This is a list of foreign ministers in 2005.

Africa

  • Algeria -
  • Abdelaziz Belkhadem (2000-2005)
  • Mohammed Bedjaoui (2005-2007)
  • Angola - João Bernardo de Miranda (1999-2008)
  • Benin - Rogatien Biaou (2003-2006)
  • Botswana - Mompati Merafhe (1994-2008)
  • Burkina Faso - Youssouf Ouédraogo (1999-2007)
  • Burundi -
  • Terence Sinunguruza (2001-2005)
  • Antoinette Batumubwira (2005-2009)
  • Cameroon - Laurent Esso (2004-2006)
  • Cape Verde - Víctor Borges (2004-2008)
  • Central African Republic -
  • Charles Wénézoui (2003-2005)
  • Jean-Paul Ngoupandé (2005-2006)
  • Chad -
  • Nagoum Yamassoum (2003-2005)
  • Ahmad Allam-Mi (2005-2008)
  • Comoros -
  • Mohamed El-Amine Souef (2002-2005)
  • Aboudou Soefou (2005-2006)
  • Republic of Congo - Rodolphe Adada (1997-2007)
  • Democratic Republic of Congo - Raymond Ramazani Baya (2004-2007)
  • Côte d'Ivoire - Bamba Mamadou (2003-2006)
  • Djibouti -
  • Ali Abdi Farah (1999-2005)
  • Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (2005–present)
  • Egypt - Ahmed Aboul Gheit (2004-2011)
  • Equatorial Guinea - Pastor Micha Ondó Bile (2003-2012)
  • Eritrea -
  • Ali Said Abdella (2000-2005)
  • Mohamed Omer (acting) (2005-2007)
  • Ethiopia - Seyoum Mesfin (1991-2010)
  • Gabon - Jean Ping (1999-2008)
  • The Gambia -
  • Sidi Moro Sanneh (2004-2005)
  • Musa Gibril Bala Gaye (2005)
  • Lamin Kaba Bajo (2005-2006)
  • Ghana - Nana Akufo-Addo (2003-2007)
  • Guinea -
  • Mamady Condé (2004-2005)
  • Fatoumata Kaba (2005-2006)
  • Guinea-Bissau -
  • Soares Sambu (2004-2005)
  • António Isaac Monteiro (2005-2007)
  • Kenya -
  • Chirau Ali Mwakwere (2004-2005)
  • Raphael Tuju (2005-2008)
  • Lesotho - Monyane Moleleki (2004-2007)
  • Liberia - Thomas Nimely (2003-2006)
  • Libya - Abdel Rahman Shalgham (2000-2009)
  • Madagascar - Marcel Ranjeva (2002-2009)
  • Malawi -
  • George Chaponda (2004-2005)
  • Davis Katsonga (2005-2006)
  • Mali - Moctar Ouane (2004-2011)
  • Mauritania -
  • Mohamed Vall Ould Bellal (2003-2005)
  • Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed (2005-2007)
  • Mauritius -
  • Jaya Krishna Cuttaree (2003-2005)
  • Madan Dulloo (2005-2008)
  • Morocco - Mohamed Benaissa (1999-2007)
  • Western Sahara - Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998–2023)
  • Mozambique -
  • Leonardo Simão (1994-2005)
  • Alcinda Abreu (2005-2008)
  • Namibia - Marco Hausiku (2004-2010)
  • Niger - Aïchatou Mindaoudou (2001-2010)
  • Nigeria - Oluyemi Adeniji (2003-2006)
  • Rwanda - Charles Murigande (2002-2008)
  • São Tomé and Príncipe - Ovídio Manuel Barbosa Pequeno (2004-2006)
  • Senegal - Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (2000-2009)
  • Seychelles -
  • Jérémie Bonnelame (1997-2005)
  • Patrick Pillay (2005-2009)
  • Sierra Leone - Momodu Koroma (2002-2007)
  • Somalia - Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail (2004-2006)
  • Somaliland - Edna Adan Ismail (2003-2006)
  • South Africa - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1999-2009)
  • Sudan -
  • Mustafa Osman Ismail (1998-2005)
  • Lam Akol (2005-2007)
  • Swaziland - Mabili Dlamini (2003-2006)
  • Tanzania - Jakaya Kikwete (1995-2006)
  • Togo -
  • Kokou Tozoun (2003-2005)
  • Zarifou Ayéva (2005-2007)
  • Tunisia -
  • Abdelbaki Hermassi (2004-2005)
  • Abdelwahab Abdallah (2005-2010)
  • Uganda -
  • Tom Butime (2004-2005)
  • Sam Kutesa (2005–2021)
  • Zambia -
  • Kalombo Mwansa (2002-2005)
  • Ronnie Shikapwasha (2005-2006)
  • Zimbabwe -
  • Stan Mudenge (1995-2005)
  • Simbarashe Mumbengegwi (2005–2017)

