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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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Name Image Country Region Mandate start Mandate end Term length
Ana Pauker     Romania Europe 30 December 1947 9 July 1952 4 years, 192 days
Golda Meir     Israel Asia 18 June 1956 12 January 1966 9 years, 208 days
Tahira Tahirova   Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Europe 26 March 1959 24 November 1983 24 years, 212 days
Sirimavo Bandaranaike[a]     Ceylon[b] Asia 21 July 1960 27 March 1965 4 years, 249 days
  Ceylon/  Sri Lanka[b] Asia 29 May 1970 23 July 1977 7 years, 55 days
Indira Gandhi[c]     India Asia 22 August 1967 14 March 1969 1 year, 204 days
9 March 1984 31 October 1984 236 days
Princess Elizabeth of Toro     Uganda Africa February 1974 November 1974 273 days
Licelott Marte de Barrios     Dominican Republic Americas 1975 1975 ?
Karin Söder     Sweden Europe 8 October 1976 18 October 1978 2 years, 10 days
Maria do Nascimento da Graça Amorim     São Tomé and Príncipe Africa 1978 1985 7 years, 0 days
Flora MacDonald     Canada Americas 4 June 1979 2 March 1980 272 days
Gloria Amon Nikoi     Ghana Africa 26 June 1979 24 September 1979 90 days
Eugenia Charles[d]     Dominica Americas 21 July 1980 1990 9 years, 164 days
Colette Flesch     Luxembourg Europe 22 November 1980 20 July 1984 3 years, 241 days
Gaositwe K. T. Chiepe     Botswana Africa 1984 1994 10 years, 0 days
Adrienne Liyonda     Zaire[e] Africa 1987 1988 1 year, 0 days
Danielle de St. Jorre     Seychelles Africa 1989 25 February 1997 8 years, 55 days
Akmaral Arystanbekova     Kazakhstan Asia 1989 1991 2 years, 0 days
Susana Ruiz Cerutti     Argentina Americas 26 May 1989 8 July 1989 43 days
Pascaline Bongo Ondimba     Gabon Africa 1991 1994 3 years, 0 days
Shahlo Mahmudova     Uzbekistan Asia 1991 1992 1 year, 0 days
Marie-Denise Fabien-Jean-Louis     Haiti Americas 19 February 1991 19 September 1991 240 days
Barbara McDougall     Canada Americas 21 April 1991 24 June 1993 2 years, 64 days
Margaretha af Ugglas     Sweden Europe 4 October 1991 7 October 1994 3 years, 3 days
Noemí Sanín     Colombia Americas 8 November 1991 7 August 1994 2 years, 272 days
Roza Otunbayeva     Kyrgyzstan Asia 26 February 1992 10 October 1992 227 days
1994 1 July 1997 3 years, 0 days
25 March 2005 30 September 2005 189 days
Andrea Willi     Liechtenstein Europe 1993 5 April 2001 8 years, 94 days
Motarilavoa Hilda Lin̄i     Vanuatu Oceania 1993 1993 ?
