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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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![]() | List | Inal Ardzinba | 17 November 2021 | ||
![]() | List | Lin Chia-lung | DPP | 20 May 2024 | |
![]() | List | Mark Brown (prime minister) | Independent | 8 October 2020 | |
![]() | List | Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz | Guxo | 22 March 2021 | |
![]() | List | Dalton Tagelagi (prime minister) | Independent | 11 June 2020 | |
![]() | List | Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu [36] | UBP | 9 March 2022 | |
![]() | List | Mohamed Sidati [37] | Polisario | 14 February 2023 | |
![]() | 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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![]() | List | Essa Kayd | Kulmiye | 3 March 2020 | |
![]() | List | Vitaly Ignatyev [38] | 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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![]() | National Unity Government of Myanmar | List | Zin Mar Aung | 16 April 2021 | |
![]() | 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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![]() | Government of National Stability [39] | Hafez Kaddour | 3 March 2022 | ||
![]() | Central Tibetan Administration [40] | Lobsang Sangay | National Democratic Party of Tibet | 28 February 2016 | |
Entity | Historical list of foreign ministers | Current foreign minister | European Party | National Party | Assumed office |
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![]() | List | Josep Borrell | Party of European Socialists | 1 November 2019 | |
![]() | 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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![]() | Høgni Hoydal | 22 December 2022 | ||
![]() | Moetai Brotherson (president) | 15 May 2023 | ||
![]() | Vivian Motzfeldt | 5 April 2022 | ||
![]() | Jonathan Le Tocq | 6 May 2016 | ||
![]() | Philip Ozouf | 12 July 2022 | ||
![]() | Louis Mapou (President of the Government) | 22 July 2021 | ||
![]() | Omar Marrero Díaz | 13 July 2021 | ||
![]() | Siopili Perez (prime minister) | 19 May 2022 | ||
Autonomous region | Historical list of foreign ministers | Current foreign minister | Party | Assumed office |
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![]() | Pascal Smet | 20 July 2019 | ||
![]() | Meritxell Serret | 10 October 2022 | ||
![]() | Paula Fernandez Viaña | 29 June 2019 | ||
![]() | Jan Jambon (Minister-President) | 2 October 2019 | ||
![]() | Vitaliy Vlah | 30 April 2015 | ||
![]() | Safeen Muhsin Dizayee | July 2019 | ||
![]() | Martine Biron | 20 October 2022 | ||
![]() | List | Angus Robertson | SNP | 21 May 2021 |
![]() | 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.
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.
Liberian foreign relations were traditionally stable and cordial throughout much of the 19th and 20th centuries, with a significant relationship with the United States, sharing close relations until the 1970s.
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.
Ensuring national security, increasing influence among its Arab neighbours and securing the return of the Golan Heights, have been the primary goals of the Syrian Arab Republic's foreign policy. At many points in its history, Syria has seen tension with its neighbours, such as Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon. Syria enjoyed an improvement in relations with several of the states in its region in the 21st century, prior to the Arab Spring and the Syrian Civil War.
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.
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.
As of June 2024, the State of Palestine is recognized as a sovereign state by 145 of the 193 member states of the United Nations, or just over 75% of all UN members. It has been a non-member observer state of the United Nations General Assembly since November 2012. This limited status is largely due to the fact that the United States, a permanent member of the UN Security Council with veto power, has consistently used its veto or threatened to do so to block Palestine's full UN membership.
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.
Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo is a Congolese politician who has been the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 24 January 2019. He is the leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), the DRC's oldest and largest party, succeeding his late father Étienne Tshisekedi in that role, a three-time Prime Minister of Zaire and opposition leader during the reign of Mobutu Sese Seko. Tshisekedi was the UDPS party's candidate for president in the December 2018 general election, which he was awarded, despite accusations of irregularities from several election monitoring organisations and other opposition parties. The Constitutional Court of the DRC upheld his victory after another opposition politician, Martin Fayulu, challenged the result, but Tshisekedi has been accused of making a deal with his predecessor, Joseph Kabila. The election marked the first peaceful transition of power since the state became independent from Belgium in 1960.
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.