Mohamed Ould Tolba (born 1962
, AMI, October 28, 2002 .Anil Gayan Anil Kumarsingh Gayan (born 22 October 1948 in Triolet, Mauritius) is a Mauritian politician and lawyer.
Early life, education and marriage
Anil Gayan's ancestors migrated from India when the island was a British colony. He is the son of Socile Bo ...
(2000-2003)
* Morocco - Mohamed Benaissa
Mohamed Benaissa ( ar, محمد بن عيسى; born 3 January 1937) is a Moroccan politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Morocco from 1999 to 2007.
Early life and education
Benaissa was born on 3 January 1937 in Asilah, Morocco. He ...
(1999-2007)
** Western Sahara - Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998–2023)
* Mozambique - Leonardo Simão
Leonardo Simão (born 5 June 1953) is a Mozambique, Mozambican politician. Simão joined the FRELIMO government in 1982 as the Director of Health in Zambezia Province, Zambezia. In 1986, he became the Political minister, Minister of Health, remaini ...
(1994-2005)
* Namibia -
*# Theo-Ben Gurirab (1990-2002)
*# Hidipo Hamutenya (2002-2004)
* Niger - Aïchatou Mindaoudou (2001-2010)
* Nigeria - Sule Lamido
Sule Lamido was born on (30 August 1948) served as Foreign Affairs Minister of Nigeria from 1999 to 2003.
He was elected governor of Jigawa State in April 2007.
He is a member of the former ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP).
He ran successful ...
(2000-2003)
* Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
-
*# André Bumaya
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a variation o ...
(2000-2002)
*# Charles Murigande
Charles Murigande (born August 15, 1958) is a Rwandan political veteran (currently in retirement) who served in the government of Rwanda as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2008, as Minister of Governmental Affairs from 2008 to 2009, and as ...
(2002-2008)
* São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe (; pt, São Tomé e Príncipe (); English: " Saint Thomas and Prince"), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe ( pt, República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe), is a Portuguese-speaking i ...
-
*# Patrice Trovoada
Patrice Émery Trovoada (born 18 March 1962) is a São Toméan politician who is the 15th prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe since November 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister from February 2008 to June 2008, from August 2010 to ...
(2001-2002)
*# Mateus Meira Rita Mateus Meira Rita (byname Nando) is a São Toméan politician. He served as the country's foreign minister from February 2002 to 8 March 2002 and again from 7 October 2002 to 8 March 2004.
References
Year of birth missing (living people ...
(2002)
*# Alda Bandeira
Alda Bandeira Tavares Vaz da Conceição (born September 22, 1949) is a politician in São Tomé and Príncipe.
Bandeira was born in Santana, São Tomé in 1949. Her father was a nurse. She studied modern languages at Eduardo Mondlane University ...
(2002)
*# Mateus Meira Rita Mateus Meira Rita (byname Nando) is a São Toméan politician. He served as the country's foreign minister from February 2002 to 8 March 2002 and again from 7 October 2002 to 8 March 2004.
References
Year of birth missing (living people ...
(2002-2004)
* Senegal - Cheikh Tidiane Gadio
Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (born 16 September 1956Profile at Senegalese Foreign Ministry web site. ) is a Pan African political figure and diplomat who has held prominent positions on the African continent over the last two decades. He served as a sp ...
(2000-2009)
* Seychelles - Jérémie Bonnelame Jérémie Émile Patrick Bonnelame (born October 24, 1938) is a Seychelles, Seychellois political figure and diplomat. He was Secretary-General of the Indian Ocean Commission from 1993 to 1997, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Seychelles), Minister of ...
(1997-2005)
* Sierra Leone -
*# Ahmed Ramadan Dumbuya Ahmed Ramadan Dumbuya is a former Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half ...
(2001-2002)
*# Momodu Koroma Momodu Koroma (born 1956 in Yonibana, Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate, British Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean politician. He is a former foreign minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Sierra Leone Peopl ...
(2002-2007)
* Somalia -
*# Ismail Mahmud Hurre (2000-2002)
*# Yusuf Hassan Ibrahim (2002-2004)
** Somaliland
Somaliland,; ar, صوماليلاند ', ' officially the Republic of Somaliland,, ar, جمهورية صوماليلاند, link=no ''Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd'' is a ''de facto'' sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still conside ...
-
**# Abdihamid Garad Jama (2001-2002)
**# Mohamed Said Gees (2002-2003)
* South Africa - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma (née Dlamini; born 27 January 1949), sometimes referred to by her initials NDZ, is a South African politician, medical doctor and former anti-apartheid activist. A longstanding member of the African National Cong ...
(1999-2009)
* Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
- Mustafa Osman Ismail
Mustafa Osman Ismail (born 1955 in Dongola, Sudan) is the head of the National Congress (Sudan), National Congress Party, the ruling party in Sudan. Ismail was the Foreign Minister of Sudan from 18 February 1998 to 18 September 2005.
His main jo ...
(1998-2005)
* Swaziland
Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...
- Abednego Ntshangase
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Hebrew names Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah) are figures from the biblical Book of Daniel, primarily chapter 3. In the narrative, the three Hebrew men are thrown into a fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar II, King o ...