Claudette Werleigh     Haiti Americas 1 September 1993 16 May 1994 257 days
8 November 1994 7 November 1995 364 days
Billie Miller     Barbados Americas 1994 19 January 2008 14 years, 18 days
Dorothy Musuleng-Cooper     Liberia Africa 1994 1995 1 year, 0 days
Janet Bostwick     Bahamas Americas 1994 3 May 2002 8 years, 122 days
Gladys Maritza Ruiz de Vielman     Guatemala Americas 1994 1995 1 year, 0 days
Sy Kadiatou Sow     Mali Africa 1994 1995 1 year, 0 days
Lena Hjelm-Wallén     Sweden Europe 7 October 1994 7 October 1998 4 years, 0 days
Susanna Agnelli     Italy Europe 17 January 1995 17 May 1996 1 year, 121 days
Tarja Halonen     Finland Europe 13 April 1995 25 February 2000 4 years, 318 days
Tansu Çiller     Turkey Europe 28 June 1996 30 June 1997 1 year, 2 days
María Emma Mejía Vélez     Colombia Americas 10 July 1996 25 March 1998 1 year, 258 days
Irina Bokova     Bulgaria Europe 13 November 1996 13 February 1997 92 days
Shirley Gbujama     Sierra Leone Africa 21 November 1996 25 May 1997 185 days
Madeleine Albright     United States Americas 23 January 1997 20 January 2001 3 years, 363 days
Nadezhda Mihaylova     Bulgaria Europe 21 May 1997 24 July 2001 4 years, 64 days
Zdenka Kramplová     Slovakia Europe 25 May 1997 30 October 1998 1 year, 158 days
Naira Melkumian     Artsakh Europe 1997 11 October 2002 5 years, 283 days
Rosario Green     Mexico Americas 1 January 1998 30 November 2000 2 years, 334 days
Lila Ratsifandrihamanana     Madagascar Africa 31 July 1998 28 February 2002 3 years, 212 days
Anna Lindh     Sweden Europe 7 October 1998 11 September 2003 4 years, 339 days
Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa     Mongolia Asia 9 December 1998 9 August 2000 1 year, 244 days
Hilia Barber     Guinea-Bissau Africa 8 January 1999 7 May 1999 119 days
Aïchatou Mindaoudou     Niger Africa 16 April 1999 5 January 2000 264 days
17 September 2001 21 April 2011 9 years, 216 days
María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila     El Salvador Americas 1 June 1999 1 June 2004 5 years, 0 days
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma     South Africa Africa 14 June 1999 10 May 2009 9 years, 330 days
Lydie Polfer     Luxembourg Europe 7 August 1999 31 July 2004 4 years, 359 days
Benita Ferrero-Waldner     Austria Europe 4 February 2000 20 October 2004 4 years, 259 days
Lilian Patel     Malawi Africa 1 March 2000 16 June 2004 4 years, 107 days
Soledad Alvear     Chile Americas 11 March 2000 1 October 2004 4 years, 204 days
Mahawa Bangoura     Guinea Africa 7 June 2000 10 June 2002 2 years, 3 days
Marie Levens     Suriname Americas 12 August 2000 12 August 2005 5 years, 0 days
Antonieta Rosa Gomes     Guinea-Bissau Africa 25 March 2001 21 November 2001 241 days
Makiko Tanaka     Japan Asia 26 April 2001 26 January 2002 275 days
Ilinka Mitreva     FYR Macedonia Europe 13 May 2001 23 November 2001 194 days
1 November 2002 28 August 2006 3 years, 298 days
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo[f]     Philippines Asia 15 July 2002 16 July 2002 1 day
Arta Dade     Albania Europe 12 September 2001 31 July 2002 322 days
Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote     Guinea-Bissau Africa 12 December 2001 17 November 2002 340 days
Kristiina Ojuland     Estonia Europe 28 January 2002 8 February 2005 3 years, 11 days
Yoriko Kawaguchi     Japan Asia 16 February 2002 27 September 2004 2 years, 224 days
