List of foreign ministers in 2012

This is a list of foreign ministers in 2012.

Africa

 * Algeria - Mourad Medelci (2007–2013)
 * Angola - Georges Rebelo Chicoti (2010–2017)
 * Benin - Nassirou Bako Arifari (2011–2015)
 * Botswana - Phandu Skelemani (2008–2014)
 * Burkina Faso - Djibril Bassolé (2011–2014)
 * Burundi - Laurent Kavakure (2011–2015)
 * Cameroon - Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo (2011–2015)
 * Cape Verde - Jorge Borges (2011–2014)
 * Central African Republic - Antoine Gambi (2009–2013)
 * Chad - Moussa Faki (2008–2017)
 * Comoros - Mohamed Bakri Ben Abdoulfatah Charif (2011–2013)
 * Republic of Congo - Basile Ikouébé (2007–2015)
 * Democratic Republic of Congo -
 * Alexis Thambwe Mwamba (2008–2012)
 * Raymond Tshibanda (2012–2016)
 * Côte d'Ivoire
 * Daniel Kablan Duncan (2011–2012)
 * Charles Koffi Diby (2012–2016)
 * Djibouti - Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (2005–present)
 * Egypt - Mohamed Kamel Amr (2011–2013)
 * Equatorial Guinea -
 * Pastor Micha Ondó Bile (2003–2012)
 * Agapito Mba Mokuy (2012–2018)
 * Eritrea - Osman Saleh Mohammed (2007–present)
 * Ethiopia -
 * Hailemariam Desalegn (2010–2012)
 * Berhane Gebre-Christos (acting) (2012)
 * Tedros Adhanom (2012–2016)
 * Gabon -
 * Paul Toungui (2008–2012)
 * Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet (2012–2016)
 * The Gambia -
 * Mamadou Tangara (2010–2012)
 * Mambury Njie (2012)
 * Mamadou Tangara (2012)
 * Susan Waffa-Ogoo (2012–2013)
 * Ghana - Muhammad Mumuni (2009–2013)
 * Guinea
 * Edouard Niankoye Lamah (2010–2012)
 * François Lonseny Fall (2012–2016)
 * Guinea-Bissau -
 * Mamadu Saliu Djaló Pires (2011–2012)
 * Faustino Imbali (2012–2013)
 * Kenya -
 * Moses Wetangula (2008–2012)
 * Sam Ongeri (2012–2013)
 * Lesotho - Mohlabi Tsekoa (2007–2015)
 * Liberia -
 * Toga McIntosh (2010–2012)
 * Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan (2012–2015)
 * Libya
 * Ashour Bin Khayal (2011–2012)
 * Mohammed Abdelaziz (interim) (2012–2014)
 * Madagascar - Pierrot Rajaonarivelo (2011–2013)
 * Malawi -
 * Peter Mutharika (2011–2012)
 * Ephraim Chiume (2012–2014)
 * Mali -
 * Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga (2011–2012)
 * Sadio Lamine Sow (2012)
 * Tieman Coulibaly (2012–2013)
 * Azawad -
 * Hama Ag Sid'Ahmed (2012)
 * Hama Ag Mahmoud (2012-2013)
 * Mauritania - Hamadi Ould Baba Ould Hamadi (2011–2013)
 * Mauritius - Arvin Boolell (2008–2014)
 * Morocco -
 * Taieb Fassi Fihri (2007–2012)
 * Saadeddine Othmani (2012–2013)
 * Western Sahara - Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998–2023)
 * Mozambique - Oldemiro Balói (2008–2017)
 * Namibia -
 * Utoni Nujoma (2010–2012)
 * Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (2012–present)
 * Niger - Mohamed Bazoum (2011–2015)
 * Nigeria - Olugbenga Ashiru (2011–2013)
 * Rwanda - Louise Mushikiwabo (2009–2018)
 * São Tomé and Príncipe -
 * Manuel Salvador dos Ramos (2010–2012)
 * Natália Pedro da Costa Umbelina Neto (2012–2014)
 * Senegal -
 * Madické Niang (2009–2012)
 * Alioune Badara Cissé (2012)
 * Mankeur Ndiaye (2012–2017)
 * Seychelles - Jean-Paul Adam (2010–2015)
 * Sierra Leone -
 * J. B. Dauda (2010–2012)
 * Samura Kamara (2012–2017)
 * Somalia -
 * Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar (2010-2012)
 * Abdullahi Haji Hassan Mohamed Nuur (2012)
 * Fowsiyo Yussuf Haji Aadan (2012–2014)
 * Somaliland - Mohammad Abdullahi Omar (2010–2013)
 * Puntland - Daud Mohamed Omar (2010–2014)
 * South Africa - Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (2009–2018)
 * South Sudan - Nhial Deng Nhial (2011–2013)
 * Sudan - Ali Karti (2010–2015)
 * Swaziland - Mtiti Fakudze (2011–2013)
 * Tanzania – Bernard Membe (2007–2015)
 * Togo - Elliott Ohin (2010–2013)
 * Tunisia - Rafik Abdessalem (2011–2013)
 * Uganda -
 * Sam Kutesa (2005–2021)
 * Henry Oryem Okello (acting) (2011–2012)
 * Zambia -
 * Chishimba Kambwili (2011–2012)
 * Given Lubinda (2012–2013)
 * Zimbabwe - Simbarashe Mumbengegwi (2005–2017)

