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A foreign minister or minister of foreign affairs (sometimes external affairs' minister ) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a nation's foreign policy and relations. There have been many women appointed to this post around the world. This list shows female foreign ministers from around the world, either from sovereign states, unrecognized states, autonomous regions, or sui generis entities. Some countries have varied titles for this particular position, such as minister for external affairs in Brazil and India . In United States and United Kingdom , the position is entitled as Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs respectively.
In some cases, the prime minister has concurrently served as foreign minister. This is the case with Indira Gandhi and Sirimavo Bandaranaike , who served as prime ministers of India and Ceylon respectively. Guinea-Bissau and Sweden currently have the largest number of ministers, being seven ministers.[clarification needed ]
Sovereign states [ ]
Italics denotes an acting foreign minister and states that are defunct.
Name
Image
Country
Region
Mandate start
Mandate end
Term length
Ana Pauker
Romania
Europe
30 December 1947
9 July 1952
4 years, 192 days
Golda Meir
Israel
Asia
18 June 1956
12 January 1966
9 years, 208 days
Sirimavo Bandaranaike [a]
Ceylon [b]
Asia
21 July 1960
27 March 1965
4 years, 249 days
Ceylon / Sri Lanka [b]
Asia
29 May 1970
23 July 1977
7 years, 55 days
Indira Gandhi [c]
India
Asia
22 August 1967
14 March 1969
1 year, 204 days
9 March 1984
31 October 1984
236 days
Princess Elizabeth of Toro
Uganda
Africa
February 1974
November 1974
273 days
Dominican Republic
America
1975
1975
?
Karin Söder
Sweden
Europe
8 October 1976
18 October 1978
2 years, 10 days
Maria do Nascimento da Graça Amorim
São Tomé and Príncipe
Africa
1978
1985
7 years, 0 days
Flora MacDonald
Canada
America
4 June 1979
2 March 1980
272 days
Gloria Amon Nikoi
Ghana
Africa
26 June 1979
24 September 1979
90 days
Eugenia Charles [d]
Dominica
America
21 July 1980
1990
9 years, 164 days
Colette Flesch
Luxembourg
Europe
22 November 1980
20 July 1984
3 years, 241 days
Gaositwe K. T. Chiepe
Botswana
Africa
1984
1994
10 years, 0 days
Adrienne Liyonda
Zaire [e]
Africa
1987
1988
1 year, 0 days
Danielle de St. Jorre
Seychelles
Africa
1989
25 February 1997
8 years, 55 days
Akmaral Arystanbekova
Kazakhstan
Asia
1989
1991
2 years, 0 days
Susana Ruiz Cerutti
Argentina
America
26 May 1989
8 July 1989
43 days
Pascaline Bongo Ondimba
Gabon
Africa
1991
1994
3 years, 0 days
Shahlo Mahmudova
Uzbekistan
Asia
1991
1992
1 year, 0 days
Haiti
America
13 February 1991
11 October 1991
240 days
Barbara McDougall
Canada
America
21 April 1991
24 June 1993
2 years, 64 days
Margaretha af Ugglas
Sweden
Europe
4 October 1991
7 October 1994
3 years, 3 days
Noemí Sanín
Colombia
America
8 November 1991
7 August 1994
2 years, 272 days
Roza Otunbayeva
Kyrgyzstan
Asia
26 February 1992
10 October 1992
227 days
1994
1 July 1997
3 years, 0 days
25 March 2005
30 September 2005
189 days
Andrea Willi
Liechtenstein
Europe
1993
5 April 2001
8 years, 94 days
Motarilavoa Hilda Lini
Vanuatu
Oceania
1993
1993
?
