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List of foreign ministers in 2000

Foreign ministers in 1999 - State leaders in 2000 - Foreign ministers in 2001

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Africa

• Algeria -
  1. Youcef Yousfi (1999-2000)
  2. Abdelaziz Belkhadem (2000-present)
• Angola - João Bernardo de Miranda (1999-present)
• Benin - Antoine Idji Kolawolé (1998-2003)
• Botswana - Mompati Merafhe (1994-present)
• Burkina Faso - Youssouf Ouedraogo (1999-present)
• Burundi - Severin Ntahomvukiye (1998-2001)
• Cameroon - Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni (1997-2001)
• Cape Verde -
  1. José Luís de Jesus (1998-2000)
  2. Rui Alberto de Figueiredo Soares (2000-2001)
• Central African Republic - Marcel Metefara (1999-2001)
• Chad - Mahamat Saleh Annadif (1997-2003)
• Comoros - Soeuf Mohamed Elamine (1999-2002)
• Republic of Congo - Rodolphe Adada (1997-present)
• Democratic Republic of Congo -
  1. Abdoulaye Yerodia Ndombasi (1999-2000)
  2. Léonard She Okitundu (2000-2003)
• Côte d'Ivoire -
  1. Amara Essy (1990-2000)
  2. Christophe Mboua (2000)
  3. Charles Gomis (2000)
  4. Abou Drahamane Sangare (2000-2003)
• Djibouti - Ali Abdi Farah (1999-present)
• Egypt - Amr Moussa (1991-2001)
• Equatorial Guinea - Santiago Nsobeya Efuman (1999-2003)
• Eritrea -
  1. Haile Woldetensae (1997-2000)
  2. Ali Said Abdella (2000-present)
• Ethiopia - Seyoum Mesfin (1991-present)
• Gabon - Jean Ping (1999-present)
• The Gambia - Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe (1998-2001)
• Ghana - Victor Gbeho (1997-2001)
• Guinea -
  1. Zainoul Abidine Sanoussy (1999-2000)
  2. Mahawa Bangoura (2000-2002)
• Guinea-Bissau -
  1. José Pereira Baptista (1999-2000)
  2. Yaya Diallo (2000-2001)
• Kenya - Bonaya Godana (1998-2001)
• Lesotho - Tom Thabane (1998-2002)
• Liberia - Monie Captan (1996-2003)
• Libya -
  1. Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir (1992-2000)
  2. Abdel Rahman Shalgham (2000-present)
• Madagascar - Lila Ratsifandrihamanana (1998-2002)
• Malawi -
  1. Brown Mpinganjira (1999-2000)
  2. Lilian Patel (2000-2004)
• Mali - Modibo Sidibe (1997-2002)
• Mauritania - Ahmed Ould Sidi Ahmed (1998-2001)
• Mauritius -
  1. Rajkeswur Purryag (1997-2000)
  2. Anil Kumarsingh Gayan (2000-2003)
• Morocco - Mohamed Benaissa (1999-present)
• Mozambique - Leonardo Simão (1994-present)
• Namibia - Theo-Ben Gurirab (1990-2002)
• Niger -
  1. Aïchatou Mindaoudou (1999-2000)
  2. Nassirou Sabo (2000-2001)
• Nigeria - Sule Lamido (1999-2003)
• Rwanda -
  1. Augustin Iyamuremye (1999-2000)
  2. André Bumaya (2000-2002)
• São Tomé and Príncipe -
  1. Paulo Jorge Espirito Santo (1999-2000)
  2. Joaquim Rafael Branco (2000-2001)
• Senegal -
  1. Jacques Baudin (1998-2000)
  2. Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (2000-present)
• Seychelles - Jeremie Bonnelame (1997-present)
• Sierra Leone - Sama Banya (1998-2001)
• Somalia - Ismail Mahmud Hurre (2000-2002)
• South Africa - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1999-present)
• The Sudan - Mustafa Osman Ismail (1998-present)
• Swaziland - Albert Nhlanhla Shabangu (1998-2001)
• Tanzania - Jakaya Kikwete (1995-present)
• Togo -
  1. Joseph Kokou Koffigoh (1998-2000)
  2. Koffi Panou (2000-2002)
• Tunisia - Habib Ben Yahia (1999-present)
• Uganda - Eriya Kategaya (1996-2001)
• Western Sahara - Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998-present)
• Zambia - Keli Walubita (1997-2002)
• Zimbabwe - Stan Mudenge (1995-present)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Mullah Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil (1999-2001)