Asia

  • Afghanistan - Abdullah Abdullah (2001-2006)
  • Armenia - Vartan Oskanian (1998-2008)
  • Azerbaijan - Elmar Mammadyarov (2004–2020)
  • Nagorno-Karabakh -
  • Arman Melikyan (2004-2005)
  • Georgy Petrosyan (2005-2011)
  • Bahrain -
  • Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah (1971-2005)
  • Sheikh Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (2005–2020)
  • Bangladesh - Morshed Khan (2001-2006)
  • Bhutan - Khandu Wangchuk (2003-2007)
  • Brunei - Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah (1984–2015)
  • Cambodia - Hor Namhong (1998–2016)
  • China - Li Zhaoxing (2003-2007)
  • East Timor - José Ramos-Horta (2000-2006)
  • Georgia -
  • Salome Zourabichvili (2004-2005)
  • Gela Bezhuashvili (2005-2008)
  • Abkhazia - Sergei Shamba (2004-2010)
  • South Ossetia - Murat Dzhioyev (1998-2012)
  • India -
  • Natwar Singh (2004-2005)
  • Manmohan Singh (2005-2006)
  • Indonesia - Hassan Wirajuda (2001-2009)
  • Iran -
  • Kamal Kharazi (1997-2005)
  • Manouchehr Mottaki (2005-2010)
  • Iraq - Hoshyar Zebari (2003–2014)
  • Israel - Silvan Shalom (2003-2006)
  • Palestinian Authority -
  • Nabil Shaath (2003-2005)
  • Nasser al-Qudwa (2005-2006)
  • Japan -
  • Nobutaka Machimura (2004-2005)
  • Taro Aso (2005-2007)
  • Jordan -
  • Hani al-Mulki (2004-2005)
  • Farouq Qasrawi (2005)
  • Abdul Ilah Khatib (2005-2007)
  • Kazakhstan - Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (2002-2007)
  • North Korea - Paek Nam-sun (1998-2007)
  • South Korea - Ban Ki-moon (2004-2006)
  • Kuwait - Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (2003-2011)
  • Kyrgyzstan -
  • Askar Aitmatov (2002-2005)
  • Roza Otunbayeva (2005)
  • Alikbek Jekshenkulov (2005-2007)
  • Laos - Somsavat Lengsavad (1993-2006)
  • Lebanon -
  • Mahmoud Hammoud (2004-2005)
  • Fawzi Salloukh (2005-2009)
  • Malaysia - Syed Hamid Albar (1999-2008)
  • Maldives -
  • Fathulla Jameel (1978-2005)
  • Ahmed Shaheed (2005-2007)
  • Mongolia - Tsendiin Mönkh-Orgil (2004-2006)
  • Myanmar - Nyan Win (2004-2011)
  • Nepal -
  • Sher Bahadur Deuba (2004-2005)
  • Ramesh Nath Pandey (2005-2006)
  • Oman - Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (1982–2020)
  • Pakistan - Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (2002-2007)
  • Philippines - Alberto Romulo (2004-2011)
  • Qatar - Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani (1992-2013)
  • Saudi Arabia - Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1975–2015
  • Singapore - George Yeo (2004-2011)
  • Sri Lanka -
  • Lakshman Kadirgamar (2004-2005)
  • Anura Bandaranaike (2005)
  • Mangala Samaraweera (2005-2007)
  • Syria - Farouk al-Sharaa (1984-2006)
  • Taiwan - Mark Chen (2004-2006)
  • Tajikistan - Talbak Nazarov (1994-2006)
  • Thailand -
  • Surakiart Sathirathai (2001-2005)
  • Kantathi Suphamongkhon (2005-2006)
  • Turkey - Abdullah Gül (2003-2007)
  • Turkmenistan - Raşit Meredow (2001–present)
  • United Arab Emirates - Rashid Abdullah Al Nuaimi (1980-2006)
  • Uzbekistan -
  • Sodiq Safoyev (2003-2005)
  • Elyor Ganiyev (2005-2006)
  • Vietnam - Nguyễn Dy Niên (2000-2006)
  • Yemen - Abu Bakr al-Qirbi (2001-2014)