Claudette Werleigh
Haiti
America
1 September 1993
16 May 1994
257 days
8 November 1994
7 November 1995
364 days
Billie Miller
Barbados
America
1994
19 January 2008
14 years, 18 days
Dorothy Musuleng-Cooper
Liberia
Africa
1994
1995
1 year, 0 days
Janet Bostwick
Bahamas
America
1994
3 May 2002
8 years, 122 days
Guatemala
America
1994
1995
1 year, 0 days
Sy Kadiatou Sow
Mali
Africa
1994
1995
1 year, 0 days
Lena Hjelm-Wallén
Sweden
Europe
7 October 1994
7 October 1998
4 years, 0 days
Susanna Agnelli
Italy
Europe
17 January 1995
17 May 1996
1 year, 121 days
Tarja Halonen
Finland
Europe
13 April 1995
25 February 2000
4 years, 318 days
Tansu Çiller
Turkey
Asia
28 June 1996
30 June 1997
1 year, 2 days
María Emma Mejía Vélez
Colombia
America
10 July 1996
25 March 1998
1 year, 258 days
Irina Bokova
Bulgaria
Europe
13 November 1996
13 February 1997
92 days
Shirley Gbujama
Sierra Leone
Africa
21 November 1996
25 May 1997
185 days
Madeleine Albright
United States
America
23 January 1997
20 January 2001
3 years, 363 days
Nadezhda Mihaylova
Bulgaria
Europe
21 May 1997
24 July 2001
4 years, 64 days
Zdenka Kramplová
Slovakia
Europe
25 May 1997
30 October 1998
1 year, 158 days
Artsakh
Europe
1997
11 October 2002
5 years, 283 days
Rosario Green
Mexico
America
1 January 1998
30 November 2000
2 years, 334 days
Lila Ratsifandrihamanana
Madagascar
Africa
31 July 1998
28 February 2002
3 years, 212 days
Anna Lindh
Sweden
Europe
7 October 1998
11 September 2003
4 years, 339 days
Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa
Mongolia
Asia
9 December 1998
9 August 2000
1 year, 244 days
Hilia Barber
Guinea-Bissau
Africa
8 January 1999
7 May 1999
119 days
Aïchatou Mindaoudou
Niger
Africa
16 April 1999
5 January 2000
264 days
17 September 2001
21 April 2011
9 years, 216 days
María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila
El Salvador
America
1 June 1999
1 June 2004
5 years, 0 days
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
South Africa
Africa
14 June 1999
10 May 2009
9 years, 330 days
Lydie Polfer
Luxembourg
Europe
7 August 1999
31 July 2004
4 years, 359 days
Benita Ferrero-Waldner
Austria
Europe
4 February 2000
20 October 2004
4 years, 259 days
Lilian Patel
Malawi
Africa
1 March 2000
16 June 2004
4 years, 107 days
Soledad Alvear
Chile
America
11 March 2000
1 October 2004
4 years, 204 days
Mahawa Bangoura
Guinea
Africa
7 June 2000
10 June 2002
2 years, 3 days
Marie Levens
Suriname
America
12 August 2000
12 August 2005
5 years, 0 days
Antonieta Rosa Gomes
Guinea-Bissau
Africa
25 March 2001
21 November 2001
241 days
Makiko Tanaka
Japan
Asia
26 April 2001
26 January 2002
275 days
Ilinka Mitreva
Macedonia, Republic of
Europe
13 May 2001
23 November 2001
194 days
1 November 2002
28 August 2006
3 years, 298 days
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo [f]
Philippines
Asia
15 July 2002
16 July 2002
1 day
Arta Dade
Albania
Europe
12 September 2001
31 July 2002
322 days
Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote
Guinea-Bissau
Africa
12 December 2001
17 November 2002
340 days
Kristiina Ojuland
Estonia
Europe
28 January 2002
8 February 2005
3 years, 11 days
Yoriko Kawaguchi
Japan
Asia
16 February 2002
27 September 2004
2 years, 224 days
Alda Bandeira
São Tomé and Príncipe
Africa
28 March 2002
7 October 2002
193 days
Ana Palacio
Spain
Europe
9 July 2002
17 April 2004
1 year, 283 days
Carolina Barco
Colombia
America
7 August 2002
7 August 2006
4 years, 0 days
Fátima Veiga
Cape Verde
Africa
19 October 2002
3 April 2004
1 year, 167 days
