List of foreign ministers in 2008

This is a list of foreign ministers in 2008.

Africa

 * Algeria - Mourad Medelci (2007-2013)
 * Angola -
 * João Bernardo de Miranda (1999-2008)
 * Assunção dos Anjos (2008-2010)
 * Benin -
 * Moussa Okanla (2007-2008)
 * Jean-Marie Ehouzou (2008-2011)
 * Botswana -
 * Mompati Merafhe (1994-2008)
 * Phandu Skelemani (2008–2014)
 * Burkina Faso -
 * Djibril Bassolé (2007-2008)
 * Alain Bédouma Yoda (2008-2011)
 * Burundi - Antoinette Batumubwira (2005-2009)
 * Cameroon - Henri Eyebe Ayissi (2007-2011)
 * Cape Verde -
 * Víctor Borges (2004-2008)
 * José Brito (2008-2011)
 * Central African Republic -
 * Côme Zoumara (2006-2008)
 * Dieudonné Kombo Yaya (2008-2009)
 * Chad -
 * Ahmad Allam-Mi (2005-2008)
 * Moussa Faki (2008–2017)
 * Comoros - Ahmed Ben Said Jaffar (2006-2010)
 * Republic of Congo - Basile Ikouébé (2007–2015)
 * Democratic Republic of Congo -
 * Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi (2007-2008)
 * Alexis Thambwe Mwamba (2008-2012)
 * Côte d'Ivoire - Youssouf Bakayoko (2006-2010)
 * Djibouti - Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (2005–present)
 * Egypt - Ahmed Aboul Gheit (2004-2011)
 * Equatorial Guinea - Pastor Micha Ondó Bile (2003-2012)
 * Eritrea - Osman Saleh Mohammed (2007–present)
 * Ethiopia - Seyoum Mesfin (1991-2010)
 * Gabon -
 * Jean Ping (1999-2008)
 * Laure Olga Gondjout (2008)
 * Paul Toungui (2008-2012)
 * The Gambia -
 * Crispin Grey-Johnson (2007-2008)
 * Omar Touray (2008-2009)
 * Ghana - Akwasi Osei-Adjei (2007-2009)
 * Guinea -
 * Kabèlè Abdoul Camara (2007-2008)
 * Amadou Lamarana Bah (2008-2009)
 * Guinea-Bissau - Maria da Conceição Nobre Cabral (2007-2009)
 * Kenya -
 * Raphael Tuju (2005-2008)
 * Moses Wetangula (2008-2012)
 * Lesotho - Mohlabi Tsekoa (2007–2015)
 * Liberia - Olubanke King-Akerele (2007-2010)
 * Libya - Abdel Rahman Shalgham (2000-2009)
 * Madagascar - Marcel Ranjeva (2002-2009)
 * Malawi - Joyce Banda (2006-2009)
 * Mali - Moctar Ouane (2004-2011)
 * Mauritania -
 * Mohamed Saleck Ould Mohamed Lemine (2007-2008)
 * Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (2008)
 * Abdallahi Hassen Ben Hmeida (2008)
 * Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou (2008-2009)
 * Mauritius -
 * Madan Dulloo (2005-2008)
 * Navin Ramgoolam (acting) (2008)
 * Arvin Boolell (2008–2014)
 * Morocco - Taieb Fassi Fihri (2007-2012)
 * Western Sahara - Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998–present)
 * Mozambique -
 * Alcinda Abreu (2005-2008)
 * Oldemiro Balói (2008–2017)
 * Namibia - Marco Hausiku (2004-2010)
 * Niger - Aïchatou Mindaoudou (2001-2010)
 * Nigeria - Ojo Maduekwe (2007-2010)
 * Rwanda -
 * Charles Murigande (2002-2008)
 * Rosemary Museminari (2008-2009)
 * São Tomé and Príncipe -
 * Ovídio Manuel Barbosa Pequeno (2007-2008)
 * Carlos Tiny (2008-2010)
 * Senegal - Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (2000-2009)
 * Seychelles - Patrick Pillay (2005-2009)
 * Sierra Leone - Zainab Bangura (2007-2010)
 * Somalia -
 * Muhammad Ali Hamoud (2007-2008)
 * Ali Ahmed Jama Jangali (2008-2009)
 * Somaliland - Abdillahi Mohamed Duale (2006-2010)
 * Puntland - Ali Abdi Aware (2007-2008)
 * South Africa - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1999-2009)
 * Sudan - Deng Alor (2007-2010)
 * Swaziland -
 * Moses Mathendele Dlamini (2006-2008)
 * Lutfo Dlamini (2008-2011)
 * Tanzania – Bernard Membe (2007–2015)
 * Togo -
 * Léopold Gnininvi (2007-2008)
 * Kofi Esaw (2008-2010)
 * Tunisia - Abdelwahab Abdallah (2005-2010)
 * Uganda - Sam Kutesa (2005–2021)
 * Western Sahara - Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998–2023)
 * Zambia - Kabinga Pande (2007-2011)
 * Zimbabwe - Simbarashe Mumbengegwi (2005–2017)

