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.

Generally recognised sovereign states

State Historical list of foreign ministers Current foreign minister Political affiliation Assumed office
 AfghanistanListAmir Khan Muttaqi (acting)Taliban7 September 2021
 AlbaniaListIgli HasaniSocialist Party of Albania12 September 2023
 AlgeriaListAhmed Attaf[1]18 March 2023
 AndorraListImma Tor Faus 17 May 2023
 AngolaListTete António[2]MPLA20 April 2020
 Antigua and BarbudaListE.P. Chet GreeneAntigua Labour Party21 March 2018
 ArgentinaListDiana Mondino[3]La Libertad Avanza10 December 2023
 ArmeniaListArarat Mirzoyan[4]19 August 2021
 AustraliaListPenny Wong[5]Australian Labor Party23 May 2022
 AustriaListAlexander SchallenbergPeople's Party6 December 2021
 AzerbaijanListJeyhun Bayramov[6]Independent16 July 2020
 BahamasListFred Mitchell[7]20 September 2021
 BahrainListAbdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani[8][9]11 February 2020
 BangladeshListAK Abdul Momen[10]Bangladesh Awami League6 January 2019
 BarbadosListKerrie D. Symmonds[11]Barbados Labour Party26 October 2022
 BelarusListSergei Aleinik13 December 2022
 BelgiumListHadja Lahbib[12]Reformist Movement15 July 2022
 BelizeListEamon CourtenayPeople's United Party13 November 2020
 BeninListShegun Adjadi Bakari6 June 2023
 BhutanListTandi Dorji[13]Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa7 November 2018
 BoliviaList Celinda Sosa Lunda[14]Movement for Socialism 27 November 2023
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaListElmedin KonakovićPeople and Justice25 January 2023
 BotswanaListLemogang Kwape26 August 2020
 BrazilListMauro VieiraIndependent1 January 2023
 BruneiListHassanal Bolkiah (monarch) (Minister of Foreign Affairs)[9]22 October 2015
Erywan Yusof (Second Minister of Foreign Affairs)31 January 2018
 BulgariaListMariya GabrielCitizens for European Development6 June 2023
 Burkina FasoListKaramoko Jean-Marie Traoré17 December 2023
 BurundiListAlbert Shingiro[15]28 June 2020
 CambodiaListSok Chenda Sophea[16]Cambodian People's Party22 August 2023
 CameroonListLejeune Mbella MbellaCameroon People's Democratic Movement2 October 2015
 CanadaListMélanie Joly[17]Liberal Party of Canada26 October 2021
 Cape VerdeListRui Alberto de Figueiredo Soares14 January 2021
 Central African RepublicListSylvie Baïpo-Temon[18]Independent14 December 2018
 ChadListMahamat Saleh Annadif14 October 2022
 ChileListAlberto van Klaveren10 March 2023
 ChinaListWang YiChinese Communist Party25 July 2023
 ColombiaListÁlvaro LeyvaColombian Conservative Party7 August 2022
 ComorosListDhoihir Dhoulkamal28 September 2020
 Congo, Democratic Republic of theListChristophe Lutundula27 April 2021
 Congo, Republic of theListJean-Claude Gakosso[19]Congolese Party of Labour10 August 2015
 Costa RicaListArnoldo André Tinoco[20]8 May 2022
 CroatiaListGordan Grlić-Radman[21]Croatian Democratic Union19 July 2019
 CubaListBruno Rodríguez ParrillaCommunist Party of Cuba2 March 2009
 CyprusListConstantinos Kombos[22]1 March 2023
 Czech RepublicListJan Lipavský[23]Czech Pirate Party17 December 2021
 DenmarkListLars Løkke Rasmussen[24]Moderates15 December 2022
 DjiboutiListMahamoud Ali YoussoufIndependent22 May 2005
 DominicaListVince HendersonDominica Labour Party13 December 2022
 Dominican RepublicListRoberto Álvarez Gil16 August 2020
 EcuadorListGustavo Manrique[25]2 April 2023
 EgyptListSameh ShoukryIndependent17 June 2014
 El SalvadorListAlexandra Hill Tinoco[26]1 June 2019
 Equatorial GuineaListSimeón Oyono Esono AngüeDemocratic Party of Equatorial Guinea6 February 2018
 EritreaListOsman Saleh Mohammed[27]People's Front for Democracy and Justice18 April 2007
 EstoniaListMargus Tsahkna[28]Estonia 20017 April 2023
 EswatiniListThuli Dladla2 November 2018
 EthiopiaListDemeke MekonnenProsperity Party8 November 2020
 FijiListSitiveni Rabuka (prime minister)People's Alliance24 December 2022
 FinlandListElina ValtonenNational Coalition Party20 June 2023
