List of current foreign ministers

This is a list of current foreign ministers of the 193 United Nations member states as well as the Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine.

Foreign ministers of sovereign countries with limited recognition, some alternative governments, some dependent territories and some autonomous administrative divisions are included in separate tables.

Generally recognized sovereign states

State List Current foreign minister Political affiliation Assumed office
 Afghanistan List Amir Khan Muttaqi (Acting) Taliban 7 September 2021
 Albania List Igli Hasani PS 12 September 2023
 Algeria List Ahmed Attaf[1] RND 18 March 2023
 Andorra List Imma Tor Faus 17 May 2023
 Angola List Tete António[2] MPLA 20 April 2020
 Antigua and Barbuda List E.P. Chet Greene ABLP 21 March 2018
 Argentina List Diana Mondino[3] LLA 10 December 2023
 Armenia List Ararat Mirzoyan[4] Civil Contract 19 August 2021
 Australia List Penny Wong[5] Labor 23 May 2022
 Austria List Alexander Schallenberg ÖVP 6 December 2021
 Azerbaijan List Jeyhun Bayramov[6] Independent 16 July 2020
 The Bahamas List Fred Mitchell[7] PLP 20 September 2021
 Bahrain List Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani[8] [a] 11 February 2020
 Bangladesh List Md. Touhid Hossain 9 August 2024
 Barbados List Kerrie Symmonds[9] BLP 26 October 2022
 Belarus List Maxim Ryzhenkov Independent 27 June 2024
 Belgium List Hadja Lahbib[10] MR 15 July 2022
 Belize List Francis Fonseca PUP 1 January 2024
 Benin List Shegun Adjadi Bakari 6 June 2023
 Bhutan List D. N. Dhungyel PDP 28 January 2024
 Bolivia List Celinda Sosa Lunda[11] MAS-IPSP 27 November 2023
 Bosnia and Herzegovina List Elmedin Konaković NiP 25 January 2023
 Botswana List Lemogang Kwape BDP 26 August 2020
 Brazil List Mauro Vieira Independent 1 January 2023
 Brunei List Hassanal Bolkiah (monarch) [a] 22 October 2015
Erywan Yusof (second minister) 31 January 2018
 Bulgaria List Dimitar Glavchev (prime minister) GERB 22 April 2024
 Burkina Faso List Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré Independent 17 December 2023
 Burundi List Albert Shingiro[12] CNDD–FDD 28 June 2020
 Cambodia List Sok Chenda Sophea[13] CPP 22 August 2023
 Cameroon List Lejeune Mbella Mbella RDPC 2 October 2015
 Canada List Mélanie Joly[14] Liberal 26 October 2021
 Cape Verde List Rui Alberto de Figueiredo Soares MpD 14 January 2021
 Central African Republic List Sylvie Baïpo-Temon[15] Independent 14 December 2018
 Chad List Mahamat Saleh Annadif Independent 14 October 2022
 Chile List Alberto van Klaveren Independent 10 March 2023
 China List Wang Yi Communist 25 July 2023
 Colombia List Álvaro Leyva Conservative 7 August 2022
 Comoros List Dhoihir Dhoulkamal 28 September 2020
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the List Christophe Lutundula UDPS 27 April 2021
 Congo, Republic of the List Jean-Claude Gakosso[16] PCT 10 August 2015
 Costa Rica List Arnoldo André Tinoco[17] PPSD 8 May 2022
 Croatia List Gordan Grlić-Radman[18] HDZ 19 July 2019
 Cuba List Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla PCC 2 March 2009
 Cyprus List Constantinos Kombos[19] Independent 1 March 2023
 Czech Republic List Jan Lipavský[20] Pirates 17 December 2021
 Denmark List Lars Løkke Rasmussen[21] Moderates 15 December 2022
 Djibouti List Mahamoud Ali Youssouf Independent 22 May 2005
 Dominica List Vince Henderson DLP 13 December 2022
 Dominican Republic List Roberto Álvarez Gil PRM 16 August 2020
 Ecuador List Gabriela Sommerfeld Independent 23 November 2023
 Egypt List Badr Abdelatty Independent 3 July 2024
 El Salvador List Alexandra Hill Tinoco[22] Independent 1 June 2019
 Equatorial Guinea List Simeón Oyono Esono Angüe PDGE 6 February 2018
 Eritrea List Osman Saleh Mohammed[23] PFDJ 18 April 2007
 Estonia List Margus Tsahkna[24] E200 17 April 2023
 Eswatini List Pholile Shakantu Independent 13 November 2023[25]
 Ethiopia List Taye Atskeselassie 8 February 2024
 Fiji List Sitiveni Rabuka (prime minister) People's Alliance 24 December 2022
