List of foreign ministers in 2005

This is a list of foreign ministers in 2005.

Africa

 * Algeria -
 * Abdelaziz Belkhadem (2000-2005)
 * Mohammed Bedjaoui (2005-2007)
 * Angola - João Bernardo de Miranda (1999-2008)
 * Benin - Rogatien Biaou (2003-2006)
 * Botswana - Mompati Merafhe (1994-2008)
 * Burkina Faso - Youssouf Ouédraogo (1999-2007)
 * Burundi -
 * Terence Sinunguruza (2001-2005)
 * Antoinette Batumubwira (2005-2009)
 * Cameroon - Laurent Esso (2004-2006)
 * Cape Verde - Víctor Borges (2004-2008)
 * Central African Republic -
 * Charles Wénézoui (2003-2005)
 * Jean-Paul Ngoupandé (2005-2006)
 * Chad -
 * Nagoum Yamassoum (2003-2005)
 * Ahmad Allam-Mi (2005-2008)
 * Comoros -
 * Mohamed El-Amine Souef (2002-2005)
 * Aboudou Soefou (2005-2006)
 * Republic of Congo - Rodolphe Adada (1997-2007)
 * Democratic Republic of Congo - Raymond Ramazani Baya (2004-2007)
 * Côte d'Ivoire - Bamba Mamadou (2003-2006)
 * Djibouti -
 * Ali Abdi Farah (1999-2005)
 * Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (2005–present)
 * Egypt - Ahmed Aboul Gheit (2004-2011)
 * Equatorial Guinea - Pastor Micha Ondó Bile (2003-2012)
 * Eritrea -
 * Ali Said Abdella (2000-2005)
 * Mohamed Omer (acting) (2005-2007)
 * Ethiopia - Seyoum Mesfin (1991-2010)
 * Gabon - Jean Ping (1999-2008)
 * The Gambia -
 * Sidi Moro Sanneh (2004-2005)
 * Musa Gibril Bala Gaye (2005)
 * Lamin Kaba Bajo (2005-2006)
 * Ghana - Nana Akufo-Addo (2003-2007)
 * Guinea -
 * Mamady Condé (2004-2005)
 * Fatoumata Kaba (2005-2006)
 * Guinea-Bissau -
 * Soares Sambu (2004-2005)
 * António Isaac Monteiro (2005-2007)
 * Kenya -
 * Chirau Ali Mwakwere (2004-2005)
 * Raphael Tuju (2005-2008)
 * Lesotho - Monyane Moleleki (2004-2007)
 * Liberia - Thomas Nimely (2003-2006)
 * Libya - Abdel Rahman Shalgham (2000-2009)
 * Madagascar - Marcel Ranjeva (2002-2009)
 * Malawi -
 * George Chaponda (2004-2005)
 * Davis Katsonga (2005-2006)
 * Mali - Moctar Ouane (2004-2011)
 * Mauritania -
 * Mohamed Vall Ould Bellal (2003-2005)
 * Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed (2005-2007)
 * Mauritius -
 * Jaya Krishna Cuttaree (2003-2005)
 * Madan Dulloo (2005-2008)
 * Morocco - Mohamed Benaissa (1999-2007)
 * Western Sahara - Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998–2023)
 * Mozambique -
 * Leonardo Simão (1994-2005)
 * Alcinda Abreu (2005-2008)
 * Namibia - Marco Hausiku (2004-2010)
 * Niger - Aïchatou Mindaoudou (2001-2010)
 * Nigeria - Oluyemi Adeniji (2003-2006)
 * Rwanda - Charles Murigande (2002-2008)
 * São Tomé and Príncipe - Ovídio Manuel Barbosa Pequeno (2004-2006)
 * Senegal - Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (2000-2009)
 * Seychelles -
 * Jérémie Bonnelame (1997-2005)
 * Patrick Pillay (2005-2009)
 * Sierra Leone - Momodu Koroma (2002-2007)
 * Somalia - Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail (2004-2006)
 * Somaliland - Edna Adan Ismail (2003-2006)
 * South Africa - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1999-2009)
 * Sudan -
 * Mustafa Osman Ismail (1998-2005)
 * Lam Akol (2005-2007)
 * Swaziland - Mabili Dlamini (2003-2006)
 * Tanzania - Jakaya Kikwete (1995-2006)
 * Togo -
 * Kokou Tozoun (2003-2005)
 * Zarifou Ayéva (2005-2007)
 * Tunisia -
 * Abdelbaki Hermassi (2004-2005)
 * Abdelwahab Abdallah (2005-2010)
 * Uganda -
 * Tom Butime (2004-2005)
 * Sam Kutesa (2005–2021)
 * Zambia -
 * Kalombo Mwansa (2002-2005)
 * Ronnie Shikapwasha (2005-2006)
 * Zimbabwe -
 * Stan Mudenge (1995-2005)
 * Simbarashe Mumbengegwi (2005–2017)