 FranceListStéphane SéjournéRenaissance11 January 2024
 GabonListRégis Onanga Ndiaye9 September 2023
 GambiaListMamadou TangaraUnited Democratic Party29 June 2018
 GeorgiaListIlia Darchiashvili4 April 2022
 GermanyListAnnalena BaerbockBündnis 90/Die Grünen8 December 2021
 GhanaListShirley Ayorkor BotchweyNew Patriotic Party27 January 2017
 GreeceListGiorgos GerapetritisNew Democracy27 June 2023
 GrenadaListJoseph AndallNational Democratic Congress (Grenada)30 June 2022
 GuatemalaListMario Búcaro1 February 2022
 GuineaListMorissanda Kouyaté25 October 2021
 Guinea-BissauListCarlos Pinto Pereira13 August 2023
 GuyanaListHugh ToddPeople's Progressive Party5 August 2020
 HaitiListJean Victor Généus24 November 2021
 Holy SeeListArchbishop Paul Gallagher[9]8 November 2014
 HondurasListEduardo Enrique Reina27 January 2022
 HungaryListPéter SzijjártóFidesz23 September 2014
 IcelandListBjarni BenediktssonIndependence Party14 October 2023
 IndiaListS. JaishankarBharatiya Janata Party31 May 2019
 IndonesiaListRetno MarsudiIndependent27 October 2014
 IranListHossein Amir-Abdollahian25 August 2021
 IraqListFuad HusseinKurdistan Democratic Party6 June 2020
 IrelandListMicheál MartinFianna Fáil17 December 2022
 IsraelListIsrael KatzLikud1 January 2024
 ItalyListAntonio TajaniForza Italia 22 October 2022
 Ivory CoastListKacou Houadja Léon Adom18 October 2023
 JamaicaListKamina Johnson-SmithJamaica Labour Party7 March 2016
 JapanListYōko KamikawaLiberal Democratic Party13 September 2023
 JordanListAyman SafadiIndependent15 January 2017
 KazakhstanListMurat Nurtleu3 April 2023
 KenyaListMusalia Mudavadi5 October 2023
 KiribatiListTaneti Mamau (president)Tobwaan Kiribati Party15 March 2016
 KuwaitListSalem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah[9]17 December 2019
 KyrgyzstanListJeenbek Kulubaev22 April 2022
 LaosListSaleumxay KommasithLao People's Revolutionary Party19 April 2016
 LatviaListKrišjānis KariņšUnity8 July 2023
 LebanonListAbdallah Bou Habib10 September 2021
 LesothoListMpotjoane Lejone28 October 2022
 LiberiaListDee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr.Coalition for Democratic Change6 October 2020
 LibyaListTaher al-Baour (Acting)22 September 2023
 LiechtensteinDominique Hasler25 March 2021
 LithuaniaListGabrielius LandsbergisHomeland Union11 December 2020
 LuxembourgListXavier BettelDemocratic Party17 November 2023
 MadagascarListYvette Sylla20 February 2023
MalawiListNancy Tembo28 January 2022
 MalaysiaListMohamad HasanBarisan Nasional (United Malays National Organisation)12 December 2023
 MaldivesListMoosa ZameerProgressive Party of Maldives17 November 2023
 MaliListAbdoulaye Diop11 June 2021
 MaltaListIan Borg30 March 2022
 Marshall IslandsListKitlang Kabua[29]7 June 2022
 MauritaniaListMohamed Salem Ould Merzoug31 March 2022
 MauritiusListManeesh Gobin30 August 2023
 MexicoListAlicia Bárcena Ibarra12 June 2023
 Federated States of MicronesiaListKandhi A. Elieisar[9]3 December 2019
 MoldovaListNicu Popescu6 August 2021
 MonacoListIsabelle Berro-Amadeï17 January 2022
 MongoliaListBatmunkh Battsetseg29 January 2021
 MontenegroListFilip IvanovićEurope Now!31 October 2023
 MoroccoListNasser BouritaIndependent5 April 2017
 MozambiqueListVerónica Macamo17 January 2020
 MyanmarListThan Swe1 February 2023[30]
 NamibiaListNetumbo Nandi-NdaitwahSouth West African People's Organisation4 December 2012
 NauruLionel AingimeaIndependent30 October 2023
   NepalListNarayan Prakash SaudNepali Congress16 April 2023
 NetherlandsListHanke Bruins SlotChristian Democratic Appeal5 September 2023
 New ZealandListWinston PetersNew Zealand First27 November 2023
 NicaraguaListDenis Moncada16 January 2017
 NigerListBakary Yaou Sangaré10 August 2023
 NigeriaListYusuf TuggarAll Progressives Congress21 August 2023
 North KoreaListChoe Son-huiWorkers' Party of Korea11 June 2022
 North MacedoniaListBujar OsmaniDemocratic Union for Integration30 August 2020
 NorwayListEspen Barth EideLabour Party16 October 2023
 OmanListBadr bin Hamad bin Hamood Al Busaidi[9]26 August 2020
 PakistanListJalil Abbas Jilani17 August 2023
 PalauGustav Aitaro3 September 2021
 PalestineListRiyad al-Maliki[31]Independent19 May 2009 (Since 2007 for the Palestinian Authority[32])
 PanamaListJanaina TewaneyDemocratic Revolutionary Party11 October 2022
 Papua New GuineaListJames Marape (prime minister)Pangu Party12 May 2023[33]
 ParaguayListRubén Ramírez Lezcano15 August 2023
 PeruListAna GervasiIndependent11 December 2022
 PhilippinesListEnrique Manalo1 July 2022
 PolandListRadosław SikorskiCivic Platform 13 December 2023
 PortugalListJoão Gomes Cravinho30 March 2022
 QatarListSheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani[9]27 January 2016
 RomaniaListLuminița OdobescuIndependent15 June 2023
 RussiaListSergey LavrovUnited Russia9 March 2004
 RwandaListVincent BirutaIndependent4 November 2019
 Saint Kitts and NevisListDenzil DouglasSaint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party13 August 2022
 Saint LuciaListAlva Baptiste5 August 2021
 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesListKeisal M. PetersUnity Labour Party26 August 2022
 SamoaListFiamē Naomi Mataʻafa (prime minister)Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi24 May 2021
 San MarinoLuca BeccariPDCS 8 January 2020
 São Tomé and PríncipeListGareth Guadalupe9 August 2023
 Saudi ArabiaListPrince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud[9]29 October 2019
 SenegalListAïssata Tall SallAlliance for the Republic (Senegal)1 November 2020
 SerbiaListIvica Dačić[34] 26 October 2022
 SeychellesListSylvestre Radegonde16 November 2020
 Sierra LeoneListTimothy KabbaSierra Leone People's Party10 July 2023
 SingaporeListVivian BalakrishnanPeople's Action Party1 October 2015
 SlovakiaListJuraj BlanárDirection – Social Democracy25 October 2023
 SloveniaListTanja FajonSD 1 June 2022
 Solomon IslandsListJeremiah ManelePeople's Alliance Party25 April 2019
 SomaliaListAbshir Omar HuruseMideeye2 August 2022
 South AfricaListNaledi PandorAfrican National Congress29 May 2019
 South KoreaListPark JinPeople Power Party12 May 2022
 South SudanListJames Pitia Morgan31 August 2023
 SpainListJosé Manuel AlbaresSpanish Socialist Workers' Party10 July 2021
 Sri LankaListAli SabrySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna22 July 2022
 SudanListAli Al-Sadiq Ali (acting)19 January 2022
 SurinameListAlbert RamdinProgressive Reform Party16 July 2020[35]
 SwedenListTobias BillströmModerate Party18 October 2022
  SwitzerlandListIgnazio CassisFDP.The Liberals1 November 2017
 SyriaListFaisal MekdadArab Socialist Ba'ath Party22 November 2020
 TajikistanListSirojiddin Muhriddin29 November 2013
 TanzaniaListJanuary MakambaChama Cha Mapinduzi1 September 2023
 ThailandListParnpree Bahiddha-nukaraPheu Thai Party1 September 2023
 Timor-LesteListBendito FreitasCNRT1 July 2023
 TogoListRobert Dussey17 September 2013
 TongaListFekitamoeloa ʻUtoikamanu28 December 2021
 Trinidad and TobagoListAmery BrownePeople's National Movement19 August 2020
 TunisiaListNabil AmmarIndependent7 February 2023
 TurkeyListHakan FidanJustice and Development Party4 June 2023
 TurkmenistanListRaşit MeredowDemocratic Party of Turkmenistan7 July 2001
 TuvaluListSimon Kofe[9]19 September 2019
 UgandaListJeje Odongo21 June 2021
 UkraineListDmytro KulebaServant of the People4 March 2020
 United Arab EmiratesListSheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan[9]9 February 2006
 United KingdomListDavid CameronConservative Party13 November 2023
 United StatesListAntony BlinkenDemocratic Party26 January 2021
 UruguayListFrancisco Bustillo6 July 2020
 UzbekistanListBaxtiyor Saidov (acting)30 December 2022
 VanuatuListMatai Seremaiah6 October 2023
 VenezuelaListYván GilUnited Socialist Party of Venezuela6 January 2023
 VietnamListBùi Thanh SơnCommunist Party of Vietnam8 April 2021
 YemenListAhmad Awad Bin MubarakIndependent18 December 2020
 ZambiaListvacant26 December 2023
 ZimbabweListFrederick ShavaZANU-PF8 February 2021

