List of foreign ministers in 2003 - Definition and Overview

Foreign ministers in 2002 - State leaders in 2003 - Foreign ministers in 2004

Africa

• Algeria - Abdelaziz Belkhadem (2000-present)
• Angola - João Bernardo de Miranda (1999-present)
• Benin -
  1. Antoine Idji Kolawolé (1998-2003)
  2. Joseph Gnonlonfoun (2003)
  3. Rogatien Biaou (2003-present)
• Botswana - Mompati Merafhe (1994-present)
• Burkina Faso - Youssouf Ouedraogo (1999-present)
• Burundi - Terence Sinunguruza (2001-present)
• Cameroon - François Xavier Ngoubeyou (2001-present)
• Cape Verde - Fátima Veiga (2002-2004)
• Central African Republic -
  1. Agba Otikpo Mézodé (2001-2003)
  2. Martial Beti Marace (2003)
  3. Karim Meckassoua (2003)
  4. Charles Wénézoui (2003-present)
• Chad -
  1. Mahamat Saleh Annadif (1997-2003)
  2. Nagoum Yamassoum (2003-present)
• Comoros - Soeuf Mohamed Elamine (2002-present)
• Republic of Congo - Rodolphe Adada (1997-present)
• Democratic Republic of Congo -
  1. Léonard She Okitundu (2000-2003)
  2. Antoine Ghonda (2003-2004)
• Côte d'Ivoire -
  1. Abou Drahamane Sangare (2000-2003)
  2. Bamba Mamadou (2003-present)
• Djibouti - Ali Abdi Farah (1999-present)
• Egypt - Ahmed Maher (2001-2004)
• Equatorial Guinea -
  1. Santiago Nsobeya Efuman (1999-2003)
  2. Pastor Micha Ondo Bile (2003-present)
• Eritrea - Ali Said Abdella (2000-present)
• Ethiopia - Seyoum Mesfin (1991-present)
• Gabon - Jean Ping (1999-present)
• The Gambia - Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne (2001-2004)
• Ghana -
  1. Hackman Owusu-Agyemang (2001-2003)
  2. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (2003-present)
• Guinea - François Lonseny Fall (2002-2004)
• Guinea-Bissau -
  1. Joãozinho Vieira Có (2002-2003)
  2. Fatumata Djau Baldé (2003)
  3. João José Monteiro (2003-2004)
• Kenya -
  1. Marsden Madoka (2001-2003)
  2. Kalonzo Musyoka (2003-2004)
• Lesotho - Mohlabi Tsekoa (2002-present)
• Liberia -
  1. Monie Captan (1996-2003)
  2. Lewis Brown (2003)
  3. Thomas Nimely (2003-present)
• Libya - Abdel Rahman Shalgham (2000-present)
• Madagascar - Marcel Ranjeva (2002-present)
• Malawi - Lilian Patel (2000-2004)
• Mali - Lassana Traoré (2002-2004)
• Mauritania -
  1. Mohamed Ould Tolba (2002-2003)
  2. Mohamed Vall Ould Bellal (2003-present)
• Mauritius -
  1. Anil Kumarsingh Gayan (2000-2003)
  2. Jaya Krishna Cuttaree (2003-present)
• Morocco - Mohamed Benaissa (1999-present)
• Mozambique - Leonardo Simão (1994-present)
• Namibia - Hidipo Hamutenya (2002-2004)
• Niger - Aïchatou Mindaoudou (2001-present)
• Nigeria -
  1. Sule Lamido (2000-2003)
  2. Oluyemi Adeniji (2003-present)
• Rwanda - Charles Murigande (2002-present)
• São Tomé and Príncipe - Mateus Meira Rita (2002-2004)
• Senegal - Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (2000-present)
• Seychelles - Jeremie Bonnelame (1997-present)
• Sierra Leone - Momodu Koroma (2002-present)
• Somalia - Yusuf Hassan Ibrahim (2002-present)
• South Africa - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1999-present)
• The Sudan - Mustafa Osman Ismail (1998-present)
• Swaziland -
  1. Abednego Ntshangase (2001-2003)
  2. Roy Fanourakis (2003)
  3. Mabili Dlamini (2003-present)
• Tanzania - Jakaya Kikwete (1995-present)
• Togo -
  1. Roland Kpotsra (2002-2003)
  2. Kokou Tozoun (2003-present)
• Tunisia - Habib Ben Yahia (1999-present)
• Uganda - James Wapakhabulo (2001-2004)
• Western Sahara - Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998-present)
• Zambia - Kalombo Mwansa (2002-2005)
• Zimbabwe - Stan Mudenge (1995-present)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Abdullah Abdullah (2001-present)
• Armenia - Vartan Oskanyan (1998-present)
• Azerbaijan - Vilayat Guliyev (1999-2004)
• Bahrain - Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah (1971-present)
• Bangladesh - Morshed Khan (2001-present)
