List of female foreign ministers
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A foreign minister or minister of foreign affairs (sometimes external affairs minister) 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. Some countries have varied titles for this particular position, such as minister for external affairs in Brazil and India. In the United States and the United Kingdom, the position is titled as Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs respectively.
In some cases, the prime minister has concurrently served as foreign minister. This was the case with Indira Gandhi and Sirimavo Bandaranaike, who served as prime ministers of India and Ceylon respectively. Sweden has had nine female ministers, a world record.
Sovereign states
[edit] Denotes incumbent foreign minister
- Italics denotes an acting foreign minister and states that are defunct.
| Name | Image | Country | Region | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ana Pauker | 
|
 Romania
|
Europe | 30 December 1947 | 9 July 1952 | 4 years, 192 days |
| Golda Meir | 
|
 Israel
|
Asia | 18 June 1956 | 12 January 1966 | 9 years, 208 days |
| Tahira Tahirova |  Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
|
Europe | 26 March 1959 | 24 November 1983 | 24 years, 212 days | |
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike[a] | _(Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop).jpg)
|
 Ceylon[b]
|
Asia | 21 July 1960 | 27 March 1965 | 4 years, 249 days |
Ceylon/ Sri Lanka[b]
|
Asia | 29 May 1970 | 23 July 1977 | 7 years, 55 days | ||
| Indira Gandhi[c] | 
|
 India
|
Asia | 22 August 1967 | 14 March 1969 | 1 year, 204 days |
| 9 March 1984 | 31 October 1984 | 236 days | ||||
| Princess Elizabeth of Toro | 
|
 Uganda
|
Africa | February 1974 | November 1974 | 273 days |
| Licelott Marte de Barrios | 
|
 Dominican Republic
|
Americas | 1975 | 1975 | ? |
| Karin Söder | 
|
 Sweden
|
Europe | 8 October 1976 | 18 October 1978 | 2 years, 10 days |
| Maria do Nascimento da Graça Amorim |
|
 São Tomé and Príncipe
|
Africa | 1978 | 1985 | 7 years, 0 days |
| Flora MacDonald | .jpg)
|
 Canada
|
Americas | 4 June 1979 | 2 March 1980 | 272 days |
| Gloria Amon Nikoi |
|
 Ghana
|
Africa | 26 June 1979 | 24 September 1979 | 90 days |
| Eugenia Charles[d] | 
|
 Dominica
|
Americas | 21 July 1980 | 1990 | 9 years, 164 days |
| Colette Flesch | 
|
 Luxembourg
|
Europe | 22 November 1980 | 20 July 1984 | 3 years, 241 days |
| Gaositwe K. T. Chiepe | 
|
 Botswana
|
Africa | 1984 | 1994 | 10 years, 0 days |
| Adrienne Liyonda |
|
 Zaire[e]
|
Africa | 1987 | 1988 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Danielle de St. Jorre | .jpg)
|
 Seychelles
|
Africa | 1989 | 25 February 1997 | 8 years, 55 days |
| Akmaral Arystanbekova |
|
 Kazakhstan
|
Asia | 1989 | 1991 | 2 years, 0 days |
| Susana Ruiz Cerutti | 
|
 Argentina
|
Americas | 26 May 1989 | 8 July 1989 | 43 days |
| Pascaline Bongo Ondimba |
|
 Gabon
|
Africa | 1991 | 1994 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Shahlo Mahmudova |
|
 Uzbekistan
|
Asia | 1991 | 1992 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Marie-Denise Fabien-Jean-Louis |
|
 Haiti
|
Americas | 19 February 1991 | 19 September 1991 | 240 days |
| Barbara McDougall |
|
Canada
|
Americas | 21 April 1991 | 24 June 1993 | 2 years, 64 days |
| Margaretha af Ugglas |
|
Sweden
|
Europe | 4 October 1991 | 7 October 1994 | 3 years, 3 days |
| Noemí Sanín | 
|
 Colombia
|
Americas | 8 November 1991 | 7 August 1994 | 2 years, 272 days |
| Roza Otunbayeva | 
|
 Kyrgyzstan
|
Asia | 26 February 1992 | 10 October 1992 | 227 days |
| 1994 | 1 July 1997 | 3 years, 0 days | ||||
| 25 March 2005 | 30 September 2005 | 189 days | ||||
| Andrea Willi |
|
 Liechtenstein
|
Europe | 1993 | 5 April 2001 | 8 years, 94 days |
| Motarilavoa Hilda Lin̄i | .jpg)
|
 Vanuatu
|
Oceania | 1993 | 1993 | ? |
| Claudette Werleigh |
|
Haiti
|
Americas | 1 September 1993 | 16 May 1994 | 257 days |
| 8 November 1994 | 7 November 1995 | 364 days | ||||
| Billie Miller |
|
 Barbados
|
Americas | 1994 | 19 January 2008 | 14 years, 18 days |
| Dorothy Musuleng-Cooper |
|
 Liberia
|
Africa | 1994 | 1995 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Janet Bostwick |
|
 Bahamas
|
Americas | 1994 | 3 May 2002 | 8 years, 122 days |
| Gladys Maritza Ruiz de Vielman | .jpg)
|
 Guatemala
|
Americas | 1994 | 1995 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Sy Kadiatou Sow |
|
 Mali
|
