List of foreign ministers in 1998
This is a list of foreign ministers in 1998.
Africa
Algeria - Ahmed Attaf Angola - Venâncio da Silva Moura Benin -- #Pierre Osho
- #Antoine Idji Kolawolé Botswana - Mompati Merafhe Burkina Faso - Ablassé Ouedraogo Burundi -
- #Luc Rukingama
- #Severin Ntahomvukiye Cameroon - Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni Cape Verde -
- #Amílcar Spencer Lopes
- #José Luís de Jesus Central African Republic - Jean-Mette Yapende Chad - Mahamat Saleh Annadif Comoros -
- #Ibrahim Ali Mzimba
- #Salim Himidi
- #Nidhoim Attoumane Republic of Congo - Rodolphe Adada Democratic Republic of Congo -
- #Bizima Karaha
- #Jean-Charles Okoto Côte d'Ivoire - Amara Essy Djibouti - Mohamed Moussa Chehem Egypt - Amr Moussa Equatorial Guinea - Miguel Oyono Ndong Mifumu Eritrea - Haile Woldetensae Ethiopia - Seyoum Mesfin Gabon - Casimir Oyé-Mba The Gambia -
- #Omar Njie
- #Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe Ghana - Victor Gbeho Guinea - Lamine Camara Guinea-Bissau - Fernando Delfim da Silva Kenya -
- #Kalonzo Musyoka
- #Bonaya Godana Lesotho -
- #Kelebone Maope
- #Tom Thabane Liberia - Monie Captan Libya - Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir Madagascar -
- #Herizo Razafimahaleo
- #Lila Ratsifandrihamanana Malawi - Mapopa Chipeta Mali - Modibo Sidibe Mauritania -
- #Mohamed El Hacen Ould Lebatt
- #Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna
- #Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed Mauritius - Rajkeswur Purryag Morocco - Abdellatif Filali
- * Western Sahara -
- *#Bachir Mustafa Sayed
- *#Mohamed Salem Ould Salek Mozambique - Leonardo Simão Namibia - Theo-Ben Gurirab Niger - Maman Sambo Sidikou Nigeria -
- #Tom Ikimi
- #Ignatius Olisemeka Rwanda - Anastase Gasana São Tomé and Príncipe - Homero Jeronimo Salvaterra Senegal -
- #Moustapha Niasse
- #Jacques Baudin Seychelles - Jérémie Bonnelame Sierra Leone -
- #Paolo Bangura
- #Sama Banya Somalia - no central government
- * Somaliland - Mahmud Salah Nur South Africa - Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo Sudan -
- #Ali Osman Taha
- #Mustafa Osman Ismail Swaziland -
- #Arthur Khoza
- #Albert Nhlanhla Shabangu Tanzania - Jakaya Kikwete Togo -
- #Koffi Panou
- #Joseph Kokou Koffigoh Tunisia - Said Ben Mustapha Uganda - Eriya Kategaya Zambia - Keli Walubita Zimbabwe - Stan Mudenge
Asia
Afghanistan -- #Mullah Abdul Jalil
- #Mullah Mohammad Hassan Armenia -
- #Alexander Arzumanyan
- #Vartan Oskanian Azerbaijan -
- #Hasan Hasanov
- #Tofig Zulfugarov
- * Nagorno-Karabakh - Naira Melkumian Bahrain - Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah Bangladesh - Abdus Samad Azad Bhutan -
- #Dawa Tsering
- #Jigme Thinley Brunei - Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah Cambodia -
- #Ung Huot
- #Hor Namhong China -
- #Qian Qichen
- #Tang Jiaxuan Georgia - Irakli Menagarishvili
- * Abkhazia - Sergei Shamba
- * South Ossetia - Murat Dzhioyev India -
- #I. K. Gujral
- #Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- #Jaswant Singh Indonesia - Ali Alatas Iran - Kamal Kharazi Iraq - Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf Israel -
- #David Levy
- #Benjamin Netanyahu
- #Ariel Sharon Japan -
- #Keizō Obuchi
- #Masahiko Kōmura Jordan -
- #Fayez al-Tarawneh
- #Jawad Anani
- #Abdul Ilah Khatib Kazakhstan - Kassym-Jomart Tokayev North Korea -
- #Kim Yong-nam
- #Paek Nam-sun South Korea -
- #Yu Jong-ha
- #Bak Jeong-su
- #Hong Soon-young Kuwait - Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Kyrgyzstan - Muratbek Imanaliyev Laos - Somsavat Lengsavad Lebanon -
- #Farès Boueiz
- #Selim al-Hoss Malaysia - Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Maldives - Fathulla Jameel Mongolia -
- #Shukher Altangerel
- #Rinchinnyamyn Amarjargal
- #Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa Myanmar -
- #Ohn Gyaw
- #Win Aung Nepal -
- #Kamal Thapa
- #Girija Prasad Koirala Oman - Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah Pakistan -
- #Gohar Ayub Khan