 Finland List Elina Valtonen National Coalition 20 June 2023
 France List Jean-Noël Barrot MoDem 21 September 2024
 Gabon List Régis Onanga Ndiaye PDG 9 September 2023
 The Gambia List Mamadou Tangara UDP 29 June 2018
 Georgia List Ilia Darchiashvili Georgian Dream 4 April 2022
 Germany List Annalena Baerbock Greens 8 December 2021
 Ghana List Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey NPP 27 January 2017
 Greece List Giorgos Gerapetritis ND 27 June 2023
 Grenada List Joseph Andall NDC 30 June 2022
 Guatemala List Carlos Ramiro Martínez Independent 15 January 2024
 Guinea List Morissanda Kouyaté Independent 25 October 2021
 Guinea-Bissau List Carlos Pinto Pereira PAI–Terra Ranka 13 August 2023
 Guyana List Hugh Todd PPP 5 August 2020
 Haiti List Jean Victor Généus Independent 24 November 2021
 Holy See List Archbishop Paul Gallagher [a] 8 November 2014
 Honduras List Eduardo Enrique Reina [es] Independent 27 January 2022
 Hungary List Péter Szijjártó Fidesz 23 September 2014
 Iceland List Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir Independence 9 April 2024
 India List S. Jaishankar BJP 31 May 2019
 Indonesia List Sugiono Gerindra 21 October 2024
 Iran List Abbas Araghchi Independent 21 August 2024
 Iraq List Fuad Hussein KDP 6 June 2020
 Ireland List Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil 17 December 2022
 Israel List Gideon Sa'ar New Hope 5 November 2024
 Italy List Antonio Tajani Forza Italia 22 October 2022
 Ivory Coast List Kacou Houadja Léon Adom RHDP 18 October 2023
 Jamaica List Kamina Johnson-Smith JLP 7 March 2016
 Japan List Takeshi Iwaya LDP 1 October 2024
 Jordan List Ayman Safadi Independent 15 January 2017
 Kazakhstan List Murat Nurtleu Amanat 3 April 2023
 Kenya List Musalia Mudavadi Amani 5 October 2023
 Kiribati List Taneti Mamau (president) TKP 15 March 2016
 Kuwait List Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya [a] 12 May 2024
 Kyrgyzstan List Jeenbek Kulubaev Independent 22 April 2022
 Laos List Saleumxay Kommasith LPRP 19 April 2016
 Latvia List Baiba Braže Unity 19 April 2024
 Lebanon List Abdallah Bou Habib Independent 10 September 2021
 Lesotho List Mpotjoane Lejone RFP 28 October 2022
 Liberia List Sara Beysolow Nyanti ALL 9 February 2024
 Libya List Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (Acting) Independent 3 September 2023
 Liechtenstein Dominique Hasler VU 25 March 2021
 Lithuania List Kęstutis Budrys Independent 12 December 2024
 Luxembourg List Xavier Bettel DP 17 November 2023
 Madagascar List Rasata Rafaravavitafika 14 January 2024
 Malawi List Nancy Tembo Independent 28 January 2022
 Malaysia List Mohamad Hasan BN 12 December 2023
 Maldives List Moosa Zameer PPM 17 November 2023
 Mali List Abdoulaye Diop Independent 11 June 2021
 Malta List Ian Borg Labour 30 March 2022
 Marshall Islands List Kitlang Kabua[26] Independent 7 June 2022
 Mauritania List Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug El Insaf 31 March 2022
 Mauritius List Maneesh Gobin MSM 30 August 2023
 Mexico List Juan Ramón de la Fuente Independent 1 October 2024
 Federated States of Micronesia List Kandhi A. Elieisar [a] 3 December 2019
 Moldova List Mihai Popșoi PAS 29 January 2024
 Monaco Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre Independent 17 January 2022
 Mongolia List Batmunkh Battsetseg MPP 29 January 2021
 Montenegro List Filip Ivanović PES! 31 October 2023
 Morocco List Nasser Bourita Independent 5 April 2017
 Mozambique List Verónica Macamo FRELIMO 17 January 2020
 Myanmar List Than Swe Independent 1 February 2023[27]
 Namibia List Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (vice-president) SWAPO 4 December 2012
 Nauru Lionel Aingimea Independent 30 October 2023
   Nepal List Arzu Rana Deuba Congress 15 July 2024
 Netherlands List Caspar Veldkamp NSC 2 July 2024
 New Zealand List Winston Peters NZ First 27 November 2023
 Nicaragua List Denis Moncada [es] FSLN 16 January 2017
 Niger List Bakary Yaou Sangaré 10 August 2023