• Bhutan -
  1. Lyonpo Jigme Thinley (1998-2003)
  2. Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk (2003-present)
• Brunei - Pagiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah (1984-present)
• Cambodia - Hor Nam Hong (1998-present)
• People's Republic of China -
  1. Tang Jiaxuan (1998-2003)
  2. Li Zhaoxing (2003-present)
• Cyprus -
  1. Ioannis Kasoulides (1997-2003)
  2. Georgios Iakovou (2003-present)
• Georgia -
  1. Irakli Menagharishvili (1995-2003)
  2. Merab Antadze (2003)
  3. Tedo Japaridze (2003-2004)
• India - Yashwant Sinha (2002-2004)
• Indonesia - Hassan Wirajuda (2001-present)
• Iran - Kamal Kharrazi (1997-present)
• Iraq -
  1. Naji Sabri (2001-2003)
  2. Muhammad Amin Ahmad (2003)
  3. Hoshyar Zebari (2003-present)
• Israel -
  1. Benjamin Netanyahu (2002-2003)
  2. Silvan Shalom (2003-present)
• Japan - Yoriko Kawaguchi (2002-present)
• Jordan - Marwan al-Muasher (2002-2004)
• Kazakhstan - Kasymzhomart Tokayev (2002-present)
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Paek Nam Sun (1998-present)
• Republic of Korea -
  1. Choi Sung Hong (2002-2003)
  2. Yoon Young Kwan (2003-2004)
• Kuwait -
  1. Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah (1978-2003)
  2. Sheikh Muhammad Al Sabah Al Salim Al Sabah (2003-present)
• Kyrgyzstan - Askar Aitmatov (2002-present)
• Laos - Somsavat Lengsavad (1993-present)
• Lebanon -
  1. Mahmoud Hammoud (2000-2003)
  2. Jean Obeid (2003-2004)
• Malaysia - Syed Hamid Albar (1999-present)
• Maldives - Fathulla Jameel (1978-present)
• Mongolia - Luvsangiyn Erdenechuluun (2000-present)
• Myanmar - Win Aung (1998-present)
• Nepal -
  1. Narendra Bikram Shah (2002-2003)
  2. Surya Bahadur Thapa (2003-2004)
• Oman - Youssef al-Alawi Abdullah (1982-present)
• Pakistan - Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri (2002-present)
• Philippines -
  1. Blas Ople (2002-2003)
  2. Franklin Ebdalin (2003)
  3. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2003)
  4. Delia Albert (2003-2004)
• Qatar - Hamad ibn Jaber al Thani (1992-present)
• Saudi Arabia - Prince Sa'ud al-Faysal (1975-present)
• Singapore - Shanmugam Jayakumar (1994-2004)
• Sri Lanka - Tyronne Fernando (2001-2004)
• Syria - Farouk al-Sharaa (1984-present)
• Taiwan (Republic of China) - Eugene Chien (2002-2004)
• Tajikistan - Talbak Nazarov (1994-present)
• Thailand - Surakiart Sathirathai (2001-present)
• Turkey -
  1. Yasar Yakis (2002-2003)
  2. Abdullah Gül (2003-present)
• Turkmenistan - Rashid Meredov (2001-present)
• United Arab Emirates - Rashid ibn Abdullah Al Nuaimi (1980-present)
• Uzbekistan -
  1. Abdulaziz Kamilov (1994-2003)
  2. Sadyk Safayev (2003-present)
• Vietnam - Nguyen Di Nien (2000-present)
• Yemen - Abu Bakr al-Kerbi (2001-present)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia - Alexander Downer (1996-present)
• Fiji - Kaliopate Tavola (2000-present)
• Kiribati -
  1. Teburoro Tito (1994-2003)
  2. Tion Otang (2003)
  3. Anote Tong (2003-present)
• Marshall Islands - Gerald Zackios (2001-present)
• Federated States of Micronesia -
  1. Ieske Iehsi (2001-2003)
  2. David Panuelo (2003)
  3. Sebastian Anefal (2003-present)
• Nauru -
  1. René Harris (2001-2003)
  2. Bernard Dowiyogo (2003)
  3. René Harris (2003)
  4. Bernard Dowiyogo (2003)
  5. Derog Gioura (2003)
  6. Ludwig Scotty (2003)
  7. René Harris (2003-2004)
• New Zealand - Phil Goff (1999-present)
• Palau - Tommy Remengesau (2001-present)
• Papua New Guinea - Sir Rabbie Namaliu (2002-present)
• Samoa - Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi (1998-present)
• Solomon Islands - Laurie Chan (2002-present)
• Tonga - Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata (1998-present)
• Tuvalu - Saufatu Sopoanga (2002-present)
• Vanuatu -
  1. Serge Vohor (2002-2003)
  2. Moana Carcasses Kalosil (2003-2004)