• Armenia - Vartan Oskanyan (1998-present)
• Azerbaijan - Vilayat Guliyev (1999-2004)
• Bahrain - Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah (1971-present)
• Bangladesh - Abdus Samad Azad (1996-2001)
• Bhutan - Lyonpo Jigme Thinley (1998-2003)
• Brunei - Pagiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah (1984-present)
• Cambodia - Hor Nam Hong (1998-present)
• People's Republic of China - Tang Jiaxuan (1998-2003)
• Cyprus - Ioannis Kasoulides (1997-2003)
• Georgia - Irakli Menagharishvili (1995-2003)
• India - Jaswant Singh (1998-2002)
• Indonesia - Alwi Shihab (1999-2001)
• Iran - Kamal Kharrazi (1997-present)
• Iraq - Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (1992-2001)
• Israel -
  1. David Levy (1999-2000)
  2. Ehud Barak (2000)
  3. Shlomo Ben-Ami (2000-2001)
• Japan - Yohei Kono (1999-2001)
• Jordan - Abdul Ilah Khatib (1998-2002)
• Kazakhstan - Yerlan Idrisov (1999-2002)
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Paek Nam Sun (1998-present)
• Republic of Korea -
  1. Hong Sun Yong (1998-2000)
  2. Lee Joung Binn (2000-2001)
• Kuwait - Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah (1978-2003)
• Kyrgyzstan - Muratbek Imanaliyev (1997-2002)
• Laos - Somsavat Lengsavad (1993-present)
• Lebanon -
  1. Selim al-Hoss (1998-2000)
  2. Mahmoud Hammoud (2000-2003)
• Malaysia - Syed Hamid Albar (1999-present)
• Maldives - Fathulla Jameel (1978-present)
• Mongolia -
  1. Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa (1998-2000)
  2. Luvsangiyn Erdenechuluun (2000-present)
• Myanmar - Win Aung (1998-present)
• Nepal -
  1. Ram Sharan Mahat (1999-2000)
  2. Chakra Bastola (2000-2001)
• Oman - Youssef al-Alawi Abdullah (1982-present)
• Pakistan - Abdul Sattar (1999-2002)
• Philippines - Domingo Siazon (1995-2001)
• Qatar - Hamad ibn Jaber al Thani (1992-present)
• Saudi Arabia - Prince Sa'ud al-Faysal (1975-present)
• Singapore - Shanmugam Jayakumar (1994-present)
• Sri Lanka - Lakshman Kadirgamar (1994-2001)
• Syria - Farouk al-Sharaa (1984-present)
• Taiwan (Republic of China) -
  1. Chen Chien-jen (1999-2000)
  2. Tien Hung-mao (2000-2002)
• Tajikistan - Talbak Nazarov (1994-present)
• Thailand - Surin Pitsuwan (1997-2001)
• Turkey - Ismail Cem (1997-2002)
• Turkmenistan -
  1. Boris Shikhmuradov (1995-2000)
  2. Batir Berdiyev (2000-2001)
• United Arab Emirates - Rashid ibn Abdullah Al Nuaimi (1980-present)
• Uzbekistan - Abdulaziz Kamilov (1994-2003)
• Vietnam -
  1. Nguyen Manh Cam (1991-2000)
  2. Nguyen Di Nien (2000-present)
• Yemen - Abdul Qader Bajamal (1998-2001)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia - Alexander Downer (1996-present)
• Fiji -
  1. Tupeni Baba (1999-2000)
  2. Kaliopate Tavola (2000-present)
• Kiribati - Teburoro Tito (1994-2003)
• Marshall Islands -
  1. Phillip Muller (1994-2000)
  2. Alvin Jacklick (2000-2001)
• Federated States of Micronesia -
  1. Epel K. Ilon (1997-2000)
  2. Ieske K. Iehsi (2000-2003)
• Nauru -
  1. René Harris (1999-2000)
  2. Bernard Dowiyogo (2000-2001)
• New Zealand - Phil Goff (1999-present)
• Palau - Kuniwo Nakamura (1993-2001)
• Papua New Guinea -
  1. Sir John Kaputin (1999-2000)
  2. Sir Michael Somare (2000)
  3. Bart Philemon (2000-2001)
• Samoa - Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi (1998-present)
• Solomon Islands -
  1. Patterson Oti (1997-2000)
  2. Danny Philip (2000-2001)
• Tonga - Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata (1998-present)
• Tuvalu -
  1. Ionatana Ionatana (1999-2000)
  2. Lagitupu Tuilimu (2000-2001)
• Vanuatu - Serge Vohor (1999-2001)

Europe

• Albania - Paskal Milo (1997-2001)
• Andorra - Albert Pintat Santolària (1997-2001)
• Austria -
  1. Wolfgang Schüssel (1995-2000)
  2. Benita Ferrero-Waldner (2000-present)
• Belarus -
  1. Ural Latypov (1998-2000)
  2. Mikhail Khvostov (2000-2003)
• Belgium - Louis Michel (1999-2004)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Jadranko Prlic (1996-2001)
• Bulgaria - Nadezhda Mihailova (1997-2001)
• Croatia -
  1. Mate Granic (1993-2000)
  2. Tonino Picula (2000-2003)
• Czech Republic - Jan Kavan (1998-2002)
• Denmark -
  1. Niels Helveg Petersen (1993-2000)
  2. Mogens Lykketoft (2000-2001)
• Estonia - Toomas Ilves (1999-2002)
• Finland -
  1. Tarja Halonen (1995-2000)
  2. Erkki Tuomioja (2000-present)
• France - Hubert Védrine (1997-2002)
• Germany - Joschka Fischer (1998-present)
• Greece - Georgios Papandreou (1999-2004)
• Hungary - János Martonyi (1992-2002)
• Iceland - Halldór Ásgrímsson (1995-present)
• Republic of Ireland -
  1. David Andrews (1997-2000)
  2. Brian Cowen (2000-present)
• Italy - Lamberto Dini (1996-2001)
• Latvia - Indulis Berzins (1999-2002)
• Liechtenstein - Andrea Willi (1993-2001)
• Lithuania -
  1. Algirdas Saudargas (1996-2000)
  2. Antanas Valionis (2000-present)
• Luxembourg - Lydie Polfer (1999-2004)
• Republic of Macedonia -
  1. Aleksandar Dimitrov (1998-2000)
  2. Srgjan Kerim (2000-2001)
• Malta - Joe Borg (1999-2004)
• Moldova -
  1. Nicolae Tabacaru (1997-2000)
  2. Nicolae Cernomaz (2000-2001)
• Netherlands - Jozias van Aartsen (1998-2002)
• Norway -
  1. Knut Vollebæk (1997-2000)
  2. Thorbjørn Jagland (2000-2001)
• Poland -
  1. Bronislaw Geremek (1997-2000)
  2. Wladyslaw Bartoszewski (2000-2001)
• Portugal - Jaime Gama (1995-2002)
• Romania -
  1. Petre Roman (1999-2000)
  2. Mircea Geoana (2000-present)
• Russia - Igor Ivanov (1998-2004)
• San Marino - Gabriele Gatti (1986-2002)
• Slovakia - Eduard Kukan (1998-present)
• Slovenia -
  1. Boris Frlec (1997-2000)
  2. Dimitrij Rupel (2000)
  3. Lojze Peterle (2000)
  4. Dimitrij Rupel (2000-2004)
• Spain -
  1. Abel Matutes (1996-2000)
  2. Josep Piqué i Camps (2000-2002)
• Sweden - Anna Lindh (1998-2003)
• Switzerland - Joseph Deiss (1999-2002)
• United Kingdom - Robin Cook (1997-2001)
• Vatican City - Jean-Louis Tauran (1990-2003)
• Yugoslavia -
  1. Zivadin Jovanovic (1998-2000)
  2. Zoran Novakovic (2000)
  3. Goran Svilanovic (2000-2004)

North America and the Caribbean

• Antigua and Barbuda - Lester Bird (1991-2004)
• The Bahamas - Janet Bostwick (1994-2002)
• Barbados - Billie Miller (1994-present)
• Belize - Said Musa (1998-2002)
• Canada -
  1. Lloyd Axworthy (1996-2000)
  2. John Manley (2000-2002)
• Costa Rica - Roberto Rojas López (1998-2002)
• Cuba - Felipe Pérez Roque (1999-present)
• Dominica -
  1. Norris Charles (1998-2000)
  2. Rosie Douglas (2000)
  3. Pierre Charles (2000-2001)
• Dominican Republic -
  1. Eduardo Latorre Rodríguez (1996-2000)
  2. Hugo Tolentino Dipp (2000-2003)
• El Salvador - María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila (1999-2004)
• Grenada -
  1. Mark Isaac (1999-2000)
  2. Elvin Nimrod (2000-present)
• Guatemala -
  1. Eduardo Stein Barillas (1996-2000)
  2. Gabriel Orellana Rojas (2000-2002)
• Guyana - Clement Rohee (1992-2001)
• Haiti - Fritz Longchamp (1995-2001)
• Honduras - Roberto Flores Bermúdez (1999-2002)
• Jamaica -
  1. Seymour Mullings (1995-2000)
  2. Paul Robertson (2000-2001)
• Mexico -
  1. Rosario Green (1998-2000)
  2. Jorge Castañeda (2000-2003)
• Nicaragua -
  1. Eduardo Montealegre (1998-2000)
  2. José Adán Guerra Pastora (2000)
  3. Francisco Aguirre Sacasa (2000-2002)
• Panama - José Miguel Alemán Healy (1999-2003)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis -
  1. Denzil Douglas (1995-2000)
  2. Sam Condor (2000-2001)
• Saint Lucia - George Odlum (1997-2001)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Allan Cruickshank (1998-2001)
• Trinidad and Tobago -
  1. Ralph Maraj (1995-2000)
  2. Mervyn Assam (2000-2001)
• United States - Madeleine Albright (1997-2001)

South America

• Argentina - Adalberto Rodríguez Giavarini (1999-2001)
• Bolivia - Javier Murillo de la Rocha (1997-2001)
• Brazil - Luiz Felipe Palmeira Lampreia (1995-2001)
• Chile -
  1. Juan Gabriel Valdés (1999-2000)
  2. Soledad Alvear Valenzuela (2000-present)
• Colombia - Guillermo Fernández de Soto (1998-2002)
• Ecuador -
  1. Benjamín Ortiz Brennan (1999-2000)
  2. Heinz Moeller Freile (2000-2003)
• Paraguay -
  1. José Félix Fernández Estigarribia (1999-2000)
  2. Juan Esteban Aguirre Martínez (2000-2001)
• Peru -
  1. Fernando de Trazegnies (1998-2000)
  2. Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (2000-2001)
• Suriname -
  1. Errol Snijders (1997-2000)
  2. Marie Levens (2000-present)
• Uruguay - Didier Opertti Badan (1998-present)
• Venezuela - José Vicente Rangel (1999-2001)