 Nigeria List Yusuf Tuggar APC 21 August 2023
 North Korea List Choe Son-hui Workers' Party 11 June 2022
 North Macedonia List Timčo Mucunski VMRO-DPMNE 23 June 2024
 Norway List Espen Barth Eide Labour 16 October 2023
 Oman List Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi [a] 26 August 2020
 Pakistan List Ishaq Dar PML(N) 11 March 2024
 Palau Gustav Aitaro Independent 3 September 2021
 Palestine List Riyad al-Maliki[28] Independent 19 May 2009[29][b]
 Panama List Javier Martínez-Acha PRD 1 July 2024
 Papua New Guinea List Justin Tkatchenko Pangu Pati 18 January 2024
 Paraguay List Rubén Ramírez Lezcano Independent 15 August 2023
 Peru List Javier González-Olaechea UPP 7 November 2023
 Philippines List Enrique Manalo Independent 1 July 2022
 Poland List Radosław Sikorski PO 13 December 2023
 Portugal List Paulo Rangel PSD 2 April 2024
 Qatar List Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani [a] 27 January 2016
 Romania List Luminița Odobescu Independent 15 June 2023
 Russia List Sergey Lavrov United Russia 9 March 2004
 Rwanda List Vincent Biruta Independent 4 November 2019
 Saint Kitts and Nevis List Denzil Douglas SKNLP 13 August 2022
 Saint Lucia List Alva Baptiste Labour Party 5 August 2021
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines List Keisal M. Peters Unity Labour 26 August 2022
 Samoa List Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa (prime minister) FAST 24 May 2021
 San Marino List Luca Beccari PDCS 8 January 2020
 São Tomé and Príncipe List Gareth Guadalupe ADI 9 August 2023
 Saudi Arabia List Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud [a] 29 October 2019
 Senegal List Yassine Fall PASTEF 7 April 2024[30]
 Serbia List Marko Đurić[31] SNS 2 May 2024
 Seychelles List Sylvestre Radegonde 16 November 2020
 Sierra Leone List Timothy Kabba SLPP 10 July 2023
 Singapore List Vivian Balakrishnan PAP 1 October 2015
 Slovakia List Juraj Blanár Smer 25 October 2023
 Slovenia List Tanja Fajon SD 1 June 2022
 Solomon Islands List Peter Shannel Agovaka Independent 7 May 2024
 Somalia List Abshir Omar Huruse Mideeye 2 August 2022
 South Africa List Ronald Lamola ANC 30 June 2024
 South Korea List Cho Tae-yul Independent 9 January 2024
 South Sudan List Ramadan Mohamed Abdallah Goc 26 April 2024
 Spain List José Manuel Albares PSOE 10 July 2021
 Sri Lanka List Vijitha Herath NPP 25 September 2024
 Sudan List Ali Al-Sadiq Ali (Acting) 19 January 2022
 Suriname List Albert Ramdin VHP 16 July 2020[32]
 Sweden List Maria Malmer Stenergard Moderate 10 September 2024
  Switzerland List Ignazio Cassis FDP.The Liberals 1 November 2017
 Syria List Faisal Mekdad Ba'ath Party 22 November 2020
 Tajikistan List Sirojiddin Muhriddin Independent 29 November 2013
 Tanzania List January Makamba CCM 1 September 2023
 Thailand List Maris Sangiampongsa Pheu Thai 30 April 2024
 Timor-Leste List Bendito Freitas CNRT 1 July 2023
 Togo List Robert Dussey 17 September 2013
 Tonga List Fekitamoeloa ʻUtoikamanu Independent 28 December 2021
 Trinidad and Tobago List Amery Browne PNM 19 August 2020
 Tunisia List Nabil Ammar Independent 7 February 2023
 Turkey List Hakan Fidan AK Party 4 June 2023
 Turkmenistan List Raşit Meredow TDP 7 July 2001
 Tuvalu List Paulson Panapa [a] 27 February 2024[33]
 Uganda List Jeje Odongo NRM 21 June 2021
 Ukraine List Andrii Sybiha SN 5 September 2024
 United Arab Emirates List Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan [a] 9 February 2006
 United Kingdom List David Lammy Labour 5 July 2024
 United States List Antony Blinken Democratic 26 January 2021
 Uruguay List Omar Paganini National Party 6 November 2023
 Uzbekistan List Baxtiyor Saidov 30 December 2022
 Vanuatu List Matai Seremaiah 6 October 2023
 Venezuela List Yván Gil PSUV 6 January 2023
 Vietnam List Bùi Thanh Sơn Communist Party 8 April 2021
 Yemen List Ahmad Awad Bin Mubarak Independent 18 December 2020
 Zambia List Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe UPND 28 December 2023
 Zimbabwe List Frederick Shava ZANU–PF 8 February 2021

