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List of female foreign ministers

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 the United States and the United Kingdom, the position is titled 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 was the case with Indira Gandhi and Sirimavo Bandaranaike, who served as prime ministers of India and Ceylon respectively. Guinea-Bissau and Sweden have had seven female ministers, a world record.

Sovereign states

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NameImageCountryRegionMandate startMandate endTerm length
Ana Pauker  RomaniaEurope30 December 19479 July 19524 years, 192 days
Golda Meir  IsraelAsia18 June 195612 January 19669 years, 208 days
Tahira Tahirova  Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist RepublicEurope26 March 195924 November 198324 years, 212 days
Sirimavo Bandaranaike[a]  Ceylon[b]Asia21 July 196027 March 19654 years, 249 days
 Ceylon/  Sri Lanka[b]Asia29 May 197023 July 19777 years, 55 days
Indira Gandhi[c]  IndiaAsia22 August 196714 March 19691 year, 204 days
9 March 198431 October 1984236 days
Princess Elizabeth of Toro  UgandaAfricaFebruary 1974November 1974273 days
Licelott Marte de Barrios  Dominican RepublicAmericas19751975?
Karin Söder  SwedenEurope8 October 197618 October 19782 years, 10 days
Maria do Nascimento da Graça Amorim  São Tomé and PríncipeAfrica197819857 years, 0 days
Flora MacDonald  CanadaAmericas4 June 19792 March 1980272 days
Gloria Amon Nikoi  GhanaAfrica26 June 197924 September 197990 days
Eugenia Charles[d]  DominicaAmericas21 July 198019909 years, 164 days
Colette Flesch  LuxembourgEurope22 November 198020 July 19843 years, 241 days
Gaositwe K. T. Chiepe  BotswanaAfrica1984199410 years, 0 days
Adrienne Liyonda  Zaire[e]Africa198719881 year, 0 days
Danielle de St. Jorre  SeychellesAfrica198925 February 19978 years, 55 days
Akmaral Arystanbekova  KazakhstanAsia198919912 years, 0 days
Susana Ruiz Cerutti  ArgentinaAmericas26 May 19898 July 198943 days
Pascaline Bongo Ondimba  GabonAfrica199119943 years, 0 days
Shahlo Mahmudova  UzbekistanAsia199119921 year, 0 days
Marie-Denise Fabien-Jean-Louis  HaitiAmericas19 February 199119 September 1991240 days
Barbara McDougall  CanadaAmericas21 April 199124 June 19932 years, 64 days
Margaretha af Ugglas  SwedenEurope4 October 19917 October 19943 years, 3 days
Noemí Sanín  ColombiaAmericas8 November 19917 August 19942 years, 272 days
Roza Otunbayeva  KyrgyzstanAsia26 February 199210 October 1992227 days
19941 July 19973 years, 0 days
25 March 200530 September 2005189 days
Andrea Willi  LiechtensteinEurope19935 April 20018 years, 94 days
Motarilavoa Hilda Lin̄i  VanuatuOceania19931993?
Claudette Werleigh  HaitiAmericas1 September 199316 May 1994257 days
8 November 19947 November 1995364 days
Billie Miller  BarbadosAmericas199419 January 200814 years, 18 days
Dorothy Musuleng-Cooper  LiberiaAfrica199419951 year, 0 days
Janet Bostwick  BahamasAmericas19943 May 20028 years, 122 days
Gladys Maritza Ruiz de Vielman  GuatemalaAmericas199419951 year, 0 days
Sy Kadiatou Sow  MaliAfrica199419951 year, 0 days
Lena Hjelm-Wallén  SwedenEurope7 October 19947 October 19984 years, 0 days
Susanna Agnelli  ItalyEurope17 January 199517 May 19961 year, 121 days
Tarja Halonen  FinlandEurope13 April 199525 February 20004 years, 318 days
Tansu Çiller  TurkeyEurope28 June 199630 June 19971 year, 2 days
María Emma Mejía Vélez  ColombiaAmericas10 July 199625 March 19981 year, 258 days
Irina Bokova  BulgariaEurope13 November 199613 February 199792 days
Shirley Gbujama  Sierra LeoneAfrica21 November 199625 May 1997185 days
Madeleine Albright  United StatesAmericas23 January 199720 January 20013 years, 363 days
Nadezhda Mihaylova  BulgariaEurope21 May 199724 July 20014 years, 64 days