Asia

 * Afghanistan - Abdullah Abdullah (2001-2006)
 * Armenia - Vartan Oskanian (1998-2008)
 * Azerbaijan - Elmar Mammadyarov (2004–2020)
 * Nagorno-Karabakh -
 * Arman Melikyan (2004-2005)
 * Georgy Petrosyan (2005-2011)
 * Bahrain -
 * Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah (1971-2005)
 * Sheikh Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (2005–2020)
 * Bangladesh - Morshed Khan (2001-2006)
 * Bhutan - Khandu Wangchuk (2003-2007)
 * Brunei - Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah (1984–2015)
 * Cambodia - Hor Namhong (1998–2016)
 * China - Li Zhaoxing (2003-2007)
 * East Timor - José Ramos-Horta (2000-2006)
 * Georgia -
 * Salome Zourabichvili (2004-2005)
 * Gela Bezhuashvili (2005-2008)
 * Abkhazia - Sergei Shamba (2004-2010)
 * South Ossetia - Murat Dzhioyev (1998-2012)
 * India -
 * Natwar Singh (2004-2005)
 * Manmohan Singh (2005-2006)
 * Indonesia - Hassan Wirajuda (2001-2009)
 * Iran -
 * Kamal Kharazi (1997-2005)
 * Manouchehr Mottaki (2005-2010)
 * Iraq - Hoshyar Zebari (2003–2014)
 * Israel - Silvan Shalom (2003-2006)
 * Palestinian Authority -
 * Nabil Shaath (2003-2005)
 * Nasser al-Qudwa (2005-2006)
 * Japan -
 * Nobutaka Machimura (2004-2005)
 * Taro Aso (2005-2007)
 * Jordan -
 * Hani al-Mulki (2004-2005)
 * Farouq Qasrawi (2005)
 * Abdul Ilah Khatib (2005-2007)
 * Kazakhstan - Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (2002-2007)
 * North Korea - Paek Nam-sun (1998-2007)
 * South Korea - Ban Ki-moon (2004-2006)
 * Kuwait - Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (2003-2011)
 * Kyrgyzstan -
 * Askar Aitmatov (2002-2005)
 * Roza Otunbayeva (2005)
 * Alikbek Jekshenkulov (2005-2007)
 * Laos - Somsavat Lengsavad (1993-2006)
 * Lebanon -
 * Mahmoud Hammoud (2004-2005)
 * Fawzi Salloukh (2005-2009)
 * Malaysia - Syed Hamid Albar (1999-2008)
 * Maldives -
 * Fathulla Jameel (1978-2005)
 * Ahmed Shaheed (2005-2007)
 * Mongolia - Tsendiin Mönkh-Orgil (2004-2006)
 * Myanmar - Nyan Win (2004-2011)
 * Nepal -
 * Sher Bahadur Deuba (2004-2005)
 * Ramesh Nath Pandey (2005-2006)
 * Oman - Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (1982–2020)
 * Pakistan - Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (2002-2007)
 * Philippines - Alberto Romulo (2004-2011)
 * Qatar - Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani (1992-2013)
 * Saudi Arabia - Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1975–2015
 * Singapore - George Yeo (2004-2011)
 * Sri Lanka -
 * Lakshman Kadirgamar (2004-2005)
 * Anura Bandaranaike (2005)
 * Mangala Samaraweera (2005-2007)
 * Syria - Farouk al-Sharaa (1984-2006)
 * Taiwan - Mark Chen (2004-2006)
 * Tajikistan - Talbak Nazarov (1994-2006)
 * Thailand -
 * Surakiart Sathirathai (2001-2005)
 * Kantathi Suphamongkhon (2005-2006)
 * Turkey - Abdullah Gül (2003-2007)
 * Turkmenistan - Raşit Meredow (2001–present)
 * United Arab Emirates - Rashid Abdullah Al Nuaimi (1980-2006)
 * Uzbekistan -
 * Sodiq Safoyev (2003-2005)
 * Elyor Ganiyev (2005-2006)
 * Vietnam - Nguyễn Dy Niên (2000-2006)
 * Yemen - Abu Bakr al-Qirbi (2001-2014)