(2001-2003)
* Tanzania - Jakaya Kikwete (1995-2006)
* Togo -
*# (2000-2002)
*# Roland Kpotsra Yao Roland Kpotsra (born February 20, 1947) is a Togolese diplomat and politician. He was Togo's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1996 to 2002 and again from 2007 to 2009; he was also Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2003. ...
(2002-2003)
* Tunisia - Habib Ben Yahia
Habib Ben Yahia (born 30 July 1938 in Tunis) is a Tunisian politician.
Career
From 1991 he served his first term as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia until January 1997 when he became defense minister. He served in that position until he ...
(1999-2004)
* Uganda - James Wapakhabulo
James Francis Wambogo Wapakhabulo (23 March 1945 – 27 March 2004) was a Ugandan politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda from 2001 to 2004.
Background
Wapakhabulo began his career studying law at the University of Ea ...
(2001-2004)
* Zambia -
*# Keli Walubita (1997-2002)
*# Katele Kalumba (2002)
*# Kalombo Mwansa
Kalombo Mwansa (1955 – March 15, 2020) was a Zambian politician who served as Ministry of Defence (Zambia), Defence Minister.
Political career
Kalombo Mwansa became Zambia's Defense Minister on July 9, 2009. He was previously the foreign minis ...
(2002-2005)
* Zimbabwe - Stan Mudenge (1995-2005)
Asia
* Afghanistan - Abdullah Abdullah (2001-2006)
* Armenia - Vartan Oskanian (1998-2008)
* Azerbaijan - Vilayat Guliyev
Vilayat Mukhtar oglu Guliyev ( az, Vilayət Muxtar oğlu Quliyev / , ; born 5 November 1952) is an Azerbaijani politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan from 1999 to 2004. He was elected to the Azeri parliament in 1996 as a su ...
(1999-2004)
** Nagorno-Karabakh -
**# Naira Melkumyan
Naira Rafaeli Melkumian (; born 7 November 1953) was the Foreign Minister of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR) from 1997 until 2002.
References
External linksNaira Melkumian, Arkady Gukasian
Politicians from the Republic of Artsakh
Living ...
(1997-2002)
**# Ashot Gulyan Ashot or Ashod ( hy, ) is an Armenian given name. Notable persons with that surname include:
Kings of the Bagratuni Dynasty
*Ashot Msaker (Ashot the Carnivorous) (died 826)
* Ashot I of Armenia (Ashot the Great), ruled 884-890
*Ashot II, Ashot Yer ...
(2002-2004)
* Bahrain - Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah (1971-2005)
* Bangladesh - Morshed Khan
Morshed Khan (born 8 August 1940) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh from 2001 until 2006. He served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-10 constituency in the 6th, 7th and ...
(2001-2006)
* Bhutan - Jigme Thinley
''Lyonpo'' Jigme Yoser Thinley (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་འོད་ཟེར་འཕྲིན་ལས་; Wylie:'' 'Jigs-med 'Od-zer 'Phrin-las'') (born 9 September 1952) is a Bhutanese politician who was Prime Minister of Bh ...
(1998-2003)
* Brunei - Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah
Mohamed Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III (born 27 August 1947) is a member of the royal family of Brunei. He is the second son of Omar Ali Saifuddien III, the 28th Sultan of Brunei, and Raja Isteri (Queen) Pengiran Anak Damit. He is the He ...
(1984–2015)
* Cambodia - Hor Namhong
Hor Namhong ( km, ហោ ណាំហុង; born 15 November 1935) 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 P ...
(1998–2016)
* China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
- Tang Jiaxuan
Tang Jiaxuan () (born January 17, 1938) is a Chinese diplomat and politician who was foreign minister of the People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world' ...
(1998-2003)
* East Timor - José Ramos-Horta (2000-2006)
* Georgia - Irakli Menagarishvili (1995-2003)
** Abkhazia
Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...
- Sergei Shamba
Sergei Shamba ( ab, Сергеи Шамба, ka, სერგეი შამბა) is a senior politician from Abkhazia. He is currently a member of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia and Chairman of United Abkhazia. He was Prime Minister of Abk ...
(1997-2004)
** South Ossetia - Murat Dzhioyev Murat may refer to:
Places Australia
* Murat Bay, a bay in South Australia
* Murat Marine Park, a marine protected area
France
* Murat, Allier, a commune in the department of Allier
* Murat, Cantal, a commune in the department of Cantal
Elsewhe ...
(1998-2012)
* India -
*# Jaswant Singh (1998-2002)
*# Yashwant Sinha (2002-2004)
* Indonesia - Hassan Wirajuda (2001-2009)
* Iran - Kamal Kharazi
Sayyid Kamal Kharazi ( fa, کمال خرازی, born 1 December 1944) is an Iranian reformist politician and diplomat who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 20 August 1997 to 24 August 2005 as appointed by President Mohammad Khatami servi ...
(1997-2005)
* Iraq - Naji Sabri
Naji Sabri Ahmad Al-Hadithi ( ar, ناجي صبري أحمد الحديثي) (born 1951) served as the Iraqi Foreign Minister under Saddam Hussein in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Background
Sabri was a professor of English literatur ...