Sandra Kalniete
Latvia
Europe
7 November 2002
9 March 2004
1 year, 123 days
Micheline Calmy-Rey
Switzerland
Europe
1 January 2003
31 December 2011
8 years, 364 days
Nina Pacari
Ecuador
America
15 January 2003
6 August 2003
203 days
Fatumata Djau Baldé
Guinea-Bissau
Africa
4 July 2003
14 September 2003
72 days
Edna Adan Ismail
Somaliland
Africa
30 July 2003
30 July 2006
3 years, 0 days
Leila Rachid de Cowles
Paraguay
America
15 August 2003
21 August 2006
3 years, 6 days
Teresa Patrício de Gouveia
Portugal
Europe
9 October 2003
17 July 2004
282 days
Laila Freivalds
Sweden
Europe
10 October 2003
21 March 2006
2 years, 162 days
Delia Albert
Philippines
Asia
23 December 2003
18 August 2004
239 days
Salome Zurabishvili
Georgia
Europe
20 March 2004
19 October 2005
1 year, 213 days
Ursula Plassnik
Austria
Europe
20 October 2004
2 December 2008
4 years, 43 days
Helēna Demakova
Latvia
Europe
28 October 2004
29 November 2004
32 days
29 October 2007
8 November 2007
10 days
Condoleezza Rice
United States
America
26 January 2005
20 January 2009
3 years, 360 days
Alcinda Abreu
Mozambique
Africa
3 February 2005
10 March 2008
3 years, 36 days
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
Croatia
Europe
17 February 2005
12 January 2008
2 years, 329 days
Guinea
Africa
8 March 2005
6 September 2006
1 year, 182 days
Rita Kieber-Beck
Liechtenstein
Europe
21 April 2005
25 March 2009
3 years, 338 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Europe
9 June 2005
15 June 2005
6 days
Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk
Suriname
America
12 August 2005
12 August 2010
5 years, 0 days
Antoinette Batumubwira
Burundi
Africa
30 August 2005
29 January 2009
3 years, 152 days
Rosemary Museminali
Rwanda
Africa
2 September 2005
4 December 2009
4 years, 93 days
Asha-Rose Migiro
Tanzania
Africa
6 January 2006
11 January 2007
1 year, 5 days
Tzipi Livni
Israel
Asia
18 January 2006
1 April 2009
3 years, 73 days
Dora Bakoyannis
Greece
Europe
15 February 2006
6 October 2009
3 years, 233 days
Carin Jämtin
Sweden
Europe
27 March 2006
24 April 2006
28 days
Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo
Benin
Africa
10 April 2006
17 June 2007
1 year, 68 days
Margaret Beckett
United Kingdom
Europe
5 May 2006
28 June 2007
1 year, 54 days
Anna Fotyga
Poland
Europe
9 May 2006
15 November 2007
1 year, 190 days
Joyce Banda
Malawi
Africa
1 June 2006
29 May 2009
2 years, 362 days
Kinga Göncz
Hungary
Europe
9 June 2006
14 April 2009
2 years, 309 days
Valgerður Sverrisdóttir
Iceland
Europe
15 June 2006
24 May 2007
343 days
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Nigeria
Africa
21 June 2006
30 August 2006
70 days
María Consuelo Araújo
Colombia
America
7 August 2006
19 February 2007
196 days
Joy Ogwu
Nigeria
Africa
30 August 2006
29 May 2007
272 days
Patricia Espinosa
Mexico
America
1 December 2006
1 December 2012
6 years, 0 days
South Ossetia
Europe
2006
2007
?
María Fernanda Espinosa
Ecuador
America
15 January 2007
7 December 2007
326 days
24 May 2017
12 June 2018
1 year, 19 days
Sahana Pradhan
Nepal
Asia
1 April 2007
22 August 2008
1 year, 143 days
Maria da Conceição Nobre Cabral
Guinea-Bissau
Africa
18 April 2007
7 January 2009
1 year, 264 days
Meritxell Mateu Pi
Andorra
Europe
2 May 2007
9 June 2009
2 years, 38 days
Adaljíza Magno
East Timor
Asia
19 May 2007
8 August 2007
81 days
24 June 2020
Incumbent
1 year, 243 days
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir
Iceland
Europe
24 May 2007
1 February 2009
1 year, 253 days
Lisa Shoman
Belize
