List of current foreign ministers


This is a list of current foreign ministers of the 193 United Nations member states as well as the Holy See
Foreign ministers of sovereign countries with limited recognition, some alternative governments, some dependent territories and some autonomous administrative divisions are included in separate tables.

Generally recognized sovereign states

Other states

The following states control their territory and are recognized by at least one member state.
StateHistorical list of foreign ministersCurrent foreign ministerPartyAssumed office
ListDaur Kove4 October 2016
ListHenry Puna Cook Islands Party25 July 2013
ListMeliza Haradinaj3 June 2020
ListDalton Tagelagi Independent11 June 2020
ListKudret ÖzersayPeople's Party2 February 2018
State of Palestine ListRiyad al-MalikiIndependent19 May 2009
Mohamed Salem Ould Salek21 January 1998
ListDmitry Medoyev25 Mayt 2017
ListJoseph WuDemocratic Progressive Party26 February 2018

The following states/governments control their territory, but are not recognized by any member states.
StateHistorical list of foreign ministersCurrent foreign ministerPartyAssumed office
Masis Mayilyan25 September 2017
Donetsk People's RepublicNatalya Nikonorova22 February 2016
Lugansk People's RepublicVladislav Deinevo12 September 2017
ListYasin Hagi Mohamud Hiir10 November 2018
ListVitaly Ignatyev14 September 2015

Other governments

These alternative governments are recognized as a sovereign state by at least one member.
StateHistorical list of foreign ministersCurrent foreign ministerPartyAssumed office
House of Representatives of LibyaListAbdulhadi Elhweg28 February 2019
Supreme Political Council of YemenListHisham Sharaf28 November 2016

The alternative governments are not recognized by any member states.
StateHistorical list of foreign ministersCurrent foreign ministerPartyAssumed office
Chechen Republic of IchkeriaUsman Ferzauli2007
TibetLobsang Sangay 28 February 2016

''[Sui generis]'' entities

Dependent territories

Autonomous administrative divisions