(2001-2003)
* Israel -
*# Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres (; he, שמעון פרס ; born Szymon Perski; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the ninth president of ...
(2001-2002)
*# Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon (; ; ; also known by his diminutive Arik, , born Ariel Scheinermann, ; 26 February 1928 – 11 January 2014) was an Israeli general and politician who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006.
S ...
(2002)
*# Benjamin Netanyahu (2002-2003)
* Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
-
*# Makiko Tanaka (2001-2002)
*# Junichiro Koizumi (2002)
*# Yoriko Kawaguchi
is a Japanese politician. Born in Tokyo, she holds a BA in international relations from the University of Tokyo, and an MPhil in economics from Yale University, where she became a member of President's Council on International Activities. Curre ...
(2002-2004)
* Jordan -
*# Abdul Ilah Khatib
Abdul Ilah Mohammad Khatib or Abdelilah al-Khatib ( ; ar, عبد الإله الخطيب) (born in 1953) is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs for Jordan. On March 11, 2011 he was appointed as the UN Special envoy to Libya.
Early life
Marrie ...
(1998-2002)
*# Marwan al-Muasher
Marwan al-Muasher ( ar, مروان المعشر) (born 1956) is a Jordanian diplomat and politician who was Jordan's foreign minister from 2002 to 2004 and its deputy prime minister during 2004 and 2005. He currently serves as vice president f ...
(2002-2004)
* Kazakhstan -
*# Erlan Idrisov
Erlan Abilfayizuly Idrissov ( kk, Ерлан Әбілфайызұлы Ыдырысов, tr, Erlan Äbılfaiyzūly Ydyrysov, ; born 28 April 1959)[ ...]
(1999-2002)
*# Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev ( kk, Қасым-Жомарт Кемелұлы Тоқаев, Qasym-Jomart Kemelūly Toqaev ; born 17 May 1953) is a Kazakh politician and diplomat who is currently serving as the President of Kazakhstan since 12 J ...
(2002-2007)
* North Korea - Paek Nam-sun (1998-2007)
* South Korea -
*# Han Seung-soo (2001-2002)
*# Choi Sung Hong (2002-2003)
* Kuwait - Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1978-2003)
* Kyrgyzstan -
*# Muratbek Imanaliyev
Muratbek Sansyzbayevich Imanaliyev (russian: Муратбек Сансизбаевич Иманалиев; born 25 February 1956) is the former foreign minister of Kyrgyzstan from 1991 to 1992 and from 1 July 1997 to 2002. He also served as the ...
(1997-2002)
*# Askar Aitmatov
Askar Chingizovich Aitmatov (born January 5, 1959, in Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union) served as Foreign Minister
A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet ...
(2002)
* Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
- Somsavat Lengsavad (1993-2006)
* Lebanon - Mahmoud Hammoud (2000-2003)
* Malaysia - Syed Hamid Albar
Syed Hamid bin Syed Jaafar Albar ( Jawi: سيد حميد بن سيد جعفر البر; ar, سيد حامد بن سيد جعفر البار '; born 15 January 1944) is a Malaysian lawyer and former politician who has served as 1st Chancellor o ...
(1999-2008)
* Maldives - Fathulla Jameel
Fathulla Jameel (September 5, 1942 – March 1, 2012) was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives from 1978 to 2005.
Jameel was the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations from April 14, 1977 to 1978. He became Minis ...
(1978-2005)
* Mongolia - Luvsangiin Erdenechuluun
Luvsangiin Erdenechuluun ( mn, Лувсангийн Эрдэнэчулуун; born October 10, 1948, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) was the foreign minister of Mongolia from August 2000 until September 2004, when the Mongolian parliament approved a coa ...
(2000-2004)
* Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
- Win Aung (1998-2004)
* Nepal -
*# Sher Bahadur Deuba (2001-2002)
*# Narendra Bikram Shah
Narendra may refer to:
Places
*Narendra (Karnataka) a village in Dharwad, Karnataka
People
*Narendra Nath Datta, better known as Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902), an Indian Hindu Monk
* Narendra Deva (1889–1956), also known as Acharya Narendra D ...
(2002-2003)
* Oman - Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah
Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah ( ar, يوسف بن علوي بن عبد الله, born 1945) is an Omani politician. He was the Sultanate of Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs. It is important to clarify that "Ministers in Responsibilit ...
(1982–2020)
* Pakistan -
*# Abdul Sattar (1999-2002)
*# Inam ul-Haq Inam ( ar, إنعام ) means ''gift''.
It may be used as a given name for a person. It is mainly female but also male when used in compound forms such as Inam-ul-Haq / Enamul Haque. The name is subject to varying transliterations such as Inaam, ...
(2002)
*# Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (2002-2007)
* Philippines -
*# Teofisto Guingona, Jr.
Teofisto "Tito" Tayko Guingona Jr. (born July 4, 1928) is a Filipino politician and diplomat who served as the 11th vice president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2004, during the first term of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Born in San ...
