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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 | ||
President François Bozizé has said that one of his priorities is to get the support of the international community. This has indeed been visible in his relations to donor countries and international organisations. At the same time it is difficult to have an open policy towards neighbouring countries when they are used as safe haven by rebels regularly attacking Central African Republic (C.A.R.), or when one allied country is in war with another.
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.
The politics of the Maldives take place in the framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President is the Head of Government. Executive power is exercised by the government. The President heads the executive branch and appoints the Cabinet; like many presidential democracies, each member of the cabinet need to be approved by the Parliament. The President, along with their pick for vice president, is directly elected by the denizens to a five-year term by a secret ballot. Once in office, they could be re-elected to a second 5-year term, which is the limit allowed by the Constitution. The current President of the Maldives is Mohamed Muizzu, when his predecessor, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih lost the 2023 Maldivian presidential election.
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.
Foreign relations of Australia are influenced by its position as a leading trading nation and as a significant donor of humanitarian aid. Australia's foreign policy is guided by a commitment to multilateralism and regionalism, as well as to build strong bilateral relations with its allies. Key concerns include free trade, terrorism, refugees, economic co-operation with Asia and stability in the Indo-Pacific. Australia is active in the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Nations. Given its history of starting and supporting important regional and global initiatives, it has been described as a regional middle power par excellence.
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.
Throughout the Cold War, Ivory Coast's foreign policy was generally favorable toward the West. In particular, Félix Houphouët-Boigny kept relations with France that was among the closest between any African country and a former colonial power. The country became a member of the United Nations at independence in 1960 and participates in most of its specialized agencies. It is also an associate member of the European Union. In general, President Bédié initiated and maintained relations with many countries of the European Union and Asia. Ivory Coast maintains a wide variety of diplomatic contacts.
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.
Nikola Selaković is a Serbian politician serving as minister of labour, employment, veteran and social policy since 2022. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), he previously served as minister of justice from 2012 to 2016, and as minister of foreign affairs from 2020 to 2022.
Élisabeth Borne is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 2022 to 2024. She is a member of President Emmanuel Macron's party Renaissance. Borne is the second woman to hold the position of Prime Minister after Édith Cresson, who served from 1991 to 1992.
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.