Other states

The following states control their territory and are recognized by at least one UN member state.

State List Current foreign minister Political affiliation Assumed office
 Abkhazia List Inal Ardzinba 17 November 2021
 Republic of China (Taiwan) List Lin Chia-lung DPP 20 May 2024
 Cook Islands List Mark Brown (prime minister) Independent 8 October 2020
 Kosovo List Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz Guxo 22 March 2021
 Niue List Dalton Tagelagi (prime minister) Independent 11 June 2020
 Northern Cyprus List Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu[34] UBP 9 March 2022
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic List Mohamed Sidati[35] Polisario 14 February 2023
 South Ossetia List Akhsar Dzhioev 15 August 2022

The following states/governments control their territory, but are not recognized by any UN member states.

State List Current foreign minister Political affiliation Assumed office
 Somaliland List Essa Kayd Kulmiye 3 March 2020
 Transnistria List Vitaly Ignatyev 14 September 2015[c]

Other governments

The following alternative governments are recognized as a sovereign state by at least one UN member.

State Government Current foreign minister Political affiliation Assumed office
 Myanmar National Unity Government of Myanmar Zin Mar Aung NLD 16 April 2021
 Yemen Supreme Political Council Hisham Sharaf 28 November 2016

The following alternative governments are not recognized by any UN member states.

State Government Current foreign minister Political affiliation Assumed office
 Libya Government of National Stability[d] Hafez Kaddour 3 March 2022
 Tibet Central Tibetan Administration[e] Lobsang Sangay NDPT 28 February 2016

Sui generis entities

Entity List Current foreign minister Political affiliation Assumed office
 European Union List Josep Borrell PES (European) 1 November 2019
PSOE (national)
 Sovereign Military Order of Malta Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo [a] 3 September 2022

Dependent territories

Territory Current foreign minister Political affiliation Assumed office
 Faroe Islands Høgni Hoydal 22 December 2022
 French Polynesia Moetai Brotherson (president) Tāvini Huiraʻatira 15 May 2023
 Greenland Vivian Motzfeldt Siumut 5 April 2022
 Guernsey Jonathan Le Tocq Future Guernsey 6 May 2016
 Jersey Philip Ozouf 12 July 2022
 New Caledonia Louis Mapou (President of the Government) UNI 22 July 2021
 Puerto Rico Omar J. Marrero New Progressive 13 July 2021
 Tokelau Alapati Tavite (prime minister) [a] 12 March 2024

Autonomous administrative divisions

Autonomous region List Current foreign minister Political affiliation Assumed office
 Brussels-Capital Region Pascal Smet 20 July 2019
 Catalonia Jaume Duch 12 August 2024
 Cantabria Isabel Urrutia [es] PP 10 July 2023
 Flanders Jan Jambon (Minister-President) N-VA 2 October 2019
 Gagauzia Vitaliy Vlah 30 April 2015
 Iraqi Kurdistan Safeen Dizayee KDP 21 July 2019
 Quebec Martine Biron CAQ 20 October 2022
 Scotland List Angus Robertson SNP 21 May 2021
 Wallonia Elio Di Rupo (Minister-President) PS 13 September 2019

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l The polity to which this foreign minister belongs has either banned political parties or does not have any.
  2. ^ Riyad al-Maliki has been serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian Authority since 2007.
  3. ^ Acting to 30 August 2016 and from 17 December 2016 to 30 January 2017.
  4. ^ Alternative government, approved by Parliament, in opposition to the government of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh.
  5. ^ Government of Parliament in exile.

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