Alda Bandeira     São Tomé and Príncipe Africa 28 March 2002 7 October 2002 193 days
Ana Palacio     Spain Europe 9 July 2002 17 April 2004 1 year, 283 days
Carolina Barco     Colombia Americas 7 August 2002 7 August 2006 4 years, 0 days
Fátima Veiga     Cape Verde Africa 19 October 2002 3 April 2004 1 year, 167 days
Sandra Kalniete     Latvia Europe 7 November 2002 9 March 2004 1 year, 123 days
Micheline Calmy-Rey      Switzerland Europe 1 January 2003 31 December 2011 8 years, 364 days
Nina Pacari     Ecuador Americas 15 January 2003 6 August 2003 203 days
Fatumata Djau Baldé     Guinea-Bissau Africa 4 July 2003 14 September 2003 72 days
Edna Adan Ismail     Somaliland Africa 30 July 2003 30 July 2006 3 years, 0 days
Leila Rachid de Cowles     Paraguay Americas 15 August 2003 21 August 2006 3 years, 6 days
Teresa Patrício de Gouveia     Portugal Europe 9 October 2003 17 July 2004 282 days
Laila Freivalds     Sweden Europe 10 October 2003 21 March 2006 2 years, 162 days
Delia Albert     Philippines Asia 23 December 2003 18 August 2004 239 days
Salome Zurabishvili     Georgia Europe 20 March 2004 19 October 2005 1 year, 213 days
Ursula Plassnik     Austria Europe 20 October 2004 2 December 2008 4 years, 43 days
Helēna Demakova     Latvia Europe 28 October 2004 29 November 2004 32 days
29 October 2007 8 November 2007 10 days
Condoleezza Rice     United States Americas 26 January 2005 20 January 2009 3 years, 360 days
Alcinda Abreu     Mozambique Africa 3 February 2005 10 March 2008 3 years, 36 days
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović     Croatia Europe 17 February 2005 12 January 2008 2 years, 329 days
Fatoumata Kaba     Guinea Africa 8 March 2005 6 September 2006 1 year, 182 days
Rita Kieber-Beck     Liechtenstein Europe 21 April 2005 25 March 2009 3 years, 338 days
Ana Trišić-Babić     Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 9 June 2005 15 June 2005 6 days
Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk     Suriname Americas 12 August 2005 12 August 2010 5 years, 0 days
Antoinette Batumubwira     Burundi Africa 30 August 2005 29 January 2009 3 years, 152 days
Rosemary Museminali     Rwanda Africa 2 September 2005 4 December 2009 4 years, 93 days
Asha-Rose Migiro     Tanzania Africa 6 January 2006 11 January 2007 1 year, 5 days
Tzipi Livni     Israel Asia 18 January 2006 1 April 2009 3 years, 73 days
Dora Bakoyannis     Greece Europe 15 February 2006 6 October 2009 3 years, 233 days
Carin Jämtin     Sweden Europe 27 March 2006 24 April 2006 28 days
Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo     Benin Africa 10 April 2006 17 June 2007 1 year, 68 days
Margaret Beckett     United Kingdom Europe 5 May 2006 28 June 2007 1 year, 54 days
Anna Fotyga     Poland Europe 9 May 2006 15 November 2007 1 year, 190 days
Joyce Banda     Malawi Africa 1 June 2006 29 May 2009 2 years, 362 days
Kinga Göncz     Hungary Europe 9 June 2006 14 April 2009 2 years, 309 days
Valgerður Sverrisdóttir     Iceland Europe 15 June 2006 24 May 2007 343 days
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala     Nigeria Africa 21 June 2006 30 August 2006 70 days
María Consuelo Araújo     Colombia Americas 7 August 2006 19 February 2007 196 days
Joy Ogwu     Nigeria Africa 30 August 2006 29 May 2007 272 days
Patricia Espinosa     Mexico Americas 1 December 2006 1 December 2012 6 years, 0 days
Maia Chigoyeva-Tsaboshvili     South Ossetia Europe 2006 2007 ?
