This is a list of foreign ministers in 2012.
Africa Algeria - Mourad Medelci (2007–2013) Angola - Georges Rebelo Chicoti (2010–2017) Benin - Nassirou Bako Arifari (2011–2015) Botswana - Phandu Skelemani (2008–2014) Burkina Faso - Djibril Bassolé (2011–2014) Burundi - Laurent Kavakure (2011–2015) Cameroon - Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo (2011–2015) Cape Verde - Jorge Borges (2011–2014) Central African Republic - Antoine Gambi (2009–2013) Chad - Moussa Faki (2008–2017) Comoros - Mohamed Bakri Ben Abdoulfatah Charif (2011–2013) Republic of Congo - Basile Ikouébé (2007–2015) Democratic Republic of Congo - Alexis Thambwe Mwamba (2008–2012) Raymond Tshibanda (2012–2016) Côte d'Ivoire Daniel Kablan Duncan (2011–2012) Charles Koffi Diby (2012–2016) Djibouti - Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (2005–present) Egypt - Mohamed Kamel Amr (2011–2013) Equatorial Guinea - Pastor Micha Ondó Bile (2003–2012) Agapito Mba Mokuy (2012–2018) Eritrea - Osman Saleh Mohammed (2007–present) Ethiopia - Hailemariam Desalegn (2010–2012) Berhane Gebre-Christos (acting) (2012) Tedros Adhanom (2012–2016) Gabon - Paul Toungui (2008–2012) Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet (2012–2016) The Gambia - Mamadou Tangara (2010–2012) Mambury Njie (2012) Mamadou Tangara (2012) Susan Waffa-Ogoo (2012–2013) Ghana - Muhammad Mumuni (2009–2013) Guinea Edouard Niankoye Lamah (2010–2012) François Lonseny Fall (2012–2016) Guinea-Bissau - Mamadu Saliu Djaló Pires (2011–2012) Faustino Imbali (2012–2013) Kenya - Moses Wetangula (2008–2012) Sam Ongeri (2012–2013) Lesotho - Mohlabi Tsekoa (2007–2015) Liberia - Toga McIntosh (2010–2012) Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan (2012–2015) Libya Ashour Bin Khayal (2011–2012) Mohammed Abdelaziz (interim) (2012–2014) Madagascar - Pierrot Rajaonarivelo (2011–2013) Malawi - Peter Mutharika (2011–2012) Ephraim Chiume (2012–2014) Mali - Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga (2011–2012) Sadio Lamine Sow (2012) Tieman Coulibaly (2012–2013) Azawad - Hama Ag Sid'AhmedSpokesperson, Head of External Relations of MNLA. (2012) Hama Ag MahmoudCharge of External Relations and International Cooperation. (2012-2013) Mauritania - Hamadi Ould Baba Ould Hamadi (2011–2013) Mauritius - Arvin Boolell (2008–2014) Morocco - Taieb Fassi Fihri (2007–2012) Saadeddine Othmani (2012–2013) Western Sahara - Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998–2023) Mozambique - Oldemiro Balói (2008–2017) Namibia - Utoni Nujoma (2010–2012) Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (2012–present) Niger - Mohamed Bazoum (2011–2015) Nigeria - Olugbenga Ashiru (2011–2013) Rwanda - Louise Mushikiwabo (2009–2018) São Tomé and Príncipe - Manuel Salvador dos Ramos (2010–2012) Natália Pedro da Costa Umbelina Neto (2012–2014) Senegal - Madické Niang (2009–2012) Alioune Badara Cissé (2012) Mankeur Ndiaye (2012–2017) Seychelles - Jean-Paul Adam (2010–2015) Sierra Leone - J. B. Dauda (2010–2012) Samura Kamara (2012–2017) Somalia - Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar (2010-2012) Abdullahi Haji Hassan Mohamed Nuur (2012) Fowsiyo Yussuf Haji Aadan (2012–2014) Somaliland - Mohammad Abdullahi Omar (2010–2013) Puntland - Daud Mohamed Omar (2010–2014) South Africa - Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (2009–2018) South Sudan - Nhial Deng Nhial (2011–2013) Sudan - Ali Karti (2010–2015) Swaziland - Mtiti Fakudze (2011–2013) Tanzania – Bernard Membe (2007–2015) Togo - Elliott Ohin (2010–2013) Tunisia - Rafik Abdessalem (2011–2013) Uganda - Sam Kutesa (2005–2021) Henry Oryem Okello (acting) (2011–2012) Zambia - Chishimba Kambwili (2011–2012) Given Lubinda (2012–2013) Zimbabwe - Simbarashe Mumbengegwi (2005–2017)