(2001-2002)
*# Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2002)
*# Blas Ople (2002-2003)
* Qatar - Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani (1992-2013)
* Saudi Arabia - Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1975–2015)
* Singapore - S. Jayakumar Jayakumar or Jeyakumar is a Sinhalese and Indian surname. It consists of two parts: ''jaya'', which means ''victory'' in Sinhalese and is also the name of a Hindu demigod, and ''kumar'', meaning ''child'', ''son'' or ''prince''. The name may refer t ...
(1994-2004)
* Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
- Tyronne Fernando
Tyronne Fernando PC ( Sinhala:ටිරොන් ෆර්නැන්ඩො) (8 August 1941 – 26 February 2008) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as foreign minister from 2001 until 2004.
Early life and education
Fernando was born on ...
(2001-2004)
* Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
- Farouk al-Sharaa (1984-2006)
* Taiwan -
*# Tien Hung-mao
Tien Hung-mao (; born 7 November 1938) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 20 May 2000 until 1 February 2002.
Career
Tien received a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1969, where he wrote his ...
(2000-2002)
*# Eugene Chien (2002-2004)
* Tajikistan - Talbak Nazarov (1994-2006)
* Thailand - Surakiart Sathirathai
Surakiart Sathirathai ( th, สุรเกียรติ์ เสถียรไทย; ; born June 7, 1958, Bangkok) was, until September 19, 2006, a Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand overseeing Foreign Affairs, Education and Culture. He is f ...
(2001-2005)
* Turkey -
*# İsmail Cem (1997-2002)
*# Şükrü Sina Gürel (2002)
*# Yaşar Yakış
Yaşar Yakış (born 1938, Akçakoca, Turkey) is a Turkish politician. He is a former Foreign Minister, and a former ambassador to the UN Office in Vienna, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. From 2002 to 2011 he represented Düzce as an MP in the Grand ...
(2002-2003)
* Turkmenistan - Raşit Meredow
Raşit Öwezgeldiýewiç Meredow (, Cyrillic: Рашит Өвезгелдиевич Мередов; born 29 May 1960) is a Turkmen politician and diplomat who has served as Vice President of Turkmenistan since 2007.
Biography
Raşit Meredo ...
(2001–present)
* United Arab Emirates - Rashid Abdullah Al Nuaimi (1980-2006)
* Uzbekistan - Abdulaziz Komilov (1994-2003)
* Vietnam - Nguyễn Dy Niên (2000-2006)
* Yemen - Abu Bakr al-Qirbi
Abu Bakr Abdullah al-Qirbi ( ar,
أبو بكر عبد الله القربي) is a Yemeni diplomat who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yemen from 2001 to 2014.
On 13 December 2009, al-Qirbi urged Iran's government to crack down on Iranian gro ...
(2001-2014)
Australia and Oceania
* Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
- Alexander Downer (1996-2007)
* Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
- Kaliopate Tavola
Kaliopate Tavola (born 1946) is a Fijian Agricultural economist, diplomat, and politician, who was his country's Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2006. He was also Minister for External Trade and Minister for Sugar.
Diplomatic caree ...
(2000-2006)
* French Polynesia
)Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze")
, anthem =
, song_type = Regional anthem
, song = " Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui"
, image_map = French Polynesia on the globe (French Polynesia centered).svg
, map_alt = Location of Frenc ...
- Gaston Flosse
Gaston Flosse (born 24 June 1931) is a French politician who has been President of French Polynesia on five separate occasions. He is currently a member of the Senate of France and has been a French junior minister under Jacques Chirac. He receiv ...
(2000-2004)
* Kiribati - Teburoro Tito
Teburoro Tito (''modern'' spelling Tiito, pronounced Seetoh) (born 25 August 1953) is an I-Kiribati politician who served as the President and foreign minister of Kiribati from 1 October 1994 to 28 March 2003. He was elected for the first time in ...
(1994-2003)
* Marshall Islands - Gerald Zackios
Gerald M. Zackios (born 1965) is a Marshallese politician and diplomat. He was a member of the Legislature of the Marshall Islands (Nitijeļā) from 2000 until 2012. During this period he was Minister in Assistance to the President of Marshall ...
(2001-2008)
* Micronesia - Ieske Iehsi (2001-2003)
* Nauru
Nauru ( or ; na, Naoero), officially the Republic of Nauru ( na, Repubrikin Naoero) and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Ki ...
- René Harris (2001-2003)
* New Zealand - Phil Goff (1999-2005)
** Cook Islands - Robert Woonton (1999-2004)
** Niue -
**# Sani Lakatani
Sani Elia Lagigietama Lakatani (born 1936) is a former Premier of Niue. He was a member of the Niue People's Party.
Early life
Lakatani served in the New Zealand Army as a corporal. He was deployed to Vietnam as part of the Whiskey2 deployment ...
(1999-2002)
**# Young Vivian (2002-2008)
* Palau - Temmy Shmull
Temmy Shmull is a Palau
Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects ...
(2001-2009)
* Papua New Guinea -
*# John Waiko
John Dademo Waiko (born 8 August 1945) is a Papua New Guinean historian, anthropologist, playwright and politician.