America
4 June 2007
12 February 2008
253 days
Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis
Cyprus
Europe
16 July 2007
2 March 2008
230 days
5 August 2011
1 March 2013
1 year, 208 days
Olubanke King Akerele
Liberia
Africa
22 August 2007
3 November 2010
3 years, 73 days
Zainab Bangura
Sierra Leone
Africa
14 October 2007
3 December 2010
3 years, 50 days
Paula Gopee-Scoon
Trinidad and Tobago
America
7 November 2007
28 May 2010
2 years, 202 days
Sanjaasürengiin Oyuun
Mongolia
Asia
4 December 2007
20 September 2008
291 days
María Isabel Salvador
Ecuador
America
7 December 2007
12 December 2008
1 year, 5 days
Marisol Argueta de Barillas
El Salvador
America
16 January 2008
1 June 2009
1 year, 136 days
Carolyn Rodrigues
Guyana
America
10 April 2008
19 May 2015
7 years, 39 days
Laure Olga Gondjout
Gabon
Africa
28 April 2008
9 October 2008
164 days
Eka Tkeshelashvili
Georgia
Europe
5 May 2008
6 December 2008
215 days
Helen Clark
New Zealand
Oceania
29 August 2008
19 November 2008
82 days
Maxine McClean
Barbados
America
24 November 2008
27 May 2018
9 years, 184 days
Antonella Mularoni
San Marino
Europe
4 December 2008
5 December 2012
4 years, 1 day
Dipu Moni
Bangladesh
Asia
6 January 2009
20 November 2013
4 years, 318 days
Adiato Djaló Nandigna
Guinea-Bissau
Africa
7 January 2009
28 October 2009
294 days
Hillary Clinton
United States
America
21 January 2009
1 February 2013
4 years, 11 days
Honduras
America
31 January 2009
28 June 2009
148 days
Sandra Pierantozzi
Palau
Oceania
6 February 2009
19 March 2010
1 year, 41 days
Aurelia Frick
Liechtenstein
Europe
25 March 2009
2 July 2019
10 years, 99 days
Maite Nkoana-Mashabane
South Africa
Africa
10 May 2009
27 February 2018
12 years, 288 days
Sujata Koirala
Nepal
Asia
25 May 2009
6 February 2011
1 year, 257 days
Etta Banda
Malawi
Africa
17 June 2009
19 August 2011
2 years, 63 days
Rumiana Jeleva
Bulgaria
Europe
27 July 2009
27 January 2010
184 days
Naha Mint Mouknass
Mauritania
Africa
5 August 2009
22 March 2011
1 year, 229 days
Haiti
America
8 November 2009
24 October 2011
2 years, 296 days
Louise Mushikiwabo
Rwanda
Africa
4 December 2009
19 October 2018
8 years, 319 days
Rasa Juknevičienė
Lithuania
Europe
26 January 2010
11 February 2010
16 days
Lene Espersen
Denmark
Europe
23 February 2010
3 October 2011
1 year, 222 days
Aminatou Maïga Touré
Niger
Africa
1 March 2010
21 April 2011
1 year, 51 days
María Ángela Holguín
Colombia
America
7 August 2010
7 August 2018
8 years, 0 days
Vlora Çitaku
Kosovo
Europe
18 October 2010
22 February 2011
127 days
Trinidad Jiménez
Spain
Europe
20 October 2010
22 December 2011
1 year, 63 days
Michèle Alliot-Marie
France
Europe
14 November 2010
27 February 2011
105 days
Hina Rabbani Khar
Pakistan
Asia
11 February 2011
16 March 2013
2 years, 33 days
Madagascar
Africa
26 March 2011
21 November 2011
240 days
Vesna Pusic
Croatia
Europe
23 December 2011
22 January 2016
4 years, 30 days
Nina Shtanski
Transnistria
Europe
18 January 2012
14 September 2015
3 years, 239 days
Maia Panjikidze
Georgia
Europe
25 October 2012
5 November 2014
2 years, 11 days
Susan Waffa-Ogoo
The Gambia
Africa
1 November 2012
31 October 2013
364 days
Fowsiyo Yussuf Haji Aadan
Somalia
Africa
4 November 2012
17 January 2014
1 year, 74 days
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Namibia
Africa
4 December 2012
Incumbent
9 years, 80 days
Natália Pedro da Costa Umbelina Neto
São Tomé and Príncipe
Africa
12 December 2012
25 December 2014
2 years, 13 days
Hanna Tetteh
Ghana
Africa
30 January 2013