Asia

 * Afghanistan - Zalmai Rassoul (2010–2013)
 * Armenia - Eduard Nalbandyan (2008–2018)
 * Azerbaijan - Elmar Mammadyarov (2004–2020)
 * Nagorno-Karabakh -
 * Vasily Atajanyan (acting) (2011–2012)
 * Karen Mirzoyan (2012–2017)
 * Bahrain - Sheikh Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (2005–2020)
 * Bangladesh – Dipu Moni (2009–2013)
 * Bhutan - 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)
 * José Luís Guterres (2012–2015)
 * Georgia
 * Grigol Vashadze (2008–2012)
 * Maia Panjikidze (2012–2014)
 * Abkhazia - Viacheslav Chirikba (2011–2016)
 * South Ossetia
 * Murat Dzhioyev (1998–2012)
 * David Sanakoyev (2012–2015)
 * India
 * S. M. Krishna (2009–2012)
 * Salman Khurshid (2012–2014)
 * Indonesia - Marty Natalegawa (2009–2014)
 * Iran - Ali Akbar Salehi (2010–2013)
 * Iraq - Hoshyar Zebari (2003–2014)
 * Kurdistan - Falah Mustafa Bakir (2006–2019)
 * Israel -
 * Avigdor Lieberman (2009–2012)
 * Benjamin Netanyahu (2012–2013)
 * Palestinian Authority - Riyad al-Maliki (2007–present)
 * Gaza Strip (in rebellion against the Palestinian National Authority)
 * Muhammad Awad (2011–2012)
 * Ismail Haniyeh (acting) (2012–2014)
 * Japan -
 * Kōichirō Gemba (2011–2012)
 * Fumio Kishida (2012–2017)
 * Jordan - Nasser Judeh (2009–2017)
 * Kazakhstan –
 * Yerzhan Kazykhanov (2011–2012)
 * Erlan Idrissov (2012–2016)
 * North Korea - Pak Ui-chun (2007–2014)
 * South Korea - Kim Sung-hwan (2010–2013)
 * Kuwait - Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah (2011–2019)
 * Kyrgyzstan -
 * Ruslan Kazakbayev (2010–2012)
 * Erlan Abdyldayev (2012–2018)
 * Laos - Thongloun Sisoulith (2006–2016)
 * Lebanon - Adnan Mansour (2011–2014)
 * Malaysia - Anifah Aman (2009–2018)
 * Maldives -
 * Ahmed Naseem (2011–2012)
 * Abdul Samad Abdulla (2012–2013)
 * Mongolia -
 * Gombojavyn Zandanshatar (2009–2012)
 * Luvsanvandan Bold (2012–2014)
 * Myanmar - Wunna Maung Lwin (2011–2016)
 * Nepal - Narayan Kaji Shrestha (2011–2013)
 * Oman - Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (1982–2020)
 * Pakistan - Hina Rabbani Khar (2011–2013)
 * Philippines - Albert del Rosario (2011–2016)
 * Qatar - Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani (1992–2013)


 * Saudi Arabia - Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1975–2015
 * Singapore - K. Shanmugam (2011–2015)
 * Sri Lanka - G. L. Peiris (2010–2015)
 * Syria - Walid Muallem (2006–2020)
 * Taiwan -
 * Timothy Yang (2009–2012)
 * David Lin (2012–2016)
 * Tajikistan - Khamrokhon Zaripov (2006–2013)
 * Thailand - Surapong Tovichakchaikul (2011–2014)
 * Turkey - Ahmet Davutoğlu (2009–2014)
 * Turkmenistan - Raşit Meredow (2001–present)
 * United Arab Emirates - Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (2006–present)
 * Uzbekistan -
 * Elyor Ganiyev (2010–2012)
 * Abdulaziz Komilov (2012–present)
 * Vietnam - Phạm Bình Minh (2011–2021)
 * Yemen - Abu Bakr al-Qirbi (2001–2014)