Asia

 * Afghanistan - Rangin Dadfar Spanta (2006-2010)
 * Armenia -
 * Vartan Oskanian (1998-2008)
 * Eduard Nalbandyan (2008–2018)
 * Azerbaijan - Elmar Mammadyarov (2004–2020)
 * Nagorno-Karabakh - Georgy Petrosyan (2005-2011)
 * Bahrain - Sheikh Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (2005–2020)
 * Bangladesh – Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury (2007-2009)
 * Bhutan -
 * Yeshey Dorji (acting) (2007-2008)
 * Ugyen Tshering (2008-2013)
 * Brunei - Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah (1984–2015)
 * Cambodia - Hor Namhong (1998–2016)
 * China - Yang Jiechi (2007-2013)
 * East Timor - Zacarias da Costa (2007-2012)
 * Georgia -
 * Gela Bezhuashvili (2005-2008)
 * Davit Bakradze (2008)
 * Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili (2008)
 * Grigol Vashadze (2008-2012)
 * Abkhazia - Sergei Shamba (2004-2010)
 * South Ossetia - Murat Dzhioyev (1998-2012)
 * India - Pranab Mukherjee (2006-2009)
 * Indonesia - Hassan Wirajuda (2001-2009)
 * Iran - Manouchehr Mottaki (2005-2010)
 * Iraq - Hoshyar Zebari (2003–2014)
 * Kurdistan - Falah Mustafa Bakir (2006–2019)
 * Israel - Tzipi Livni (2006-2009)
 * Palestinian Authority - Riyad al-Maliki (2007–present)
 * Japan -
 * Masahiko Kōmura (2007-2008)
 * Hirofumi Nakasone (2008-2009)
 * Jordan - Salah Bashir (2007-2009)
 * Kazakhstan – Marat Tazhin (2007-2009)
 * North Korea - Pak Ui-chun (2007-2014)
 * South Korea -
 * Song Min-soon (2006-2008)
 * Yu Myung-hwan (2008-2010)
 * Kuwait - Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (2003-2011)
 * Kyrgyzstan - Ednan Karabayev (2007-2009)
 * Laos - Thongloun Sisoulith (2006–2016)
 * Lebanon -
 * Fawzi Salloukh (2005-2009)
 * Tarek Mitri (acting) (2006-2008)
 * Malaysia -
 * Syed Hamid Albar (1999-2008)
 * Rais Yatim (2008-2009)
 * Maldives -
 * Abdullah Shahid (2007-2008)
 * Ahmed Shaheed (2008-2011)
 * Mongolia -
 * Sanjaasürengiin Oyuun (2007-2008)
 * Sükhbaataryn Batbold (2008-2009)
 * Myanmar - Nyan Win (2004-2011)
 * Nepal -
 * Sahana Pradhan (2007-2008)
 * Upendra Yadav (2008-2009)
 * Oman - Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (1982–3030)
 * Pakistan -
 * Inam-ul-Haq (2007-2008)
 * Shah Mehmood Qureshi (2008-2011)
 * 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 - Rohitha Bogollagama (2007-2010)
 * Syria - Walid Muallem (2006–2020)
 * Taiwan -
 * James C. F. Huang (2006-2008)
 * Francisco Ou (2008-2009)
 * Tajikistan - Khamrokhon Zaripov (2006-2013)
 * Thailand -
 * Nitya Pibulsonggram (2006-2008)
 * Noppadon Pattama (2008)
 * Tej Bunnag (2008)
 * Saroj Chavanavirat (2008)
 * Sompong Amornwiwat (2008)
 * Kasit Piromya (2008-2011)
 * Turkmenistan - Raşit Meredow (2001–present)
 * United Arab Emirates - Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (2006–present)
 * Uzbekistan - Vladimir Norov (2006-2010)
 * Vietnam - Phạm Gia Khiêm (2006-2011)
 * Yemen - Abu Bakr al-Qirbi (2001-2014)