Europe

  • Albania -
  • Kastriot Islami (2003-2005)
  • Besnik Mustafaj (2005-2007)
  • Andorra - Juli Minoves Triquell (2001-2007)
  • Austria - Ursula Plassnik (2004-2008)
  • Belarus - Sergei Martynov (2003-2012)
  • Belgium - Karel De Gucht (2004-2009)
  • Brussels-Capital Region - Guy Vanhengel (2000-2009)
  • Flanders - Geert Bourgeois (2004-2008)
  • Wallonia - Marie-Dominique Simonet (2004-2009)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina - Mladen Ivanić (2003-2007)
  • Bulgaria -
  • Solomon Passy (2001-2005)
  • Ivailo Kalfin (2005-2009)
  • Croatia -
  • Miomir Žužul (2003-2005)
  • Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (2005-2008)
  • Cyprus - Georgios Iacovou (2003-2006)
  • Northern Cyprus - Serdar Denktaş (2004-2006)
  • Czech Republic - Cyril Svoboda (2002-2006)
  • Denmark - Per Stig Møller (2001-2010)
  • Greenland - Josef Motzfeldt (2003-2007)
  • Estonia -
  • Kristiina Ojuland (2002-2005)
  • Jaak Jõerüüt (acting) (2005)
  • Rein Lang (2005)
  • Urmas Paet (2005–2014)
  • Finland - Erkki Tuomioja (2000-2007)
  • France -
  • Michel Barnier (2004-2005)
  • Philippe Douste-Blazy (2005-2007)
  • Germany -
  • Joschka Fischer (1998-2005)
  • Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2005-2009)
  • Greece - Petros Molyviatis (2004-2006)
  • Hungary - Ferenc Somogyi (2004-2006)
  • Iceland -
  • Davíð Oddsson (2004-2005)
  • Geir Haarde (2005-2006)
  • Ireland - Dermot Ahern (2004-2008)
  • Italy - Gianfranco Fini (2004-2006)
  • Latvia - Artis Pabriks (2004-2007)
  • Liechtenstein -
  • Ernst Walch (2001-2005)
  • Rita Kieber-Beck (2005-2009)
  • Lithuania - Antanas Valionis (2000-2006)
  • Luxembourg - Jean Asselborn (2004–present)
  • Republic of Macedonia - Ilinka Mitreva (2002-2006)
  • Malta - Michael Frendo (2004-2008)
  • Moldova - Andrei Stratan (2004-2009)
  • Transnistria - Valeriy Litskai (2000-2008)
  • Monaco - Rainier Imperti (2005-2006)
  • Netherlands - Ben Bot (2003-2007)
  • Norway -
  • Jan Petersen (2001-2005)
  • Jonas Gahr Støre (2005-2012)
  • Poland -
  • Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (2001-2005)
  • Adam Daniel Rotfeld (2005)
  • Stefan Meller (2005-2006)
  • Portugal -
  • António Monteiro (2004-2005)
  • Diogo de Freitas do Amaral (2005-2006)
  • Romania - Mihai-Răzvan Ungureanu (2004-2007)
  • Russia - Sergey Lavrov (2004–present)
  • San Marino - Fabio Berardi (2003-2006)
  • Serbia and Montenegro - Vuk Drašković (2004-2007)
  • Montenegro - Miodrag Vlahović (2004-2006)
  • Slovakia - Eduard Kukan (1998-2006)
  • Slovenia - Dimitrij Rupel (2004-2008)
  • Spain - Miguel Ángel Moratinos (2004-2010)
  • Sweden - Laila Freivalds (2003-2006)
  • Switzerland - Micheline Calmy-Rey (2003-2011)

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  • Ukraine -
  • Kostyantyn Gryshchenko (2003-2005)
  • Borys Tarasyuk (2005-2007)
  • United Kingdom - Jack Straw (2001-2006)
  • Vatican City - Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo (2003-2006)

