List of foreign ministers in 1997

This is a list of foreign ministers in 1997.

Africa

* Algeria - Ahmed Attaf (1996-1999)
* Angola - Venâncio da Silva Moura (1992-1999)
* Benin - Pierre Osho (1996-1998)
* Botswana - Mompati Merafhe (1994-2008)
* Burkina Faso - Ablassé Ouedraogo (1994-1999)
* Burundi - Luc Rukingama (1996-1998)
* Cameroon -
*#Ferdinand Léopold Oyono (1992-1997)
*#Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni (1997-2001)
* Cape Verde - Amílcar Spencer Lopes (1996-1998)
* Central African Republic -
*#Michel Gbezera-Bria (1996-1997)
*#Jean-Mette Yapende (1997-1999)
* Chad -
*#Saleh Kebzabo (1996-1997)
*#Mahamat Saleh Annadif (1997-2003)
* Comoros -
*#Said Omar Said Ahmed (1996-1997)
*#Mouhtar Ahmed Charif (1997)
*#Ibrahim Ali Mzimba (1997-1998)
* Republic of the Congo -
*#Arsène Tsaty Boungou (1995-1997)
*#Rodolphe Adada (1997-2007)
* Democratic Republic of the Congo -
*#Gérard Kamanda Wa Kamanda (1996-1997)
*#Bizima Karaha (1997-1998)
* Côte d'Ivoire - Amara Essy (1990-2000)
* Djibouti - Mohamed Moussa Chehem (1995-1999)
* Egypt - Amr Moussa (1991-2001)
* Equatorial Guinea - Miguel Oyono Ndong Mifumu (1993-1999)
* Eritrea -
*#Petros Solomon (1994-1997)
*#Haile Woldetensae (1997-2000)
* Ethiopia - Seyoum Mesfin (1991-present)
* Gabon - Casimir Oyé-Mba (1994-1999)
* The Gambia -
*#Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne (1995-1997)
*#Omar Njie (1997-1998)
* Ghana -
*#Obed Asamoah (1981-1997)
*#Kwamena Ahwoi (1997)
*#Victor Gbeho (1997-2001)
* Guinea - Lamine Camara (1996-1999)
* Guinea-Bissau - Fernando Delfim da Silva (1996-1999)
* Kenya - Kalonzo Musyoka (1993-1998)
* Lesotho - Kelebone Albert Maope (1995-1998)
* Liberia - Monie Captan (1996-2003)
* Libya - Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir (1992-2000)
* Madagascar -
*#Evariste Marson (1996-1997)
*#Herizo Razafimahaleo (1997-1998)
* Malawi -
*#George Ntafu (1996-1997)
*#Mapopa Chipeta (1997-1999)
* Mali -
*#Dioncounda Traoré (1994-1997)
*#Modibo Sidibe (1997-2002)
* Mauritania -
*#Lemrabott Sidi Mahmoud Ould Cheikh Ahmed (1996-1997)
*#Ahmed Sidi Ould Khalifa (1997)
*#Abdallahi Ould Nem (1997)
*#Sow Abou Demha (1997)
*#Mohamed El Hacen Ould Lebatt (1997-1998)
* Mauritius -
*#Paul Bérenger (1995-1997)
*#Navin Ramgoolam (1997)
*#Rajkeswur Purryag (1997-2000)
* Morocco - Abdellatif Filali (1985-1999)
* Mozambique - Leonardo Simão (1994-2005)
* Namibia - Theo-Ben Gurirab (1990-2002)
* Niger -
*#Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki (1996-1997)
*#Maman Sambo Sidikou (1997-1999)
* Nigeria - Tom Ikimi (1995-1998)
* Rwanda - Anastase Gasana (1994-1999)
* São Tomé and Príncipe - Homero Jeronimo Salvaterra (1996-1999)
* Senegal - Moustapha Niasse (1993-1998)
* Seychelles -
*#Danielle de St. Jorre (1989-1997)
*#France-Albert René (1997)
*#Jeremie Bonnelame (1997-2005)
* Sierra Leone -
*#Shirley Gbujama (1996-1997)
*#Paolo Bangura (1997-1998)
* South Africa - Alfred Nzo (1994-1999)
* Sudan - Ali Uthman Muhammad Taha (1995-1998)
* Swaziland - Arthur Khoza (1995-1998)
* Tanzania - Jakaya Kikwete (1995-2006)
* Togo - Koffi Panou (1996-1998)
* Tunisia -
*#Habib Ben Yahia (1991-1997)
*#Abderrahim Zouari (1997)
*#Said Ben Mustapha (1997-1999)
* Uganda - Eriya Kategaya (1996-2001)
* Western Sahara -
*#Malainine Sadik (1995-1997)
*#Bachir Mustafa Sayed (1997-1998)
* Zambia -
*#Lawrence Shimba (1996-1997)
*#Keli Walubita (1997-2002)
* Zimbabwe - Stan Mudenge (1995-2005)