Asia Afghanistan - Zalmai Rassoul (2010–2013) Armenia - Eduard Nalbandyan (2008–2018) Azerbaijan - Elmar Mammadyarov (2004–2020) Nagorno-Karabakh - Vasily Atajanyan (acting) (2011–2012) Karen Mirzoyan (2012–2017) Bahrain - Sheikh Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (2005–2020) Bangladesh – Dipu Moni (2009–2013) Bhutan - Ugyen Tshering (2008–2013) Brunei - Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah (1984–2015) Cambodia - Hor Namhong (1998–2016) China - Yang Jiechi (2007–2013) East Timor - Zacarias da Costa (2007–2012) José Luís Guterres (2012–2015) Georgia Grigol Vashadze (2008–2012) Maia Panjikidze (2012–2014) Abkhazia - Viacheslav Chirikba (2011–2016) South Ossetia Murat Dzhioyev (1998–2012) David Sanakoyev (2012–2015) India S. M. Krishna (2009–2012) Salman Khurshid (2012–2014) Indonesia - Marty Natalegawa (2009–2014) Iran - Ali Akbar Salehi (2010–2013) Iraq - Hoshyar Zebari (2003–2014) Kurdistan - Falah Mustafa Bakir (2006–2019) Israel - Avigdor Lieberman (2009–2012) Benjamin Netanyahu (2012–2013) Palestinian Authority - Riyad al-Maliki (2007–present) Gaza Strip (in rebellion against the Palestinian National Authority) Muhammad Awad (2011–2012) Ismail Haniyeh (acting) (2012–2014) Japan - Kōichirō Gemba (2011–2012) Fumio Kishida (2012–2017) Jordan - Nasser Judeh (2009–2017) Kazakhstan – Yerzhan Kazykhanov (2011–2012) Erlan Idrissov (2012–2016) North Korea - Pak Ui-chun (2007–2014) South Korea - Kim Sung-hwan (2010–2013) Kuwait - Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah (2011–2019) Kyrgyzstan - Ruslan Kazakbayev (2010–2012) Erlan Abdyldayev (2012–2018) Laos - Thongloun Sisoulith (2006–2016) Lebanon - Adnan Mansour (2011–2014) Malaysia - Anifah Aman (2009–2018) Maldives - Ahmed Naseem (2011–2012) Abdul Samad Abdulla (2012–2013) Mongolia - Gombojavyn Zandanshatar (2009–2012) Luvsanvandan Bold (2012–2014) Myanmar - Wunna Maung Lwin (2011–2016) Nepal - Narayan Kaji Shrestha (2011–2013) Oman - Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (1982–2020) Pakistan - Hina Rabbani Khar (2011–2013) Philippines - Albert del Rosario (2011–2016) Qatar - Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani (1992–2013)
Saudi Arabia - Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1975–2015 Singapore - K. Shanmugam (2011–2015) Sri Lanka - G. L. Peiris (2010–2015) Syria - Walid Muallem (2006–2020) Taiwan - Timothy Yang (2009–2012) David Lin (2012–2016) Tajikistan - Khamrokhon Zaripov (2006–2013) Thailand - Surapong Tovichakchaikul (2011–2014) Turkey - Ahmet Davutoğlu (2009–2014) Turkmenistan - Raşit Meredow (2001–present) United Arab Emirates - Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (2006–present) Uzbekistan - Elyor Ganiyev (2010–2012) Abdulaziz Komilov (2012–present) Vietnam - Phạm Bình Minh (2011–2021) Yemen - Abu Bakr al-Qirbi (2001–2014)