María Fernanda Espinosa     Ecuador Americas 15 January 2007 7 December 2007 326 days
24 May 2017 12 June 2018 1 year, 19 days
Sahana Pradhan     Nepal Asia 1 April 2007 22 August 2008 1 year, 143 days
Maria da Conceição Nobre Cabral     Guinea-Bissau Africa 18 April 2007 7 January 2009 1 year, 264 days
Meritxell Mateu Pi     Andorra Europe 2 May 2007 9 June 2009 2 years, 38 days
Adaljiza Magno     East Timor Asia 19 May 2007 8 August 2007 81 days
24 June 2020 1 July 2023 3 years, 7 days
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir     Iceland Europe 24 May 2007 1 February 2009 1 year, 253 days
Lisa Shoman     Belize Americas 4 June 2007 12 February 2008 253 days
Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis     Cyprus Europe 16 July 2007 2 March 2008 230 days
5 August 2011 1 March 2013 1 year, 208 days
Olubanke King Akerele     Liberia Africa 22 August 2007 3 November 2010 3 years, 73 days
Zainab Bangura     Sierra Leone Africa 14 October 2007 3 December 2010 3 years, 50 days
Paula Gopee-Scoon     Trinidad and Tobago Americas 7 November 2007 28 May 2010 2 years, 202 days
Sanjaasürengiin Oyuun     Mongolia Asia 4 December 2007 20 September 2008 291 days
María Isabel Salvador     Ecuador Americas 7 December 2007 12 December 2008 1 year, 5 days
Marisol Argueta de Barillas     El Salvador Americas 16 January 2008 1 June 2009 1 year, 136 days
Carolyn Rodrigues     Guyana Americas 10 April 2008 19 May 2015 7 years, 39 days
Laure Olga Gondjout     Gabon Africa 28 April 2008 9 October 2008 164 days
Eka Tkeshelashvili     Georgia Europe 5 May 2008 6 December 2008 215 days
Helen Clark     New Zealand Oceania 29 August 2008 19 November 2008 82 days
Maxine McClean     Barbados Americas 24 November 2008 27 May 2018 9 years, 184 days
Antonella Mularoni     San Marino Europe 4 December 2008 5 December 2012 4 years, 1 day
Dipu Moni     Bangladesh Asia 6 January 2009 20 November 2013 4 years, 318 days
Adiato Djaló Nandigna     Guinea-Bissau Africa 7 January 2009 28 October 2009 294 days
Hillary Clinton     United States Americas 21 January 2009 1 February 2013 4 years, 11 days
Patricia Isabel Rodas     Honduras Americas 31 January 2009 28 June 2009 148 days
Sandra Pierantozzi     Palau Oceania 6 February 2009 19 March 2010 1 year, 41 days
Aurelia Frick     Liechtenstein Europe 25 March 2009 2 July 2019 10 years, 99 days
Maite Nkoana-Mashabane     South Africa Africa 10 May 2009 27 February 2018 8 years, 293 days
Sujata Koirala       Nepal Asia 25 May 2009 6 February 2011 1 year, 257 days
Etta Banda     Malawi Africa 17 June 2009 19 August 2011 2 years, 63 days
Rumiana Jeleva     Bulgaria Europe 27 July 2009 27 January 2010 184 days
Naha Mint Mouknass     Mauritania Africa 5 August 2009 22 March 2011 1 year, 229 days
Marie-Michèle Rey     Haiti Americas 8 November 2009 24 October 2011 2 years, 296 days
Louise Mushikiwabo     Rwanda Africa 4 December 2009 19 October 2018 8 years, 319 days
Rasa Juknevičienė     Lithuania Europe 26 January 2010 11 February 2010 16 days
Lene Espersen     Denmark Europe 23 February 2010 3 October 2011 1 year, 222 days
Aminatou Maïga Touré     Niger Africa 1 March 2010 21 April 2011 1 year, 51 days
María Ángela Holguín     Colombia Americas 7 August 2010 7 August 2018 8 years, 0 days
Vlora Çitaku     Kosovo Europe 18 October 2010 22 February 2011 127 days
Trinidad Jiménez     Spain Europe 20 October 2010 22 December 2011 1 year, 63 days
Michèle Alliot-Marie     France Europe 14 November 2010 27 February 2011 105 days
Hina Rabbani Khar     Pakistan Asia 11 February 2011 16 March 2013 2 years, 33 days
Yvette Sylla     Madagascar Africa 26 March 2011 21 November 2011 240 days
Vesna Pusic     Croatia Europe 23 December 2011 22 January 2016 4 years, 30 days
Nina Shtanski     Transnistria Europe 18 January 2012 14 September 2015 3 years, 239 days
Maia Panjikidze     Georgia Europe 25 October 2012 5 November 2014 2 years, 11 days
Susan Waffa-Ogoo     The Gambia Africa 1 November 2012 31 October 2013 364 days
Fowsiyo Yussuf Haji Aadan     Somalia Africa 4 November 2012 17 January 2014 1 year, 74 days
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah     Namibia Africa 4 December 2012 Incumbent 11 years, 340 days
Natália Pedro da Costa Umbelina Neto     São Tomé and Príncipe Africa 12 December 2012 25 December 2014 2 years, 13 days
Hanna Tetteh     Ghana Africa 30 January 2013 7 January 2017 3 years, 343 days
Emma Bonino     Italy Europe 28 April 2013 22 February 2014 300 days
Mireya Agüero de Corrales     Honduras Americas 2 May 2013 8 January 2015 1 year, 251 days
Eda Rivas     Peru Americas 15 May 2013 23 June 2014 1 year, 39 days
Amina Mohamed     Kenya Africa 19 May 2013 16 February 2018 4 years, 273 days
Natalia Gherman     Moldova Europe 30 May 2013 20 January 2016 2 years, 235 days
Léonie Banga-Bothy     Central African Republic Africa 13 June 2013 27 January 2014 228 days
Mariyam Shakeela     Maldives Asia 12 September 2013 17 November 2013 66 days
Viola Onwuliri     Nigeria Africa 13 September 2013 5 March 2014 173 days
Julie Bishop     Australia Oceania 18 September 2013 26 August 2018 4 years, 342 days
Dunya Maumoon     Maldives Asia 17 November 2013 5 July 2016 2 years, 231 days
Sheikh Hasina[g]     Bangladesh Asia 5 January 2014 26 February 2014 52 days
Federica Mogherini     Italy Europe 22 February 2014 31 October 2014 251 days
Arisoa Razafitrimo     Madagascar Africa 18 April 2014 25 January 2015 282 days
Sushma Swaraj     India Asia 26 May 2014 31 May 2019 5 years, 5 days
Isabel Saint Malo     Panama Americas 1 July 2014 1 July 2019 5 years, 0 days
Margot Wallström     Sweden Europe 3 October 2014 10 December 2019 5 years, 68 days
Retno Marsudi     Indonesia Asia 27 October 2014 20 October 2014 9 years, 359 days
Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi     Botswana Africa 31 October 2014 4 April 2018 3 years, 155 days
Anne Sulling     Estonia Europe 3 November 2014 17 November 2014 14 days
Tamar Beruchashvili     Georgia Europe 11 November 2014 1 September 2015 294 days
Keit Pentus-Rosimannus     Estonia Europe 17 November 2014 1 July 2015 226 days
Clarice Modeste-Curwen     Grenada Americas 1 December 2014 1 July 2016 1 year, 213 days
Francine Baron     Dominica Americas 13 December 2014 25 December 2019 5 years, 12 days
Delcy Rodríguez     Venezuela Americas 26 December 2014 21 June 2017 2 years, 177 days
Neneh MacDouall-Gaye     The Gambia Africa 6 January 2015 17 January 2017 2 years, 11 days
Béatrice Atallah     Madagascar Africa 25 January 2015 25 August 2017 2 years, 212 days
Vatma Vall Mint Soueina     Mauritania Africa 25 January 2015 2 September 2015 220 days
Aïchatou Kané Boulama     Niger Africa 25 February 2015 11 April 2016 1 year, 46 days
Ana María Sánchez     Peru Americas 2 April 2015 28 July 2016 1 year, 117 days
Marina Kaljurand     Estonia Europe 16 July 2015 12 September 2016 9 years, 115 days
Emine Çolak     Northern Cyprus Europe 16 July 2015 16 April 2016 275 days
Niermala Badrising     Suriname Americas 12 August 2015 1 February 2017 1 year, 173 days
Claudia Ruiz Massieu     Mexico Americas 27 August 2015 4 January 2017 1 year, 130 days
Susana Malcorra     Argentina Americas 10 December 2015 29 May 2017 1 year, 170 days
Makalé Camara     Guinea Africa 4 January 2016 22 August 2017 1 year, 230 days
Marjon Kamara     Liberia Africa 6 January 2016 22 January 2018 2 years, 16 days
Kamina Johnson Smith     Jamaica Americas 7 March 2016 Incumbent 8 years, 246 days
Aung San Suu Kyi[h]     Myanmar Asia 30 March 2016 1 February 2021 4 years, 308 days
Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir     Iceland Europe 7 April 2016 11 January 2017 279 days
'Mamphono Khaketla     Lesotho Africa 8 November 2016 16 June 2017 220 days
Chrystia Freeland     Canada Americas 10 January 2017 20 November 2019 2 years, 314 days
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey     Ghana Africa 28 January 2017 Incumbent 7 years, 285 days
Yldiz Pollack-Beighle     Suriname Americas 1 February 2017 16 July 2020 3 years, 166 days
María Dolores Agüero     Honduras Americas 27 March 2017 23 July 2019 2 years, 118 days
Ekaterina Zaharieva     Bulgaria Europe 4 May 2017 12 May 2021 4 years, 8 days
Faustina Rehuher-Marugg     Palau Oceania 13 June 2017 21 January 2021 3 years, 222 days
Kang Kyung-wha     South Korea Asia 18 June 2017 8 February 2021 3 years, 235 days
Marija Pejčinović Burić     Croatia Europe 19 June 2017 19 July 2019 2 years, 30 days
Maria Ubach i Font     Andorra Europe 17 July 2017 15 May 2023 5 years, 304 days
Sandra Jovel     Guatemala Americas 27 August 2017 14 January 2020 2 years, 140 days
Ine Eriksen Søreide     Norway Europe 20 October 2017 14 October 2021 3 years, 359 days
Karin Kneissl     Austria Europe 18 December 2017 3 June 2019 1 year, 167 days
Cayetana Aljovín     Peru Americas 9 January 2018 2 April 2018 6 years, 304 days
Sigrid Kaag     Netherlands Europe 13 February 2018 7 March 2018 22 days
25 May 2021 16 September 2021 114 days
Monica Juma     Kenya Africa 16 February 2018 14 January 2020 6 years, 266 days
Lindiwe Sisulu     South Africa Africa 27 February 2018 29 May 2019 1 year, 91 days
Tehmina Janjua     Pakistan Asia 26 April 2018 5 June 2018 40 days
Epsy Campbell Barr     Costa Rica Americas 8 May 2018 11 December 2018 217 days
Unity Dow     Botswana Africa 20 June 2018 26 August 2020 2 years, 67 days
Marise Payne     Australia Oceania 28 August 2018 23 May 2022 3 years, 268 days
Kamissa Camara     Mali Africa 9 September 2018 18 April 2019 221 days
Thuli Dladla     Eswatini Africa 2 November 2018 Incumbent 6 years, 6 days
Elsa Teixeira Pinto     São Tomé and Príncipe Africa 3 December 2018 19 September 2020 5 years, 341 days
Lorena Aguilar Revelo     Costa Rica Americas 11 December 2018 8 January 2019 28 days
Sylvie Baïpo-Temon     Central African Republic Africa 14 December 2018 Incumbent 5 years, 330 days
Karen Cummings     Guyana Americas 2 May 2019 2 August 2020 1 year, 92 days
Nabeela Tunis     Sierra Leone Africa 9 May 2019 30 April 2021 5 years, 183 days
Naledi Pandor     South Africa Africa 29 May 2019 30 June 2024 5 years, 32 days
Alexandra Hill Tinoco     El Salvador Americas 1 June 2019 Incumbent 5 years, 160 days
Suzi Barbosa     Guinea-Bissau Africa 3 July 2019 24 January 2020 205 days
Ramona Mănescu     Romania Europe 24 July 2019 4 November 2019 103 days
Awut Deng Acuil     South Sudan Africa 19 August 2019 12 March 2020 206 days
Asma Mohamed Abdalla     Sudan Africa 8 September 2019 9 July 2020 305 days
Marie Tumba Nzeza     Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa 9 September 2019 12 April 2021 1 year, 215 days
Ann Linde     Sweden Europe 10 September 2019 17 October 2022 3 years, 37 days
Katrin Eggenberger     Liechtenstein Europe 11 November 2019 25 March 2021 1 year, 134 days
Karen Longaric     Bolivia Americas 13 November 2019 9 November 2020 362 days
Claudia Blum     Colombia Americas 27 November 2019 9 May 2021 1 year, 163 days
Margarita Robles     Spain Europe 30 November 2019 13 January 2020 44 days
Bisera Turković     Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 23 December 2019 25 January 2023 3 years, 33 days
Arancha González Laya     Spain Europe 13 January 2020 12 July 2021 1 year, 180 days
Raychelle Omamo     Kenya Africa 14 January 2020 27 October 2022 2 years, 286 days
Verónica Macamo     Mozambique Africa 17 January 2020 Incumbent 4 years, 296 days