Africa | 1994 | 1995 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Lena Hjelm-Wallén |
|
Sweden
|
Europe | 7 October 1994 | 7 October 1998 | 4 years, 0 days |
| Susanna Agnelli | 
|
 Italy
|
Europe | 17 January 1995 | 17 May 1996 | 1 year, 121 days |
| Tarja Halonen | 
|
 Finland
|
Europe | 13 April 1995 | 25 February 2000 | 4 years, 318 days |
| Tansu Çiller | 
|
 Turkey
|
Europe | 28 June 1996 | 30 June 1997 | 1 year, 2 days |
| María Emma Mejía Vélez | 
|
Colombia
|
Americas | 10 July 1996 | 25 March 1998 | 1 year, 258 days |
| Irina Bokova | 
|
 Bulgaria
|
Europe | 13 November 1996 | 13 February 1997 | 92 days |
| Shirley Gbujama |
|
 Sierra Leone
|
Africa | 21 November 1996 | 25 May 1997 | 185 days |
| Madeleine Albright | 
|
 United States
|
Americas | 23 January 1997 | 20 January 2001 | 3 years, 363 days |
| Nadezhda Mihaylova | 
|
Bulgaria
|
Europe | 21 May 1997 | 24 July 2001 | 4 years, 64 days |
| Zdenka Kramplová |
|
 Slovakia
|
Europe | 25 May 1997 | 30 October 1998 | 1 year, 158 days |
| Naira Melkumian |
|
 Artsakh
|
Europe | 1997 | 11 October 2002 | 5 years, 283 days |
| Rosario Green |
|
 Mexico
|
Americas | 1 January 1998 | 30 November 2000 | 2 years, 334 days |
| Lila Ratsifandrihamanana |
|
 Madagascar
|
Africa | 31 July 1998 | 28 February 2002 | 3 years, 212 days |
| Anna Lindh | 
|
Sweden
|
Europe | 7 October 1998 | 11 September 2003 | 4 years, 339 days |
| Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa |
|
 Mongolia
|
Asia | 9 December 1998 | 9 August 2000 | 1 year, 244 days |
| Hilia Barber |
|
 Guinea-Bissau
|
Africa | 8 January 1999 | 7 May 1999 | 119 days |
| Aïchatou Mindaoudou | 
|
 Niger
|
Africa | 16 April 1999 | 5 January 2000 | 264 days |
| 17 September 2001 | 21 April 2011 | 9 years, 216 days | ||||
| María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila |
|
 El Salvador
|
Americas | 1 June 1999 | 1 June 2004 | 5 years, 0 days |
| Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma | .jpg)
|
 South Africa
|
Africa | 14 June 1999 | 10 May 2009 | 9 years, 330 days |
| Lydie Polfer | 
|
Luxembourg
|
Europe | 7 August 1999 | 31 July 2004 | 4 years, 359 days |
| Benita Ferrero-Waldner | 
|
 Austria
|
Europe | 4 February 2000 | 20 October 2004 | 4 years, 259 days |
| Lilian Patel |
|
 Malawi
|
Africa | 1 March 2000 | 16 June 2004 | 4 years, 107 days |
| Soledad Alvear | 
|
 Chile
|
Americas | 11 March 2000 | 1 October 2004 | 4 years, 204 days |
| Mahawa Bangoura |
|
 Guinea
|
Africa | 7 June 2000 | 10 June 2002 | 2 years, 3 days |
| Marie Levens | .png)
|
 Suriname
|
Americas | 12 August 2000 | 12 August 2005 | 5 years, 0 days |
| Antonieta Rosa Gomes |
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
Africa | 25 March 2001 | 21 November 2001 | 241 days |
| Makiko Tanaka | 
|
 Japan
|
Asia | 26 April 2001 | 26 January 2002 | 275 days |
| Ilinka Mitreva | 
|
 FYR Macedonia
|
Europe | 13 May 2001 | 23 November 2001 | 194 days |
| 1 November 2002 | 28 August 2006 | 3 years, 298 days | ||||
| Gloria Macapagal Arroyo[f] | 
|
 Philippines
|
Asia | 15 July 2002 | 16 July 2002 | 1 day |
| Arta Dade | .jpg)
|
 Albania
|
Europe | 12 September 2001 | 31 July 2002 | 322 days |
| Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote |
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
Africa | 12 December 2001 | 17 November 2002 | 340 days |
| Kristiina Ojuland | 
|
 Estonia
|
Europe | 28 January 2002 | 8 February 2005 | 3 years, 11 days |
| Yoriko Kawaguchi | 
|
Japan
|
Asia | 16 February 2002 | 27 September 2004 | 2 years, 224 days |
| Alda Bandeira |
|
São Tomé and Príncipe
|
Africa | 28 March 2002 | 7 October 2002 | 193 days |
| Ana Palacio | 
|
 Spain
|
Europe | 9 July 2002 | 17 April 2004 | 1 year, 283 days |
| Carolina Barco | 
|
Colombia
|
Americas | 7 August 2002 | 7 August 2006 | 4 years, 0 days |
| Fátima Veiga | .jpg)
|
 Cape Verde
|
Africa | 19 October 2002 | 3 April 2004 | 1 year, 167 days |
| Sandra Kalniete | 
|
 Latvia
|
Europe | 7 November 2002 | 9 March 2004 | 1 year, 123 days |
| Micheline Calmy-Rey | 
|
 Switzerland
|
Europe | 1 January 2003 | 31 December 2011 | 8 years, 364 days |
| Nina Pacari | 
|
 Ecuador
|
Americas | 15 January 2003 | 6 August 2003 | 203 days |
| Fatumata Djau Baldé | 
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
Africa | 4 July 2003 | 14 September 2003 | 72 days |
| Edna Adan Ismail | .jpg)
|
 Somaliland
|
Africa | 30 July 2003 | 30 July 2006 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Leila Rachid de Cowles |