Zdenka Kramplová  SlovakiaEurope25 May 199730 October 19981 year, 158 days
Naira Melkumian  ArtsakhEurope199711 October 20025 years, 283 days
Rosario Green  MexicoAmericas1 January 199830 November 20002 years, 334 days
Lila Ratsifandrihamanana  MadagascarAfrica31 July 199828 February 20023 years, 212 days
Anna Lindh  SwedenEurope7 October 199811 September 20034 years, 339 days
Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa  MongoliaAsia9 December 19989 August 20001 year, 244 days
Hilia Barber  Guinea-BissauAfrica8 January 19997 May 1999119 days
Aïchatou Mindaoudou  NigerAfrica16 April 19995 January 2000264 days
17 September 200121 April 20119 years, 216 days
María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila  El SalvadorAmericas1 June 19991 June 20045 years, 0 days
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma  South AfricaAfrica14 June 199910 May 20099 years, 330 days
Lydie Polfer  LuxembourgEurope7 August 199931 July 20044 years, 359 days
Benita Ferrero-Waldner  AustriaEurope4 February 200020 October 20044 years, 259 days
Lilian Patel  MalawiAfrica1 March 200016 June 20044 years, 107 days
Soledad Alvear  ChileAmericas11 March 20001 October 20044 years, 204 days
Mahawa Bangoura  GuineaAfrica7 June 200010 June 20022 years, 3 days
Marie Levens  SurinameAmericas12 August 200012 August 20055 years, 0 days
Antonieta Rosa Gomes  Guinea-BissauAfrica25 March 200121 November 2001241 days
Makiko Tanaka  JapanAsia26 April 200126 January 2002275 days
Ilinka Mitreva  FYR MacedoniaEurope13 May 200123 November 2001194 days
1 November 200228 August 20063 years, 298 days
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo[f]  PhilippinesAsia15 July 200216 July 20021 day
Arta Dade  AlbaniaEurope12 September 200131 July 2002322 days
Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote  Guinea-BissauAfrica12 December 200117 November 2002340 days
Kristiina Ojuland  EstoniaEurope28 January 20028 February 20053 years, 11 days
Yoriko Kawaguchi  JapanAsia16 February 200227 September 20042 years, 224 days
Alda Bandeira  São Tomé and PríncipeAfrica28 March 20027 October 2002193 days
Ana Palacio  SpainEurope9 July 200217 April 20041 year, 283 days
Carolina Barco  ColombiaAmericas7 August 20027 August 20064 years, 0 days
Fátima Veiga  Cape VerdeAfrica19 October 20023 April 20041 year, 167 days
Sandra Kalniete  LatviaEurope7 November 20029 March 20041 year, 123 days
Micheline Calmy-Rey   SwitzerlandEurope1 January 200331 December 20118 years, 364 days
Nina Pacari  EcuadorAmericas15 January 20036 August 2003203 days
Fatumata Djau Baldé  Guinea-BissauAfrica4 July 200314 September 200372 days
Edna Adan Ismail  SomalilandAfrica30 July 200330 July 20063 years, 0 days
Leila Rachid de Cowles  ParaguayAmericas15 August 200321 August 20063 years, 6 days
Teresa Patrício de Gouveia  PortugalEurope9 October 200317 July 2004282 days
Laila Freivalds  SwedenEurope10 October 200321 March 20062 years, 162 days
Delia Albert  PhilippinesAsia23 December 200318 August 2004239 days
Salome Zurabishvili  GeorgiaEurope20 March 200419 October 20051 year, 213 days
Ursula Plassnik  AustriaEurope20 October 20042 December 20084 years, 43 days
Helēna Demakova  LatviaEurope28 October 200429 November 200432 days
29 October 20078 November 200710 days
Condoleezza Rice  United StatesAmericas26 January 200520 January 20093 years, 360 days
Alcinda Abreu  MozambiqueAfrica3 February 200510 March 20083 years, 36 days
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović  CroatiaEurope17 February 200512 January 20082 years, 329 days
Fatoumata Kaba  GuineaAfrica8 March 20056 September 20061 year, 182 days
Rita Kieber-Beck  LiechtensteinEurope21 April 200525 March 20093 years, 338 days
