List of foreign ministers in 1998

This is a list of foreign ministers in 1998.

Africa

• Algeria - Ahmed Attaf (1996-1999)
• Angola - Venâncio da Silva Moura (1992-1999)
• Benin -
  1. Pierre Osho (1996-1998)
  2. Antoine Idji Kolawolé (1998-2003)
• Botswana - Mompati Merafhe (1994-2008)
• Burkina Faso - Ablassé Ouedraogo (1994-1999)
• Burundi -
  1. Luc Rukingama (1996-1998)
  2. Severin Ntahomvukiye (1998-2001)
• Cameroon - Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni (1997-2001)
• Cape Verde -
  1. Amílcar Spencer Lopes (1996-1998)
  2. José Luís de Jesus (1998-2000)
• Central African Republic - Jean-Mette Yapende (1997-1999)
• Chad - Mahamat Saleh Annadif (1997-2003)
• Comoros -
  1. Ibrahim Ali Mzimba (1997-1998)
  2. Salim Himidi (1998)
  3. Nidhoim Attoumane (1998-1999)
• Republic of Congo - Rodolphe Adada (1997-2007)
• Democratic Republic of Congo -
  1. Bizima Karaha (1997-1998)
  2. Jean-Charles Okoto (1998-1999)
• Côte d'Ivoire - Amara Essy (1990-2000)
• Djibouti - Mohamed Moussa Chehem (1995-1999)
• Egypt - Amr Moussa (1991-2001)
• Equatorial Guinea - Miguel Oyono Ndong Mifumu (1993-1999)
• Eritrea - Haile Woldetensae (1997-2000)
• Ethiopia - Seyoum Mesfin (1991-2010)
• Gabon - Casimir Oyé-Mba (1994-1999)
• The Gambia -
  1. Omar Njie (1997-1998)
  2. Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe (1998-2001)
• Ghana - Victor Gbeho (1997-2001)
• Guinea - Lamine Camara (1996-1999)
• Guinea-Bissau - Fernando Delfim da Silva (1996-1999)
• Kenya -
  1. Kalonzo Musyoka (1993-1998)
  2. Bonaya Godana (1998-2001)
• Lesotho -
  1. Kelebone Maope (1995-1998)
  2. Tom Thabane (1998-2002)
• Liberia - Monie Captan (1996-2003)
• Libya - Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir (1992-2000)
• Madagascar -
  1. Herizo Razafimahaleo (1997-1998)
  2. Lila Ratsifandrihamanana (1998-2002)
• Malawi - Mapopa Chipeta (1997-1999)
• Mali - Modibo Sidibe (1997-2002)
• Mauritania -
  1. Mohamed El Hacen Ould Lebatt (1997-1998)
  2. Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (1998)
  3. Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed (1998-2001)
• Mauritius - Rajkeswur Purryag (1997-2000)
• Morocco - Abdellatif Filali (1985-1999)
  • Western Sahara -
    1. Bachir Mustafa Sayed (1997-1998)
    2. Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998–present)
• Mozambique - Leonardo Simão (1994-2005)
• Namibia - Theo-Ben Gurirab (1990-2002)
• Niger - Maman Sambo Sidikou (1997-1999)
• Nigeria -
  1. Tom Ikimi (1995-1998)
  2. Ignatius Olisemeka (1998-1999)
• Rwanda - Anastase Gasana (1994-1999)
• São Tomé and Príncipe - Homero Jeronimo Salvaterra (1996-1999)
• Senegal -
  1. Moustapha Niasse (1993-1998)
  2. Jacques Baudin (1998-2000)
• Seychelles - Jérémie Bonnelame (1997-2005)
• Sierra Leone -
  1. Paolo Bangura (1997-1998)
  2. Sama Banya (1998-2001)
• Somalia - no central government
  • Somaliland - Mahmud Salah Nur (1997-2001)
• South Africa - Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo (1994-1999)
• Sudan -
  1. Ali Osman Taha (1995-1998)
  2. Mustafa Osman Ismail (1998-2005)
• Swaziland -
  1. Arthur Khoza (1995-1998)
  2. Albert Nhlanhla Shabangu (1998-2001)
• Tanzania - Jakaya Kikwete (1995-2006)
• Togo -
  1. Koffi Panou (1996-1998)
  2. Joseph Kokou Koffigoh (1998-2000)
• Tunisia - Said Ben Mustapha (1997-1999)
• Uganda - Eriya Kategaya (1996-2001)
• Zambia - Keli Walubita (1997-2002)
• Zimbabwe - Stan Mudenge (1995-2005)

Asia

• Afghanistan -
  1. Mullah Abdul Jalil (1997-1998)
  2. Mullah Mohammad Hassan (1998-1999)
• Armenia -
  1. Alexander Arzumanyan (1996-1998)
  2. Vartan Oskanian (1998-2008)
• Azerbaijan -
  1. Hasan Hasanov (1993-1998)
  2. Tofig Zulfugarov (1998-1999)
  • Nagorno-Karabakh - Naira Melkumyan (1997-2002)
• Bahrain - Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah (1971-2005)
• Bangladesh - Abdus Samad Azad (1996-2001)
• Bhutan -
  1. Dawa Tsering (1972-1998)
  2. Jigme Thinley (1998-2003)
• Brunei - Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah (1984–2015)
• Cambodia -
  1. Ung Huot (1994-1998)
  2. Hor Namhong (1998–2016)
• China -
  1. Qian Qichen (1988-1998)
  2. Tang Jiaxuan (1998-2003)
• Georgia - Irakli Menagarishvili (1995-2003)
  • Abkhazia - Sergei Shamba (1997-2004)
  • South Ossetia - Murat Dzhioyev (1998-2012)
• India -
  1. I. K. Gujral (1996-1998)
  2. Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1998)
  3. Jaswant Singh (1998-2002)
• Indonesia - Ali Alatas (1988-1999)
• Iran - Kamal Kharazi (1997-2005)
• Iraq - Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (1992-2001)
• Israel -
  1. David Levy (1996-1998)
  2. Benjamin Netanyahu (1998)
  3. Ariel Sharon (1998-1999)
• Japan -
  1. Keizō Obuchi (1997-1998)
  2. Masahiko Kōmura (1998-1999)
• Jordan -
  1. Fayez al-Tarawneh (1997-1998)
  2. Jawad Anani (1998)
  3. Abdul Ilah Khatib (1998-2002)
• Kazakhstan - Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (1994-1999)
• North Korea -
  1. Kim Yong-nam (1983-1998)
  2. Paek Nam-sun (1998-2007)
• South Korea -
  1. Yu Jong-ha (1996-1998)
  2. Bak Jeong-su (1998)
  3. Hong Soon-young (1998-2000)
• Kuwait - Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1978-2003)
• Kyrgyzstan - Muratbek Imanaliyev (1997-2002)
• Laos - Somsavat Lengsavad (1993-2006)
• Lebanon -
  1. Farès Boueiz (1992-1998)
  2. Selim al-Hoss (1998-2000)
• Malaysia - Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1991-1999)
• Maldives - Fathulla Jameel (1978-2005)
• Mongolia -
  1. Shukher Altangerel (1997-1998)
  2. Rinchinnyamyn Amarjargal (1998)
  3. Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa (1998-2000)
• Myanmar -
  1. Ohn Gyaw (1991-1998)
  2. Win Aung (1998-2004)
• Nepal -
  1. Kamal Thapa (1997-1998)
  2. Girija Prasad Koirala (1998-1999)
• Oman - Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (1982–2020)
• Pakistan -
  1. Gohar Ayub Khan (1997-1998)
  2. Sartaj Aziz (1998-1999)
• Philippines - Domingo Siazon, Jr. (1995-2001)
• Qatar - Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani (1992-2013)
• Saudi Arabia - Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1975–2015)
• Singapore - S. Jayakumar (1994-2004)
• Sri Lanka - Lakshman Kadirgamar (1994-2001)
• Syria - Farouk al-Sharaa (1984-2006)
• Taiwan - Jason Hu (1997-1999)
• Tajikistan - Talbak Nazarov (1994-2006)
• Thailand - Surin Pitsuwan (1997-2001)
• Turkey - İsmail Cem (1997-2002)
• Turkmenistan - Boris Şyhmyradow (1995-2000)
• United Arab Emirates - Rashid Abdullah Al Nuaimi (1980-2006)
• Uzbekistan - Abdulaziz Komilov (1994-2003)
• Vietnam - Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm (1991-2000)
• Yemen -
  1. Abd al-Karim al-Iryani (1994-1998)
  2. Abdul Qadir Bajamal (1998-2001)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia - Alexander Downer (1996-2007)
• Fiji - Berenado Vunibobo (1997-1999)
• Kiribati - Teburoro Tito (1994-2003)
• Marshall Islands - Phillip H. Muller (1994-2000)
• Micronesia - Epel K. Ilon (1997-2000)
• Nauru -
  1. Kinza Clodumar (1997-1998)
  2. Bernard Dowiyogo (1998-1999)
• New Zealand - Don McKinnon (1990-1999)
  • Cook Islands - Inatio Akaruru (1989-1999)
• Palau - Sabino Anastacio (1997-2000)
• Papua New Guinea - Roy Yaki (1997-1999)
• Samoa -
  1. Tofilau Eti Alesana (1988-1998)
  2. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi (1998–present)
• Solomon Islands - Patterson Oti (1997-2000)
• Tonga -
  1. Prince Tupouto'a Tungi (1979-1998)
  2. Baron Vaea (1998)
  3. Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata (1998-2004)
• Tuvalu - Bikenibeu Paeniu (1996-1999)
• Vanuatu -
  1. Vital Soksok (1997-1998)
  2. Donald Kalpokas (1998)
  3. Clement Leo (1998-1999)

Europe

• Albania - Paskal Milo (1997-2001)
• Andorra - Albert Pintat (1997-2001)
• Austria - Wolfgang Schüssel (1995-2000)
• Belarus -
  1. Ivan Antanovich (1997-1998)
  2. Ural Latypov (1998-2000)
• Belgium - Erik Derycke (1995-1999)
  • Brussels-Capital Region - Jos Chabert (1989-1999)
  • Flanders - Luc Van den Brande (1992-1999)
  • Wallonia - William Ancion (1996-1999)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Jadranko Prlić (1996-2001)
  • Republika Srpska - Aleksa Buha (1992-1998)
• Bulgaria - Nadezhda Mihailova (1997-2001)
• Croatia - Mate Granić (1993-2000)
• Cyprus - Ioannis Kasoulidis (1997-2003)
  • Northern Cyprus -
    1. Taner Etkin (1996-1998)
    2. Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu (1998-2004)
• Czech Republic -
  1. Jaroslav Šedivý (1997-1998)
  2. Jan Kavan (1998-2002)
• Denmark - Niels Helveg Petersen (1993-2000)
• Estonia -
  1. Toomas Hendrik Ilves (1996-1998)
  2. Raul Mälk (1998-1999)
• Finland - Tarja Halonen (1995-2000)
• France - Hubert Védrine (1997-2002)
• Germany -
  1. Klaus Kinkel (1992-1998)
  2. Joschka Fischer (1998-2005)
• Greece - Theodoros Pangalos (1996-1999)
• Hungary -
  1. László Kovács (1994-1998)
  2. János Martonyi (1998-2002)
• Iceland - Halldór Ásgrímsson (1995-2004)
• Ireland - David Andrews (1997-2000)
• Italy - Lamberto Dini (1996-2001)
• Latvia - Valdis Birkavs (1994-1999)
• Liechtenstein - Andrea Willi (1993-2001)
• Lithuania - Algirdas Saudargas (1996-2000)
• Luxembourg - Jacques Poos (1984-1999)
• Macedonia -
  1. Blagoje Handžiski (1997-1998)
  2. Aleksandar Dimitrov (1998-2000)
• Malta -
  1. George Vella (1996-1998)
  2. Guido de Marco (1998-1999)
• Moldova - Nicolae Tăbăcaru (1997-2000)
• Netherlands -
  1. Hans van Mierlo (1994-1998)
  2. Jozias van Aartsen (1998-2002)
• Norway - Knut Vollebæk (1997-2000)
• Poland - Bronisław Geremek (1997-2000)
• Portugal - Jaime Gama (1995-2002)
• Romania - Andrei Pleşu (1997-1999)
• Russia -
  1. Yevgeny Primakov (1996-1998)
  2. Igor Ivanov (1998-2004)
  • Chechnya -
    1. Movladi Udugo (1997-1998)
    2. Akhyad Idigov (1998-1999)
• San Marino - Gabriele Gatti (1986-2002)
• Slovakia -
  1. Zdenka Kramplová (1997-1998)
  2. Eduard Kukan (1998-2006)
• Slovenia - Boris Frlec (1997-2000)
• Spain - Abel Matutes (1996-2000)
• Sweden -
  1. Lena Hjelm-Wallén (1994-1998)
  2. Anna Lindh (1998-2003)
• Switzerland - Flavio Cotti (1993-1999)
• Ukraine -
  1. Hennadiy Udovenko (1994-1998)
  2. Borys Tarasyuk (1998-2000)
• United Kingdom - Robin Cook (1997-2001)
• Vatican City - Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran (1990-2003)
• Yugoslavia -
  1. Milan Milutinović (1995-1998)
  2. Živadin Jovanović (1998-2000)
  • Montenegro - Branko Perović (1997-2000)