Europe

• Albania -
  1. Ilir Meta (2001-2003)
  2. Luan Hajdaraga (2003)
  3. Kastriot Islami (2003-present)
• Andorra - Juli Minoves Triquell (2001-present)
• Austria - Benita Ferrero-Waldner (2000-2004)
• Belarus -
  1. Mikhail Khvostov (2000-2003)
  2. Syarhey Martynau (2003-present)
• Belgium - Louis Michel (1999-2004)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina -
  1. Zlatko Lagumdzija (2001-2003)
  2. Mladen Ivanic (2003-present)
• Bulgaria - Solomon Passy (2001-present)
• Croatia -
  1. Tonino Picula (2000-2003)
  2. Miomir Zuzul (2003-present)
• Czech Republic - Cyril Svoboda (2002-present)
• Denmark - Per Stig Møller (2001-present)
• Estonia - Kristiina Ojuland (2002-present)
• Finland - Erkki Tuomioja (2000-present)
• France - Dominique de Villepin (2002-2004)
• Germany - Joschka Fischer (1998-present)
• Greece - Georgios Papandreou (1999-2004)
• Hungary - László Kovács (2002-2004)
• Iceland - Halldór Ásgrímsson (1995-2004)
• Republic of Ireland - Brian Cowen (2000-present)
• Italy - Franco Frattini (2002-2004)
• Latvia - Sandra Kalniete (2002-2004)
• Liechtenstein - Ernst Walch (2001-present)
• Lithuania - Antanas Valionis (2000-present)
• Luxembourg - Lydie Polfer (1999-2004)
• Republic of Macedonia - Ilinka Mitreva (2002-present)
• Malta - Joe Borg (1999-2004)
• Moldova - Nicolae Dudau (2001-2004)
• Netherlands -
  1. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (2002-2003)
  2. Ben Bot (2003-present)
• Norway - Jan Petersen (2001-present)
• Poland - Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz (2001-2005)
• Portugal -
  1. António Martins da Cruz (2002-2003)
  2. Teresa Patrício Gouveia (2003-2004)
• Romania - Mircea Geoana (2000-present)
• Russia - Igor Ivanov (1998-2004)
• San Marino -
  1. Fiorenzo Stolfi (2002-2003)
  2. Fabio Berardi (2003-present)
• Serbia and Montenegro - Goran Svilanović (2000-2004)
• Slovakia - Eduard Kukan (1998-present)
• Slovenia - Dimitrij Rupel (2000-2004)
• Spain - Ana Palacio (2002-2004)
• Sweden -
  1. Anna Lindh (1998-2003)
  2. Jan O. Karlsson (2003)
  3. Laila Freivalds (2003-present)
• Switzerland -
  1. Micheline Calmy-Rey (2003-present)
• United Kingdom - Jack Straw (2001-present)
• Vatican City -
  1. Jean-Louis Tauran (1990-2003)
  2. Giovanni Lajolo (2003-present)