|
 Paraguay
|
Americas | 15 August 2003 | 21 August 2006 | 3 years, 6 days |
| Teresa Patrício de Gouveia | 
|
 Portugal
|
Europe | 9 October 2003 | 17 July 2004 | 282 days |
| Laila Freivalds | 
|
Sweden
|
Europe | 10 October 2003 | 21 March 2006 | 2 years, 162 days |
| Delia Albert | 
|
Philippines
|
Asia | 23 December 2003 | 18 August 2004 | 239 days |
| Salome Zurabishvili | 
|
 Georgia
|
Europe | 20 March 2004 | 19 October 2005 | 1 year, 213 days |
| Ursula Plassnik | 
|
Austria
|
Europe | 20 October 2004 | 2 December 2008 | 4 years, 43 days |
| Helēna Demakova | 
|
Latvia
|
Europe | 28 October 2004 | 29 November 2004 | 32 days |
| 29 October 2007 | 8 November 2007 | 10 days | ||||
| Condoleezza Rice | 
|
United States
|
Americas | 26 January 2005 | 20 January 2009 | 3 years, 360 days |
| Alcinda Abreu | 
|
 Mozambique
|
Africa | 3 February 2005 | 10 March 2008 | 3 years, 36 days |
| Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović | 
|
 Croatia
|
Europe | 17 February 2005 | 12 January 2008 | 2 years, 329 days |
| Fatoumata Kaba |
|
Guinea
|
Africa | 8 March 2005 | 6 September 2006 | 1 year, 182 days |
| Rita Kieber-Beck | .jpg)
|
Liechtenstein
|
Europe | 21 April 2005 | 25 March 2009 | 3 years, 338 days |
| Ana Trišić-Babić |
|
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
Europe | 9 June 2005 | 15 June 2005 | 6 days |
| Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk | .jpg)
|
Suriname
|
Americas | 12 August 2005 | 12 August 2010 | 5 years, 0 days |
| Antoinette Batumubwira |
|
 Burundi
|
Africa | 30 August 2005 | 29 January 2009 | 3 years, 152 days |
| Rosemary Museminali |
|
 Rwanda
|
Africa | 2 September 2005 | 4 December 2009 | 4 years, 93 days |
| Asha-Rose Migiro | 
|
 Tanzania
|
Africa | 6 January 2006 | 11 January 2007 | 1 year, 5 days |
| Tzipi Livni | 
|
Israel
|
Asia | 18 January 2006 | 1 April 2009 | 3 years, 73 days |
| Dora Bakoyannis | 
|
 Greece
|
Europe | 15 February 2006 | 6 October 2009 | 3 years, 233 days |
| Carin Jämtin | .jpg)
|
Sweden
|
Europe | 27 March 2006 | 24 April 2006 | 28 days |
| Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo | 
|
 Benin
|
Africa | 10 April 2006 | 17 June 2007 | 1 year, 68 days |
| Margaret Beckett | 
|
 United Kingdom
|
Europe | 5 May 2006 | 28 June 2007 | 1 year, 54 days |
| Anna Fotyga | .jpg)
|
 Poland
|
Europe | 9 May 2006 | 15 November 2007 | 1 year, 190 days |
| Joyce Banda | .jpg)
|
Malawi
|
Africa | 1 June 2006 | 29 May 2009 | 2 years, 362 days |
| Kinga Göncz | 
|
 Hungary
|
Europe | 9 June 2006 | 14 April 2009 | 2 years, 309 days |
| Valgerður Sverrisdóttir | 
|
 Iceland
|
Europe | 15 June 2006 | 24 May 2007 | 343 days |
| Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | .jpg)
|
 Nigeria
|
Africa | 21 June 2006 | 30 August 2006 | 70 days |
| María Consuelo Araújo | 
|
Colombia
|
Americas | 7 August 2006 | 19 February 2007 | 196 days |
| Joy Ogwu |
|
Nigeria
|
Africa | 30 August 2006 | 29 May 2007 | 272 days |
| Patricia Espinosa | 
|
Mexico
|
Americas | 1 December 2006 | 1 December 2012 | 6 years, 0 days |
| Maia Chigoyeva-Tsaboshvili |
|
 South Ossetia
|
Europe | 2006 | 2007 | ? |
| María Fernanda Espinosa | _(cropped).jpg)
|
Ecuador
|
Americas | 15 January 2007 | 7 December 2007 | 326 days |
| 24 May 2017 | 12 June 2018 | 1 year, 19 days | ||||
| Sahana Pradhan | 
|
 Nepal
|
Asia | 1 April 2007 | 22 August 2008 | 1 year, 143 days |
| Maria da Conceição Nobre Cabral | 
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
Africa | 18 April 2007 | 7 January 2009 | 1 year, 264 days |
| Meritxell Mateu Pi | 
|
 Andorra
|
Europe | 2 May 2007 | 9 June 2009 | 2 years, 38 days |
| Adaljiza Magno | 
|
 East Timor
|
Asia | 19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | 81 days |
| 24 June 2020 | 1 July 2023 | 3 years, 7 days | ||||
| Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir | 
|
Iceland
|
Europe | 24 May 2007 | 1 February 2009 | 1 year, 253 days |
| Lisa Shoman | .jpg)
|
 Belize
|
Americas | 4 June 2007 | 12 February 2008 | 253 days |
| Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis | 
|
 Cyprus
|
Europe | 16 July 2007 | 2 March 2008 | 230 days |
| 5 August 2011 | 1 March 2013 | 1 year, 208 days | ||||
| Olubanke King Akerele | 
|
Liberia
|
Africa | 22 August 2007 | 3 November 2010 | 3 years, 73 days |
| Zainab Bangura | .jpg)
|
Sierra Leone
|
Africa | 14 October 2007 | 3 December 2010 | 3 years, 50 days |
| Paula Gopee-Scoon | 
|
