This is a list of foreign ministers in 2005.

Africa

• Algeria -
  1. Abdelaziz Belkhadem (2000-2005)
  2. Mohammed Bedjaoui (2005-2007)
• Angola - João Bernardo de Miranda (1999-2008)
• Benin - Rogatien Biaou (2003-2006)
• Botswana - Mompati Merafhe (1994-2008)
• Burkina Faso - Youssouf Ouédraogo (1999-2007)
• Burundi -
  1. Terence Sinunguruza (2001-2005)
  2. Antoinette Batumubwira (2005-2009)
• Cameroon - Laurent Esso (2004-2006)
• Cape Verde - Víctor Borges (2004-2008)
• Central African Republic -
  1. Charles Wénézoui (2003-2005)
  2. Jean-Paul Ngoupandé (2005-2006)
• Chad -
  1. Nagoum Yamassoum (2003-2005)
  2. Ahmad Allam-Mi (2005-2008)
• Comoros -
  1. Mohamed El-Amine Souef (2002-2005)
  2. Aboudou Soefou (2005-2006)
• Republic of Congo - Rodolphe Adada (1997-2007)
• Democratic Republic of Congo - Raymond Ramazani Baya (2004-2007)
• Côte d'Ivoire - Bamba Mamadou (2003-2006)
• Djibouti -
  1. Ali Abdi Farah (1999-2005)
  2. Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (2005–present)
• Egypt - Ahmed Aboul Gheit (2004-2011)
• Equatorial Guinea - Pastor Micha Ondó Bile (2003-2012)
• Eritrea -
  1. Ali Said Abdella (2000-2005)
  2. Mohamed Omer (acting) (2005-2007)
• Ethiopia - Seyoum Mesfin (1991-2010)
• Gabon - Jean Ping (1999-2008)
• The Gambia -
  1. Sidi Moro Sanneh (2004-2005)
  2. Musa Gibril Bala Gaye (2005)
  3. Lamin Kaba Bajo (2005-2006)
• Ghana - Nana Akufo-Addo (2003-2007)
• Guinea -
  1. Mamady Condé (2004-2005)
  2. Fatoumata Kaba (2005-2006)
• Guinea-Bissau -
  1. Soares Sambu (2004-2005)
  2. António Isaac Monteiro (2005-2007)
• Kenya -
  1. Chirau Ali Mwakwere (2004-2005)
  2. Raphael Tuju (2005-2008)
• Lesotho - Monyane Moleleki (2004-2007)
• Liberia - Thomas Nimely (2003-2006)
• Libya - Abdel Rahman Shalgham (2000-2009)
• Madagascar - Marcel Ranjeva (2002-2009)
• Malawi -
  1. George Chaponda (2004-2005)
  2. Davis Katsonga (2005-2006)
• Mali - Moctar Ouane (2004-2011)
• Mauritania -
  1. Mohamed Vall Ould Bellal (2003-2005)
  2. Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed (2005-2007)
• Mauritius -
  1. Jaya Krishna Cuttaree (2003-2005)
  2. Madan Dulloo (2005-2008)
• Morocco - Mohamed Benaissa (1999-2007)
  • Western Sahara - Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998–2023)
• Mozambique -
  1. Leonardo Simão (1994-2005)
  2. Alcinda Abreu (2005-2008)
• Namibia - Marco Hausiku (2004-2010)
• Niger - Aïchatou Mindaoudou (2001-2010)
• Nigeria - Oluyemi Adeniji (2003-2006)
• Rwanda - Charles Murigande (2002-2008)
• São Tomé and Príncipe - Ovídio Manuel Barbosa Pequeno (2004-2006)
• Senegal - Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (2000-2009)
• Seychelles -
  1. Jérémie Bonnelame (1997-2005)
  2. Patrick Pillay (2005-2009)
• Sierra Leone - Momodu Koroma (2002-2007)
• Somalia - Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail (2004-2006)
• Somaliland - Edna Adan Ismail (2003-2006)
• South Africa - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1999-2009)
• Sudan -
  1. Mustafa Osman Ismail (1998-2005)
  2. Lam Akol (2005-2007)
• Swaziland - Mabili Dlamini (2003-2006)
• Tanzania - Jakaya Kikwete (1995-2006)
• Togo -
  1. Kokou Tozoun (2003-2005)
  2. Zarifou Ayéva (2005-2007)
• Tunisia -
  1. Abdelbaki Hermassi (2004-2005)
  2. Abdelwahab Abdallah (2005-2010)
• Uganda -
  1. Tom Butime (2004-2005)