North America and the Caribbean

• Antigua and Barbuda - Lester Bird (1991-2004)
• The Bahamas - Fred Mitchell (2002-present)
• Barbados - Billie Miller (1994-present)
• Belize -
  1. Assad Shoman (2002-2003)
  2. Godfrey Smith (2003-present)
• Canada - Bill Graham (2002-2004)
• Costa Rica - Roberto Tovar Faja (2002-present)
• Cuba - Felipe Pérez Roque (1999-present)
• Dominica - Osborne Riviere (2001-present)
• Dominican Republic -
  1. Hugo Tolentino Dipp (2000-2003)
  2. Frank Guerrero Prats (2003-2004)
• El Salvador - María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila (1999-2004)
• Grenada - Elvin Nimrod (2000-present)
• Guatemala - Edgar Armando Gutiérrez Girón (2002-2004)
• Guyana - Samuel Insanally (2001-present)
• Haiti - Joseph Philippe Antonio (2001-2004)
• Honduras -
  1. Guillermo Pérez Arias (2002-2003)
  2. Aníbal Quiñónez (2003)
  3. Leonidas Rosa Bautista (2003-present)
• Jamaica - Keith Desmond Knight (2001-present)
• Mexico -
  1. Jorge Castañeda (2000-2003)
  2. Luis Ernesto Derbez (2003-present)
• Nicaragua - Norman José Caldera Cardenal (2002-present)
• Panama -
  1. José Miguel Alemán Healy (1999-2003)
  2. Harmodio Arias Cerjack (2003-present)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis - Timothy Harris (2001-present)
• Saint Lucia - Julian Hunte (2001-2004)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Louis Straker (2001-present)
• Trinidad and Tobago - Knowlson Gift (2001-present)
• United States - Colin Powell (2001-present)

South America

• Argentina -
  1. Carlos Ruckauf (2002-2003)
  2. Rafael Bielsa (2003-present)
• Bolivia -
  1. Carlos Saavedra Bruno (2002-2003)
  2. Juan Ignacio Siles (2003-present)
• Brazil -
  1. Celso Lafer (2001-2003)
  2. Celso Amorim (2003-present)
• Chile - Soledad Alvear Valenzuela (2000-2004)
• Colombia - Carolina Barco (2002-present)
• Ecuador -
  1. Heinz Moeller Freile (2000-2003)
  2. Nina Pacari Vega (2003)
  3. Patricio Zuquilanda (2003-present)
• Paraguay -
  1. José Antonio Moreno Ruffinelli (2001-2003)
  2. Leila Rachid de Cowles (2003-present)
• Peru -
  1. Allan Wagner Tizón (2002-2003)
  2. Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros (2003-present)
• Suriname - Marie Levens (2000-present)
• Uruguay - Didier Opertti Badan (1998-present)
• Venezuela - Roy Chaderton (2002-2004)