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
Americas | 7 November 2007 | 28 May 2010 | 2 years, 202 days |
| Sanjaasürengiin Oyuun | .jpg)
|
Mongolia
|
Asia | 4 December 2007 | 20 September 2008 | 291 days |
| María Isabel Salvador | 
|
Ecuador
|
Americas | 7 December 2007 | 12 December 2008 | 1 year, 5 days |
| Marisol Argueta de Barillas | 
|
El Salvador
|
Americas | 16 January 2008 | 1 June 2009 | 1 year, 136 days |
| Carolyn Rodrigues | .jpg)
|
 Guyana
|
Americas | 10 April 2008 | 19 May 2015 | 7 years, 39 days |
| Laure Olga Gondjout | 
|
Gabon
|
Africa | 28 April 2008 | 9 October 2008 | 164 days |
| Eka Tkeshelashvili | 
|
Georgia
|
Europe | 5 May 2008 | 6 December 2008 | 215 days |
| Helen Clark | 
|
 New Zealand
|
Oceania | 29 August 2008 | 19 November 2008 | 82 days |
| Maxine McClean | .jpg)
|
Barbados
|
Americas | 24 November 2008 | 27 May 2018 | 9 years, 184 days |
| Antonella Mularoni | 
|
 San Marino
|
Europe | 4 December 2008 | 5 December 2012 | 4 years, 1 day |
| Dipu Moni | 
|
 Bangladesh
|
Asia | 6 January 2009 | 20 November 2013 | 4 years, 318 days |
| Adiato Djaló Nandigna |
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
Africa | 7 January 2009 | 28 October 2009 | 294 days |
| Hillary Clinton | 
|
United States
|
Americas | 21 January 2009 | 1 February 2013 | 4 years, 11 days |
| Patricia Isabel Rodas |
|
 Honduras
|
Americas | 31 January 2009 | 28 June 2009 | 148 days |
| Sandra Pierantozzi | 
|
 Palau
|
Oceania | 6 February 2009 | 19 March 2010 | 1 year, 41 days |
| Aurelia Frick | .jpg)
|
Liechtenstein
|
Europe | 25 March 2009 | 2 July 2019 | 10 years, 99 days |
| Maite Nkoana-Mashabane | .jpg)
|
South Africa
|
Africa | 10 May 2009 | 27 February 2018 | 8 years, 293 days |
| Sujata Koirala | 
|
 Nepal
|
Asia | 25 May 2009 | 6 February 2011 | 1 year, 257 days |
| Etta Banda |
|
Malawi
|
Africa | 17 June 2009 | 19 August 2011 | 2 years, 63 days |
| Rumiana Jeleva | 
|
Bulgaria
|
Europe | 27 July 2009 | 27 January 2010 | 184 days |
| Naha Mint Mouknass | 
|
 Mauritania
|
Africa | 5 August 2009 | 22 March 2011 | 1 year, 229 days |
| Marie-Michèle Rey |
|
Haiti
|
Americas | 8 November 2009 | 24 October 2011 | 2 years, 296 days |
| Louise Mushikiwabo | 
|
Rwanda
|
Africa | 4 December 2009 | 19 October 2018 | 8 years, 319 days |
| Rasa Juknevičienė | 
|
 Lithuania
|
Europe | 26 January 2010 | 11 February 2010 | 16 days |
| Lene Espersen | 
|
 Denmark
|
Europe | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days |
| Aminatou Maïga Touré |
|
Niger
|
Africa | 1 March 2010 | 21 April 2011 | 1 year, 51 days |
| María Ángela Holguín | .jpg)
|
Colombia
|
Americas | 7 August 2010 | 7 August 2018 | 8 years, 0 days |
| Vlora Çitaku | 
|
 Kosovo
|
Europe | 18 October 2010 | 22 February 2011 | 127 days |
| Trinidad Jiménez | 
|
Spain
|
Europe | 20 October 2010 | 22 December 2011 | 1 year, 63 days |
| Michèle Alliot-Marie | 
|
 France
|
Europe | 14 November 2010 | 27 February 2011 | 105 days |
| Hina Rabbani Khar | _(cropped).jpg)
|
 Pakistan
|
Asia | 11 February 2011 | 16 March 2013 | 2 years, 33 days |
| Yvette Sylla |
|
Madagascar
|
Africa | 26 March 2011 | 21 November 2011 | 240 days |
| Vesna Pusic | 
|
Croatia
|
Europe | 23 December 2011 | 22 January 2016 | 4 years, 30 days |
| Nina Shtanski | 
|
 Transnistria
|
Europe | 18 January 2012 | 14 September 2015 | 3 years, 239 days |
| Maia Panjikidze | 
|
Georgia
|
Europe | 25 October 2012 | 5 November 2014 | 2 years, 11 days |
| Susan Waffa-Ogoo | 
|
 The Gambia
|
Africa | 1 November 2012 | 31 October 2013 | 364 days |
| Fowsiyo Yussuf Haji Aadan | 
|
 Somalia
|
Africa | 4 November 2012 | 17 January 2014 | 1 year, 74 days |
| Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah | .jpg)
|
 Namibia
|
Africa | 4 December 2012 | Incumbent | 12 years, 25 days |
| Natália Pedro da Costa Umbelina Neto | .jpg)
|
São Tomé and Príncipe
|
Africa | 12 December 2012 | 25 December 2014 | 2 years, 13 days |
| Hanna Tetteh | 
|
Ghana
|
Africa | 30 January 2013 | 7 January 2017 | 3 years, 343 days |
| Emma Bonino | 
|
Italy
|
Europe | 28 April 2013 | 22 February 2014 | 300 days |
| Mireya Agüero de Corrales | 
|
Honduras
|
Americas | 2 May 2013 | 8 January 2015 | 1 year, 251 days |
| Eda Rivas | .jpg)
|
 Peru
|
Americas | 15 May 2013 | 23 June 2014 | 1 year, 39 days |
| Amina Mohamed | 
|
 Kenya
|
Africa | 19 May 2013 | 16 February 2018 | 4 years, 273 days |
| Natalia Gherman | 
|
 Moldova
|
Europe | 30 May 2013 | 20 January 2016 | 2 years, 235 days |