North America and the Caribbean

• Antigua and Barbuda - Lester Bird (1991-2004)
• The Bahamas - Janet Bostwick (1994-2002)
• Barbados - Billie Miller (1994-2008)
• Belize -
  1. Dean Barrow (1993-1998)
  2. Said Musa (1998-2002)
• Canada - Lloyd Axworthy (1996-2000)
  • Quebec -
    1. Sylvain Simard (1996-1998)
    2. Louise Beaudoin (1998-2003)
• Costa Rica -
  1. Fernando Naranjo Villalobos (1994-1998)
  2. Roberto Rojas López (1998-2002)
• Cuba - Roberto Robaina (1993-1999)
• Dominica -
  1. Edison James (1995-1998)
  2. Norris Charles (1998-2000)
• Dominican Republic - Eduardo Latorre Rodríguez (1996-2000)
• El Salvador - Ramón Ernesto González Giner (1995-1999)
• Grenada -
  1. Raphael Fletcher (1997-1998)
  2. Mark Isaac (1998-1999)
• Guatemala - Eduardo Stein (1996-2000)
• Haiti - Fritz Longchamp (1995-2001)
• Honduras -
  1. Delmer Urbizo Panting (1995-1998)
  2. Fernando Martínez Jiménez (1998-1999)
• Jamaica - Seymour Mullings (1995-2000)
• Mexico -
  1. José Ángel Gurría (1994-1998)
  2. Rosario Green (1998-2000)
• Nicaragua -
  1. Emilio Álvarez Montalván (1997-1998)
  2. Eduardo Montealegre (1998-2000)
• Panama -
  1. Ricardo Alberto Arias (1996-1998)
  2. Jorge Eduardo Ritter (1998-1999)
• Puerto Rico – Norma Burgos (1995–1999)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis - Denzil Douglas (1995-2000)
• Saint Lucia - George Odlum (1997-2001)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -
  1. Alpian Allen (1994-1998)
  2. Allan Cruickshank (1998-2001)
• Trinidad and Tobago - Ralph Maraj (1995-2000)
• United States - Madeleine Albright (1997-2001)

South America

• Argentina - Guido di Tella (1991-1999)
• Bolivia - Javier Murillo de la Rocha (1997-2001)
• Brazil - Luiz Felipe Palmeira Lampreia (1995-2001)
• Chile - José Miguel Insulza (1994-1999)
• Colombia -
  1. María Emma Mejía Vélez (1996-1998)
  2. Camilo Reyes (1998)
  3. Guillermo Fernández de Soto (1998-2002)
• Ecuador - José Ayala Lasso (1997-1999)
• Guyana - Clement Rohee (1992-2001)
• Paraguay -
  1. Rubén Melgarejo Lanzoni (1996-1998)
  2. Dido Florentin Bogado (1998-1999)
• Peru -
  1. Eduardo Ferrero Costa (1997-1998)
  2. Fernando de Trazegnies (1998-2000)
• Suriname - Errol Snijders (1997-2000)
• Uruguay -
  1. Álvaro Ramos Trigo (1995-1998)
  2. Didier Opertti (1998-2005)
• Venezuela - Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas (1994-1999)