Europe

 * Albania - Lulzim Basha (2007-2009)
 * Andorra - Meritxell Mateu i Pi (2007-2009)
 * Austria -
 * Ursula Plassnik (2004-2008)
 * Michael Spindelegger (2008-2013)
 * Belarus - Sergei Martynov (2003-2012)
 * Belgium - Karel De Gucht (2004-2009)
 * Brussels-Capital Region - Guy Vanhengel (2000-2009)
 * Flanders -
 * Geert Bourgeois (2004-2008)
 * Kris Peeters (2008–2014)
 * Wallonia - Marie-Dominique Simonet (2004-2009)
 * Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sven Alkalaj (2007-2012)
 * Bulgaria - Ivailo Kalfin (2005-2009)
 * Croatia -
 * Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (2005-2008)
 * Gordan Jandroković (2008-2011)
 * Cyprus -
 * Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis (2007-2008)
 * Markos Kyprianou (2008-2011)
 * Northern Cyprus - Turgay Avcı (2006-2009)
 * Czech Republic - Karel Schwarzenberg (2007-2009)
 * Denmark - Per Stig Møller (2001-2010)
 * Greenland -
 * Aleqa Hammond (2007-2008)
 * Per Berthelsen (2008-2009)
 * Faroe Islands -
 * Høgni Hoydal (2008)
 * Jørgen Niclasen (2008-2011)
 * Estonia - Urmas Paet (2005–2014)
 * Finland -
 * Ilkka Kanerva (2007-2008)
 * Alexander Stubb (2008-2011)
 * France - Bernard Kouchner (2007-2010)
 * Germany - Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2005-2009)
 * Greece - Dora Bakoyannis (2006-2009)
 * Hungary - Kinga Göncz (2006-2009)
 * Iceland - Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir (2007-2009)
 * Ireland -
 * Dermot Ahern (2004-2008)
 * Micheál Martin (2008-2011)
 * Italy -
 * Massimo D'Alema (2006-2008)
 * Franco Frattini (2008-2011)
 * Latvia - Māris Riekstiņš (2007-2010)
 * Liechtenstein - Rita Kieber-Beck (2005-2009)
 * Lithuania -
 * Petras Vaitiekūnas (2006-2008)
 * Vygaudas Ušackas (2008-2010)
 * Luxembourg - Jean Asselborn (2004–present)
 * Republic of Macedonia - Antonio Milošoski (2006-2011)
 * Malta -
 * Michael Frendo (2004-2008)
 * Tonio Borg (2008-2012)
 * Moldova - Andrei Stratan (2004-2009)
 * Transnistria -
 * Valeriy Litskai (2000-2008)
 * Vladimir Yastrebchak (2008-2012)
 * Monaco -
 * Jean Pastorelli (2007-2008)
 * Franck Biancheri (2008-2011)
 * Montenegro - Milan Roćen (2006-2012)
 * Netherlands - Maxime Verhagen (2007-2010)
 * Norway - Jonas Gahr Støre (2005-2012)
 * Poland - Radosław Sikorski (2007–2014)
 * Portugal - Luís Amado (2006-2011)
 * Romania -
 * Adrian Cioroianu (2007-2008)
 * Lazăr Comănescu (2008)
 * Cristian Diaconescu (2008-2009)
 * Russia - Sergey Lavrov (2004–present)
 * San Marino -
 * Fiorenzo Stolfi (2006-2008)
 * Antonella Mularoni (2008-2012)
 * Serbia - Vuk Jeremić (2007-2012)
 * Kosovo - Skënder Hyseni (2008-2010)
 * Slovakia - Ján Kubiš (2006-2009)
 * Slovenia -
 * Dimitrij Rupel (2004-2008)
 * Samuel Žbogar (2008-2012)
 * Spain - Miguel Ángel Moratinos (2004-2010)
 * Sweden - Carl Bildt (2006–2014)
 * Switzerland - Micheline Calmy-Rey (2003-2011)
 * Turkey - Ali Babacan (2007-2009)
 * Ukraine - Volodymyr Ohryzko (2007-2009)
 * United Kingdom - David Miliband (2007-2010)
 * Scotland - Linda Fabiani (2007-2009)
 * Vatican City - Archbishop Dominique Mamberti (2006–2014)

North America and the Caribbean

 * Antigua and Barbuda - Baldwin Spencer (2005–2014)
 * The Bahamas - Brent Symonette (2007-2012)
 * Barbados -
 * Dame Billie Miller (1994-2008)
 * Christopher Sinckler (2008)
 * Maxine McClean (2008–2018)
 * Belize
 * Lisa Shoman (2007-2008)
 * Wilfred Elrington (2008–2020)
 * Canada -
 * Maxime Bernier (2007-2008)
 * David Emerson (2008)
 * Lawrence Cannon (2008-2011)
 * Quebec -
 * Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (2003-2008)
 * Pierre Arcand (2008-2010)
 * Costa Rica - Bruno Stagno Ugarte (2006-2010)
 * Cuba - Felipe Pérez Roque (1999-2009)
 * Dominica -
 * Roosevelt Skerrit (2007-2008)
 * Vince Henderson (2008-2010)
 * Dominican Republic - Carlos Morales Troncoso (2004–2014)
 * El Salvador -
 * Francisco Laínez (2004-2008)
 * Marisol Argueta de Barillas (2008-2009)
 * Grenada -
 * Elvin Nimrod (2000-2008)
 * Peter David (2008-2010)
 * Guatemala -
 * Gert Rosenthal (2006-2008)
 * Haroldo Rodas (2008-2012)
 * Haiti -
 * Jean Rénald Clérismé (2006-2008)
 * Alrich Nicolas (2008-2009)
 * Honduras -
 * Milton Jiménez (2006-2008)
 * Ángel Edmundo Orellana (2008-2009)
 * Jamaica - Kenneth Baugh (2007-2012)
 * Mexico - Patricia Espinosa (2006-2012)
 * Netherlands Antilles - Emily de Jongh-Elhage (2006-2010)
 * Nicaragua - Samuel Santos López (2007–2017)
 * Panama - Samuel Lewis Navarro (2004-2009)
 * Puerto Rico – Fernando Bonilla (2005–2009)
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis -
 * Timothy Harris (2001-2008)
 * Denzil Douglas (2008-2010)
 * Saint Lucia - Stephenson King (2007-2009)
 * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Sir Louis Straker (2005-2010)
 * Trinidad and Tobago - Paula Gopee-Scoon (2007-2010)
 * United States - Condoleezza Rice (2005-2009)

Oceania

 * Australia - Stephen Smith (2007-2010)
 * Fiji -
 * Ratu Epeli Nailatikau (2007-2008)
 * Frank Bainimarama (2008-2009)
 * French Polynesia -
 * Oscar Temaru (2007-2008)
 * Gaston Flosse (2008)
 * Gaston Tong Sang (2008-2009)
 * Kiribati - Anote Tong (2003–2016)
 * Marshall Islands -
 * Gerald Zackios (2001-2008)
 * Tony deBrum (2008-2009)
 * Micronesia - Lorin S. Robert (2007–2019)
 * Nauru - Kieren Keke (2007-2011)
 * New Zealand -
 * Winston Peters (2005-2008)
 * Murray McCully (2008–2017)
 * Cook Islands - Wilkie Rasmussen (2005-2009)
 * Niue -
 * Young Vivian (2002-2008)
 * Toke Talagi (2008–2020)
 * Tokelau - Pio Tuia (2008-2009)
 * Palau - Temmy Shmull (2001-2009)
 * Papua New Guinea - Sam Abal (2007-2010)
 * Samoa - Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (1998–2021)
 * Solomon Islands - William Haomae (2007-2010)
 * Tonga - Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou (2004-2009)
 * Tuvalu - Apisai Ielemia (2006-2010)
 * Vanuatu -
 * George Wells (2007-2008)
 * Pakoa Kaltonga (2008-2009)

South America

 * Argentina - Jorge Taiana (2005–2010)
 * Bolivia - David Choquehuanca (2006–2017)
 * Brazil - Celso Amorim (2003–2011)
 * Chile - Alejandro Foxley (2006–2009)
 * Colombia -
 * Fernando Araújo Perdomo (2007–2008)
 * Jaime Bermúdez (2008–2010)
 * Ecuador -
 * María Isabel Salvador (2007–2008)
 * Fander Falconí (2008–2010)
 * Guyana -
 * Rudy Insanally (2001–2008)
 * Carolyn Rodrigues (2008–2015)
 * Paraguay -
 * Rubén Ramírez Lezcano (2006–2008)
 * Alejandro Hamed (2008–2009)
 * Peru - José Antonio García Belaúnde (2006–2011)
 * Suriname - Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk (2005–2010)
 * Uruguay -
 * Reinaldo Gargano (2005–2008)
 * Gonzalo Fernández (2008–2009)
 * Venezuela - Nicolás Maduro (2006–2013)