  2. Sam Kutesa (2005–2021)
• Zambia -
  1. Kalombo Mwansa (2002-2005)
  2. Ronnie Shikapwasha (2005-2006)
• Zimbabwe -
  1. Stan Mudenge (1995-2005)
  2. Simbarashe Mumbengegwi (2005–2017)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Abdullah Abdullah (2001-2006)
• Armenia - Vartan Oskanian (1998-2008)
• Azerbaijan - Elmar Mammadyarov (2004–2020)
  • Nagorno-Karabakh -
    1. Arman Melikyan (2004-2005)
    2. Georgy Petrosyan (2005-2011)
• Bahrain -
  1. Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah (1971-2005)
  2. Sheikh Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (2005–2020)
• Bangladesh - Morshed Khan (2001-2006)
• Bhutan - Khandu Wangchuk (2003-2007)
• Brunei - Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah (1984–2015)
• Cambodia - Hor Namhong (1998–2016)
• China - Li Zhaoxing (2003-2007)
• East Timor - José Ramos-Horta (2000-2006)
• Georgia -
  1. Salome Zourabichvili (2004-2005)
  2. Gela Bezhuashvili (2005-2008)
  • Abkhazia - Sergei Shamba (2004-2010)
  • South Ossetia - Murat Dzhioyev (1998-2012)
• India -
  1. Natwar Singh (2004-2005)
  2. Manmohan Singh (2005-2006)
• Indonesia - Hassan Wirajuda (2001-2009)
• Iran -
  1. Kamal Kharazi (1997-2005)
  2. Manouchehr Mottaki (2005-2010)
• Iraq - Hoshyar Zebari (2003–2014)
• Israel - Silvan Shalom (2003-2006)
  • Palestinian Authority -
    1. Nabil Shaath (2003-2005)
    2. Nasser al-Qudwa (2005-2006)
• Japan -
  1. Nobutaka Machimura (2004-2005)
  2. Taro Aso (2005-2007)
• Jordan -
  1. Hani al-Mulki (2004-2005)
  2. Farouq Qasrawi (2005)
  3. Abdul Ilah Khatib (2005-2007)
• Kazakhstan - Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (2002-2007)
• North Korea - Paek Nam-sun (1998-2007)
• South Korea - Ban Ki-moon (2004-2006)
• Kuwait - Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (2003-2011)
• Kyrgyzstan -
  1. Askar Aitmatov (2002-2005)
  2. Roza Otunbayeva (2005)
  3. Alikbek Jekshenkulov (2005-2007)
• Laos - Somsavat Lengsavad (1993-2006)
• Lebanon -
  1. Mahmoud Hammoud (2004-2005)
  2. Fawzi Salloukh (2005-2009)
• Malaysia - Syed Hamid Albar (1999-2008)
• Maldives -
  1. Fathulla Jameel (1978-2005)
  2. Ahmed Shaheed (2005-2007)
• Mongolia - Tsendiin Mönkh-Orgil (2004-2006)
• Myanmar - Nyan Win (2004-2011)
• Nepal -
  1. Sher Bahadur Deuba (2004-2005)
  2. Ramesh Nath Pandey (2005-2006)
• Oman - Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (1982–2020)
• Pakistan - Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (2002-2007)
• Philippines - Alberto Romulo (2004-2011)
• Qatar - Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani (1992-2013)
• Saudi Arabia - Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1975–2015
• Singapore - George Yeo (2004-2011)
• Sri Lanka -
  1. Lakshman Kadirgamar (2004-2005)
  2. Anura Bandaranaike (2005)
  3. Mangala Samaraweera (2005-2007)
• Syria - Farouk al-Sharaa (1984-2006)
• Taiwan - Mark Chen (2004-2006)
• Tajikistan - Talbak Nazarov (1994-2006)
• Thailand -
  1. Surakiart Sathirathai (2001-2005)
  2. Kantathi Suphamongkhon (2005-2006)
• Turkey - Abdullah Gül (2003-2007)
• Turkmenistan - Raşit Meredow (2001–present)
• United Arab Emirates - Rashid Abdullah Al Nuaimi (1980-2006)
• Uzbekistan -
  1. Sodiq Safoyev (2003-2005)
  2. Elyor Ganiyev (2005-2006)
• Vietnam - Nguyễn Dy Niên (2000-2006)
• Yemen - Abu Bakr al-Qirbi (2001-2014)