7 January 2017
3 years, 343 days
Emma Bonino
Italy
Europe
28 April 2013
22 February 2014
300 days
Mireya Agüero de Corrales
Honduras
America
2 May 2013
8 January 2015
1 year, 251 days
Eda Rivas
Peru
America
15 May 2013
23 June 2014
1 year, 39 days
Amina Mohamed
Kenya
Africa
19 May 2013
16 February 2018
4 years, 273 days
Natalia Gherman
Moldova
Europe
30 May 2013
20 January 2016
2 years, 235 days
Léonie Banga-Bothy
Central African Republic
Africa
13 June 2013
27 January 2014
228 days
Mariyam Shakeela
Maldives
Asia
12 September 2013
17 November 2013
66 days
Viola Onwuliri
Nigeria
Africa
13 September 2013
5 March 2014
173 days
Julie Bishop
Australia
Oceania
18 September 2013
26 August 2018
4 years, 342 days
Dunya Maumoon
Maldives
Asia
17 November 2013
5 July 2016
2 years, 231 days
Sheikh Hasina [g]
Bangladesh
Asia
5 January 2014
26 February 2014
52 days
Federica Mogherini
Italy
Europe
22 February 2014
31 October 2014
251 days
Arisoa Razafitrimo
Madagascar
Africa
18 April 2014
25 January 2015
282 days
Sushma Swaraj
India
Asia
26 May 2014
31 May 2019
5 years, 5 days
Isabel Saint Malo
Panama
America
1 July 2014
1 July 2019
5 years, 0 days
Margot Wallström
Sweden
Europe
3 October 2014
10 December 2019
5 years, 68 days
Retno Marsudi
Indonesia
Asia
27 October 2014
Incumbent
7 years, 118 days
Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi
Botswana
Africa
31 October 2014
4 April 2018
3 years, 155 days
Anne Sulling
Estonia
Europe
3 November 2014
17 November 2014
14 days
Tamar Beruchashvili
Georgia
Europe
11 November 2014
1 September 2015
294 days
Keit Pentus-Rosimannus
Estonia
Europe
17 November 2014
1 July 2015
226 days
Clarice Modeste-Curwen
Grenada
America
1 December 2014
1 July 2016
1 year, 213 days
Francine Baron
Dominica
America
13 December 2014
25 December 2019
5 years, 12 days
Delcy Rodríguez
Venezuela
America
26 December 2014
21 June 2017
2 years, 177 days
Neneh MacDouall-Gaye
The Gambia
Africa
6 January 2015
17 January 2017
2 years, 11 days
Béatrice Atallah
Madagascar
Africa
25 January 2015
25 August 2017
2 years, 212 days
Vatma Vall Mint Soueina
Mauritania
Africa
25 January 2015
2 September 2015
220 days
Aïchatou Kané Boulama
Niger
Africa
25 February 2015
11 April 2016
1 year, 46 days
Ana María Sánchez
Peru
America
2 April 2015
28 July 2016
1 year, 117 days
Marina Kaljurand
Estonia
Europe
16 July 2015
12 September 2016
6 years, 221 days
Emine Çolak
Northern Cyprus
Europe
16 July 2015
16 April 2016
275 days
Niermala Badrising
Suriname
America
12 August 2015
1 February 2017
1 year, 173 days
Claudia Ruiz Massieu
Mexico
America
27 August 2015
4 January 2017
1 year, 130 days
Susana Malcorra
Argentina
America
10 December 2015
29 May 2017
1 year, 170 days
Makalé Camara
Guinea
Africa
4 January 2016
22 August 2017
1 year, 230 days
Marjon Kamara
Liberia
Africa
6 January 2016
22 January 2018
2 years, 16 days
Kamina Johnson-Smith
Jamaica
America
7 March 2016
Incumbent
5 years, 352 days
Aung San Suu Kyi [h]
Myanmar
Asia
30 March 2016
1 February 2021
4 years, 308 days
Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir
Iceland
Europe
7 April 2016
11 January 2017
279 days
'Mamphono Khaketla
Lesotho
Africa
8 November 2016
16 June 2017
220 days
Chrystia Freeland
Canada
America
10 January 2017
20 November 2019
2 years, 314 days
Shirley Ayorkor Botchway
Ghana
Africa
28 January 2017
Incumbent
5 years, 25 days
Yldiz Pollack-Beighle
Suriname
America
1 February 2017
16 July 2020
3 years, 166 days
María Dolores Agüero
Honduras
America
27 March 2017
23 July 2019
2 years, 118 days
Ekaterina Zaharieva
Bulgaria
Europe
4 May 2017
12 May 2021
4 years, 8 days
Faustina Rehuher-Marugg
Palau
Oceania
13 June 2017
21 January 2021
3 years, 222 days
Kang Kyung-wha
South Korea
Asia
18 June 2017
8 February 2021
3 years, 235 days
Marija Pejčinović Burić
Croatia
Europe
19 June 2017
19 July 2019
2 years, 30 days
Maria Ubach i Font
Andorra
Europe
17 July 2017
Incumbent
4 years, 220 days
Sandra Jovel
Guatemala
America
27 August 2017
14 January 2020
2 years, 140 days
Ine Eriksen Søreide
Norway
Europe
20 October 2017
14 October 2021
3 years, 359 days
Karin Kneissl
Austria
Europe
18 December 2017
3 June 2019
1 year, 167 days
Cayetana Aljovín
Peru
America
9 January 2018
2 April 2018
4 years, 44 days
Sigrid Kaag
Netherlands
Europe
13 February 2018
7 March 2018
22 days
25 May 2021
16 September 2021
114 days
Monica Juma
Kenya
Africa
16 February 2018
14 January 2020
4 years, 6 days
Lindiwe Sisulu
South Africa
Africa
27 February 2018
29 May 2019
1 year, 91 days
Tehmina Janjua
Pakistan
Asia
26 April 2018
5 June 2018
40 days
Epsy Campbell Barr
Costa Rica
America
8 May 2018
11 December 2018
217 days
Unity Dow
Botswana
Africa
20 June 2018
26 August 2020
2 years, 67 days
Marise Payne
Australia
Oceania
28 August 2018
Incumbent
3 years, 178 days
Kamissa Camara
Mali
Africa
9 September 2018
18 April 2019
221 days
Thuli Dladla
Eswatini
Africa
2 November 2018
Incumbent
3 years, 112 days
Elsa Teixeira Pinto
São Tomé and Príncipe
Africa
3 December 2018
19 September 2020
3 years, 81 days
Costa Rica
America
11 December 2018
8 January 2019
28 days
Sylvie Baïpo-Temon
Central African Republic
Africa
14 December 2018
Incumbent
3 years, 70 days
Karen Cummings
Guyana
America
2 May 2019
2 August 2020
1 year, 92 days
Nabeela Tunis
Sierra Leone
Africa
9 May 2019
30 April 2021
2 years, 289 days
Naledi Pandor
South Africa
Africa
29 May 2019
Incumbent
2 years, 269 days
Alexandra Hill Tinoco
El Salvador
America
1 June 2019
Incumbent
2 years, 266 days
Suzi Barbosa
Guinea-Bissau
Africa
3 July 2019
Incumbent
2 years, 234 days
Ramona Mănescu
Romania
Europe
24 July 2019
4 November 2019
103 days
Awut Deng Acuil
South Sudan
Africa
19 August 2019
12 March 2020
206 days
Asma Mohamed Abdalla
Sudan
Africa
8 September 2019
9 July 2020
305 days
Marie Tumba Nzeza
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Africa
9 September 2019
12 April 2021
1 year, 215 days
Ann Linde
Sweden
Europe
10 September 2019
Incumbent
2 years, 165 days
Katrin Eggenberger
Liechtenstein
Europe
11 November 2019
25 March 2021
1 year, 134 days
Karen Longaric
Bolivia
America
13 November 2019
9 November 2020
362 days
Claudia Blum
Colombia
America
27 November 2019
9 May 2021
1 year, 163 days
Margarita Robles
Spain
Europe
30 November 2019
13 January 2020
44 days
Bisera Turković
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Europe
23 December 2019
Incumbent
2 years, 61 days
Arancha González Laya
Spain
Europe
13 January 2020
12 July 2021
1 year, 180 days
Raychelle Omamo
Kenya
Africa
14 January 2020
Incumbent
2 years, 39 days
Verónica Macamo
Mozambique
Africa
17 January 2020
Incumbent
2 years, 36 days
Beatrice Wani-Noah
South Sudan
Africa
12 March 2020
9 September 2021
1 year, 181 days
'Matšepo Ramakoae
Lesotho
Africa
21 May 2020
Incumbent
1 year, 277 days
Kosovo
Europe
3 June 2020
9 March 2021
279 days
Edite Ten Juá
São Tomé and Príncipe
Africa
19 September 2020
Incumbent
1 year, 156 days
Sophie Wilmès
Belgium
Europe
1 October 2020
Incumbent
1 year, 144 days
Aïssata Tall Sall
Senegal
Africa
1 November 2020