Waiko was born in the village of Tabara in the Northern Province.Waiko, John D., ''A Short History of Papua New Guinea'', 1993, ...
(2001-2002)
*# Sir Rabbie Namaliu (2002-2006)
* Samoa - Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi (1998–2021)
* Solomon Islands -
*# Alex Bartlett
Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis.
People
Multiple
*Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
*Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
*Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple pe ...
(2001-2002)
*# Nollen Leni (2002)
*# Laurie Chan
Laurie Hok Si Chan (born April 6, 1965) is a politician and diplomat from the Solomon Islands. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2006 and served in the National Parliament as MP for West Guadalcanal Constituency from 2001 to ...
(2002-2006)
* Tonga - Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata
Tupou VI (; born 12 July 1959) is the List of monarchs of Tonga, King of Tonga. He is the younger brother and successor of the late King George Tupou V. He was officially confirmed by his brother on 27 September 2006 as the Heir Presumptive, heir ...
(1998-2004)
* Tuvalu -
*# Koloa Talake
Koloa Fineaso Talake (7 June 1934 – 26 May 2008) was a political figure from the Pacific nation of Tuvalu. He represented the constituency of Vaitupu in the Parliament of Tuvalu from 1993. He served as Minister of Finance (1993-96) and was th ...
(2001-2002)
*# Saufatu Sopoanga (2002-2004)
* Vanuatu -
*# Alain Mahe (2001-2002)
*# Serge Vohor
Rialuth Serge Vohor (born 23 April 1955) is a Vanuatuan politician. He hails from the largest island of Vanuatu, Espiritu Santo, from Port Olry.
He was a member of the Union of Moderate Parties, a centrist political party, until 2022. When his p ...
(2002-2003)
Europe
* Albania - Ilir Meta
Ilir Rexhep Meta (; born 24 March 1969) is an Albanian politician. He served as President of Albania from 24 July 2017 to 24 July 2022.
Previously Meta served as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2002 and he was Speaker of the Parliament of Albania f ...
(2001–2003)
* Andorra - Juli Minoves Triquell
Juli Minoves i Triquell (; born 15 August 1969, in Andorra la Vella) is an Andorran diplomat, author, and the 13th President of Liberal International.
Biography
Minoves was educated as an economist (University of Fribourg) and Political Scientis ...
(2001–2007)
* Austria - Benita Ferrero-Waldner
Benita Ferrero-Waldner (born 5 September 1948) is an Austrian diplomat and politician, and a member of the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). Ferrero-Waldner served as Foreign Minister of Austria 2000–2004 and was the candidate of th ...
(2000–2004)
* Belarus - Mikhail Khvostov (2000–2003)
* Belgium - Louis Michel (1999–2004)
** Brussels-Capital Region - Guy Vanhengel
Guy Vanhengel (born 10 June 1958) is a Flemish politician for the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD).
Vanhengel graduated (1979) as a teacher and taught class until 1981. After his army service (1981–1982) he started working as a spokespers ...
(2000–2009)
** Flanders -
**# Paul Van Grembergen (2001–2002)
**# Jaak Gabriëls (2002–2003)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina - Zlatko Lagumdžija (2001–2003)
* Bulgaria - Solomon Passy (2001–2005)
* Croatia - Tonino Picula (2000–2003)
* Cyprus - Ioannis Kasoulidis
Ioannis Kasoulides ( el, Ιωάννης Κασουλίδης; born 10 August 1948 in Nicosia, Cyprus) is a Cypriot politician, party member of DISY and current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus. He has served in the same position from 199 ...
(1997–2003)
** Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, isl ...
- Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu (1998–2004)
* Czech Republic -
*# Jan Kavan
Jan Kavan (born 17 October 1946 in London) is a former Czech politician and diplomat.
Biography
Kavan was born in London as the son of a Czechoslovak diplomat, Pavel Kavan, and a British teacher, Rosemary Kavanová. Kavan moved back to Czecho ...
(1998–2002)
*# Cyril Svoboda
Cyril Svoboda (born 25 November 1956) is a Czech politician, who was leader of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU–ČSL) in 2001–2003 and 2009–2010, and a member of the Chamber of Deputies i ...
(2002–2006)
* Denmark - Per Stig Møller
Per Stig Møller (, informal: Per Stig; born 27 August 1942 in Frederiksberg) is a Danish politician. He was a member of the Folketing (Danish national parliament) for the Conservative People's Party from 1984 until 2015, and was Minister for ...
(2001–2010)
* Estonia -
*# Toomas Hendrik Ilves (1999–2002)
*# Kristiina Ojuland
Kristiina Ojuland (born 17 December 1966 in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia) is an Estonian politician. She was the Foreign Minister of Estonia from 2002 through 2005. She was a member of the Estonian Reform Party from 1995 till 5 June 2013 and from 2009 ...
(2002–2005)
* Finland - Erkki Tuomioja
Erkki Sakari Tuomioja (born 1 July 1946) is a Finnish politician and a member of the Finnish Parliament. From 2000 to 2007 and 2011 to 2015, he served as the minister for foreign affairs. He was president of the Nordic Council in 2008.
Tuomioja ...