Europe

 * Albania -
 * Kastriot Islami (2003-2005)
 * Besnik Mustafaj (2005-2007)
 * Andorra - Juli Minoves Triquell (2001-2007)
 * Austria - Ursula Plassnik (2004-2008)
 * Belarus - Sergei Martynov (2003-2012)
 * Belgium - Karel De Gucht (2004-2009)
 * Brussels-Capital Region - Guy Vanhengel (2000-2009)
 * Flanders - Geert Bourgeois (2004-2008)
 * Wallonia - Marie-Dominique Simonet (2004-2009)
 * Bosnia and Herzegovina - Mladen Ivanić (2003-2007)
 * Bulgaria -
 * Solomon Passy (2001-2005)
 * Ivailo Kalfin (2005-2009)
 * Croatia -
 * Miomir Žužul (2003-2005)
 * Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (2005-2008)
 * Cyprus - Georgios Iacovou (2003-2006)
 * Northern Cyprus - Serdar Denktaş (2004-2006)
 * Czech Republic - Cyril Svoboda (2002-2006)
 * Denmark - Per Stig Møller (2001-2010)
 * Greenland - Josef Motzfeldt (2003-2007)
 * Estonia -
 * Kristiina Ojuland (2002-2005)
 * Jaak Jõerüüt (acting) (2005)
 * Rein Lang (2005)
 * Urmas Paet (2005–2014)
 * Finland - Erkki Tuomioja (2000-2007)
 * France -
 * Michel Barnier (2004-2005)
 * Philippe Douste-Blazy (2005-2007)
 * Germany -
 * Joschka Fischer (1998-2005)
 * Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2005-2009)
 * Greece - Petros Molyviatis (2004-2006)
 * Hungary - Ferenc Somogyi (2004-2006)
 * Iceland -
 * Davíð Oddsson (2004-2005)
 * Geir Haarde (2005-2006)
 * Ireland - Dermot Ahern (2004-2008)
 * Italy - Gianfranco Fini (2004-2006)
 * Latvia - Artis Pabriks (2004-2007)
 * Liechtenstein -
 * Ernst Walch (2001-2005)
 * Rita Kieber-Beck (2005-2009)
 * Lithuania - Antanas Valionis (2000-2006)
 * Luxembourg - Jean Asselborn (2004–present)
 * Republic of Macedonia - Ilinka Mitreva (2002-2006)
 * Malta - Michael Frendo (2004-2008)
 * Moldova - Andrei Stratan (2004-2009)
 * Transnistria - Valeriy Litskai (2000-2008)
 * Monaco - Rainier Imperti (2005-2006)
 * Netherlands - Ben Bot (2003-2007)
 * Norway -
 * Jan Petersen (2001-2005)
 * Jonas Gahr Støre (2005-2012)
 * Poland -
 * Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (2001-2005)
 * Adam Daniel Rotfeld (2005)
 * Stefan Meller (2005-2006)
 * Portugal -
 * António Monteiro (2004-2005)
 * Diogo de Freitas do Amaral (2005-2006)
 * Romania - Mihai-Răzvan Ungureanu (2004-2007)
 * Russia - Sergey Lavrov (2004–present)
 * San Marino - Fabio Berardi (2003-2006)
 * Serbia and Montenegro - Vuk Drašković (2004-2007)
 * Montenegro - Miodrag Vlahović (2004-2006)
 * Slovakia - Eduard Kukan (1998-2006)
 * Slovenia - Dimitrij Rupel (2004-2008)
 * Spain - Miguel Ángel Moratinos (2004-2010)
 * Sweden - Laila Freivalds (2003-2006)
 * Switzerland - Micheline Calmy-Rey (2003-2011)


 * Ukraine -
 * Kostyantyn Gryshchenko (2003-2005)
 * Borys Tarasyuk (2005-2007)
 * United Kingdom - Jack Straw (2001-2006)
 * Vatican City - Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo (2003-2006)

