List of foreign ministers in 1997
This is a list of foreign ministers in 1997.
Africa
Algeria - Ahmed Attaf Angola - Venâncio da Silva Moura Benin - Pierre Osho Botswana - Mompati Merafhe Burkina Faso - Ablassé Ouedraogo Burundi - Luc Rukingama Cameroon -- #Ferdinand Oyono
- #Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni Cape Verde - Amílcar Spencer Lopes Central African Republic -
- #Michel Gbezera-Bria
- #Jean-Mette Yapende Chad -
- #Saleh Kebzabo
- #Mahamat Saleh Annadif Comoros -
- #Said Omar Said Ahmed
- #Mouhtar Ahmed Charif
- #Ibrahim Ali Mzimba Republic of the Congo -
- #Arsène Tsaty Boungou
- #Rodolphe Adada Democratic Republic of the Congo / Zaire -
- #Gérard Kamanda Wa Kamanda
- #Bizima Karaha Côte d'Ivoire - Amara Essy Djibouti - Mohamed Moussa Chehem Egypt - Amr Moussa Equatorial Guinea - Miguel Oyono Ndong Mifumu Eritrea -
- #Petros Solomon
- #Haile Woldetensae Ethiopia - Seyoum Mesfin Gabon - Casimir Oyé-Mba The Gambia -
- #Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne
- #Omar Njie Ghana -
- #Obed Asamoah
- #Kwamena Ahwoi
- #Victor Gbeho Guinea - Lamine Camara Guinea-Bissau - Fernando Delfim da Silva Kenya - Kalonzo Musyoka Lesotho - Kelebone Maope Liberia - Monie Captan Libya - Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir Madagascar -
- #Evariste Marson
- #Herizo Razafimahaleo Malawi -
- #George Ntafu
- #Mapopa Chipeta Mali -
- #Dioncounda Traoré
- #Modibo Sidibe Mauritania -
- #Lemrabott Sidi Mahmoud Ould Cheikh Ahmed
- #Ahmed Sidi Ould Khalifa
- #Abdallahi Ould Nem
- #Sow Abou Demha
- #Mohamed El Hacen Ould Lebatt Mauritius -
- #Paul Bérenger
- #Navin Ramgoolam
- #Rajkeswur Purryag Morocco - Abdellatif Filali
- * Western Sahara -
- *#Malainine Sadik
- *#Bachir Mustafa Sayed Mozambique - Leonardo Simão Namibia - Theo-Ben Gurirab Niger -
- #Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki
- #Maman Sambo Sidikou Nigeria - Tom Ikimi Rwanda - Anastase Gasana São Tomé and Príncipe - Homero Jeronimo Salvaterra Senegal - Moustapha Niasse Seychelles -
- #Danielle de St. Jorre
- #France-Albert René
- #Jérémie Bonnelame Sierra Leone -
- #Shirley Gbujama
- #Paolo Bangura Somalia - no central government
- * Somaliland - Mahmud Salah Nur South Africa - Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo Sudan - Ali Osman Taha Swaziland - Arthur Khoza Tanzania - Jakaya Kikwete Togo - Koffi Panou Tunisia -
- #Habib Ben Yahia
- #Abderrahim Zouari
- #Said Ben Mustapha Uganda - Eriya Kategaya Zambia -
- #Lawrence Shimba
- #Keli Walubita Zimbabwe - Stan Mudenge
Asia
Afghanistan -- #Mohammad Ghous
- #Mullah Abdul Jalil Armenia - Alexander Arzumanyan Azerbaijan - Hasan Hasanov
- * Nagorno-Karabakh -
- *# Arkadi Ghukasyan
- *# Naira Melkumian Bahrain - Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah Bangladesh - Abdus Samad Azad Bhutan - Dawa Tsering Brunei - Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah Cambodia - Ung Huot China - Qian Qichen Georgia - Irakli Menagarishvili
- * Abkhazia -
- *# Konstantin Ozgan
- *# Sergei Shamba India - I. K. Gujral Indonesia - Ali Alatas Iran -
- #Ali Akbar Velayati
- #Kamal Kharazi Iraq - Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf Israel - David Levy Japan -
- #Yukihiko Ikeda
- #Keizō Obuchi Jordan -
- #Abdul Karim al-Kabariti
- #Fayez al-Tarawneh Kazakhstan - Kassym-Jomart Tokayev North Korea - Kim Yong-nam South Korea - Yu Jong-ha Kuwait - Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Kyrgyzstan -
- #Roza Otunbayeva
- #Muratbek Imanaliyev Laos - Somsavat Lengsavad Lebanon - Farès Boueiz Malaysia - Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Maldives - Fathulla Jameel Mongolia -
- #Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan
- #Shukher Altangerel Myanmar - Ohn Gyaw Nepal -
- #Prakash Chandra Lohani
- #Kamal Thapa Oman - Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah Pakistan -
- #Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
- #Gohar Ayub Khan Philippines - Domingo Siazon, Jr. Qatar - Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani Saudi Arabia - Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Singapore - S. Jayakumar Sri Lanka - Lakshman Kadirgamar Syria - Farouk al-Sharaa Taiwan -
- #John Chiang
- #Jason Hu Tajikistan - Talbak Nazarov Thailand -
- #Prachuab Chaiyasan
- #Surin Pitsuwan Turkey -
- #Tansu Çiller
- #İsmail Cem Turkmenistan - Boris Şyhmyradow United Arab Emirates - Rashid Abdullah Al Nuaimi Uzbekistan - Abdulaziz Komilov Vietnam - Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm Yemen - Abd al-Karim al-Iryani
Australia and Oceania
Australia - Alexander Downer Fiji -- #Filipe Bole
- #Berenado Vunibobo Kiribati - Teburoro Tito Marshall Islands - Phillip H. Muller Micronesia -
- #Asterio R. Takesy
- #Epel K. Ilon Nauru -
- #Rueben Kun
- #Kinza Clodumar New Zealand - Don McKinnon
- * Cook Islands - Inatio Akaruru Palau - Sabino Anastacio Papua New Guinea -
- #Kilroy Genia
- #Chris Haiveta
- #Roy Yaki Solomon Islands -
- #David Sitai
- #Patterson Oti Tonga - Prince Tupouto'a Tungi Tuvalu - Bikenibeu Paeniu Vanuatu -
- #Willie Jimmy
- #Amos Andeng
- #Vital Soksok Western Samoa - Tofilau Eti Alesana
Europe
Albania -- #Tritan Shehu
- #Arjan Starova
- #Paskal Milo Andorra -
- #Manuel Mas Ribó
- #Albert Pintat Austria - Wolfgang Schüssel Belarus -
- #Uladzimir Syanko
- #Ivan Antanovich Belgium - Erik Derycke
- * Brussels-Capital Region - Jos Chabert
- * Flanders - Luc Van den Brande
- * Wallonia - William Ancion Bosnia and Herzegovina - Jadranko Prlić
- * Republika Srpska - Aleksa Buha Bulgaria -
- #Irina Bokova
- #Stoyan Stalev
- #Nadezhda Mihailova Croatia - Mate Granić Cyprus -
- #Alekos Michaelides
- #Ioannis Kasoulidis
- * Northern Cyprus - Taner Etkin Czech Republic -
- #Josef Zieleniec
- #Jaroslav Šedivý Denmark - Niels Helveg Petersen Estonia - Toomas Hendrik Ilves Finland - Tarja Halonen France -
- #Hervé de Charette
- #Hubert Védrine Germany - Klaus Kinkel Greece - Theodoros Pangalos Hungary - László Kovács Iceland - Halldór Ásgrímsson Ireland -
- #Dick Spring
- #Ray Burke
- #David Andrews Italy - Lamberto Dini Latvia - Valdis Birkavs Liechtenstein - Andrea Willi Lithuania - Algirdas Saudargas Luxembourg - Jacques Poos Republic of Macedonia -
- #Ljubomir Frckovski
- #Blagoje Handžiski Malta - George Vella Moldova -
- #Mihai Popov
- #Nicolae Tăbăcaru Netherlands - Hans van Mierlo Norway -
- #Bjørn Tore Godal
- #Knut Vollebæk Poland -
- #Dariusz Rosati
- #Bronisław Geremek Portugal - Jaime Gama Romania -
- #Adrian Severin
- #Andrei Pleşu Russia - Yevgeny Primakov
- * Chechnya -
- *# Ruslan Chimayev
- *# Movladi Udugo San Marino - Gabriele Gatti Slovakia -
- #Pavol Hamžík
- #Zdenka Kramplová Slovenia -
- #Davorin Kračun
- #Zoran Thaler
- #Boris Frlec Spain - Abel Matutes Sweden - Lena Hjelm-Wallén Switzerland - Flavio Cotti Ukraine - Hennadiy Udovenko United Kingdom -
- #Malcolm Rifkind
- #Robin Cook Vatican City - Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran Yugoslavia - Milan Milutinović
- * Montenegro -
- *# Janko Jeknić
- *# Branko Perović
North America and the Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda - Lester Bird The Bahamas - Janet Bostwick Barbados - Billie Miller Belize - Dean Barrow Canada - Lloyd Axworthy- * Quebec - Sylvain Simard Costa Rica - Fernando Naranjo Villalobos Cuba - Roberto Robaina Dominica - Edison James Dominican Republic - Eduardo Latorre Rodríguez El Salvador - Ramón Ernesto González Giner Grenada -
- #Keith Mitchell
- #Raphael Fletcher Guatemala - Eduardo Stein Haiti - Fritz Longchamp Honduras - Delmer Urbizo Panting Jamaica - Seymour Mullings Mexico - José Ángel Gurría Nicaragua -
- #Ernesto Leal
- #Emilio Álvarez Montalván Panama - Ricardo Alberto Arias Puerto Rico – Norma Burgos Saint Kitts and Nevis - Denzil Douglas Saint Lucia -
- #Vaughan Lewis
- #George Odlum Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Alpian Allen Trinidad and Tobago - Ralph Maraj United States -
- #Warren Christopher
- #Madeleine Albright
South America
Argentina - Guido di Tella Bolivia -- #Antonio Araníbar Quiroga
- #Javier Murillo de la Rocha Brazil - Luiz Felipe Palmeira Lampreia Chile - José Miguel Insulza Colombia - María Emma Mejía Vélez Ecuador -
- #Galo Leoro Franco
- #José Ayala Lasso Guyana - Clement Rohee Paraguay - Rubén Melgarejo Lanzoni Peru -
- #Francisco Tudela
- #Eduardo Ferrero Costa Suriname -
- #Faried Pierkhan
- #Errol Snijders Uruguay - Álvaro Ramos Trigo Venezuela - Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas