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. Sweden has had nine female ministers, a world record.

Sovereign states

  Denotes incumbent foreign minister
  • Italics denotes an acting foreign minister and states that are defunct.
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[1] Israel Asia 18 June 1956[2] 12 January 1966 9 years, 208 days
Tahira Tahirova Azerbaijan SSR Asia 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[3] Canada Americas 4 June 1979[3] 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 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 4 February 2024 11 years, 62 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 1 year, 58 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 9 years, 123 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 8 years, 161 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 7 years, 180 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 7 years, 142 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, 248 days
Elsa Teixeira Pinto São Tomé and Príncipe Africa 3 December 2018 19 September 2020 6 years, 217 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 6 years, 206 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 6 years, 60 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 6 years, 37 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 5 years, 172 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, 292 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, 249 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 16 January 2025 3 years, 361 days
Eva-Maria Liimets Estonia Europe 26 January 2021 3 June 2022 1 year, 128 days
Battsetseg Batmunkh Mongolia Asia 29 January 2021 Incumbent 4 years, 160 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 		4 years, 115 days
2 years, 166 days
Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz Kosovo Europe 22 March 2021 Incumbent 4 years, 108 days
Dominique Hasler Liechtenstein Europe 25 March 2021 Incumbent 4 years, 105 days
Liberata Mulamula Tanzania Africa 31 March 2021 3 October 2022 1 year, 186 days
Kandia Camara Ivory Coast Africa 6 April 2021 Incumbent 4 years, 93 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 4 years, 45 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 13 May 2025 3 years, 199 days
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir Iceland Europe 28 November 2021 14 October 2023 1 year, 320 days
9 April 2024 21 December 2024 256 days
Annalena Baerbock Germany Europe 8 December 2021 6 May 2025 3 years, 149 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 3 years, 192 days
Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre Monaco Europe 17 January 2022 Incumbent 3 years, 172 days
Nancy Tembo Malawi Africa 27 January 2022 Incumbent 3 years, 162 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 3 years, 46 days
Tanja Fajon Slovenia Europe 1 June 2022 Incumbent 3 years, 37 days
Choe Son-hui North Korea Asia 11 June 2022 Incumbent 3 years, 27 days
Hadja Lahbib Belgium Europe 15 July 2022 1 December 2024 2 years, 139 days
Stergomena Tax Tanzania Africa 3 October 2022 31 August 2023 332 days
Janaina Tewaney Panama North America 10 October 2022 1 July 2024 1 year, 265 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 2 years, 52 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 23 December 2024 1 year, 191 days
Elina Valtonen Finland Europe 20 June 2023 Incumbent 2 years, 18 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 1 year, 235 days
Gabriela Sommerfeld Ecuador Americas 23 November 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 227 days
Diana Mondino Argentina Americas 10 December 2023 30 October 2024 325 days
Rasata Rafaravavitafika Madagascar Africa 14 January 2024 Incumbent 1 year, 175 days
Sara Beysolow Nyanti Liberia Africa 9 February 2024 Incumbent 1 year, 149 days
Yassine Fall Senegal Africa 7 April 2024 Incumbent 1 year, 92 days
Baiba Braže Latvia Europe 19 April 2024 Incumbent 1 year, 80 days
Arzu Rana Deuba   Nepal Asia 15 July 2024 Incumbent 358 days
Maria Malmer Stenergard Sweden Europe 10 September 2024 Incumbent 301 days
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir Iceland Europe 21 December 2024 Incumbent 199 days
Beate Meinl-Reisinger Austria Europe 3 March 2025 Incumbent 127 days
Selma Ashipala-Musavyi Namibia Africa 21 March 2025 Incumbent 109 days
Anita Anand Canada Americas 13 May 2025 Incumbent 56 days
Oana Țoiu Romania Europe 23 June 2025 Incumbent 15 days
Tess Lazaro Philippines Asia 1 July 2025 Incumbent 7 days

Autonomous and constituent regions

  Denotes incumbent foreign minister
  • 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 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, 271 days
Martine Biron Quebec North America 20 October 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 261 days

Sui generis entities

  Denotes incumbent foreign minister
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
Kaja Kallas European Union Europe 1 December 2024 Incumbent 219 days

See also

Notes

  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

  1. ^ Feldman, Trude (7 May 1978). "Golda Meir at 80: Israel's Symbol of Wisdom". The Palm Beach Post. pp. A22. Retrieved 14 June 2025. She has also served as her country's minister of labor, secretary general of the Labor Party and foreign minister.
  2. ^ "Golda Meir, Sturdy Architect of Israeli Politics, Dies at 80". The Morning Union. Springfield, Massachusetts. 9 Dec 1978. pp. 1, 4. In 1956... David Ben Gurion named her as foreign minister
  3. ^ a b "Flora MacDonald is Canada's First Female Foreign Minister". Press Register. Mobile, Alabama. 10 Jun 1979. pp. 17-F. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
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