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This is a list of current foreign ministers of the 193 United Nations member states as well as the Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine.
Foreign ministers of sovereign countries with limited recognition, some alternative governments, some dependent territories and some autonomous administrative divisions are included in separate tables.
The following states control their territory and are recognized by at least one UN member state.
State | List | Current foreign minister | Political affiliation | Assumed office | |
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Abkhazia | List | Inal Ardzinba | 17 November 2021 | ||
Republic of China (Taiwan) | List | Joseph Wu | DPP | 26 February 2018 | |
Cook Islands | List | Mark Brown (prime minister) | Independent | 8 October 2020 | |
Kosovo | List | Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz | Guxo | 22 March 2021 | |
Niue | List | Dalton Tagelagi (prime minister) | Independent | 11 June 2020 | |
Northern Cyprus | List | Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu [37] | 9 March 2022 | ||
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | List | Mohamed Sidati [38] | POLISARIO | 14 February 2023 | |
South Ossetia | List | Akhsar Dzhioev | 15 August 2022 | ||
The following states/governments control their territory, but are not recognized by any UN member states.
State | List | Current foreign minister | Political affiliation | Assumed office | |
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Somaliland (Republic of Somaliland) | List | Essa Kayd | Kulmiye | 3 March 2020 | |
Transnistria | List | Vitaly Ignatyev [39] | 14 September 2015 | ||
These alternative governments are recognized as a sovereign state by at least one UN member.
State | Government | Historical list of foreign ministers | Current foreign minister | Party | Assumed office |
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Myanmar | National Unity Government of Myanmar | List | Zin Mar Aung | 16 April 2021 | |
Yemen | Supreme Political Council | List | Hisham Sharaf | 28 November 2016 | |
The alternative governments are not recognized by any UN member states.
State | Government | Historical list of foreign ministers | Current foreign minister | Party | Assumed office |
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Libya | Government of National Stability [40] | Hafez Kaddour | 3 March 2022 | ||
Tibet | Central Tibetan Administration [41] | Norzin Dolma | 14 November 2021 | ||
Entity | Historical list of foreign ministers | Current foreign minister | European Party | National Party | Assumed office |
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European Union | List | Josep Borrell | Party of European Socialists | 1 November 2019 | |
Sovereign Military Order of Malta | Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo | — [9] | — [9] | 3 September 2022 | |
Territory | Historical list of foreign ministers | Current foreign minister | Party | Assumed office |
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Faroe Islands | Høgni Hoydal | 22 December 2022 | ||
French Polynesia | Moetai Brotherson (president) | 15 May 2023 | ||
Greenland | Vivian Motzfeldt | 5 April 2022 | ||
Guernsey | Jonathan Le Tocq | 6 May 2016 | ||
Jersey | Philip Ozouf | 12 July 2022 | ||
New Caledonia | Louis Mapou (President of the Government) | 22 July 2021 | ||
Puerto Rico | Omar Marrero Díaz | 13 July 2021 | ||
Tokelau | Siopili Perez (prime minister) | 19 May 2022 | ||
Autonomous region | Historical list of foreign ministers | Current foreign minister | Party | Assumed office |
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Brussels-Capital Region | Pascal Smet | 20 July 2019 | ||
Catalonia | Meritxell Serret | 10 October 2022 | ||
Cantabria | Paula Fernandez Viaña | 29 June 2019 | ||
Flanders | Jan Jambon (Minister-President) | 2 October 2019 | ||
Gagauzia | Vitaliy Vlah | 30 April 2015 | ||
Kurdistan | Safeen Muhsin Dizayee | July 2019 | ||
Quebec | Martine Biron | 20 October 2022 | ||
Scotland | List | Angus Robertson | SNP | 21 May 2021 |
Wallonia | Elio Di Rupo (Minister-President) | 13 September 2019 | ||
Burundi's relations with its neighbours have often been affected by security concerns. Hundreds of thousands of Burundian refugees have at various times crossed to neighboring Rwanda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hundreds of thousands of Burundians are in neighboring countries as a result of the ongoing civil war. Most of them, more than 340,000 since 1993, are in Tanzania. Some Burundian rebel groups have used neighboring countries as bases for insurgent activities. The 1993 embargo placed on Burundi by regional states hurt diplomatic relations with its neighbors; relations have improved since the 1999 suspension of these sanctions.
Colombia seeks diplomatic and commercial relations with all countries, regardless of their ideologies or political or economic systems. For this reason, the Colombian economy is quite open, relying on international trade and following guidelines given by international law.
The United States, Venezuela, Cuba, and the People's Republic of China have embassies in Grenada. Grenada has been recognized by most members of the United Nations and maintains diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom, the United States, Venezuela, and Canada.
Kenya maintains relations with various countries around the world. Its closest ties are with its fellow Swahili-speaking neighbors in the African Great Lakes region. Swahili speaking neighbours mainly include countries in the East African Community such as Burundi, the DRC, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
Foreign relations of Latvia are the primary responsibility of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Today's Republic of Latvia regards itself as a continuation of the 1918–1940 republic. After the declaration on the restoration of its full independence on August 21, 1991, Latvia became a member of the United Nations on September 17, 1991, and is a signatory to a number of UN organizations and other international agreements. Latvia welcomes further cooperation and integration with NATO, European Union, OECD and other Western organizations. It also seeks more active participation in UN peacekeeping efforts worldwide.
Since independence, with Jaja Wachuku as the first Minister for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations, later called External Affairs, Nigerian foreign policy has been characterised by a focus on Africa as a regional power and by attachment to several fundamental principles: African unity and independence; capability to exercise hegemonic influence in the region: peaceful settlement of disputes; non-alignment and non-intentional interference in the internal affairs of other nations; and regional economic cooperation and development. In carrying out these principles, Nigeria participates in the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Non-Aligned Movement, the Commonwealth of Nations, and the United Nations.
The foreign relations of Switzerland are the primary responsibility of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Some international relations of Switzerland are handled by other departments of the federal administration of Switzerland.
The foreign relations of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania have, since 1960, been dominated by the issues of the Spanish Sahara and the recognition of its independence by its neighbours, particularly Morocco. Mauritania's foreign relations are handled by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, who is currently Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug.
Northern Cyprus is recognised only by Turkey, a country which facilitates many of its contacts with the international community. After it was occupied by Turkey, Northern Cyprus' relations with the rest of the world were further complicated by a series of United Nations resolutions which declared its independence legally invalid. A 2004 UN Referendum on settling the Cyprus dispute was accepted by the Turkish Cypriots but rejected by the Greek Cypriots. After that, the European Union declared its intentions to assist in reducing the economic isolation of Northern Cyprus and began giving aid to the territory. However, due to pressure from Greece and the Republic of Cyprus, this aid coming from EU funds cannot be used on Greek Cypriot land and property nor on public bodies. As a result, these funds can be used only on 29 percent of people on the island of Cyprus.
International governments are divided on the issue of recognition of the independence of Kosovo from Serbia, which was declared in 2008. The Government of Serbia does not diplomatically recognise Kosovo as a sovereign state, although the two countries have enjoyed normalised economic relations since 2020 and have agreed not to try to interfere with the other's accession to the European Union.
The Council of Ministers is an Algerian government body established by the Algerian Constitution to discuss and adopt some of the main acts of executive power, such as the tabling of government bills or the appointment of senior officials. It is chaired by the President of the Republic and brings together the Prime Minister, all full-service ministers and, depending on the government, all or some of the lower-ranking ministers. Only a very summary report of the meetings being published, it is also supposed to allow the ministers to freely discuss the policy of the Government. It traditionally meets at El Mouradia Palace, the official residence of the President, although it can be summoned anywhere and at any time by the President.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune is an Algerian politician currently serving as the President of Algeria since December 2019 and as Minister of Defence.
Erhürman cabinet was the government of Northern Cyprus between 2 February 2018 and 22 May 2019. It replaced the Özgürgün cabinet and consisted of 10 ministers formed by a coalition of the Republican Turkish Party (CTP), People's Party (HP), Communal Democracy Party (TDP) and Democratic Party (DP), which is a first in the history of TRNC cabinets. CTP got 4, HP got 3, TDP got 2 and DP got 2 ministers in the cabinet.
The Taliban has ruled Afghanistan as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since taking control by force in 2021, overthrowing the internationally recognized Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The takeover was widely criticized by the international community, and no countries have extended de jure diplomatic recognition to the new regime, despite nominally maintaining relations with Afghanistan. The Taliban has campaigned for international recognition since the takeover. Several countries have vowed never to recognize the Islamic Emirate, and others have said they will do so only if human rights in the country are respected. Some countries have accredited Taliban diplomats at the chargé d'affaires level despite not recognizing the Islamic Emirate. In September 2023, the People's Republic of China became the first country to formally name a new ambassador to the country since the takeover, and in January 2024 recognized the Taliban's envoy to China; however, the PRC still does not formally recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.