(2000–2007)
* France -
*# Hubert Védrine (1997–2002)
*# Dominique de Villepin (2002–2004)
* Germany - Joschka Fischer (1998–2005)
* Greece - George Papandreou (1999–2004)
* Hungary -
*# János Martonyi
János Martonyi GCMG (born in Kolozsvár, Hungary (today Cluj-Napoca, Romania), 5 April 1944) is a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2002 and from 2010 to 2014. He is a member of the Fidesz – Hunga ...
(1998–2002)
*# László Kovács (2002–2004)
* Iceland - Halldór Ásgrímsson (1995–2004)
* Ireland - Brian Cowen (2000–2004)
* Italy -
*# Renato Ruggiero
Renato Ruggiero (9 April 1930 – 4 August 2013) was an Italian diplomat and politician. He was Director-General of the World Trade Organization from 1995 to 1999 and briefly served as Italy's Foreign Minister in 2001.
Biography
Born in Naples ...
(2001–2002)
*# Silvio Berlusconi (interim) (2002)
*# Franco Frattini
Franco Frattini (14 March 1957 – 24 December 2022) was an Italian politician and magistrate. From January to December 2022, Frattini served as president of the Council of State.
Frattini previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from ...
(2002–2004)
* Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
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*# Indulis Bērziņš
Indulis Bērziņš (born 4 December 1957) is a Latvian historian and diplomat, former minister for foreign affairs of the Republic of Latvia.
Biography
He was born in the town Madona.
In 1981, Indulis Bērziņš graduated with a degree in hi ...
(1999–2002)
*# Sandra Kalniete (2002–2004)
* Liechtenstein - Ernst Walch
Dr. Ernst Joseph Walch (born 12 May 1956) has been a member of the Principality of Liechtenstein's government as Minister of Foreign Affairs since April 2001. He studied law in Innsbruck, where he earned his doctorate in 1980, and at the New York ...
(2001–2005)
* Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
- Antanas Valionis (2000–2006)
* Luxembourg - Lydie Polfer (1999–2004)
* Macedonia
Macedonia most commonly refers to:
* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...
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*# Slobodan Čašule
Slobodan Čašule (September 27, 1945 – December 18, 2015) was Foreign Minister of the Republic of Macedonia in 2001–2002; he was appointed November 30, 2001.
He became well known for his strong policy of the protection of the state name in th ...
(2001–2002)
*# Ilinka Mitreva
Ilinka Mitreva (; 11 February 1950 – 1 August 2022) was a Macedonian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2001 and from 2002 to 2006.
Personal life
Mitreva was born in Skopje in 1950. Her education after graduating from the Faculty ...
(2002–2006)
* Malta - Joe Borg (1999–2004)
* Moldova - Nicolae Dudău
Nicolae Dudău (, born 19 December 1945) is a Moldovan politician and was the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Moldova.
Early life and career
He was born on December 19, 1945 in Grinăuți, Edineț County, in the Moldovan SSR. He gradua ...
(2001–2004)
** Transnistria - Valeriy Litskai
Valeriy Anatolievich Litskai (russian: Валерий Анатольевич Лицкай) (born 13 February 1949) was the foreign minister of Transnistria from 2000 until July 2008. He was born in Tver in Russia in 1949 and obtained Transnistrian ...
(2000–2008)
* Netherlands -
*# Jozias van Aartsen
Jozias Johannes van Aartsen (. born 25 December 1947) is a retired Dutch politician who served as Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy from 2004 to 2006.
A native of The Hague, he attended the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet ...
(1998–2002)
*# Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (2002–2003)
* Norway - Jan Petersen (2001–2005)
* Poland - Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (, born 13 September 1950) is a Polish left-wing politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland for a year from 7 February 1996 to 31 October 1997, after being defeated in the Parliamentary elections by the Solidarity ...
(2001–2005)
* Portugal -
*# Jaime Gama (1995–2002)
*# António Martins da Cruz (2002–2003)
* Romania - Mircea Geoană
Dan Mircea Geoană (; born 14 July 1958) is a Romanian politician and former ambassador who served as president of the upper chamber of the Romanian Parliament, the Senate from 20 December 2008 until he was revoked on 23 November 2011. From 21 A ...
(2000–2004)
* Russia - Igor Ivanov
Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov (born 23 September 1945) is a Russian politician who was Foreign Minister of Russia from 1998 to 2004 under both the Yeltsin and the Putin administrations.
Early life
Ivanov was born in 1945 in Moscow to a Russian fathe ...
(1998–2004)
* San Marino -
*# Gabriele Gatti (1986–2002)
*# Augusto Casali
Augusto is an Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish given name or surname. Notable people with the name include:
*Augusto Aníbal
*Augusto dos Anjos
*Augusto Arbizo
*Augusto Barbera (born 1938), Italian law professor, politician and judge
*Augusto Bene ...
(2002)
*# Fiorenzo Stolfi (2002–2003)
* Slovakia - Eduard Kukan
Eduard Kukan (26 December 1939 – 10 February 2022) was a Slovakian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2006. He was a candidate in the presidential election held on 3 April 2004, and although pre-election polls ha ...