Ana Trišić-Babić  Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope9 June 200515 June 20056 days
Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk  SurinameAmericas12 August 200512 August 20105 years, 0 days
Antoinette Batumubwira  BurundiAfrica30 August 200529 January 20093 years, 152 days
Rosemary Museminali  RwandaAfrica2 September 20054 December 20094 years, 93 days
Asha-Rose Migiro  TanzaniaAfrica6 January 200611 January 20071 year, 5 days
Tzipi Livni  IsraelAsia18 January 20061 April 20093 years, 73 days
Dora Bakoyannis  GreeceEurope15 February 20066 October 20093 years, 233 days
Carin Jämtin  SwedenEurope27 March 200624 April 200628 days
Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo  BeninAfrica10 April 200617 June 20071 year, 68 days
Margaret Beckett  United KingdomEurope5 May 200628 June 20071 year, 54 days
Anna Fotyga  PolandEurope9 May 200615 November 20071 year, 190 days
Joyce Banda  MalawiAfrica1 June 200629 May 20092 years, 362 days
Kinga Göncz  HungaryEurope9 June 200614 April 20092 years, 309 days
Valgerður Sverrisdóttir  IcelandEurope15 June 200624 May 2007343 days
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala  NigeriaAfrica21 June 200630 August 200670 days
María Consuelo Araújo  ColombiaAmericas7 August 200619 February 2007196 days
Joy Ogwu  NigeriaAfrica30 August 200629 May 2007272 days
Patricia Espinosa  MexicoAmericas1 December 20061 December 20126 years, 0 days
Maia Chigoyeva-Tsaboshvili  South OssetiaEurope20062007?
María Fernanda Espinosa  EcuadorAmericas15 January 20077 December 2007326 days
24 May 201712 June 20181 year, 19 days
Sahana Pradhan  NepalAsia1 April 200722 August 20081 year, 143 days
Maria da Conceição Nobre Cabral  Guinea-BissauAfrica18 April 20077 January 20091 year, 264 days
Meritxell Mateu Pi  AndorraEurope2 May 20079 June 20092 years, 38 days
Adaljiza Magno  East TimorAsia19 May 20078 August 200781 days
24 June 20201 July 20233 years, 7 days
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir  IcelandEurope24 May 20071 February 20091 year, 253 days
Lisa Shoman  BelizeAmericas4 June 200712 February 2008253 days
Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis  CyprusEurope16 July 20072 March 2008230 days
5 August 20111 March 20131 year, 208 days
Olubanke King Akerele  LiberiaAfrica22 August 20073 November 20103 years, 73 days
Zainab Bangura  Sierra LeoneAfrica14 October 20073 December 20103 years, 50 days
Paula Gopee-Scoon  Trinidad and TobagoAmericas7 November 200728 May 20102 years, 202 days
Sanjaasürengiin Oyuun  MongoliaAsia4 December 200720 September 2008291 days
María Isabel Salvador  EcuadorAmericas7 December 200712 December 20081 year, 5 days
Marisol Argueta de Barillas  El SalvadorAmericas16 January 20081 June 20091 year, 136 days
Carolyn Rodrigues  GuyanaAmericas10 April 200819 May 20157 years, 39 days
Laure Olga Gondjout  GabonAfrica28 April 20089 October 2008164 days
Eka Tkeshelashvili  GeorgiaEurope5 May 20086 December 2008215 days
Helen Clark  New ZealandOceania29 August 200819 November 200882 days
Maxine McClean  BarbadosAmericas24 November 200827 May 20189 years, 184 days
Antonella Mularoni  San MarinoEurope4 December 20085 December 20124 years, 1 day
Dipu Moni  BangladeshAsia6 January 200920 November 20134 years, 318 days
Adiato Djaló Nandigna  Guinea-BissauAfrica7 January 200928 October 2009294 days
Hillary Clinton  United StatesAmericas21 January 20091 February 20134 years, 11 days
Patricia Isabel Rodas  HondurasAmericas31 January 200928 June 2009148 days
Sandra Pierantozzi  PalauOceania6 February 200919 March 20101 year, 41 days
Aurelia Frick  LiechtensteinEurope25 March 20092 July 201910 years, 99 days
Maite Nkoana-Mashabane  South AfricaAfrica10 May 200927 February 20188 years, 293 days
Sujata Koirala    NepalAsia25 May 20096 February 20111 year, 257 days
Etta Banda  MalawiAfrica17 June 200919 August 20112 years, 63 days
Rumiana Jeleva  BulgariaEurope27 July 200927 January 2010184 days
Naha Mint Mouknass  MauritaniaAfrica5 August 200922 March 20111 year, 229 days
Marie-Michèle Rey  HaitiAmericas8 November 200924 October 20112 years, 296 days
Louise Mushikiwabo  RwandaAfrica4 December 200919 October 20188 years, 319 days
Rasa Juknevičienė  LithuaniaEurope26 January 201011 February 201016 days
Lene Espersen  DenmarkEurope23 February 20103 October 20111 year, 222 days
Aminatou Maïga Touré  NigerAfrica1 March 201021 April 20111 year, 51 days
María Ángela Holguín  ColombiaAmericas7 August 20107 August 20188 years, 0 days
Vlora Çitaku  KosovoEurope18 October 201022 February 2011127 days
Trinidad Jiménez  SpainEurope20 October 201022 December 20111 year, 63 days
Michèle Alliot-Marie  FranceEurope14 November 201027 February 2011105 days
Hina Rabbani Khar  PakistanAsia11 February 201116 March 20132 years, 33 days
Yvette Sylla  MadagascarAfrica26 March 201121 November 2011240 days
Vesna Pusic  CroatiaEurope23 December 201122 January 20164 years, 30 days
Nina Shtanski  TransnistriaEurope18 January 201214 September 20153 years, 239 days
Maia Panjikidze  GeorgiaEurope25 October 20125 November 20142 years, 11 days
Susan Waffa-Ogoo  The GambiaAfrica1 November 201231 October 2013364 days
Fowsiyo Yussuf Haji Aadan  SomaliaAfrica4 November 201217 January 20141 year, 74 days
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah  NamibiaAfrica4 December 2012Incumbent11 years, 195 days
Natália Pedro da Costa Umbelina Neto  São Tomé and PríncipeAfrica12 December 201225 December 20142 years, 13 days
Hanna Tetteh  GhanaAfrica30 January 20137 January 20173 years, 343 days
Emma Bonino  ItalyEurope28 April 201322 February 2014300 days
Mireya Agüero de Corrales  HondurasAmericas2 May 20138 January 20151 year, 251 days
Eda Rivas  PeruAmericas15 May 201323 June 20141 year, 39 days
Amina Mohamed  KenyaAfrica19 May 201316 February 20184 years, 273 days
Natalia Gherman  MoldovaEurope30 May 201320 January 20162 years, 235 days
Léonie Banga-Bothy  Central African RepublicAfrica13 June 201327 January 2014228 days
Mariyam Shakeela  MaldivesAsia12 September 201317 November 201366 days
Viola Onwuliri  NigeriaAfrica13 September 20135 March 2014173 days
Julie Bishop  AustraliaOceania18 September 201326 August 20184 years, 342 days
Dunya Maumoon  MaldivesAsia17 November 20135 July 20162 years, 231 days
Sheikh Hasina[g]  BangladeshAsia5 January 201426 February 201452 days
Federica Mogherini  ItalyEurope22 February 201431 October 2014251 days
Arisoa Razafitrimo  MadagascarAfrica18 April 201425 January 2015282 days
Sushma Swaraj  IndiaAsia26 May 201431 May 20195 years, 5 days
Isabel Saint Malo  PanamaAmericas1 July 20141 July 20195 years, 0 days
Margot Wallström  SwedenEurope3 October 201410 December 20195 years, 68 days
Retno Marsudi  IndonesiaAsia27 October 2014Incumbent9 years, 233 days
Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi  BotswanaAfrica31 October 20144 April 20183 years, 155 days
Anne Sulling  EstoniaEurope3 November 201417 November 201414 days
Tamar Beruchashvili  GeorgiaEurope11 November 20141 September 2015294 days
Keit Pentus-Rosimannus  EstoniaEurope17 November 20141 July 2015226 days
Clarice Modeste-Curwen  GrenadaAmericas1 December 20141 July 20161 year, 213 days
Francine Baron  DominicaAmericas13 December 201425 December 20195 years, 12 days
Delcy Rodríguez  VenezuelaAmericas26 December 201421 June 20172 years, 177 days
Neneh MacDouall-Gaye  The GambiaAfrica6 January 201517 January 20172 years, 11 days
Béatrice Atallah  MadagascarAfrica25 January 201525 August 20172 years, 212 days