Ruth Monteiro     Guinea-Bissau Africa 4 February 2020 2 March 2020 27 days
Suzi Barbosa     Guinea-Bissau Africa 2 March 2020 13 August 2023 3 years, 164 days
Beatrice Wani-Noah     South Sudan Africa 12 March 2020 9 September 2021 1 year, 181 days
'Matšepo Ramakoae     Lesotho Africa 21 May 2020 27 October 2022 2 years, 159 days
Meliza Haradinaj-Stublla     Kosovo Europe 3 June 2020 9 March 2021 279 days
Edite Tenjua     São Tomé and Príncipe Africa 19 September 2020 14 November 2022 4 years, 50 days
Sophie Wilmès     Belgium Europe 1 October 2020 14 July 2022 1 year, 286 days
Aïssata Tall Sall     Senegal Africa 1 November 2020 Incumbent 4 years, 7 days
Nanaia Mahuta     New Zealand Oceania 6 November 2020 11 November 2023 3 years, 5 days
Elizabeth Astete     Peru Americas 18 November 2020 15 February 2021 89 days
Olta Xhaçka     Albania Europe 4 January 2021 12 September 2023 2 years, 251 days
Uduch Sengebau Senior     Palau Oceania 21 January 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 292 days
Eva-Maria Liimets     Estonia Europe 26 January 2021 3 June 2022 1 year, 128 days
Battsetseg Batmunkh     Mongolia Asia 29 January 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 284 days
Mariam al-Mahdi     Sudan Africa 11 February 2021 22 November 2021 284 days
Najla Mangoush     Libya Africa 15 March 2021 Incumbent
Suspended 28 August 2023 		3 years, 238 days
2 years, 166 days
Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz     Kosovo Europe 22 March 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 231 days
Dominique Hasler     Liechtenstein Europe 25 March 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 228 days
Liberata Mulamula     Tanzania Africa 31 March 2021 3 October 2022 1 year, 186 days
Kandia Camara     Ivory Coast Africa 6 April 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 216 days
Marta Lucía Ramírez     Colombia Americas 19 May 2021 7 August 2022 1 year, 80 days
Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa     Samoa Oceania 24 May 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 168 days
Liz Truss     United Kingdom Europe 15 September 2021 6 September 2022 356 days
Anniken Huitfeldt     Norway Europe 14 October 2021 16 October 2023 2 years, 2 days
Mélanie Joly     Canada Americas 26 October 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 13 days
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir     Iceland Europe 28 November 2021 14 October 2023 1 year, 320 days
9 April 2024 Incumbent 213 days
Annalena Baerbock     Germany Europe 8 December 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 336 days
Teodora Genchovska     Bulgaria Europe 13 December 2021 2 August 2022 232 days
Rosine Sori-Coulibaly     Burkina Faso Africa 10 December 2021 24 January 2022 45 days
Fekitamoeloa ʻUtoikamanu     Tonga Oceania 28 December 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 316 days
Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre     Monaco Europe 17 January 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 296 days
Nancy Tembo     Malawi Africa 27 January 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 286 days
Olivia Rouamba     Burkina Faso Africa 5 March 2022 17 December 2023 1 year, 287 days
Antonia Urrejola     Chile Americas 11 March 2022 10 March 2023 364 days
Catherine Colonna     France Europe 20 May 2022 11 January 2024 1 year, 236 days
Penny Wong     Australia Oceania 23 May 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 169 days
Tanja Fajon     Slovenia Europe 1 June 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 160 days
Choe Son-hui     North Korea Asia 11 June 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 150 days
Hadja Lahbib     Belgium Europe 15 July 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 116 days