| Léonie Banga-Bothy |
|
 Central African Republic
|
Africa | 13 June 2013 | 27 January 2014 | 228 days |
| Mariyam Shakeela | .jpg)
|
 Maldives
|
Asia | 12 September 2013 | 17 November 2013 | 66 days |
| Viola Onwuliri | 
|
Nigeria
|
Africa | 13 September 2013 | 5 March 2014 | 173 days |
| Julie Bishop | 
|
 Australia
|
Oceania | 18 September 2013 | 26 August 2018 | 4 years, 342 days |
| Dunya Maumoon | .jpg)
|
Maldives
|
Asia | 17 November 2013 | 5 July 2016 | 2 years, 231 days |
| Sheikh Hasina[g] | .jpg)
|
Bangladesh
|
Asia | 5 January 2014 | 26 February 2014 | 52 days |
| Federica Mogherini | 
|
Italy
|
Europe | 22 February 2014 | 31 October 2014 | 251 days |
| Arisoa Razafitrimo | 
|
Madagascar
|
Africa | 18 April 2014 | 25 January 2015 | 282 days |
| Sushma Swaraj | 
|
India
|
Asia | 26 May 2014 | 31 May 2019 | 5 years, 5 days |
| Isabel Saint Malo | 
|
 Panama
|
Americas | 1 July 2014 | 1 July 2019 | 5 years, 0 days |
| Margot Wallström | 
|
Sweden
|
Europe | 3 October 2014 | 10 December 2019 | 5 years, 68 days |
| Retno Marsudi | .jpg)
|
 Indonesia
|
Asia | 27 October 2014 | 20 October 2014 | 9 years, 359 days |
| Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi | 
|
Botswana
|
Africa | 31 October 2014 | 4 April 2018 | 3 years, 155 days |
| Anne Sulling | 
|
Estonia
|
Europe | 3 November 2014 | 17 November 2014 | 14 days |
| Tamar Beruchashvili | .jpg)
|
Georgia
|
Europe | 11 November 2014 | 1 September 2015 | 294 days |
| Keit Pentus-Rosimannus | 
|
Estonia
|
Europe | 17 November 2014 | 1 July 2015 | 226 days |
| Clarice Modeste-Curwen |
|
 Grenada
|
Americas | 1 December 2014 | 1 July 2016 | 1 year, 213 days |
| Francine Baron | .jpg)
|
Dominica
|
Americas | 13 December 2014 | 25 December 2019 | 5 years, 12 days |
| Delcy Rodríguez | 
|
 Venezuela
|
Americas | 26 December 2014 | 21 June 2017 | 2 years, 177 days |
| Neneh MacDouall-Gaye | 
|
The Gambia
|
Africa | 6 January 2015 | 17 January 2017 | 2 years, 11 days |
| Béatrice Atallah |
|
Madagascar
|
Africa | 25 January 2015 | 25 August 2017 | 2 years, 212 days |
| Vatma Vall Mint Soueina |
|
Mauritania
|
Africa | 25 January 2015 | 2 September 2015 | 220 days |
| Aïchatou Kané Boulama |
|
Niger
|
Africa | 25 February 2015 | 11 April 2016 | 1 year, 46 days |
| Ana María Sánchez | 
|
Peru
|
Americas | 2 April 2015 | 28 July 2016 | 1 year, 117 days |
| Marina Kaljurand | 
|
Estonia
|
Europe | 16 July 2015 | 12 September 2016 | 9 years, 166 days |
| Emine Çolak |
|
 Northern Cyprus
|
Europe | 16 July 2015 | 16 April 2016 | 275 days |
| Niermala Badrising | 
|
Suriname
|
Americas | 12 August 2015 | 1 February 2017 | 1 year, 173 days |
| Claudia Ruiz Massieu | 
|
Mexico
|
Americas | 27 August 2015 | 4 January 2017 | 1 year, 130 days |
| Susana Malcorra | _(cropped).jpg)
|
Argentina
|
Americas | 10 December 2015 | 29 May 2017 | 1 year, 170 days |
| Makalé Camara |
|
Guinea
|
Africa | 4 January 2016 | 22 August 2017 | 1 year, 230 days |
| Marjon Kamara |
|
Liberia
|
Africa | 6 January 2016 | 22 January 2018 | 2 years, 16 days |
| Kamina Johnson Smith | _(cropped_portrait).jpg)
|
 Jamaica
|
Americas | 7 March 2016 | Incumbent | 8 years, 297 days |
| Aung San Suu Kyi[h] | 
|
 Myanmar
|
Asia | 30 March 2016 | 1 February 2021 | 4 years, 308 days |
| Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir | 
|
Iceland
|
Europe | 7 April 2016 | 11 January 2017 | 279 days |
| 'Mamphono Khaketla |
|
 Lesotho
|
Africa | 8 November 2016 | 16 June 2017 | 220 days |
| Chrystia Freeland | .jpg)
|
Canada
|
Americas | 10 January 2017 | 20 November 2019 | 2 years, 314 days |
| Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey | 
|
Ghana
|
Africa | 28 January 2017 | Incumbent | 7 years, 336 days |
| Yldiz Pollack-Beighle | 
|
Suriname
|
Americas | 1 February 2017 | 16 July 2020 | 3 years, 166 days |
| María Dolores Agüero | .jpg)
|
Honduras
|
Americas | 27 March 2017 | 23 July 2019 | 2 years, 118 days |
| Ekaterina Zaharieva | _-_Day_II_Handshake_(39399602665)_(cropped).jpg)
|
Bulgaria
|
Europe | 4 May 2017 | 12 May 2021 | 4 years, 8 days |
| Faustina Rehuher-Marugg | 
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Palau
|
Oceania | 13 June 2017 | 21 January 2021 | 3 years, 222 days |
| Kang Kyung-wha | _(cropped).jpg)
|
 South Korea
|
Asia | 18 June 2017 | 8 February 2021 | 3 years, 235 days |
| Marija Pejčinović Burić | _-_Day_II_Handshake_(25425621407)_(cropped).jpg)
|
Croatia
|
Europe | 19 June 2017 | 19 July 2019 | 2 years, 30 days |