Vatma Vall Mint Soueina  MauritaniaAfrica25 January 20152 September 2015220 days
Aïchatou Kané Boulama  NigerAfrica25 February 201511 April 20161 year, 46 days
Ana María Sánchez  PeruAmericas2 April 201528 July 20161 year, 117 days
Marina Kaljurand  EstoniaEurope16 July 201512 September 20168 years, 336 days
Emine Çolak  Northern CyprusEurope16 July 201516 April 2016275 days
Niermala Badrising  SurinameAmericas12 August 20151 February 20171 year, 173 days
Claudia Ruiz Massieu  MexicoAmericas27 August 20154 January 20171 year, 130 days
Susana Malcorra  ArgentinaAmericas10 December 201529 May 20171 year, 170 days
Makalé Camara  GuineaAfrica4 January 201622 August 20171 year, 230 days
Marjon Kamara  LiberiaAfrica6 January 201622 January 20182 years, 16 days
Kamina Johnson Smith  JamaicaAmericas7 March 2016Incumbent8 years, 101 days
Aung San Suu Kyi[h]  MyanmarAsia30 March 20161 February 20214 years, 308 days
Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir  IcelandEurope7 April 201611 January 2017279 days
'Mamphono Khaketla  LesothoAfrica8 November 201616 June 2017220 days
Chrystia Freeland  CanadaAmericas10 January 201720 November 20192 years, 314 days
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey  GhanaAfrica28 January 2017Incumbent7 years, 140 days
Yldiz Pollack-Beighle  SurinameAmericas1 February 201716 July 20203 years, 166 days
María Dolores Agüero  HondurasAmericas27 March 201723 July 20192 years, 118 days
Ekaterina Zaharieva  BulgariaEurope4 May 201712 May 20214 years, 8 days
Faustina Rehuher-Marugg  PalauOceania13 June 201721 January 20213 years, 222 days
Kang Kyung-wha  South KoreaAsia18 June 20178 February 20213 years, 235 days
Marija Pejčinović Burić  CroatiaEurope19 June 201719 July 20192 years, 30 days
Maria Ubach i Font  AndorraEurope17 July 201715 May 20235 years, 304 days
Sandra Jovel  GuatemalaAmericas27 August 201714 January 20202 years, 140 days
Ine Eriksen Søreide  NorwayEurope20 October 201714 October 20213 years, 359 days
Karin Kneissl  AustriaEurope18 December 20173 June 20191 year, 167 days
Cayetana Aljovín  PeruAmericas9 January 20182 April 20186 years, 159 days
Sigrid Kaag  NetherlandsEurope13 February 20187 March 201822 days
25 May 202116 September 2021114 days
Monica Juma  KenyaAfrica16 February 201814 January 20206 years, 121 days
Lindiwe Sisulu  South AfricaAfrica27 February 201829 May 20191 year, 91 days
Tehmina Janjua  PakistanAsia26 April 20185 June 201840 days
Epsy Campbell Barr  Costa RicaAmericas8 May 201811 December 2018217 days
Unity Dow  BotswanaAfrica20 June 201826 August 20202 years, 67 days
Marise Payne  AustraliaOceania28 August 201823 May 20223 years, 268 days
Kamissa Camara  MaliAfrica9 September 201818 April 2019221 days
Thuli Dladla  EswatiniAfrica2 November 2018Incumbent5 years, 227 days
Elsa Teixeira Pinto  São Tomé and PríncipeAfrica3 December 201819 September 20205 years, 196 days
Lorena Aguilar Revelo  Costa RicaAmericas11 December 20188 January 201928 days
Sylvie Baïpo-Temon  Central African RepublicAfrica14 December 2018Incumbent5 years, 185 days
Karen Cummings  GuyanaAmericas2 May 20192 August 20201 year, 92 days
Nabeela Tunis  Sierra LeoneAfrica9 May 201930 April 20215 years, 38 days
Naledi Pandor  South AfricaAfrica29 May 2019Incumbent5 years, 18 days
Alexandra Hill Tinoco  El SalvadorAmericas1 June 2019Incumbent5 years, 15 days
Suzi Barbosa  Guinea-BissauAfrica3 July 201924 January 2020205 days
Ramona Mănescu  RomaniaEurope24 July 20194 November 2019103 days
Awut Deng Acuil  South SudanAfrica19 August 201912 March 2020206 days
Asma Mohamed Abdalla  SudanAfrica8 September 20199 July 2020305 days
Marie Tumba Nzeza  Democratic Republic of the CongoAfrica9 September 201912 April 20211 year, 215 days
Ann Linde  SwedenEurope10 September 201917 October 20223 years, 37 days
Katrin Eggenberger  LiechtensteinEurope11 November 201925 March 20211 year, 134 days
Karen Longaric  BoliviaAmericas13 November 20199 November 2020362 days
Claudia Blum  ColombiaAmericas27 November 20199 May 20211 year, 163 days
Margarita Robles  SpainEurope30 November 201913 January 202044 days
Bisera Turković  Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope23 December 201925 January 20233 years, 33 days
Arancha González Laya  SpainEurope13 January 202012 July 20211 year, 180 days
Raychelle Omamo  KenyaAfrica14 January 202027 October 20222 years, 286 days
Verónica Macamo  MozambiqueAfrica17 January 2020Incumbent4 years, 151 days
Ruth Monteiro  Guinea-BissauAfrica4 February 20202 March 202027 days
Suzi Barbosa  Guinea-BissauAfrica2 March 202013 August 20233 years, 164 days
Beatrice Wani-Noah  South SudanAfrica12 March 20209 September 20211 year, 181 days
'Matšepo Ramakoae  LesothoAfrica21 May 202027 October 20222 years, 159 days
Meliza Haradinaj-Stublla  KosovoEurope3 June 20209 March 2021279 days
Edite Tenjua  São Tomé and PríncipeAfrica19 September 202014 November 20223 years, 271 days
Sophie Wilmès  BelgiumEurope1 October 202014 July 20221 year, 286 days
Aïssata Tall Sall  SenegalAfrica1 November 2020Incumbent3 years, 228 days
Nanaia Mahuta  New ZealandOceania6 November 202011 November 20233 years, 5 days
Elizabeth Astete  PeruAmericas18 November 202015 February 202189 days
Olta Xhaçka  AlbaniaEurope4 January 202112 September 20232 years, 251 days
Uduch Sengebau Senior  PalauOceania21 January 2021Incumbent3 years, 147 days
Eva-Maria Liimets  EstoniaEurope26 January 20213 June 20221 year, 128 days
Battsetseg Batmunkh  MongoliaAsia29 January 2021Incumbent3 years, 139 days
Mariam al-Mahdi  SudanAfrica11 February 202122 November 2021284 days
Najla Mangoush  LibyaAfrica15 March 2021Incumbent
Suspended 28 August 2023		3 years, 93 days
2 years, 166 days
Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz  KosovoEurope22 March 2021Incumbent3 years, 86 days
Dominique Hasler  LiechtensteinEurope25 March 2021Incumbent3 years, 83 days
Liberata Mulamula  TanzaniaAfrica31 March 20213 October 20221 year, 186 days
Kandia Camara  Ivory CoastAfrica6 April 2021Incumbent3 years, 71 days
Marta Lucía Ramírez  ColombiaAmericas19 May 20217 August 20221 year, 80 days
Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa  SamoaOceania24 May 2021Incumbent3 years, 23 days
Liz Truss  United KingdomEurope15 September 20216 September 2022356 days
Anniken Huitfeldt  NorwayEurope14 October 202116 October 20232 years, 2 days
Mélanie Joly  CanadaAmericas26 October 2021Incumbent2 years, 234 days
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir  IcelandEurope28 November 202114 October 20231 year, 320 days
9 April 2024Incumbent68 days
Annalena Baerbock  GermanyEurope8 December 2021Incumbent2 years, 191 days
Teodora Genchovska  BulgariaEurope13 December 20212 August 2022232 days
Rosine Sori-Coulibaly  Burkina FasoAfrica10 December 202124 January 202245 days
Fekitamoeloa ʻUtoikamanu  TongaOceania28 December 2021Incumbent2 years, 171 days
Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre  MonacoEurope17 January 2022Incumbent2 years, 151 days
Nancy Tembo  MalawiAfrica27 January 2022Incumbent2 years, 141 days
Olivia Rouamba  Burkina FasoAfrica5 March 202217 December 20231 year, 287 days
Antonia Urrejola  ChileAmericas11 March 202210 March 2023364 days
Catherine Colonna  FranceEurope20 May 202211 January 20241 year, 236 days
Penny Wong  AustraliaOceania23 May 2022Incumbent2 years, 24 days
Tanja Fajon  SloveniaEurope1 June 2022Incumbent2 years, 15 days
Choe Son-hui  North KoreaAsia11 June 2022Incumbent2 years, 5 days