(1998–2006)
* Slovenia - Dimitrij Rupel (2000–2004)
* Spain -
*# Josep Piqué
Josep Piqué i Camps (born 21 February 1955 in Vilanova i la Geltrú) is a Spanish politician of the right-leaning Spanish People's Party (PP) who represented Barcelona. Pique was initially a member of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSU ...
(2000–2002)
*# Ana de Palacio y del Valle-Lersundi (2002–2004)
* Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
- Anna Lindh (1998–2003)
* Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
- Joseph Deiss
Joseph Deiss (born 18 January 1946) is a Swiss economist and politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1999 to 2006. A member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC), he first headed the Federal Departmen ...
(1999–2002)
* Ukraine - Anatoliy Zlenko (2000–2003)
* United Kingdom - Jack Straw (2001–2006)
* Vatican City - Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran (1990–2003)
* Yugoslavia - Goran Svilanović (2000–2004)
** Montenegro -
**# Branko Lukovac Branko ( Cyrillic script: Бранко; ) is a South Slavic male given name found in all of the former Yugoslavia. It is related to the names Branimir and Branislav, and the female equivalent is Branka.
People named Branko include:
* Branko Bab ...
(2000–2002)
**# Dragan Đurović Dragan Đurović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ђуровић; born October 31, 1959 in Danilovgrad, Montenegro, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia) was the deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro (in the period between 2001 and 2007), and within ...
(acting) (2002–2003)
North America and the Caribbean
* Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles, at 17°N latitude. The country consists of two maj ...
- Lester Bird (1991-2004)
* The Bahamas -
*# Janet Bostwick (1994-2002)
*# Fred Mitchell (2002-2007)
* Barbados - Billie Miller (1994-2008)
* Belize -
*# Said Musa (1998-2002)
*# Assad Shoman
Assad Shoman (born 13 February 1943) is a Belizean diplomat, lawyer, historian, and former government minister. He currently serves as a leader of the Belizean delegation to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the purpose of resolving ...
(2002-2003)
* Canada -
*# John Manley (2000-2002)
*# Bill Graham (2002-2004)
** Quebec - Louise Beaudoin
Louise Beaudoin (born September 26, 1945 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Rosemont in the National Assembly of Quebec until 2012, as a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ). She sat as an ...
(1998-2003)
* Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
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*# Roberto Rojas López
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, ho ...
(1998-2002)
*# Roberto Tovar Faja
Roberto Tovar Faja (born November 12, 1944) is a Costa Rican politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create law ...
(2002-2006)
* Cuba - Felipe Pérez Roque
Felipe Ramón Pérez Roque (born 28 March 1965) was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba from 1999 to 2009. At his appointment, he was not only the youngest member of the Cuban cabinet but also the only one to be born after the Cuban Revoluti ...
(1999-2009)
* Dominica
Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...
- Osborne Riviere
Francis Osborne Riviere (1932 – 23 November 2017) was Foreign Minister of Dominica. He became the foreign minister in 2001, replacing the prime minister, Pierre Charles. He acted as Prime Minister, after Pierre Charles' s death. He had prev ...
(2001-2005)
* Dominican Republic - Hugo Tolentino Dipp
Hugo Tolentino Dipp (28 August 1930 – 15 July 2019) was a Dominican historian, politician, lawyer, educator, former Minister of Foreign Relations and List of Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic, President of the Ch ...
(2000-2003)
* El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
- María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila
María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila (born 31 October 1956) is a Salvadoran lawyer who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs for the country from 1999 to 2004. She worked as a Director of Corporate Sustainability at HSBC for Latin America and is ba ...
(1999-2004)
* Grenada
Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pe ...
- Elvin Nimrod
Elvin G. Nimrod (27 August 1943 – 6 February 2021) was a politician from the island of Carriacou. He served in the House of Representatives of Grenada as Parliamentary Representative for Carriacou and Petite Martinique, and has in the past serv ...
(2000-2008)
* Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
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*# Gabriel Orellana Rojas
In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብ ...
(2000-2002)
*# Edgar Armando Gutiérrez Girón (2002-2004)
* Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
- Joseph Philippe Antonio (2001-2004)
* Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
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*# Roberto Flores Bermúdez
Roberto Flores Bermúdez is a Honduran diplomat and politician, and the current Foreign Minister in Roberto Micheletti's interim government. He was previously the Foreign Minister in 1992 - 2002, and has twice been Honduras' Ambassador to the Uni ...
(1999-2002)
*# Guillermo Pérez Arias
Guillermo () is the Spanish form of the male given name William. The name is also commonly shortened to 'Guille' or, in Latin America, to nickname 'Memo'. People
*Guillermo Amor (born 1967), Spanish football manager and former player
*Guillermo Ar ...
(2002-2003)
* Jamaica - Keith Desmond Knight (2001-2006)
* Mexico - Jorge Castañeda Gutman
Jorge Castañeda Gutman (born May 24, 1953) is a Mexican politician and academic who served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs (2000–2003).
He also authored more than a dozen books, including a biography of Che Guevara, and he regularly con ...