- #Sartaj Aziz 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 - Jason Hu Tajikistan - Talbak Nazarov Thailand - Surin Pitsuwan Turkey - 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
- #Abdul Qadir Bajamal
Australia and Oceania
Australia - Alexander Downer Fiji - Berenado Vunibobo Kiribati - Teburoro Tito Marshall Islands - Phillip H. Muller Micronesia - Epel K. Ilon Nauru -- #Kinza Clodumar
- #Bernard Dowiyogo New Zealand - Don McKinnon
- * Cook Islands - Inatio Akaruru Palau - Sabino Anastacio Papua New Guinea - Roy Yaki Samoa -
- #Tofilau Eti Alesana
- #Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi Solomon Islands - Patterson Oti Tonga -
- #Prince Tupouto'a Tungi
- #Baron Vaea
- #Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata Tuvalu - Bikenibeu Paeniu Vanuatu -
- #Vital Soksok
- #Donald Kalpokas
- #Clement Leo
Europe
Albania - Paskal Milo Andorra - Albert Pintat Austria - Wolfgang Schüssel Belarus -- #Ivan Antanovich
- #Ural Latypov 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 - Nadezhda Mihailova Croatia - Mate Granić Cyprus - Ioannis Kasoulidis
- * Northern Cyprus -
- *# Taner Etkin
- *# Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu Czech Republic -
- #Jaroslav Šedivý
- #Jan Kavan Denmark - Niels Helveg Petersen Estonia -
- #Toomas Hendrik Ilves
- #Raul Mälk Finland - Tarja Halonen France - Hubert Védrine Germany -
- #Klaus Kinkel
- #Joschka Fischer Greece - Theodoros Pangalos Hungary -
- #László Kovács
- #János Martonyi Iceland - Halldór Ásgrímsson Ireland - David Andrews Italy - Lamberto Dini Latvia - Valdis Birkavs Liechtenstein - Andrea Willi Lithuania - Algirdas Saudargas Luxembourg - Jacques Poos Republic of Macedonia -
- #Blagoje Handžiski
- #Aleksandar Dimitrov Malta -
- #George Vella
- #Guido de Marco Moldova - Nicolae Tăbăcaru Netherlands -
- #Hans van Mierlo
- #Jozias van Aartsen Norway - Knut Vollebæk Poland - Bronisław Geremek Portugal - Jaime Gama Romania - Andrei Pleşu Russia -
- #Yevgeny Primakov
- #Igor Ivanov
- * Chechnya -
- *# Movladi Udugo
- *# Akhyad Idigov San Marino - Gabriele Gatti Slovakia -
- #Zdenka Kramplová
- #Eduard Kukan Slovenia - Boris Frlec Spain - Abel Matutes Sweden -
- #Lena Hjelm-Wallén
- #Anna Lindh Switzerland - Flavio Cotti Ukraine -
- # Hennadiy Udovenko
- # Borys Tarasyuk United Kingdom - Robin Cook Vatican City - Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran Yugoslavia -
- #Milan Milutinović
- #Živadin Jovanović
- * Montenegro - Branko Perović
North America and the Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda - Lester Bird The Bahamas - Janet Bostwick Barbados - Billie Miller Belize -- #Dean Barrow
- #Said Musa Canada - Lloyd Axworthy
- * Quebec -
- *# Sylvain Simard
- *# Louise Beaudoin Costa Rica -
- #Fernando Naranjo Villalobos
- #Roberto Rojas López Cuba - Roberto Robaina Dominica -
- #Edison James
- #Norris Charles Dominican Republic - Eduardo Latorre Rodríguez El Salvador - Ramón Ernesto González Giner Grenada -
- #Raphael Fletcher
- #Mark Isaac Guatemala - Eduardo Stein Haiti - Fritz Longchamp Honduras -
- #Delmer Urbizo Panting
- #Fernando Martínez Jiménez Jamaica - Seymour Mullings Mexico -
- #José Ángel Gurría
- #Rosario Green Nicaragua -
- #Emilio Álvarez Montalván
- #Eduardo Montealegre Panama -
- #Ricardo Alberto Arias
- #Jorge Eduardo Ritter Puerto Rico – Norma Burgos Saint Kitts and Nevis - Denzil Douglas Saint Lucia - George Odlum Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -
- #Alpian Allen
- #Allan Cruickshank Trinidad and Tobago - Ralph Maraj United States - Madeleine Albright
South America
Argentina - Guido di Tella Bolivia - Javier Murillo de la Rocha Brazil - Luiz Felipe Palmeira Lampreia Chile - José Miguel Insulza Colombia -- #María Emma Mejía Vélez
- #Camilo Reyes
- #Guillermo Fernández de Soto Ecuador - José Ayala Lasso Guyana - Clement Rohee Paraguay -
- #Rubén Melgarejo Lanzoni
- #Dido Florentin Bogado Peru -
- #Eduardo Ferrero Costa
- #Fernando de Trazegnies Suriname - Errol Snijders Uruguay -
- #Álvaro Ramos Trigo
- #Didier Opertti Venezuela - Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas