List of current foreign ministers
[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Afghanistan Rangin Dadfar Spanta 22 March 2006
Albania Besnik Mustafaj 11 September 2005 Algeria Mohammed Bedjaoui 1 May 2005 Andorra Juli Minoves Triquell 7 April 2001 Angola João Bernardo de Miranda 30 January 1999 Antigua and Barbuda Baldwin Spencer 6 January 2005 Argentina Jorge Taiana 1 December 2005 Armenia Vartan Oskanian 10 April 1998 Australia Alexander Downer 11 March 1996 Austria Ursula Plassnik 20 October 2004 Azerbaijan Elmar Mamedyarov 2 April 2004 Bahamas Fred Mitchell 10 May 2002 Bahrain Sheikh Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah 26 September 2005 Bangladesh Iajuddin Ahmed (acting) 1 November 2006 Barbados Dame Billie Miller 7 September 1994 Belarus Syarhey Martynau 21 March 2003 Belgium Karel De Gucht 20 July 2004 Belize Eamon Courtenay 12 April 2006 Benin Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo 10 April 2006 Bhutan Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk 10 July 2003 Bolivia David Choquehuanca 23 January 2006 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mladen Ivanić 13 January 2003 Botswana Mompati Merafhe 1994 Brazil Celso Amorim 1 January 2003 Brunei Pagiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah 1 January 1984 Bulgaria Ivailo Kalfin 16 August 2005 Burkina Faso Youssouf Ouédraogo 14 January 1999 Burma Nyan Win 18 September 2004 Burundi Antoinette Batumubwira 30 August 2005 Cambodia Hor Namhong 30 November 1998 Cameroon Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara 22 September 2006 Canada Peter MacKay 6 February 2006 Cape Verde Víctor Borges 3 April 2004 Central African Republic Côme Zoumara 2 September 2006 Chad Ahmad Allam-Mi 7 August 2005 Chile Alejandro Foxley 11 March 2006 People's Republic of China Li Zhaoxing 17 March 2003 Colombia María Consuelo Araújo 7 August 2006 Comoros Ahmed Said Jaffar 28 May 2006 Republic of the Congo Rodolphe Adada 3 November 1997 Democratic Republic of the Congo Raymond Ramazani Baya 22 July 2004 Costa Rica Bruno Stagno 8 May 2006 Côte d'Ivoire Youssouf Bakayoko 3 January 2006 Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović 17 February 2005 Cuba Felipe Pérez Roque 28 May 1999 Cyprus George Lillikas 13 June 2006 Czech Republic Alexandr Vondra 4 September 2006 Denmark Per Stig Møller 27 November 2001 Djibouti Mahamoud Ali Youssouf 22 May 2005 Dominica Charles Savarin 12 May 2005 Dominican Republic Carlos Morales Troncoso 16 August 2004 East Timor José Luís Guterres 14 July 2006 Egypt Ahmed Aboul Gheit 10 July 2004 Ecuador Francisco Carrión 10 October 2005 El Salvador Francisco Laínez 1 June 2004 Equatorial Guinea Pastor Micha Ondó Bile 11 February 2003 Eritrea Mohamed Omar (acting) October 2005 Estonia Urmas Paet 13 April 2005 Ethiopia Seyoum Mesfin 1991 Fiji Kaliopate Tavola 4 July 2000 Finland Erkki Tuomioja 25 February 2000 France Philippe Douste-Blazy 2 June 2005 Gabon Jean Ping 25 January 1999 Gambia Bala Garba Jahumpa 27 October 2006 Georgia Gela Bezhuashvili 19 October 2005 Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier 22 November 2005 Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo 1 April 2003 Greece Dora Bakoyannis 15 February 2006 Grenada Elvin Nimrod 2000 Guatemala Gert Rosenthal 1 August 2006 Guinea Mamady Condé 29 May 2006 Guinea-Bissau António Isaac Monteiro 9 November 2005 Guyana Samuel Insanally 21 May 2001 Haiti Rénald Clérismé 9 June 2006 Honduras Milton Jiménez 27 January 2006 Holy See Dominique Mamberti 15 September 2006 Hungary Kinga Göncz 9 June 2006 Iceland Valgerður Sverrisdóttir 15 June 2006 India Pranab Mukherjee 24 October 2006 Indonesia Hassan Wirajuda 9 August 2001 Iran Manouchehr Mottaki 24 August 2005 Iraq Hoshyar Zebari 3 September 2003 Ireland Dermot Ahern 29 September 2004 Israel Tzipi Livni 18 January 2006 Italy Massimo D'Alema 17 May 2006 Jamaica Anthony Hylton 31 March 2006 Japan Taro Aso 21 October 2005 Jordan Abdul Ilah Khatib 27 November 2005 Kazakhstan Kasymzhomart Tokayev 29 January 2002 Kenya Raphael Tuju 7 December 2005 Kyrgyzstan Alikbek Jekshenkulov 30 September 2005 Kiribati Anote Tong 4 July 2003 North Korea Paek Nam Sun 5 September 1998 South Korea Song Min Soon 1 November 2006 Kuwait Sheikh Muhammad Al-Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah 14 July 2003 Laos Thongloun Sisoulith 8 June 2006 Latvia Artis Pabriks 21 July 2004 Lebanon Fawzi Salloukh 19 July 2005 Lesotho Monyane Moleleki 19 November 2004 Liberia George Wallace 23 January 2006 Libya Abdel Rahman Shalgham 1 March 2000 Liechtenstein Rita Kieber-Beck 21 April 2005 Lithuania Petras Vaitiekūnas 18 July 2006 Luxembourg Jean Asselborn 21 July 2004 Macedonia Antonio Milošoski 27 Aug 2006 Madagascar Marcel Ranjeva 14 May 2002 Malaysia Syed Hamid Albar 8 January 1999 Malawi Joyce Banda 1 June 2006 Maldives Ahmed Shaheed 14 July 2005 Mali Moctar Ouane 2 May 2004 Malta Michael Frendo 3 July 2004 Marshall Islands Gerald Zackios 6 July 2001 Mauritius Madun Dulloo 7 July 2005 Mauritania Ahmed Ould Sidi Ahmed 10 August 2005 Mexico Patricia Espinosa 1 December 2006 Micronesia Sebastian Anefal 5 September 2003 Moldova Andrei Stratan 4 February 2002 Monaco Henri Fissore 11 July 2006 Mongolia Nyamaa Enkhbold 28 January 2006 Montenegro Milan Rocen 10 November 2006 Morocco Mohamed Benaissa 8 April 1999 Mozambique Alcinda Abreu 3 February 2005 Namibia Marco Hausiku 27 May 2004 Nauru David Adeang 22 June 2004 Nepal Khadga Prasad Oli 2 May 2006 Netherlands Bernard Bot 3 December 2003 New Zealand Winston Peters 19 October 2005 Nicaragua Norman José Caldera Cardenal 10 January 2002 Niger Aïchatou Mindaoudou 17 September 2001 Nigeria Joy Ogwu 30 August 2006 Norway Jonas Gahr Støre 17 October 2005 Oman Youssef al-Alawi Abdullah 1982 Pakistan Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri 23 November 2002 Palau Tommy Remengesau 1 January 2001 Palestinian Authority Mahmoud al-Zahar 29 March 2006 Panama Samuel Lewis Navarro 1 September 2004 Papua New Guinea Paul Tiensten 15 November 2006 Paraguay Rubén Ramírez Lezcano 22 August 2006 Peru José Antonio García Belaúnde 28 July 2006 Philippines Alberto Romulo 18 August 2004 Poland Anna Fotyga 5 May 2006 Portugal Luís Amado 3 July 2006 Qatar Sheikh Hamad ibn Jaber Al Thani 1 September 1992 Romania Mihai-Răzvan Ungureanu 29 December 2004 Russia Sergey Lavrov 9 March 2004 Rwanda Charles Murigande 15 November 2002 Saint Kitts and Nevis Timothy Harris 10 August 2001 Saint Lucia Petrus Compton 26 October 2004 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sir Louis Straker 8 December 2005 San Marino Fiorenzo Stolfi 27 July 2006 Samoa Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi 23 November 1998 Sao Tome and Principe Carlos Gustavo dos Anjos 21 April 2006 Saudi Arabia Prince Sa'ud al-Faysal 13 October 1975 Senegal Cheikh Tidiane Gadio 5 April 2000 Serbia Vuk Drašković 5 June 2006 Seychelles Patrick Pillay 12 February 2005 Sierra Leone Momodu Koroma 21 May 2002 Singapore George Yeo 12 August 2004 Slovakia Ján Kubiš 4 July 2006 Slovenia Dimitrij Rupel 3 December 2004 Solomon Islands Patteson Oti 5 May 2006 Somalia Ismail Mahmud Hurre 21 August 2006 South Africa Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma 17 June 1999 Spain Miguel Ángel Moratinos 18 May 2004 Sri Lanka Mangala Samaraweera 23 November 2005 Sudan Lam Akol 20 September 2005 Suriname Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk 1 September 2005 Swaziland Moses Mathendele Dlamini 23 February 2006 Sweden Carl Bildt 6 October 2006 Switzerland Micheline Calmy-Rey 1 January 2003 Syria Walid Muallem 11 