Incumbent
1 year, 113 days
Nanaia Mahuta
New Zealand
Oceania
6 November 2020
Incumbent
1 year, 108 days
Elizabeth Astete
Peru
America
18 November 2020
15 February 2021
89 days
Olta Xhaçka
Albania
Europe
4 January 2021
Incumbent
1 year, 49 days
Uduch Sengebau Senior
Palau
Oceania
21 January 2021
Incumbent
1 year, 32 days
Eva-Maria Liimets
Estonia
Europe
26 January 2021
Incumbent
1 year, 27 days
Battsetseg Batmunkh
Mongolia
Asia
29 January 2021
Incumbent
1 year, 24 days
Najla Mangoush
Libya
Africa
15 March 2021
Incumbent
344 days
Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz
Kosovo
Europe
22 March 2021
Incumbent
337 days
Dominique Hasler
Liechtenstein
Europe
25 March 2021
Incumbent
334 days
Liberata Mulamula
Tanzania
Africa
31 March 2021
Incumbent
328 days
Kandia Camara
Ivory Coast
Africa
6 April 2021
Incumbent
322 days
Marta Lucía Ramírez
Colombia
America
19 May 2021
Incumbent
279 days
Naomi Mataʻafa
Samoa
Oceania
24 May 2021
Incumbent
274 days
Liz Truss
United Kingdom
Europe
15 September 2021
Incumbent
160 days
Anniken Huitfeldt
Norway
Europe
14 October 2021
Incumbent
131 days
Mélanie Joly
Canada
America
26 October 2021
Incumbent
119 days
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir
Iceland
Europe
28 November 2021
Incumbent
86 days
Annalena Baerbock
Germany
Europe
8 December 2021
Incumbent
76 days
Rosine Sori-Coulibaly
Burkina Faso
Africa
10 December 2021
Incumbent
74 days
Autonomous and constituent regions [ ]
Italics denotes an acting foreign minister and states that are defunct.
Name
Image
Country/Region
Continent
Mandate start
Mandate end
Term length
Nguyễn Thị Bình
South Vietnam (provisional government)
Asia
1969
1976
7 years, 0 days
Emily de Jongh-Elhage
Netherlands Antilles
North America
26 March 2006
10 October 2010
4 years, 198 days
Linda Fabiani
Scotland
Europe
17 May 2007
12 February 2009
1 year, 271 days
Aleqa Hammond
Greenland
North America
30 May 2007
26 September 2008
1 year, 119 days
5 April 2013
12 December 2014
1 year, 251 days
Fiona Hyslop
Scotland
Europe
1 December 2009
17 February 2020
10 years, 78 days
Christine St-Pierre
Quebec
North America
23 April 2014
18 October 2018
4 years, 178 days
Suka Frederiksen
Greenland
North America
24 April 2017
11 May 2018
1 year, 17 days
Vivian Motzfeldt
Greenland
North America
11 May 2018
5 October 2018
147 days
Ane Lone Bagger
Greenland
North America
5 October 2018
29 May 2020
1 year, 237 days
Nadine Girault
Quebec
North America
18 October 2018
Incumbent
3 years, 127 days
Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely
Wales
Europe
3 December 2018
8 October 2020
1 year, 310 days
Sui generis entities[ ]
Name
Image
Entity
Continent
Mandate start
Mandate end
Term length
Benita Ferrero-Waldner
European Union
Europe
22 November 2004
1 December 2009
5 years, 9 days
Catherine Ashton
European Union
Europe
1 December 2009
1 November 2014
4 years, 335 days
Federica Mogherini
European Union
Europe
1 November 2014
30 November 2019
5 years, 29 days
See also [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ Served concurrently as prime minister
^ a b Ceylon changed its name into Sri Lanka in 1977.
^ Served concurrently as prime minister
^ Served concurrently as prime minister .
^ Zaire changed its name into Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1997.
^ Served concurrently as president .
^ Served concurrently as prime minister .
^ Served concurrently as State Counsellor .
References [ ]
External links [ ]
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