| Maria Ubach i Font | _(cropped).jpg)
|
Andorra
|
Europe | 17 July 2017 | 15 May 2023 | 5 years, 304 days |
| Sandra Jovel | 
|
Guatemala
|
Americas | 27 August 2017 | 14 January 2020 | 2 years, 140 days |
| Ine Eriksen Søreide | _(cropped).jpg)
|
 Norway
|
Europe | 20 October 2017 | 14 October 2021 | 3 years, 359 days |
| Karin Kneissl | _(24876263787)_(cropped).jpg)
|
Austria
|
Europe | 18 December 2017 | 3 June 2019 | 1 year, 167 days |
| Cayetana Aljovín | 
|
Peru
|
Americas | 9 January 2018 | 2 April 2018 | 6 years, 355 days |
| Sigrid Kaag | .jpg)
|
 Netherlands
|
Europe | 13 February 2018 | 7 March 2018 | 22 days |
| 25 May 2021 | 16 September 2021 | 114 days | ||||
| Monica Juma | _(cropped).jpg)
|
Kenya
|
Africa | 16 February 2018 | 14 January 2020 | 6 years, 317 days |
| Lindiwe Sisulu | _(cropped).jpg)
|
South Africa
|
Africa | 27 February 2018 | 29 May 2019 | 1 year, 91 days |
| Tehmina Janjua | 
|
Pakistan
|
Asia | 26 April 2018 | 5 June 2018 | 40 days |
| Epsy Campbell Barr | .jpg)
|
 Costa Rica
|
Americas | 8 May 2018 | 11 December 2018 | 217 days |
| Unity Dow | .jpg)
|
Botswana
|
Africa | 20 June 2018 | 26 August 2020 | 2 years, 67 days |
| Marise Payne | _(cropped).jpg)
|
Australia
|
Oceania | 28 August 2018 | 23 May 2022 | 3 years, 268 days |
| Kamissa Camara | 
|
Mali
|
Africa | 9 September 2018 | 18 April 2019 | 221 days |
| Thuli Dladla | .jpg)
|
 Eswatini
|
Africa | 2 November 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 57 days |
| Elsa Teixeira Pinto | .jpg)
|
São Tomé and Príncipe
|
Africa | 3 December 2018 | 19 September 2020 | 6 years, 26 days |
| Lorena Aguilar Revelo |
|
Costa Rica
|
Americas | 11 December 2018 | 8 January 2019 | 28 days |
| Sylvie Baïpo-Temon | 
|
Central African Republic
|
Africa | 14 December 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 15 days |
| Karen Cummings | 
|
Guyana
|
Americas | 2 May 2019 | 2 August 2020 | 1 year, 92 days |
| Nabeela Tunis | .jpg)
|
Sierra Leone
|
Africa | 9 May 2019 | 30 April 2021 | 5 years, 234 days |
| Naledi Pandor | 
|
South Africa
|
Africa | 29 May 2019 | 30 June 2024 | 5 years, 32 days |
| Alexandra Hill Tinoco | _(cropped).jpg)
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El Salvador
|
Americas | 1 June 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 211 days |
| Suzi Barbosa | 
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
Africa | 3 July 2019 | 24 January 2020 | 205 days |
| Ramona Mănescu | 
|
 Romania
|
Europe | 24 July 2019 | 4 November 2019 | 103 days |
| Awut Deng Acuil | 
|
 South Sudan
|
Africa | 19 August 2019 | 12 March 2020 | 206 days |
| Asma Mohamed Abdalla | 
|
 Sudan
|
Africa | 8 September 2019 | 9 July 2020 | 305 days |
| Marie Tumba Nzeza | .jpg)
|
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
Africa | 9 September 2019 | 12 April 2021 | 1 year, 215 days |
| Ann Linde | 
|
Sweden
|
Europe | 10 September 2019 | 17 October 2022 | 3 years, 37 days |
| Katrin Eggenberger | .jpg)
|
Liechtenstein
|
Europe | 11 November 2019 | 25 March 2021 | 1 year, 134 days |
| Karen Longaric | .jpg)
|
 Bolivia
|
Americas | 13 November 2019 | 9 November 2020 | 362 days |
| Claudia Blum | _(cropped).jpg)
|
Colombia
|
Americas | 27 November 2019 | 9 May 2021 | 1 year, 163 days |
| Margarita Robles | .jpg)
|
Spain
|
Europe | 30 November 2019 | 13 January 2020 | 44 days |
| Bisera Turković | .jpg)
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
Europe | 23 December 2019 | 25 January 2023 | 3 years, 33 days |
| Arancha González Laya | .jpg)
|
Spain
|
Europe | 13 January 2020 | 12 July 2021 | 1 year, 180 days |
| Raychelle Omamo | .jpg)
|
Kenya
|
Africa | 14 January 2020 | 27 October 2022 | 2 years, 286 days |
| Verónica Macamo | .jpg)
|
Mozambique
|
Africa | 17 January 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 347 days |
| Ruth Monteiro |
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
Africa | 4 February 2020 | 2 March 2020 | 27 days |
| Suzi Barbosa |
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
Africa | 2 March 2020 | 13 August 2023 | 3 years, 164 days |
| Beatrice Wani-Noah | .jpg)
|
South Sudan
|
Africa | 12 March 2020 | 9 September 2021 | 1 year, 181 days |
| 'Matšepo Ramakoae |
|
Lesotho
|
Africa | 21 May 2020 | 27 October 2022 | 2 years, 159 days |
| Meliza Haradinaj-Stublla | _(cropped).jpg)
|
Kosovo
|
Europe | 3 June 2020 | 9 March 2021 | 279 days |
| Edite Tenjua |
|
São Tomé and Príncipe
|