Asia

* Afghanistan -
*#Mullah Mohammad Ghous (1996-1997)
*#Mullah Abdul Jalil (1997-1998)
* Armenia - Alexander Arzumanyan (1996-1998)
* Azerbaijan - Hasan Hasanov (1993-1998)
* Bahrain - Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah (1971-2005)
* Bangladesh - Abdus Samad Azad (1996-2001)
* Bhutan - Lyonpo Dawa Tsering (1972-1998)
* Brunei - Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah (1984-present)
* Cambodia - Ung Huot (1994-1998)
* People's Republic of China - Qian Qichen (1988-1998)
* Cyprus -
*#Alekos Michailidis (1993-1997)
*#Ioannis Kasoulidis (1997-2003)
* Georgia - Irakli Menagharishvili (1995-2003)
* India - Inder Kumar Gujral (1996-1998)
* Indonesia - Ali Alatas (1988-1999)
* Iran -
*#Ali Akbar Velayati (1981-1997)
*#Kamal Kharrazi (1997-2005)
* Iraq - Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (1992-2001)
* Israel - David Levy (1996-1998)
* Japan -
*#Yukihiko Ikeda (1996-1997)
*#Keizo Obuchi (1997-1998)
* Jordan -
*#Abdul Karim al-Kabariti (1995-1997)
*#Fayez Tarawneh (1997-1998)
* Kazakhstan - Kasymzhomart Tokayev (1994-1999)
* North Korea - Kim Yong Nam (1983-1998)
* South Korea - Yoo Chong Ha (1996-1998)
* Kuwait - Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah (1978-2003)
* Kyrgyzstan -
*#Roza Otunbayeva (1994-1997)
*#Muratbek Imanaliyev (1997-2002)
* Laos - Somsavat Lengsavad (1993-2006)
* Lebanon - Farès Boueiz (1992-1998)
* Malaysia - Datuk Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1991-1999)
* Maldives - Fathulla Jameel (1978-2005)
* Mongolia -
*#Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan (1996-1997)
*#Shukher Altangerel (1997-1998)
* Myanmar - Ohn Gyaw (1991-1998)
* Nepal -
*#Prakash Chandra Lohani (1995-1997)
*#Kamal Thapa (1997-1998)
* Oman - Youssef al-Alawi Abdullah (1982-present)
* Pakistan -
*#Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1996-1997)
*#Gohar Ayub Khan (1997-1998)
* Philippines - Domingo Siazon (1995-2001)
* Qatar - Sheikh Hamad ibn Jaber Al Thani (1992-present)
* Saudi Arabia - Sa`ud al-Faysal (1975-present)
* Singapore - Shunmugam Jayakumar (1994-2004)
* Sri Lanka - Lakshman Kadirgamar (1994-2001)
* Syria - Farouk al-Sharaa (1984-2006)
* Taiwan (Republic of China) -
*#John H. Chang (1996-1997)
*#Jason Hu (1997-1999)
* Tajikistan - Talbak Nazarov (1994-2006)
* Thailand -
*#Prachuab Chaiyasan (1996-1997)
*#Surin Pitsuwan (1997-2001)
* Turkey -
*#Tansu Çiller (1996-1997)
*#Ismail Cem (1997-2002)
* Turkmenistan - Boris Şyhmyradow (1995-2000)
* United Arab Emirates - Rashid ibn Abdullah Al Nuaimi (1980-2006)
* Uzbekistan - Abdulaziz Komilov (1994-2003)
* Vietnam - Nguyen Manh Cam (1991-2000)
* Yemen - Abdul Karim al-Iryani (1994-1998)

