Foreign relations of Somalia are handled primarily by the President as the head of state,the Prime Minister as the head of government,and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government.
Théophile Delcassé was a French politician who served as foreign minister from 1898 to 1905. He is best known for his hatred of Germany and efforts to secure alliances with Russia and Great Britain that became the Entente Cordiale. He belonged to the Radical Party and was a protege of Léon Gambetta.
Hor Namhong is a Cambodian diplomat who served in the government of Cambodia as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 1993 and again from 1998 to 2016. He is a member of the Cambodian People's Party and has been a Deputy Prime Minister since 2004. He served as Cambodia's foreign minister for a combined tenure of 20 years.
Diplomatic rank is a system of professional and social rank used in the world of diplomacy and international relations. A diplomat's rank determines many ceremonial details,such as the order of precedence at official processions,table seatings at state dinners,the person to whom diplomatic credentials should be presented,and the title by which the diplomat should be addressed.
Erlan Abilfayizuly Idrissov is a Kazakh politician who served as Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan 1999 to 2002 and 2012 to 2016.
Albert Gerard Koenders is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2017. He is currently a professor at Leiden University and a special envoy of the World Bank. He is also a member of the board of trustees of the International Crisis Group and a commissioner of the International Commission on Missing Persons.
Bruno Le Maire is a French politician,writer,and former diplomat who has served as Economy and Finance Minister since 2017 under President Emmanuel Macron.
MéléguéMaurice Traoré is a Burkinabépolitician who was Minister of Secondary and Higher Education in the government of Burkina Faso from 1992 to 1997 and President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso from 1997 to 2002.
Honorine Dossou Naki is a Gabonese politician and diplomat. She was Gabon's Ambassador to France from 1994 to 2002 and subsequently served in the Gabonese government from 2002 to 2009.
KeishirōMatsui was a Japanese statesman and diplomat.
Bernard Émié is a senior French diplomat,who currently serves as the Director of the General Directorate for External Security (DGSE),France's main external intelligence agency.
François Delattre is a French diplomat and senior civil servant who has been serving as France’s Ambassador to Germany since 2022.
Catherine Colonna is a French diplomat and politician who served as Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne from May 2022 to January 2024.
Sylvie-Agnès Bermann is a French former career diplomat who served as the ambassador of France to the United Kingdom,ambassador of France to Russia,and as French ambassador to China in Beijing from 2011 until 2014. She previously served as director for United Nations,International Organizations,Human Rights and Francophony at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development in Paris.
Pascal Meunier,born 19 March 1953 in Trélon near Maubeuge,is a French diplomat. He served as the ambassador of France to Azerbaijan and to Georgia.
Jean-Pierre Lacroix is a French diplomat who has served as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations since 1 April 2017. Prior to this,he worked at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the Director for the United Nations between 2014 and 2017,and before that as France's ambassador to Sweden beginning in 2011.
Jacques Senard was a French diplomat.
Jonathan Lacôte is a French diplomat who served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Armenia from 2017 to 2021.
Bernard de Faubournet de Montferrand,known as Bernard de Montferrand,is a French retired diplomat and politician. He served as the French Ambassador to Singapore,the Netherlands,India,Japan and Germany.
