 80px |  Somaliland |
Africa | 30 July 2003 | 30 July 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Maia Chigoyeva-Tsaboshvili | |
 South Ossetia |
Europe | 2006 | 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Fiona Hyslop | 80px |  Scotland |
Europe | 1 December 2009 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Vlora Çitaku |  |
 Kosovo |
Europe | 18 October 2010 | 22 February 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Nina Shtanski | 80px |  Transnistria |
Europe | 18 January 2012 | 14 September 2015 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Christine St-Pierre | |
 Quebec |
America | 23 April 2014 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Emine Çolak | |
 Northern Cyprus |
Europe | 16 July 2015 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Sui generis entities
Denotes incumbent foreign minister
| Name | Image | Entity | Continent | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benita Ferrero-Waldner | |
 European Union |
Europe | 22 November 2004 | 1 December 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
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European Union |
Europe | 1 December 2009 | 1 November 2014 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
| Federica Mogherini | |
European Union |
Europe | 1 November 2014 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
See also
- Foreign minister
- List of current foreign ministers
- List of current Permanent Representatives to the United Nations
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