February 2006 Republic of China (Taiwan) James Huang 25 January 2006 Tajikistan Talbak Nazarovv 1994 Tanzania Asha-Rose Migiro 4 January 2006 Thailand Nitya Pibulsonggram 9 October 2006 Togo Zarifou Ayéva 20 June 2005 Tonga Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou 2 September 2004 Trinidad and Tobago Arnold Piggott 29 September 2006 Tunisia Abdelwahab Abdallah 17 August 2005 Turkey Abdullah Gül 14 March 2003 Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov 7 July 2001 Tuvalu Apisai Ielemia 14 August 2004 Uganda Sam Kutesa 13 January 2005 Ukraine Borys Tarasyuk 4 February 2005 United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah ibn Zaid Al Nahayan 9 February 2006 United Kingdom Margaret Beckett 5 May 2006 United States Condoleezza Rice 26 January 2005 Uruguay Reinaldo Gargano 1 March 2005 Uzbekistan Vladimir Norov 12 July 2006 Vanuatu Sato Kilman 11 December 2004 Venezuela Nicolás Maduro Moros 9 August 2006 Vietnam Phạm Gia Khiêm 28 June 2006 Western Sahara (SADR) Mohamed Salem Ould Salek 21 January 1998 Yemen Abou Bakr al-Kerbi 4 April 2001 Zambia Mundia Sikatana 9 October 2006 Zimbabwe Simbarashe Mumbengegwi 15 April 2005 [COLOR="magenta"][B]Foreign ministers of unrecognized countries, disputed territories, etc[/B][/COLOR]. Abkhazia Sergey Shamba 2004 Chechnya Akhmed Zakayev 27 May 2006 Cook Islands Wilkie Rassmussen 2005 Northern Cyprus Turgay Avci 25 September 2006 Nagorno-Karabakh Georgy Petrosyan 2005 Somaliland Edna Adan Ismail 2003 European Union Javier Solana (Spain) 1999 [/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT] |
[B]Largest Countries (by land mass)[/B]
1. Russia 17,075,400 sq km 6,592,846 sq miles 2. Canada 9,330,970 sq km 3,602,707 sq miles 3. China 9,326,410 sq km 3,600,947 sq miles 4. USA 9,166,600 sq km 3,539,242 sq miles 5. Brazel 8,456,510 sq km 3,265,075 sq miles 6. Australia 7,617,930 sq km 2,941,283 sq miles 7. India 2,973,190 sq km 1,147,949 sq miles 8. Argentina 2,736,690 sq km 1,056,636 sq miles 9. Kazakhstan 2,717,300 sq km 1,049,150 sq miles 10. Sudan 2,376,000 sq km 917,374 sq miles. [B]Smallest Countries (by land mass)[/B] 1. Vatican City 0.44 sq km 0.17 sq miles 2. Monaco 1.95 sq km 0.75 sq miles 3. Nauru 21.2 sq km 8.2 sq miles 4. Tuvalu 26 sq km 10 sq miles 5. San Marino 61 sq km 24 sq miles 6.Liechtenstein 160 sq km 62 sq miles 7. Marshall Islands 181 sq km 70 sq miles 8. Seychelles 270 sq km 104 sq miles 9. Maldives 00 sq km 116 sq miles 10. St. Kitts and Nevis 360 sq km 139 sq miles |
[B]Oldest Countries[/B]
1. San Marino 301 AD 2. France 486 AD 3. Bulgaria 632 AD 4. Denmark 950 AD 5. Portugal 1143 AD 6. Andorra 1278 AD 7. Switzerland 1291 AD [B]Youngest Countries [/B] 1. Serbia & Montenegra 2006 2. East Timor 2002 3. Palau 1994 4. Czech Republic 1993 5. Eritrea 1993 6. Slovakia 1993 7. Bosnia/Hertzegovina 1992 [B]Countries with most landed borders (the most neighboring countries)[/B] 1. China 14 2. Russian Federation 14 3. Brazil 10 4. Congo, Germany & Sudan 9 5. Austria, France, Tanzania, Turkey & Zambia 8 [B]Number of Countries[/B] 1. Africa 53 2. Europe 46 3. Asia 44 4. North America 23 5. Oceania 14 6. South America 12 7. Antarctica 0 |
[B]Continents (by size)[/B]
1. Asia 44,579,000 sq km 2. Africa 30,065,000 sq km 3. North America 24,256,000 sq km 4. South America 17,819,000 sq km 5. Antarctica 13,209,000 sq km 6. Europe 9,938,000 sq km 7. Australia/Oceania 7,687,000 sq km In some parts of the world the students are taught that there are only 6 continents, as they combine North America & South America into one continent called [U]Americas[/U]. Other experts use only six continents by combinig Europe & Asia into a continent called [U]Eurasia[/U]. (a) Americas 42,075,000 sq km (b) Eurasia 54,697,000 sq km |
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