Europe

 * Albania -
 * Edmond Haxhinasto (2010–2012)
 * Edmond Panariti (2012–2013)
 * Andorra - Gilbert Saboya Sunyé (2011–2017)
 * Austria - Michael Spindelegger (2008–2013)
 * Belarus
 * Sergei Martynov (2003–2012)
 * Vladimir Makei (2012–present)
 * Belgium - Didier Reynders (2011–2019)
 * Brussels-Capital Region - Jean-Luc Vanraes (2009–2013)
 * Flanders - Kris Peeters (2008–2014)
 * Wallonia - Rudy Demotte (2009-2014)
 * Bosnia and Herzegovina -
 * Sven Alkalaj (2007–2012)
 * Zlatko Lagumdžija (2012–2015)
 * Bulgaria - Nickolay Mladenov (2010–2013)
 * Croatia - Vesna Pusić (2011–2016)
 * Cyprus - Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis (2011–2013)
 * Northern Cyprus - Hüseyin Özgürgün (2009–2013)
 * Czech Republic - Karel Schwarzenberg (2010–2013)
 * Denmark - Villy Søvndal (2011–2013)
 * Greenland - Kuupik Kleist (2009–2013)
 * Faroe Islands - Kaj Leo Johannesen (2011–2015)
 * Estonia - Urmas Paet (2005–2014)
 * Finland - Erkki Tuomioja (2011–2015)
 * France -
 * Alain Juppé (2011–2012)
 * Laurent Fabius (2012–2016)
 * Germany - Guido Westerwelle (2009–2013)
 * Greece -
 * Stavros Dimas (2011–2012)
 * Petros Molyviatis (2012)
 * Dimitris Avramopoulos (2012–2013)
 * Hungary - János Martonyi (2010–2014)
 * Iceland - Össur Skarphéðinsson (2009–2013)
 * Ireland - Eamon Gilmore (2011–2014)
 * Italy - Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata (2011–2013)
 * Latvia - Edgars Rinkēvičs (2011–2023)
 * Liechtenstein - Aurelia Frick (2009–2019)
 * Lithuania -
 * Audronius Ažubalis (2010–2012)
 * Linas Antanas Linkevičius (2012–2020)
 * Luxembourg - Jean Asselborn (2004–present)
 * Republic of Macedonia - Nikola Poposki (2011–2017)
 * Malta
 * Tonio Borg (2008–2012)
 * Francis Zammit Dimech (2012–2013)
 * Moldova - Iurie Leancă (2009–2013)
 * Transnistria -
 * Vladimir Yastrebchak (2008–2012)
 * Nina Shtanski (2012–2015)
 * Monaco - José Badia (2011–2015)
 * Montenegro -
 * Milan Roćen (2006–2012)
 * Nebojša Kaluđerović (2012)
 * Igor Lukšić (2012–2016)
 * Netherlands -
 * Uri Rosenthal (2010–2012)
 * Frans Timmermans (2012–2014)
 * Norway -
 * Jonas Gahr Støre (2005–2012)
 * Espen Barth Eide (2012–2013)
 * Poland - Radosław Sikorski (2007–2014)
 * Portugal - Paulo Portas (2011–2013)
 * Romania -
 * Teodor Baconschi (2009–2012)
 * Cristian Diaconescu (2012)
 * Andrei Marga (2012)
 * Titus Corlăţean (2012–2014)
 * Russia - Sergey Lavrov (2004–present)
 * San Marino
 * Antonella Mularoni (2008–2012)
 * Pasquale Valentini (2012–2016)
 * Serbia -
 * Vuk Jeremić (2007–2012)
 * Ivan Mrkić (2012–2014)
 * Kosovo - Enver Hoxhaj (2011–2014)
 * Slovakia -
 * Mikuláš Dzurinda (2010–2012)
 * Miroslav Lajčák (2012–2020)
 * Slovenia -
 * Samuel Žbogar (2008–2012)
 * Karl Erjavec (2012–2018)
 * Spain - José Manuel García-Margallo (2011–2016)
 * Catalonia - Francesc Homs Molist (2012–2015)
 * Sweden - Carl Bildt (2006–2014)
 * Switzerland - Didier Burkhalter (2012–2017)