Africa | 19 September 2020 | 14 November 2022 | 4 years, 101 days |
| Sophie Wilmès | _2.jpg)
|
 Belgium
|
Europe | 1 October 2020 | 14 July 2022 | 1 year, 286 days |
| Aïssata Tall Sall | 
|
 Senegal
|
Africa | 1 November 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 58 days |
| Nanaia Mahuta | 
|
New Zealand
|
Oceania | 6 November 2020 | 11 November 2023 | 3 years, 5 days |
| Elizabeth Astete | .jpg)
|
Peru
|
Americas | 18 November 2020 | 15 February 2021 | 89 days |
| Olta Xhaçka | 
|
Albania
|
Europe | 4 January 2021 | 12 September 2023 | 2 years, 251 days |
| Uduch Sengebau Senior | 
|
Palau
|
Oceania | 21 January 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 343 days |
| Eva-Maria Liimets | .jpg)
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Estonia
|
Europe | 26 January 2021 | 3 June 2022 | 1 year, 128 days |
| Battsetseg Batmunkh | (cropped)..jpg)
|
Mongolia
|
Asia | 29 January 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 335 days |
| Mariam al-Mahdi |
|
Sudan
|
Africa | 11 February 2021 | 22 November 2021 | 284 days |
| Najla Mangoush | 
|
 Libya
|
Africa | 15 March 2021 | Incumbent Suspended 28 August 2023 |
3 years, 289 days 2 years, 166 days |
| Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz | .jpg)
|
Kosovo
|
Europe | 22 March 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 282 days |
| Dominique Hasler | .jpg)
|
Liechtenstein
|
Europe | 25 March 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 279 days |
| Liberata Mulamula | 
|
Tanzania
|
Africa | 31 March 2021 | 3 October 2022 | 1 year, 186 days |
| Kandia Camara | _v%C3%A4lisministri_Kandia_Kamissoko_Camaraga_-_51503919993_(cropped).jpg)
|
 Ivory Coast
|
Africa | 6 April 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 267 days |
| Marta Lucía Ramírez | 
|
Colombia
|
Americas | 19 May 2021 | 7 August 2022 | 1 year, 80 days |
| Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa | .jpg)
|
 Samoa
|
Oceania | 24 May 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 219 days |
| Liz Truss | 
|
United Kingdom
|
Europe | 15 September 2021 | 6 September 2022 | 356 days |
| Anniken Huitfeldt | 
|
Norway
|
Europe | 14 October 2021 | 16 October 2023 | 2 years, 2 days |
| Mélanie Joly | 
|
Canada
|
Americas | 26 October 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 64 days |
| Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir | 
|
Iceland
|
Europe | 28 November 2021 | 14 October 2023 | 1 year, 320 days |
| 9 April 2024 | 21 December 2024 | 256 days | ||||
| Annalena Baerbock | _cropped.jpg)
|
 Germany
|
Europe | 8 December 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 21 days |
| Teodora Genchovska | 
|
Bulgaria
|
Europe | 13 December 2021 | 2 August 2022 | 232 days |
| Rosine Sori-Coulibaly | .jpg)
|
 Burkina Faso
|
Africa | 10 December 2021 | 24 January 2022 | 45 days |
| Fekitamoeloa ʻUtoikamanu | _(cropped).jpg)
|
 Tonga
|
Oceania | 28 December 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 1 day |
| Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre | ,_17_April_2024_(cropped).jpg)
|
 Monaco
|
Europe | 17 January 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 347 days |
| Nancy Tembo | .jpg)
|
Malawi
|
Africa | 27 January 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 337 days |
| Olivia Rouamba | _(cropped).jpg)
|
Burkina Faso
|
Africa | 5 March 2022 | 17 December 2023 | 1 year, 287 days |
| Antonia Urrejola | 
|
Chile
|
Americas | 11 March 2022 | 10 March 2023 | 364 days |
| Catherine Colonna | .JPG)
|
France
|
Europe | 20 May 2022 | 11 January 2024 | 1 year, 236 days |
| Penny Wong | .jpg)
|
Australia
|
Oceania | 23 May 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 220 days |
| Tanja Fajon | .jpg)
|
 Slovenia
|
Europe | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 211 days |
| Choe Son-hui | 
|
 North Korea
|
Asia | 11 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 201 days |
| Hadja Lahbib | .jpg)
|
Belgium
|
Europe | 15 July 2022 | 1 December 2024 | 2 years, 139 days |
| Stergomena Tax | 
|
Tanzania
|
Africa | 3 October 2022 | 31 August 2023 | 332 days |
| Janaina Tewaney | .jpg)
|
Panama
|
North America | 10 October 2022 | 1 July 2024 | 1 year, 265 days |
| Ana Gervasi | 
|
Peru
|
Americas | 10 December 2022 | 6 November 2023 | 331 days |
| Bimala Rai Paudyal |
|
Nepal
|
Asia | 17 January 2023 | 27 February 2023 | 41 days |
| Imma Tor Faus | 
|
Andorra
|
Europe | 17 May 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 226 days |