Hadja Lahbib  BelgiumEurope15 July 2022Incumbent1 year, 337 days
Stergomena Tax  TanzaniaAfrica3 October 202231 August 2023332 days
Janaina Tewaney  PanamaNorth America10 October 2022Incumbent1 year, 250 days
Ana Gervasi  PeruAmericas10 December 20226 November 2023331 days
Bimala Rai Paudyal    NepalAsia17 January 202327 February 202341 days
Imma Tor Faus  AndorraEurope17 May 2023Incumbent1 year, 30 days
Paulette Marcelline Adjovi  BeninAfrica23 May 20236 June 202314 days
Mariya Gabriel  BulgariaEurope6 June 20239 April 2024308 days
Alicia Bárcena Ibarra  MexicoNorth America12 June 2023Incumbent1 year, 4 days
Luminița Odobescu  RomaniaEurope15 June 2023Incumbent1 year, 1 day
Elina Valtonen  FinlandEurope20 June 2023Incumbent362 days
Liesje Schreinemacher  NetherlandsEurope1 September 20235 September 20234 days
Hanke Bruins Slot  NetherlandsEurope5 September 2023Incumbent285 days
Yōko Kamikawa  JapanAsia13 September 2023Incumbent277 days
Celinda Sosa  BoliviaAmericas15 November 2023Incumbent214 days
Gabriela Sommerfeld  EcuadorAmericas23 November 2023Incumbent206 days
Diana Mondino  ArgentinaAmericas10 December 2023Incumbent189 days
Rasata Rafaravavitafika  MadagascarAfrica14 January 2024Incumbent154 days
Sara Beysolow Nyanti  LiberiaAfrica9 February 2024Incumbent128 days
Yacine Fall  SenegalAfrica7 April 2024Incumbent70 days
Baiba Braže  LatviaEurope19 April 2024Incumbent58 days

Autonomous and constituent regions

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  • Italics denotes an acting foreign minister and states that are defunct.
NameImageCountry/RegionContinentMandate startMandate endTerm length
Nguyễn Thị Bình South Vietnam
(provisional government)		Asia196919767 years, 0 days
Emily de Jongh-Elhage  Netherlands AntillesNorth America26 March 200610 October 20104 years, 198 days
Linda Fabiani  ScotlandEurope17 May 200712 February 20091 year, 271 days
Aleqa Hammond  GreenlandNorth America30 May 200726 September 20081 year, 119 days
5 April 201312 December 20141 year, 251 days
Fiona Hyslop  ScotlandEurope1 December 200917 February 202010 years, 78 days
Christine St-Pierre  QuebecNorth America23 April 201418 October 20184 years, 178 days
Suka Frederiksen  GreenlandNorth America24 April 201711 May 20181 year, 17 days
Vivian Motzfeldt  GreenlandNorth America11 May 20185 October 2018147 days
Ane Lone Bagger  GreenlandNorth America5 October 201829 May 20201 year, 237 days
Nadine Girault  QuebecNorth America18 October 201820 October 20224 years, 2 days
Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely  WalesEurope3 December 20188 October 20201 year, 310 days
Victòria Alsina  CataloniaEurope26 May 202110 October 20221 year, 137 days
Meritxell Serret  CataloniaEurope10 October 2022Incumbent1 year, 250 days
Martine Biron  QuebecNorth America20 October 2022Incumbent1 year, 240 days

Sui generis entities

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NameImageEntityContinentMandate startMandate endTerm length
Benita Ferrero-Waldner  European UnionEurope22 November 20041 December 20095 years, 9 days
Catherine Ashton  European UnionEurope1 December 20091 November 20144 years, 335 days
Federica Mogherini  European UnionEurope1 November 201430 November 20195 years, 29 days

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Served concurrently as prime minister.
  2. ^ a b Ceylon changed its name into Sri Lanka in 1977.
  3. ^ Served concurrently as prime minister
  4. ^ Served concurrently as prime minister.
  5. ^ Zaire changed its name into Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1997.
  6. ^ Served concurrently as president.
  7. ^ Served concurrently as prime minister.
  8. ^ Served concurrently as State Counsellor.

References

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