 * Ukraine
 * Kostyantyn Gryshchenko (2010–2012)
 * Leonid Kozhara (2012–2014)
 * United Kingdom - William Hague (2010–2014)
 * Scotland - Fiona Hyslop (2009–2020)
 * 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)
 * Fred Mitchell (2012–2017)
 * Barbados - Maxine McClean (2008–2018)
 * Belize - Wilfred Elrington (2008–2020)
 * Canada - John Baird (2011–2015)
 * Quebec -
 * Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (2010–2012)
 * Jean-François Lisée (2012–2014)
 * Costa Rica - Enrique Castillo (2011–2014)
 * Cuba - Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla (2009–present)
 * Dominica - Roosevelt Skerrit (2010–2014)
 * Dominican Republic - Carlos Morales Troncoso (2004–2014)
 * El Salvador - Hugo Martínez (2009–2013)
 * Grenada -
 * Karl Hood (2010–2012)
 * Tillman Thomas (2012–2013)
 * Guatemala -
 * Haroldo Rodas (2008–2012)
 * Harold Caballeros (2012–2013)
 * Haiti -
 * Laurent Lamothe (2011–2012)
 * Pierre Richard Casimir (2012–2014)
 * Honduras - Arturo Corrales (2011–2013)
 * Jamaica -
 * Kenneth Baugh (2007–2012)
 * Arnold Nicholson (2012–2016)
 * Mexico
 * Patricia Espinosa (2006–2012)
 * José Antonio Meade Kuribreña (2012–2015)
 * Nicaragua - Samuel Santos López (2007–2017)
 * Panama -
 * Roberto Henríquez (2011–2012)
 * Francisco Álvarez De Soto (acting) (2012)
 * Rómulo Roux (2012–2013)
 * Puerto Rico – Kenneth McClintock (2009–2013)
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis - Sam Condor (2010–2013)
 * Saint Lucia - Alva Baptiste (2011–2016)
 * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Douglas Slater (2010–2013)
 * Trinidad and Tobago -
 * Surujrattan Rambachan (2010–2012)
 * Winston Dookeran (2012–2015)
 * United States of America - Hillary Clinton (2009–2013)

Oceania

 * Australia -
 * Kevin Rudd (2010–2012)
 * Craig Emerson (acting) (2012)
 * Bob Carr (2012–2013)
 * Fiji - Ratu Inoke Kubuabola  (2009–2016)
 * French Polynesia - Oscar Temaru (2011–2013)
 * Kiribati - Anote Tong (2003–2016)
 * Marshall Islands -
 * John Silk (2009–2012)
 * Phillip H. Muller (2012–2014)
 * Micronesia - Lorin S. Robert (2007–2019)
 * Nauru -
 * Sprent Dabwido (2011–2012)
 * Kieren Keke (2012–2013)
 * New Zealand - Murray McCully (2008–2017)
 * Cook Islands - Tom Marsters (2010–2013)
 * Niue - Toke Talagi (2008–2020)
 * Tokelau -
 * Foua Toloa (2011–2012)
 * Kerisiano Kalolo (2012–2013)
 * Palau - Victor Yano (2010–2013)
 * Papua New Guinea -
 * Ano Pala (2011–2012) / Paru Aihi (2011–2012) (rival government)
 * Sir Puka Temu (2012)
 * Rimbink Pato (2012–2019)
 * Samoa - Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (1998–2021)
 * Solomon Islands -
 * Peter Shanel Agovaka (2010–2012)
 * Clay Forau Soalaoi (2012–2014)
 * Tonga - Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō (2010–2014)
 * Tuvalu - Apisai Ielemia (2010–2013)
 * Vanuatu - Alfred Carlot (2011–2013)

South America

 * Argentina - Héctor Timerman (2010–2015)
 * Bolivia - David Choquehuanca (2006–2017)
 * Brazil - Antonio Patriota (2011–2013)
 * Chile - Alfredo Moreno Charme (2010–2014)
 * Colombia - María Ángela Holguín (2010–2018)
 * Ecuador - Ricardo Patiño (2010–2016)
 * Guyana - Carolyn Rodrigues (2008–2015)
 * Paraguay -
 * Jorge Lara Castro (2011–2012)
 * José Félix Fernández Estigarribia (2012–2013)
 * Peru - Rafael Roncagliolo (2011–2013)
 * Suriname - Winston Lackin (2010–2015)
 * Uruguay - Luis Almagro (2010–2015)
 * Venezuela - Nicolás Maduro (2006–2013)