North America and the Caribbean

 * Antigua and Barbuda -
 * Harold Lovell (2004-2005)
 * Baldwin Spencer (2005–2014)
 * The Bahamas - Fred Mitchell (2002-2007)
 * Barbados - Dame Billie Miller (1994-2008)
 * Belize - Godfrey Smith (2003-2006)
 * Canada - Pierre Pettigrew (2004-2006)
 * Quebec - Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (2003-2008)
 * Costa Rica - Roberto Tovar Faja (2002-2006)
 * Cuba - Felipe Pérez Roque (1999-2009)
 * Dominica -
 * Osborne Riviere (2001-2005)
 * Charles Savarin (2005-2007)
 * Dominican Republic - Carlos Morales Troncoso (2004–2014)
 * El Salvador - Francisco Laínez (2004-2008)
 * Grenada - Elvin Nimrod (2000-2008)
 * Guatemala - Jorge Briz Abularach (2004-2006)
 * Haiti -
 * Yvon Siméon (2004-2005)
 * Hérard Abraham (2005-2006)
 * Honduras -
 * Leonidas Rosa Bautista (2003-2005)
 * Mario Fortín (2005-2006)
 * Jamaica - Keith Desmond Knight (2001-2006)
 * Mexico - Luis Ernesto Derbez (2003-2006)
 * Netherlands Antilles - Etienne Ys (2004-2006)
 * Nicaragua - Norman José Caldera Cardenal (2002-2007)
 * Panama - Samuel Lewis Navarro (2004-2009)
 * Puerto Rico –
 * Jose Izquierdo Encarnacion (2003–2005)
 * Marisara Pont Marchese (2005)
 * Fernando Bonilla (2005–2009)
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis - Timothy Harris (2001-2008)
 * Saint Lucia - Petrus Compton (2004-2006)
 * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 * Louis Straker (2001-2005)
 * Mike Browne (2005)
 * Louis Straker (2005-2010)
 * Trinidad and Tobago - Knowlson Gift (2001-2006)
 * United States -
 * Colin Powell (2001-2005)
 * Condoleezza Rice (2005-2009)

Oceania

 * Australia - Alexander Downer (1996-2007)
 * Fiji - Kaliopate Tavola (2000-2006)
 * French Polynesia -
 * Gaston Flosse (2004-2005)
 * Oscar Temaru (2005-2006)
 * Kiribati - Anote Tong (2003–2016)
 * Marshall Islands - Gerald Zackios (2001-2008)
 * Micronesia - Sebastian Anefal (2003-2007)
 * Nauru - David Adeang (2004-2007)
 * New Zealand -
 * Phil Goff (1999-2005)
 * Winston Peters (2005-2008)
 * Cook Islands -
 * Tom Marsters (2004-2005)
 * Wilkie Rasmussen (2005-2009)
 * Niue - Young Vivian (2002-2008)
 * Palau - Temmy Shmull (2001-2009)
 * Papua New Guinea - Sir Rabbie Namaliu (2002-2006)
 * Samoa - Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (1998–2021)
 * Solomon Islands - Laurie Chan (2002-2006)
 * Tonga - Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou (2004-2009)
 * Tuvalu - Maatia Toafa (2004-2006)
 * Vanuatu - Sato Kilman (2004-2007)

South America

 * Argentina -
 * Rafael Bielsa (2003-2005)
 * Jorge Taiana (2005-2010)
 * Bolivia -
 * Juan Ignacio Siles (2003-2005)
 * Armando Loaiza (2005-2006)
 * Brazil - Celso Amorim (2003-2011)
 * Chile - Ignacio Walker Prieto (2004-2006)
 * Colombia - Carolina Barco (2002-2006)
 * Ecuador -
 * Patricio Zuquilanda (2003-2005)
 * Antonio Parra Gil (2005)
 * Francisco Carrión (2005-2007)
 * Guyana - Rudy Insanally (2001-2008)
 * Paraguay - Leila Rachid de Cowles (2003-2006)
 * Peru -
 * Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros (2003-2005)
 * Fernando Olivera (2005)
 * Óscar Maúrtua de Romaña (2005-2006)
 * Suriname -
 * Marie Levens (2000-2005)
 * Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk (2005-2010)
 * Uruguay -
 * Didier Opertti (1998-2005)
 * Reinaldo Gargano (2005-2008)
 * Venezuela - Alí Rodríguez Araque (2004-2006)