North America and the Caribbean

  • Antigua and Barbuda -
  • Harold Lovell (2004-2005)
  • Baldwin Spencer (2005–2014)
  • The Bahamas - Fred Mitchell (2002-2007)
  • Barbados - Dame Billie Miller (1994-2008)
  • Belize - Godfrey Smith (2003-2006)
  • Canada - Pierre Pettigrew (2004-2006)
  • Quebec - Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (2003-2008)
  • Costa Rica - Roberto Tovar Faja (2002-2006)
  • Cuba - Felipe Pérez Roque (1999-2009)
  • Dominica -
  • Osborne Riviere (2001-2005)
  • Charles Savarin (2005-2007)
  • Dominican Republic - Carlos Morales Troncoso (2004–2014)
  • El Salvador - Francisco Laínez (2004-2008)
  • Grenada - Elvin Nimrod (2000-2008)
  • Guatemala - Jorge Briz Abularach (2004-2006)
  • Haiti -
  • Yvon Siméon (2004-2005)
  • Hérard Abraham (2005-2006)
  • Honduras -
  • Leonidas Rosa Bautista (2003-2005)
  • Mario Fortín (2005-2006)
  • Jamaica - Keith Desmond Knight (2001-2006)
  • Mexico - Luis Ernesto Derbez (2003-2006)
  • Netherlands Antilles - Etienne Ys (2004-2006)
  • Nicaragua - Norman José Caldera Cardenal (2002-2007)
  • Panama - Samuel Lewis Navarro (2004-2009)
  • Puerto Rico –
  • Jose Izquierdo Encarnacion (2003–2005)
  • Marisara Pont Marchese (2005)
  • Fernando Bonilla (2005–2009)
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis - Timothy Harris (2001-2008)
  • Saint Lucia - Petrus Compton (2004-2006)
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Louis Straker (2001-2005)
  • Mike Browne (2005)
  • Louis Straker (2005-2010)
  • Trinidad and Tobago - Knowlson Gift (2001-2006)
  • United States -
  • Colin Powell (2001-2005)
  • Condoleezza Rice (2005-2009)

Oceania

  • Australia - Alexander Downer (1996-2007)
  • Fiji - Kaliopate Tavola (2000-2006)
  • French Polynesia -
  • Gaston Flosse (2004-2005)
  • Oscar Temaru (2005-2006)
  • Kiribati - Anote Tong (2003–2016)
  • Marshall Islands - Gerald Zackios (2001-2008)
  • Micronesia - Sebastian Anefal (2003-2007)
  • Nauru - David Adeang (2004-2007)
  • New Zealand -
  • Phil Goff (1999-2005)
  • Winston Peters (2005-2008)
  • Cook Islands -
  • Tom Marsters (2004-2005)
  • Wilkie Rasmussen (2005-2009)
  • Niue - Young Vivian (2002-2008)
  • Palau - Temmy Shmull (2001-2009)
  • Papua New Guinea - Sir Rabbie Namaliu (2002-2006)
  • Samoa - Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (1998–2021)
  • Solomon Islands - Laurie Chan (2002-2006)
  • Tonga - Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou (2004-2009)
  • Tuvalu - Maatia Toafa (2004-2006)
  • Vanuatu - Sato Kilman (2004-2007)

South America

  • Argentina -
  • Rafael Bielsa (2003-2005)
  • Jorge Taiana (2005-2010)
  • Bolivia -
  • Juan Ignacio Siles (2003-2005)
  • Armando Loaiza (2005-2006)
  • Brazil - Celso Amorim (2003-2011)
  • Chile - Ignacio Walker Prieto (2004-2006)
  • Colombia - Carolina Barco (2002-2006)
  • Ecuador -
  • Patricio Zuquilanda (2003-2005)
  • Antonio Parra Gil (2005)
  • Francisco Carrión (2005-2007)
  • Guyana - Rudy Insanally (2001-2008)
  • Paraguay - Leila Rachid de Cowles (2003-2006)
  • Peru -
  • Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros (2003-2005)
  • Fernando Olivera (2005)
  • Óscar Maúrtua de Romaña (2005-2006)
  • Suriname -
  • Marie Levens (2000-2005)
  • Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk (2005-2010)
  • Uruguay -
  • Didier Opertti (1998-2005)
  • Reinaldo Gargano (2005-2008)
  • Venezuela - Alí Rodríguez Araque (2004-2006)