| Paulette Marcelline Adjovi |
|
Benin
|
Africa | 23 May 2023 | 6 June 2023 | 14 days |
| Mariya Gabriel | .jpg)
|
Bulgaria
|
Europe | 6 June 2023 | 9 April 2024 | 308 days |
| Alicia Bárcena | .jpg)
|
Mexico
|
North America | 12 June 2023 | 1 October 2024 | 1 year, 111 days |
| Luminița Odobescu | .jpg)
|
Romania
|
Europe | 15 June 2023 | 23 December 2024 | 1 year, 191 days |
| Elina Valtonen | .jpg)
|
Finland
|
Europe | 20 June 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 192 days |
| Liesje Schreinemacher | _A_(cropped).jpg)
|
Netherlands
|
Europe | 1 September 2023 | 5 September 2023 | 4 days |
| Hanke Bruins Slot | .jpg)
|
Netherlands
|
Europe | 5 September 2023 | 2 July 2024 | 301 days |
| Yōko Kamikawa | .jpg)
|
Japan
|
Asia | 13 September 2023 | 1 October 2024 | 1 year, 18 days |
| Celinda Sosa Lunda |
|
Bolivia
|
Americas | 15 November 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 44 days |
| Gabriela Sommerfeld | .jpg)
|
Ecuador
|
Americas | 23 November 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 36 days |
| Diana Mondino | .jpg)
|
Argentina
|
Americas | 10 December 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 19 days |
| Rasata Rafaravavitafika | .jpg)
|
Madagascar
|
Africa | 14 January 2024 | Incumbent | 350 days |
| Sara Beysolow Nyanti | _(cropped).jpg)
|
Liberia
|
Africa | 9 February 2024 | Incumbent | 324 days |
| Yassine Fall | 
|
Senegal
|
Africa | 7 April 2024 | Incumbent | 266 days |
| Baiba Braže | 2.jpg)
|
Latvia
|
Europe | 19 April 2024 | Incumbent | 254 days |
| Arzu Rana Deuba | 
|
Nepal
|
Asia | 15 July 2024 | Incumbent | 167 days |
| Maria Malmer Stenergard | _p%C3%A5_Sveriges_ambassad_i_K%C3%B6penhamn_(52761511487)_(cropped).jpg)
|
Sweden
|
Europe | 10 September 2024 | Incumbent | 110 days |
| Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir | 
|
Iceland
|
Europe | 21 December 2024 | Incumbent | 8 days |
Autonomous and constituent regions
[edit] 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 | 
|
 South Vietnam(provisional government) |
Asia | 1969 | 1976 | 7 years, 0 days |
| Emily de Jongh-Elhage | 
|
 Netherlands Antilles
|
North America | 26 March 2006 | 10 October 2010 | 4 years, 198 days |
| Linda Fabiani | 
|
 Scotland
|
Europe | 17 May 2007 | 12 February 2009 | 1 year, 271 days |
| Aleqa Hammond | .jpg)
|
 Greenland
|
North America | 30 May 2007 | 26 September 2008 | 1 year, 119 days |
| 5 April 2013 | 12 December 2014 | 1 year, 251 days | ||||
| Fiona Hyslop | .jpg)
|
Scotland
|
Europe | 1 December 2009 | 17 February 2020 | 10 years, 78 days |
| Christine St-Pierre | 
|
 Quebec
|
North America | 23 April 2014 | 18 October 2018 | 4 years, 178 days |
| Suka Frederiksen |
|
Greenland
|
North America | 24 April 2017 | 11 May 2018 | 1 year, 17 days |
| Vivian Motzfeldt |
|
Greenland
|
North America | 11 May 2018 | 5 October 2018 | 147 days |
| Ane Lone Bagger | _(cropped).jpg)
|
Greenland
|
North America | 5 October 2018 | 29 May 2020 | 1 year, 237 days |
| Nadine Girault |
|
Quebec
|
North America | 18 October 2018 | 20 October 2022 | 4 years, 2 days |
| Eluned Morgan | .jpg)
|
 Wales
|
Europe | 3 December 2018 | 8 October 2020 | 1 year, 310 days |
| Victòria Alsina | .jpg)
|
 Catalonia
|
Europe | 26 May 2021 | 10 October 2022 | 1 year, 137 days |
| Meritxell Serret | 
|
Catalonia
|
Europe | 10 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 80 days |
| Martine Biron |
|
Quebec
|
North America | 20 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 70 days |
Sui generis entities
[edit] 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 | 5 years, 9 days |
| Catherine Ashton | .jpg)
|
European Union
|
Europe | 1 December 2009 | 1 November 2014 | 4 years, 335 days |
| Federica Mogherini |
|
European Union
|
Europe | 1 November 2014 | 30 November 2019 | 5 years, 29 days |
| Kaja Kallas | .jpg)
|
European Union
|
Europe | 1 December 2024 | Incumbent | 28 days |
See also
[edit]- Foreign minister
- List of current foreign ministers
- List of current permanent representatives to the United Nations
Notes
[edit]- ^ Served concurrently as prime minister.
- ^ a b Ceylon changed its name into Sri Lanka in 1977.
- ^ Served concurrently as prime minister
- ^ Served concurrently as prime minister.
- ^ Zaire changed its name into Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1997.
- ^ Served concurrently as president.
- ^ Served concurrently as prime minister.
- ^ Served concurrently as State Counsellor.