(2000-2003)
* Nicaragua -
*# Francisco Aguirre Sacasa (2000-2002)
*# Norman José Caldera Cardenal
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
(2002-2007)
* Panama - José Miguel Alemán Healy (1999-2003)
* Puerto Rico – Ferdinand Mercado
Ferdinand Mercado Ramos (born June 18, 1957) is a former Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of State under Governor Sila Calderón from 2001 until 2004. His government service ended after Gov. Calderón appointed him as Chief Justice of t ...
(2001–2003)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis - Timothy Harris (2001-2008)
* Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindian ...
- Julian Hunte
Sir Julian Robert Hunte, SLC, KCMG, OBE, (born 14 March 1940 in Castries) was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saint Lucia from April 2001 to 26 October 2004, when he was succeeded by Petrus Compton. He is the Permanent Representative (or ...
(2001-2005)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Louis Straker
Sir Louis Hilton Straker, KCMG (born 23 February 1944) is a politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 2015 to 2020. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Trade from 2001 to May 17, 2005 ...
(2001-2005)
* Trinidad and Tobago - Knowlson Gift
Knowlson Gift is a politician in Trinidad and Tobago. He is a member of the People's National Movement. Gift served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (Trinidad and Tobago), Minister of Foreign Affairs between May 7 and May 17, 1995, but resigned in th ...
(2001-2006)
* United States - Colin Powell
Colin Luther Powell ( ; April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021) was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African ...
(2001-2005)
South America
* Argentina -
*# José María Vernet
José María Vernet (born February 24, 1944) is an Argentine politician of the Justicialist Party. He served as Governor of Santa Fe from 1983 to 1987.
Life and times
Vernet was born in Rosario. He enrolled at the National University of Córdoba ...
(2001-2002)
*# Carlos Ruckauf
Carlos Federico Ruckauf (born July 10, 1944) is a Peronist politician in Argentina, member of the Justicialist Party. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 2002 to March 2003. He had earlier served as Vice-President of Argentina fr ...
(2002-2003)
* Bolivia
, image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg
, flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center
, flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...
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*# Gustavo Fernández Saavedra
Gustavo is the Latinate form of a Germanic male given name with respective prevalence in Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. It has been a common name for Swedish monarchs since the reign of Gustav Vasa.
It is derived from Gustav /ˈɡʊstɑːv/, al ...
(2001-2002)
*# Carlos Saavedra Bruno
Carlos may refer to:
Places
;Canada
* Carlos, Alberta, a locality
;United States
* Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community
* Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County
* Carlos, Minnesota, a small city
* Carlos, West Virginia
;Elsewhere ...
(2002-2003)
* Brazil - Celso Lafer (2001-2003)
* Chile - Soledad Alvear (2000-2004)
* Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
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*# Guillermo Fernández de Soto
Guillermo John Roque Fernández de Soto Valderrama (born 27 September 1953) is a Colombian lawyer and diplomat, who has served as Secretary General of the Andean Community of Nations, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Ambassador of Colomb ...
(1998-2002)
*# Carolina Barco
María Carolina Barco Isakson (born 1951) is a Colombian-American diplomat, who has served as Ambassador of Colombia to the United States from 2006 to 2010, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia from 2002 to 2007. She has served as the Colo ...
(2002-2006)
* Ecuador - Heinz Moeller Freile
The H. J. Heinz Company is an American food processing company headquartered at One PPG Place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company was founded by Henry J. Heinz in 1869. Heinz manufactures thousands of food products in plants on six contine ...
(2000-2003)
* Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
- Rudy Insanally (2001-2008)
* Paraguay - José Antonio Moreno Ruffinelli (2001-2003)
* Peru -
*# Diego García Sayán
Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: ''Tiago'' and ''Didacus''.
E ...
(2001-2002)
*# Allan Wagner Tizón (2002-2003)
* Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...
- Marie Levens
Maria Elizabeth (Marie) Levens (born 13 July 1950) is a politician who held the post of Foreign Minister of Suriname for five years (2000–2005). On 16 July 2020, Levens became the Minister of Education, Science & Culture.
Biography
Levens firs ...
(2000-2005)
* Uruguay - Didier Opertti (1998-2005)
* Venezuela -
*# Luis Alfonso Dávila
Luis Alfonso Dávila (born 6 December 1943) is a Venezuelan politician. Dávila served as President of the Venezuelan Senate in 1999, as well as Minister of the Interior between 2000 and 2001 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2001 and 2002 ...
(2001-2002)
*# José Rodríguez Iturbe
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ).
In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...
(2002)
*# Luis Alfonso Dávila
Luis Alfonso Dávila (born 6 December 1943) is a Venezuelan politician. Dávila served as President of the Venezuelan Senate in 1999, as well as Minister of the Interior between 2000 and 2001 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2001 and 2002 ...
(2002)
*# Roy Chaderton
Roy Chaderton Matos (born August 17, 1942) is a Venezuelan politician, lawyer, and diplomat. A graduate of the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Chaderton is one of the most experienced members of the Venezuelan diplomatic corps. He was foreign ...
(2002-2004)
{{Foreign ministers by year
2002 in international relations
Foreign ministers
A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between co ...
2002
File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...