Other states

The following states control their territory and are recognized by at least one UN member state.

State Historical list of foreign ministers Current foreign minister Party Assumed office
 AbkhaziaListInal Ardzinba17 November 2021
 Republic of China (Taiwan)ListJoseph WuDemocratic Progressive Party26 February 2018
 Cook IslandsListMark Brown (prime minister)Independent8 October 2020
 KosovoListDonika Gërvalla-SchwarzGuxo22 March 2021
 NiueListDalton Tagelagi (prime minister)Independent11 June 2020
 Northern CyprusListTahsin Ertuğruloğlu[36]9 March 2022
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic RepublicListMohamed Sidati[37]Polisario Front14 February 2023
 South OssetiaListAkhsar Dzhioev15 August 2022

The following states/governments control their territory, but are not recognized by any UN member states.

State Historical list of foreign ministers Current foreign minister Party Assumed office
 Somaliland (Republic of Somaliland)ListEssa KaydPeace, Unity, and Development Party3 March 2020
 TransnistriaListVitaly Ignatyev[38]14 September 2015

Other governments

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
 MyanmarNational Unity Government of MyanmarListZin Mar Aung16 April 2021
 YemenSupreme Political CouncilListHisham Sharaf28 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
 LibyaGovernment of National Stability[39]Hafez Kaddour3 March 2022
TibetCentral Tibetan Administration[40]Norzin Dolma14 November 2021

Sui generis entities

Entity Historical list of foreign ministers Current foreign minister European Party National Party Assumed office
 European UnionListJosep BorrellParty of European Socialists1 November 2019
 Sovereign Military Order of MaltaRiccardo Paternò di Montecupo[9][9]3 September 2022

Dependent territories

Territory Historical list of foreign ministers Current foreign minister Party Assumed office
 Faroe IslandsHøgni Hoydal22 December 2022
 French PolynesiaMoetai Brotherson (president)15 May 2023
 GreenlandVivian Motzfeldt5 April 2022
 GuernseyJonathan Le Tocq6 May 2016
 JerseyPhilip Ozouf12 July 2022
 New CaledoniaLouis Mapou (President of the Government)22 July 2021
 Puerto RicoOmar Marrero Díaz13 July 2021
 TokelauSiopili Perez (prime minister)19 May 2022

Autonomous administrative divisions

Autonomous region Historical list of foreign ministers Current foreign minister Party Assumed office
 Brussels-Capital RegionPascal Smet20 July 2019
 CataloniaMeritxell Serret10 October 2022
 CantabriaPaula Fernandez Viaña29 June 2019
 FlandersJan Jambon (Minister-President)2 October 2019
GagauziaVitaliy Vlah30 April 2015
 KurdistanSafeen Muhsin DizayeeJuly 2019
 QuebecMartine Biron20 October 2022
 ScotlandListAngus RobertsonSNP21 May 2021
 WalloniaElio Di Rupo (Minister-President)13 September 2019

See also

Notes

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