Stergomena Tax     Tanzania Africa 3 October 2022 31 August 2023 332 days
Janaina Tewaney     Panama North America 10 October 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 29 days
Ana Gervasi     Peru Americas 10 December 2022 6 November 2023 331 days
Bimala Rai Paudyal       Nepal Asia 17 January 2023 27 February 2023 41 days
Imma Tor Faus     Andorra Europe 17 May 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 175 days
Paulette Marcelline Adjovi     Benin Africa 23 May 2023 6 June 2023 14 days
Mariya Gabriel     Bulgaria Europe 6 June 2023 9 April 2024 308 days
Alicia Bárcena     Mexico North America 12 June 2023 1 October 2024 1 year, 111 days
Luminița Odobescu     Romania Europe 15 June 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 146 days
Elina Valtonen     Finland Europe 20 June 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 141 days
Liesje Schreinemacher     Netherlands Europe 1 September 2023 5 September 2023 4 days
Hanke Bruins Slot     Netherlands Europe 5 September 2023 2 July 2024 301 days
Yōko Kamikawa     Japan Asia 13 September 2023 1 October 2024 1 year, 18 days
Celinda Sosa Lunda     Bolivia Americas 15 November 2023 Incumbent 359 days
Gabriela Sommerfeld     Ecuador Americas 23 November 2023 Incumbent 351 days
Diana Mondino     Argentina Americas 10 December 2023 Incumbent 334 days
Rasata Rafaravavitafika     Madagascar Africa 14 January 2024 Incumbent 299 days
Sara Beysolow Nyanti     Liberia Africa 9 February 2024 Incumbent 273 days
Yassine Fall     Senegal Africa 7 April 2024 Incumbent 215 days
Baiba Braže     Latvia Europe 19 April 2024 Incumbent 203 days
Arzu Rana Deuba       Nepal Asia 15 July 2024 Incumbent 116 days

Autonomous and constituent regions

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  • Italics denotes an acting foreign minister and states that are defunct.
Name Image Country/Region Continent Mandate start Mandate end Term length
Nguyễn Thị Bình     South Vietnam
(provisional government) 		Asia 1969 1976 7 years, 0 days
Emily de Jongh-Elhage     Netherlands Antilles North America 26 March 2006 10 October 2010 4 years, 198 days
Linda Fabiani     Scotland Europe 17 May 2007 12 February 2009 1 year, 271 days
Aleqa Hammond     Greenland North America 30 May 2007 26 September 2008 1 year, 119 days
5 April 2013 12 December 2014 1 year, 251 days
Fiona Hyslop     Scotland Europe 1 December 2009 17 February 2020 10 years, 78 days
Christine St-Pierre     Quebec North America 23 April 2014 18 October 2018 4 years, 178 days
Suka Frederiksen     Greenland North America 24 April 2017 11 May 2018 1 year, 17 days
Vivian Motzfeldt     Greenland North America 11 May 2018 5 October 2018 147 days
Ane Lone Bagger     Greenland North America 5 October 2018 29 May 2020 1 year, 237 days
Nadine Girault     Quebec North America 18 October 2018 20 October 2022 4 years, 2 days
Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely     Wales Europe 3 December 2018 8 October 2020 1 year, 310 days
Victòria Alsina     Catalonia Europe 26 May 2021 10 October 2022 1 year, 137 days
Meritxell Serret     Catalonia Europe 10 October 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 29 days
Martine Biron     Quebec North America 20 October 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 19 days

Sui generis entities

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Name Image Entity Continent Mandate start Mandate end Term length
Benita Ferrero-Waldner     European Union Europe 22 November 2004 1 December 2009 5 years, 9 days
Catherine Ashton     European Union Europe 1 December 2009 1 November 2014 4 years, 335 days
Federica Mogherini     European Union Europe 1 November 2014 30 November 2019 5 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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