Europe

• Albania -
  1. Kastriot Islami (2003-2005)
  2. Besnik Mustafaj (2005-2007)
• Andorra - Juli Minoves Triquell (2001-2007)
• Austria - Ursula Plassnik (2004-2008)
• Belarus - Sergei Martynov (2003-2012)
• Belgium - Karel De Gucht (2004-2009)
  • Brussels-Capital Region - Guy Vanhengel (2000-2009)
  • Flanders - Geert Bourgeois (2004-2008)
  • Wallonia - Marie-Dominique Simonet (2004-2009)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Mladen Ivanić (2003-2007)
• Bulgaria -
  1. Solomon Passy (2001-2005)
  2. Ivailo Kalfin (2005-2009)
• Croatia -
  1. Miomir Žužul (2003-2005)
  2. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (2005-2008)
• Cyprus - Georgios Iacovou (2003-2006)
  • Northern Cyprus - Serdar Denktaş (2004-2006)
• Czech Republic - Cyril Svoboda (2002-2006)
• Denmark - Per Stig Møller (2001-2010)
  • Greenland - Josef Motzfeldt (2003-2007)
• Estonia -
  1. Kristiina Ojuland (2002-2005)
  2. Jaak Jõerüüt (acting) (2005)
  3. Rein Lang (2005)
  4. Urmas Paet (2005–2014)
• Finland - Erkki Tuomioja (2000-2007)
• France -
  1. Michel Barnier (2004-2005)
  2. Philippe Douste-Blazy (2005-2007)
• Germany -
  1. Joschka Fischer (1998-2005)
  2. Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2005-2009)
• Greece - Petros Molyviatis (2004-2006)
• Hungary - Ferenc Somogyi (2004-2006)
• Iceland -
  1. Davíð Oddsson (2004-2005)
  2. Geir Haarde (2005-2006)
• Ireland - Dermot Ahern (2004-2008)
• Italy - Gianfranco Fini (2004-2006)
• Latvia - Artis Pabriks (2004-2007)
• Liechtenstein -
  1. Ernst Walch (2001-2005)
  2. Rita Kieber-Beck (2005-2009)
• Lithuania - Antanas Valionis (2000-2006)
• Luxembourg - Jean Asselborn (2004–present)
• Republic of Macedonia - Ilinka Mitreva (2002-2006)
• Malta - Michael Frendo (2004-2008)
• Moldova - Andrei Stratan (2004-2009)
  • Transnistria - Valeriy Litskai (2000-2008)
• Monaco - Rainier Imperti (2005-2006)
• Netherlands - Ben Bot (2003-2007)
• Norway -
  1. Jan Petersen (2001-2005)
  2. Jonas Gahr Støre (2005-2012)
• Poland -
  1. Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (2001-2005)
  2. Adam Daniel Rotfeld (2005)
  3. Stefan Meller (2005-2006)
• Portugal -
  1. António Monteiro (2004-2005)
  2. Diogo de Freitas do Amaral (2005-2006)
• Romania - Mihai-Răzvan Ungureanu (2004-2007)
• Russia - Sergey Lavrov (2004–present)
• San Marino - Fabio Berardi (2003-2006)
• Serbia and Montenegro - Vuk Drašković (2004-2007)
  • Montenegro - Miodrag Vlahović (2004-2006)
• Slovakia - Eduard Kukan (1998-2006)
• Slovenia - Dimitrij Rupel (2004-2008)
• Spain - Miguel Ángel Moratinos (2004-2010)
• Sweden - Laila Freivalds (2003-2006)
• Switzerland - Micheline Calmy-Rey (2003-2011)
• Ukraine -
  1. Kostyantyn Gryshchenko (2003-2005)
  2. Borys Tarasyuk (2005-2007)
• United Kingdom - Jack Straw (2001-2006)
• Vatican City - Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo (2003-2006)

North America and the Caribbean

• Antigua and Barbuda -
  1. Harold Lovell (2004-2005)
  2. Baldwin Spencer (2005–2014)
• The Bahamas - Fred Mitchell (2002-2007)
• Barbados - Dame Billie Miller (1994-2008)
• Belize - Godfrey Smith (2003-2006)
• Canada - Pierre Pettigrew (2004-2006)
  • Quebec - Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (2003-2008)
• Costa Rica - Roberto Tovar Faja (2002-2006)
• Cuba - Felipe Pérez Roque (1999-2009)
• Dominica -
  1. Osborne Riviere (2001-2005)
  2. Charles Savarin (2005-2007)
• Dominican Republic - Carlos Morales Troncoso (2004–2014)
• El Salvador - Francisco Laínez (2004-2008)
• Grenada - Elvin Nimrod (2000-2008)
• Guatemala - Jorge Briz Abularach (2004-2006)
• Haiti -
  1. Yvon Siméon (2004-2005)
  2. Hérard Abraham (2005-2006)
• Honduras -
  1. Leonidas Rosa Bautista (2003-2005)
  2. Mario Fortín (2005-2006)
• Jamaica - Keith Desmond Knight (2001-2006)
• Mexico - Luis Ernesto Derbez (2003-2006)
• Netherlands Antilles - Etienne Ys (2004-2006)
• Nicaragua - Norman José Caldera Cardenal (2002-2007)
• Panama - Samuel Lewis Navarro (2004-2009)
• Puerto Rico –
  1. Jose Izquierdo Encarnacion (2003–2005)
  2. Marisara Pont Marchese (2005)
  3. Fernando Bonilla (2005–2009)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis - Timothy Harris (2001-2008)
• Saint Lucia - Petrus Compton (2004-2006)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  1. Louis Straker (2001-2005)
  2. Mike Browne (2005)
  3. Louis Straker (2005-2010)
• Trinidad and Tobago - Knowlson Gift (2001-2006)
• United States -
  1. Colin Powell (2001-2005)
  2. Condoleezza Rice (2005-2009)

Oceania

• Australia - Alexander Downer (1996-2007)
• Fiji - Kaliopate Tavola (2000-2006)
• French Polynesia -
  1. Gaston Flosse (2004-2005)
  2. Oscar Temaru (2005-2006)
• Kiribati - Anote Tong (2003–2016)
• Marshall Islands - Gerald Zackios (2001-2008)
• Micronesia - Sebastian Anefal (2003-2007)
• Nauru - David Adeang (2004-2007)
• New Zealand -
  1. Phil Goff (1999-2005)
  2. Winston Peters (2005-2008)
  • Cook Islands -
    1. Tom Marsters (2004-2005)
    2. Wilkie Rasmussen (2005-2009)
  • Niue - Young Vivian (2002-2008)
• Palau - Temmy Shmull (2001-2009)
• Papua New Guinea - Sir Rabbie Namaliu (2002-2006)
• Samoa - Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (1998–2021)
• Solomon Islands - Laurie Chan (2002-2006)
• Tonga - Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou (2004-2009)
• Tuvalu - Maatia Toafa (2004-2006)
• Vanuatu - Sato Kilman (2004-2007)

South America

• Argentina -
  1. Rafael Bielsa (2003-2005)
  2. Jorge Taiana (2005-2010)
• Bolivia -
  1. Juan Ignacio Siles (2003-2005)
  2. Armando Loaiza (2005-2006)
• Brazil - Celso Amorim (2003-2011)
• Chile - Ignacio Walker Prieto (2004-2006)
• Colombia - Carolina Barco (2002-2006)
• Ecuador -
  1. Patricio Zuquilanda (2003-2005)
  2. Antonio Parra Gil (2005)
  3. Francisco Carrión (2005-2007)
• Guyana - Rudy Insanally (2001-2008)
• Paraguay - Leila Rachid de Cowles (2003-2006)
• Peru -
  1. Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros (2003-2005)
  2. Fernando Olivera (2005)
  3. Óscar Maúrtua de Romaña (2005-2006)
• Suriname -
  1. Marie Levens (2000-2005)
  2. Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk (2005-2010)
• Uruguay -
  1. Didier Opertti (1998-2005)
  2. Reinaldo Gargano (2005-2008)
• Venezuela - Alí Rodríguez Araque (2004-2006)