List of foreign ministers in 2008

This is a list of foreign ministers in 2008.

Africa

* Algeria - Mourad Medelci (2007-present)
* Angola -
*#João Bernardo de Miranda (1999-2008)
*#Assunção dos Anjos (2008-present)
* Benin - Moussa Okanla (2007-present)
* Botswana -
*#Mompati Merafhe (1994-2008)
*#Phandu Skelemani (2008-present)
* Burkina Faso -
*#Djibril Bassolé (2007-2008)
*#Alain Bédouma Yoda (2008-present)
* Burundi - Antoinette Batumubwira (2005-present)
* Cameroon - Henri Eyebe Ayissi (2007-present)
* Cape Verde -
*#Víctor Borges (2004-2008)
*#José Brito (2008-present)
* Central African Republic -
*#Côme Zoumara (2006-2008)
*#Dieudonné Kombo Yaya (2008-present)
* Chad -
*#Ahmad Allam-Mi (2005-2008)
*#Moussa Faki (2008-present)
* Comoros - Ahmed Said Jaffar (2006-present)
* Republic of Congo - Basile Ikouébé (2007-present)
* Democratic Republic of Congo - Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi (2007-present)
* Côte d'Ivoire - Youssouf Bakayoko (2005-present)
* Djibouti - Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (2005-present)
* Egypt - Ahmed Aboul Gheit (2004-present)
* Equatorial Guinea - Pastor Micha Ondó Bile (2003-present)
* Eritrea - Osman Saleh (2007-present)
* Ethiopia - Seyoum Mesfin (1991-present)
* Gabon -
*#Jean Ping (1999-2008)
*#Laure Olga Gondjout (2008)
*#Paul Toungui (2008-present)
* The Gambia -
*#Crispin Grey-Johnson‎ (2007-2008)
*#Omar Touray (2008-present)
* Ghana - Akwasi Osei-Adjei (2007-present)
* Guinea -
*#Kabèlè Abdoul Camara (2007-2008)
*#Amadou Lamara Bah (2008-present)
* Guinea-Bissau - Maria da Conceição Nobre Cabral (2007-present)
* Kenya -
*#Raphael Tuju (2005-2008)
*#Moses Wetangula (2008-present)
* Lesotho - Mohlabi Tsekoa (2007-present)
* Liberia - Olubanke King Akerele (2007-present)
* Libya - Abdel Rahman Shalgham (2000-present)
* Madagascar - Marcel Ranjeva (2002-present)
* Malawi - Joyce Banda (2006-present)
* Mali - Moctar Ouane (2004-present)
* Mauritania -
*#Mohamed Saleck Ould Mohamed Lemine (2007-2008)
*#Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna‎ (2008)
*#Abdellahi Ould Ben Hmeida (2008)
*#Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou (2008-present)
* Mauritius -
*#Madan Dulloo (2005-2008)
*#Navin Ramgoolam (2008)
*#Arvin Boolell (2008-present)
* Morocco - Taieb Fassi Fihri (2007-present)
* Mozambique -
*#Alcinda Abreu (2005-2008)
*#Oldemiro Balói (2008-present)
* Namibia - Marco Hausiku (2004-present)
* Niger - Aïchatou Mindaoudou (2001-present)
* Nigeria - Ojo Maduekwe (2007-present)
* Rwanda -
*#Charles Murigande (2002-2008)
*#Rosemary Museminari (2008-present)
* São Tomé and Príncipe -
*#Ovídio Manuel Barbosa Pequeno (2007-2008)
*#Carlos Alberto Pires Tiny (2008-present)
* Senegal - Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (2000-present)
* Seychelles - Patrick Pillay (2005-present)
* Sierra Leone - Zainab Bangura (2007-present)
* Somalia -
*#Muhammad Ali Hamoud (2007-2008)
*#Ali Ahmed Jamal (2008-present)
** Somaliland - Abdillahi Mohamed Duale (2006-present)
* South Africa - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1999-present)
* Sudan - Deng Alor (2007-present)
* Swaziland - Mathendele Moses Dlamini (2006-present)
* Tanzania – Bernard Membe (2007-present)
* Togo -
*#Léopold Gnininvi (2007-2008)
*#Kofi Esaw (2008-present)
* Tunisia - Abdelwahab Abdallah (2005-present)
* Uganda - Sam Kutesa (2005-present)
* Western Sahara - Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998-present)
* Zambia - Kabinga Pande (2007-present)
* Zimbabwe - Simbarashe Mumbengegwi (2005-present)

Asia

* Afghanistan - Rangin Dadfar Spanta (2006-present)
* Armenia -
*#Vardan Oskanyan (1998-2008)
*#Eduard Nalbandyan (2008-present)
* Azerbaijan - Elmar Mammadyarov (2004-present)
** Nagorno-Karabakh - Georgy Petrosyan (2005-present)
* Bahrain - Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (2005-present)
* Bangladesh – Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury (2007-present)
* Bhutan -
*#Yeshey Dorji, acting (2007-2008)
*#Ugyen Tshering (2008-present)
* Brunei - Pagiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah (1984-present)
* Cambodia - Hor Namhong (1998-present)
* People's Republic of China - Yang Jiechi (2007-present)
* East Timor - Zacarias da Costa (2007-present)
* Georgia -
*#Gela Bezhuashvili (2005-2008)
*#David Bakradze (2008)
*#Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili (2008-present)
** Abkhazia - Sergey Shamba (2004-present)
* India - Pranab Mukherjee (2006-present)
* Indonesia - Hassan Wirajuda (2001-present)
* Iran - Manouchehr Mottaki (2005-present)
* Iraq - Hoshyar Zebari (2003-present)
* Israel - Tzipi Livni (2006-present)
* Japan -
*#Masahiko Komura (2007-2008)
*#Hirofumi Nakasone (2008-present)
* Jordan - Salah Bashir (2007-present)
* Kazakhstan – Marat Tazhin (2007-present)
* Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Pak Ui Chun (2007-present)
* Republic of Korea -
*#Song Min Soon (2006-2008)
*#Yu Myung Hwan (2008-present)
* Kuwait - Muhammad Al Sabah Al Salim Al Sabah (2003-present)
* Kyrgyzstan - Ednan Karabayev (2007-present)
* Laos - Thongloun Sisoulith (2006-present)
* Lebanon - Tarek Mitri (acting) (2006-present)
* Malaysia -
*#Syed Hamid Albar (1999-2008)
*#Rais Yatim (2008-present)
* Maldives - Abdullah Shahid (2007-present)
* Mongolia - Sanjaasuren Oyun (2007-present)
* Myanmar - Nyan Win (2004-present)
* Nepal -
*#Sahana Pradhan (2007-2008)
*#Upendra Yadav (2008-present)
* Oman - Youssef al-Alawi Abdullah (1982-present)
* Pakistan -
*#Inam-ul-Haq (2007-2008)
*#Shah Mehmood Qureshi (2008-present)
* Palestinian Authority - Salam Fayyad (2007-present)
* Philippines - Alberto Romulo (2004-present)
* Qatar - Hamad ibn Jaber Al Thani (1992-present)
* Saudi Arabia - Prince Sa'ud al-Faysal (1975-present)
* Singapore - George Yeo (2004-present)
* Sri Lanka - Rohitha Bogollagama (2007-present)
* Syria - Walid Muallem (2006-present)
* Taiwan (Republic of China) - James Huang (2006-present)
* Tajikistan - Khamrokhon Zaripov (2006-present)
* Thailand -
*#Nitya Pibulsonggram (2006-2008)
*#Noppadon Pattama (2008)
*#Tej Bunnag (2008)
*#Saroj Chavanavirat (2008-present)
* Turkmenistan - Rashid Meredov (2001-present)
* United Arab Emirates - Sheikh Abdullah ibn Zaid Al Nahayan (2006-present)
* Uzbekistan - Vladimir Norov (2006-present)
* Vietnam - Phạm Gia Khiêm (2006-present)
* Yemen - Abu Bakr al-Kerbi (2001-present)

Europe

* Albania - Lulzim Basha (2007-present)
* Andorra - Meritxell Mateu Pi (2007-present)
* Austria - Ursula Plassnik (2004-present)
* Belarus - Syarhey Martynau (2003-present)
* Belgium - Karel De Gucht (2004-present)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sven Alkalaj (2007-present)
* Bulgaria - Ivailo Kalfin (2005-present)
* Croatia -
*#Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (2005-2008)
*#Gordan Jandroković (2008-present)
* Cyprus -
*#Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis (2007-2008)
*#Markos Kyprianou (2008-present)
* Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus - Turgay Avci (2006-present)
* Czech Republic - Karel Schwarzenberg (2007-present)
* Denmark - Per Stig Møller (2001-present)
* Estonia - Urmas Paet (2005-present)
* Finland -
*#Ilkka Kanerva (2007-2008)
*#Alexander Stubb (2008-present)
* France - Bernard Kouchner (2007-present)
* Germany - Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2005-present)
* Greece - Dora Bakoyannis (2006-present)
* Hungary - Kinga Göncz (2006-present)
* Iceland - Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir (2007-present)
* Ireland -
*#Dermot Ahern (2004-2008)
*#Micheál Martin (2008-present)
* Italy -
*#Massimo D'Alema (2006-2008)
*#Franco Frattini (2008-present)
* Latvia - Māris Riekstiņš (2007-present)
* Liechtenstein - Rita Kieber-Beck (2005-present)
* Lithuania - Petras Vaitiekūnas (2006-present)
* Luxembourg - Jean Asselborn (2004-present)
* Republic of Macedonia - Antonio Milošoski (2006-present)
* Malta -
*#Michael Frendo (2004-2008)
*#Tonio Borg (2008-present)
* Moldova - Andrei Stratan (2004-present)
* Monaco - Jean Pastorelli (2007-present)
* Montenegro - Milan Roćen (2006-present)
* Netherlands - Maxime Verhagen (2007-present)
* Norway - Jonas Gahr Støre (2005-present)
* Poland - Radosław Sikorski (2007-present)
* Portugal - Luís Amado (2006-present)
* Romania -
*#Adrian Cioroianu (2007-2008)
*#Lazăr Comănescu (2008-present)
* Russia - Sergey Lavrov (2004-present)
** Chechnya (independentists) - Akhmed Zakayev (2006-present)
* San Marino - Fiorenzo Stolfi (2006-present)
* Serbia - Vuk Jeremić (2007-present)
* Slovakia - Ján Kubiš (2006-present)
* Slovenia - Dimitrij Rupel (2004-present)
* Spain - Miguel Ángel Moratinos (2004-present)
* Sweden - Carl Bildt (2006-present)
* Switzerland - Micheline Calmy-Rey (2003-present)
* Transnistria -
*#Valeriy Litskai (2000-2008)
*#Vladimir Yastrebchak (2008-present)
* Turkey - Ali Babacan (2007-present)
* Ukraine - Volodymyr Ohryzko (2007-present)
* United Kingdom - David Miliband (2007-present)
* Vatican City - Dominique Mamberti (2006-present)

North America and the Caribbean

* Antigua and Barbuda - Baldwin Spencer (2005-present)
* The Bahamas - Brent Symonette (2007-present)
* Barbados -
*#Dame Billie Miller (1994-2008)
*#Christopher Sinckler (2008-present)
* Belize -
*#Lisa Shoman (2007-2008)
*#Wilfred Elrington (2008-present)
* Canada -
*#Maxime Bernier (2007-2008)
*#David Emerson (2008-present)
* Costa Rica - Bruno Stagno (2006-present)
* Cuba - Felipe Pérez Roque (1999-present)
* Dominica - Roosevelt Skerrit (2007-present)
* Dominican Republic - Carlos Morales Troncoso (2004-present)
* El Salvador -
*#Francisco Laínez (2004-2008)
*#Marisol Argueta de Barillas (2008-present)
* Grenada -
*#Elvin Nimrod (2000-2008)
*#Peter David (2008-present)
* Guatemala
*#Gert Rosenthal (2006-2008)
*#Haroldo Rodas Melgar (2008-present)
* Haiti - Rénald Clérismé (2006-present)
* Honduras -
*#Milton Jiménez (2006-2008)
*#Ángel Edmundo Orellana (2008-present)
* Jamaica - Kenneth Baugh (2007-present)
* Mexico - Patricia Espinosa (2006-present)
* Netherlands Antilles - Emily de Jongh-Elhage (2006-present)
* Nicaragua - Samuel Santos (2007-present)
* Panama - Samuel Lewis Navarro (2004-present)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis - Timothy Harris (2001-present)
* Saint Lucia - Stephenson King (2007-present)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Sir Louis Straker (2005-present)
* Trinidad and Tobago - Paula Gopee-Scoon (2007-present)
* United States - Condoleezza Rice (2005-present)

Oceania

* Australia - Stephen Smith (2007-present)
* Cook Islands - Wilkie Rassmussen (2005-present)
* Fiji - Ratu Epeli Nailatikau (2007-present)
* Kiribati - Anote Tong (2003-present)
* Marshall Islands -
*#Gerald Zackios (2001-2008)
*#Tony deBrum (2008-present)
* Federated States of Micronesia - Lorin S. Robert (2007-present)
* Nauru - Kieren Keke (2007-present)
* New Zealand - Winston Peters (2005-present)
* Palau - Tommy Remengesau (2001-present)
* Papua New Guinea - Sam Abal (2007-present)
* Samoa - Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi (1998-present)
* Solomon Islands - William Haomae (2007-present)
* Tonga - Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou (2004-present)
* Tuvalu - Apisai Ielemia (2006-present)
* Vanuatu -
*#George Wells (2007-2008)
*#Pakoa Kaltonga (2008-present)

outh America

* Argentina - Jorge Taiana (2005-present)
* Bolivia - David Choquehuanca (2006-present)
* Brazil - Celso Amorim (2003-present)
* Chile - Alejandro Foxley (2006-present)
* Colombia - Fernando Araújo (2007-present)
* Ecuador - María Isabel Salvador (2007-present)
* Guyana -
*#Rudy Insanally (2001-2008)
*#Carolyn Rodrigues (2008-present)
* Paraguay -
*#Rubén Ramírez Lezcano (2006-2008)
*#Alejandro Hamed (2008-present)
* Peru - José Antonio García Belaúnde (2006-present)
* Suriname - Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk (2005-present)
* Uruguay -
*#Reinaldo Gargano (2005-2008)
*#Gonzalo Fernández (2008-present)
* Venezuela - Nicolás Maduro (2006-present)

References

*http://rulers.org