Australia and Oceania

* Australia - Alexander Downer (1996-present)
* Fiji -
*#Filipe Bole (1994-1997)
*#Berenado Vunibobo (1997-1999)
* Kiribati - Teburoro Tito (1994-2003)
* Marshall Islands - Phillip Muller (1994-2000)
* Federated States of Micronesia -
*#Asterio R. Takesy (1996-1997)
*#Epel K. Ilon (1997-2000)
* Nauru -
*#Rueben Kun (1996-1997)
*#Kinza Clodumar (1997-1998)
* New Zealand - Don McKinnon (1990-1999)
* Palau - Kuniwo Nakamura (1994-2001)
* Papua New Guinea -
*#Kilroy Genia (1996-1997)
*#Chris Haiveta (1997)
*#Roy Yaki (1997-1999)
* Samoa - Tofilau Eti Alesana (1988-1998)
* Solomon Islands -
*#David Sitai (1996-1997)
*#Patterson Oti (1997-2000)
* Tonga - Prince Tupouto'a Tungi (1979-1998)
* Tuvalu - Bikenibeu Paeniu (1996-1999)
* Vanuatu -
*#Willie Jimmy (1996-1997)
*#Amos Andeng (1997)
*#Vital Soksok (1997-1998)

Europe

* Albania -
*#Tritan Shehu (1996-1997)
*#Arjan Starova (1997)
*#Paskal Milo (1997-2001)
* Andorra -
*#Manuel Mas Ribó (1994-1997)
*#Albert Pintat Santolària (1997-2001)
* Austria - Wolfgang Schüssel (1995-2000)
* Belarus -
*#Uladzimir Syanko (1994-1997)
*#Ivan Antanovich (1997-1998)
* Belgium - Erik Derycke (1995-1999)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina - Jadranko Prlic (1996-2001)
** Republika Srpska - Aleksa Buha (1992-1998)
* Bulgaria -
*#Irina Bokova (1996-1997)
*#Stoyan Stalev (1997)
*#Nadezhda Mihailova (1997-2001)
* Croatia - Mate Granic (1993-2000)
* Czech Republic -
*#Josef Zieleniec (1992-1997)
*#Jaroslav Sedivý (1997-1998)
* Denmark - Niels Helveg Petersen (1993-2000)
* Estonia - Toomas Ilves (1996-1998)
* Finland - Tarja Halonen (1995-2000)
* France -
*#Hervé de Charette (1995-1997)
*#Hubert Védrine (1997-2002)
* Germany - Klaus Kinkel (1992-1998)
* Greece - Theodoros Pangalos (1996-1999)
* Hungary - László Kovács (1994-1998)
* Iceland - Halldór Ásgrímsson (1995-2004)
* Ireland -
*#Dick Spring (1994-1997)
*#Ray Burke (1997)
*#David Andrews (1997-2000)
* Italy - Lamberto Dini (1996-2001)
* Latvia - Valdis Birkavs (1994-1999)
* Liechtenstein - Andrea Willi (1993-2001)
* Lithuania - Algirdas Saudargas (1996-2000)
* Luxembourg - Jacques Poos (1984-1999)
* Republic of Macedonia -
*#Ljubomir Frckovski (1996-1997)
*#Blagoj Handziski (1997-1998)
* Malta - George Vella (1996-1998)
* Moldova -
*#Mihai Popov (1994-1997)
*#Nicolae Tăbăcaru (1997-2000)
* Netherlands - Hans van Mierlo (1994-1998)
* Norway -
*#Bjørn Tore Godal (1994-1997)
*#Knut Vollebæk (1997-2000)
* Poland -
*#Dariusz Rosati (1995-1997)
*#Bronisław Geremek (1997-2000)
* Portugal - Jaime Gama (1995-2002)
* Romania -
*#Adrian Severin (1996-1997)
*#Andrei Pleşu (1997-1999)
* Russia - Yevgeny Primakov (1996-1998)
* San Marino - Gabriele Gatti (1986-2002)
* Slovakia -
*#Pavol Hamžík (1996-1997)
*#Zdenka Kramplová (1997-1998)
* Slovenia -
*#Davorin Kracun (1996-1997)
*#Zoran Thaler (1997)
*#Boris Frlec (1997-2000)
* Spain - Abel Matutes (1996-2000)
* Sweden - Lena Hjelm-Wallén (1994-1998)
* Switzerland - Flavio Cotti (1993-1999)
* Ukraine - Hennadii Udovenko (1994-1998)
* United Kingdom -
*#Malcolm Rifkind (1995-1997)
*#Robin Cook (1997-2001)
* Vatican City - Jean-Louis Tauran (1990-2003)
* Yugoslavia - Milan Milutinovic (1995-1998)

North America and the Caribbean

* Antigua and Barbuda - Lester Bird (1991-2004)
* The Bahamas - Janet Bostwick (1994-2002)
* Barbados - Billie Miller (1994-2008)
* Belize - Dean Barrow (1993-1998)
* Canada - Lloyd Axworthy (1996-2000)
* Costa Rica - Fernando Naranjo Villalobos (1994-1998)
* Cuba - Roberto Robaina González (1993-1999)
* Dominica - Edison James (1995-1998)
* Dominican Republic - Eduardo Latorre Rodríguez (1996-2000)
* El Salvador - Ramón Ernesto González Giner (1995-1999)
* Grenada -
*#Keith Mitchell (1995-1997)
*#Raphael Fletcher (1997-1998)
* Guatemala - Eduardo Stein Barillas (1996-2000)
* Haiti - Fritz Longchamp (1995-2001)
* Honduras - Delmer Urbizo Panting (1995-1998)
* Jamaica - Seymour Mullings (1995-2000)
* Mexico - José Ángel Gurría Treviño (1994-1998)
* Nicaragua -
*#Ernesto Leal (1992-1997)
*#Emilio Álvarez Montalván (1997-1998)
* Panama - Ricardo Alberto Arias (1996-1998)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis - Denzil Douglas (1995-2000)
* Saint Lucia -
*#Vaughan Lewis (1996-1997)
*#George Odlum (1997-2001)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Alpian Allen (1994-1998)
* Trinidad and Tobago - Ralph Maraj (1995-2000)
* United States -
*#Warren Christopher (1993-1997)
*#Madeleine Albright (1997-2001)

outh America

* Argentina - Guido Di Tella (1991-1999)
* Bolivia -
*#Antonio Araníbar Quiroga (1993-1997)
*#Javier Murillo de la Rocha (1997-2001)
* Brazil - Luiz Felipe Palmeira Lampreia (1995-2001)
* Chile - José Miguel Insulza Salinas (1994-1999)
* Colombia - María Emma Mejía (1996-1998)
* Ecuador -
*#Galo Leoro Franco (1994-1997)
*#José Ayala Lasso (1997-1999)
* Guyana - Clement Rohee (1992-2001)
* Paraguay - Rubén Melgarejo Lanzoni (1996-1998)
* Peru -
*#Francisco Tudela van Breugel (1995-1997)
*#Eduardo Ferrero Costa (1997-1998)
* Suriname -
*#Faried Pierkhan (1996-1997)
*#Errol Snijders (1997-2000)
* Uruguay - Álvaro Ramos Trigo (1995-1998)
* Venezuela - Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas (1994-1999)