Europe Albania - Edmond Haxhinasto (2010–2012) Edmond Panariti (2012–2013) Andorra - Gilbert Saboya Sunyé (2011–2017) Austria - Michael Spindelegger (2008–2013) Belarus Sergei Martynov (2003–2012) Vladimir Makei (2012–present) Belgium - Didier Reynders (2011–2019) Brussels-Capital Region - Jean-Luc Vanraes (2009–2013) Flanders - Kris Peeters (2008–2014) Wallonia - Rudy Demotte (2009-2014) Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sven Alkalaj (2007–2012) Zlatko Lagumdžija (2012–2015) Bulgaria - Nickolay Mladenov (2010–2013) Croatia - Vesna Pusić (2011–2016) Cyprus - Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis (2011–2013) Northern Cyprus - Hüseyin Özgürgün (2009–2013) Czech Republic - Karel Schwarzenberg (2010–2013) Denmark - Villy Søvndal (2011–2013) Greenland - Kuupik Kleist (2009–2013) Faroe Islands - Kaj Leo Johannesen (2011–2015) Estonia - Urmas Paet (2005–2014) Finland - Erkki Tuomioja (2011–2015) France - Alain Juppé (2011–2012) Laurent Fabius (2012–2016) Germany - Guido Westerwelle (2009–2013) Greece - Stavros Dimas (2011–2012) Petros Molyviatis (2012) Dimitris Avramopoulos (2012–2013) Hungary - János Martonyi (2010–2014) Iceland - Össur Skarphéðinsson (2009–2013) Ireland - Eamon Gilmore (2011–2014) Italy - Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata (2011–2013) Latvia - Edgars Rinkēvičs (2011–2023) Liechtenstein - Aurelia Frick (2009–2019) Lithuania - Audronius Ažubalis (2010–2012) Linas Antanas Linkevičius (2012–2020) Luxembourg - Jean Asselborn (2004–present) Republic of Macedonia - Nikola Poposki (2011–2017) Malta Tonio Borg (2008–2012) Francis Zammit Dimech (2012–2013) Moldova - Iurie Leancă (2009–2013) Transnistria - Vladimir Yastrebchak (2008–2012) Nina Shtanski (2012–2015) Monaco - José Badia (2011–2015) Montenegro - Milan Roćen (2006–2012) Nebojša Kaluđerović (2012) Igor Lukšić (2012–2016) Netherlands - Uri Rosenthal (2010–2012) Frans Timmermans (2012–2014) Norway - Jonas Gahr Støre (2005–2012) Espen Barth Eide (2012–2013) Poland - Radosław Sikorski (2007–2014) Portugal - Paulo Portas (2011–2013) Romania - Teodor Baconschi (2009–2012) Cristian Diaconescu (2012) Andrei Marga (2012) Titus Corlăţean (2012–2014) Russia - Sergey Lavrov (2004–present) San Marino Antonella Mularoni (2008–2012) Pasquale Valentini (2012–2016) Serbia - Vuk Jeremić (2007–2012) Ivan Mrkić (2012–2014) Kosovo - Enver Hoxhaj (2011–2014) Slovakia - Mikuláš Dzurinda (2010–2012) Miroslav Lajčák (2012–2020) Slovenia - Samuel Žbogar (2008–2012) Karl Erjavec (2012–2018) Spain - José Manuel García-Margallo (2011–2016) Catalonia - Francesc Homs Molist (2012–2015) Sweden - Carl Bildt (2006–2014) Switzerland - Didier Burkhalter (2012–2017)
Ukraine Kostyantyn Gryshchenko (2010–2012) Leonid Kozhara (2012–2014) United Kingdom - William Hague (2010–2014) Scotland - Fiona Hyslop (2009–2020) Vatican City - Archbishop Dominique Mamberti (2006–2014)
North America and the Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda - Baldwin Spencer (2005–2014) The Bahamas - Brent Symonette (2007–2012) Fred Mitchell (2012–2017) Barbados - Maxine McClean (2008–2018) Belize - Wilfred Elrington (2008–2020) Canada - John Baird (2011–2015) Quebec - Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (2010–2012) Jean-François Lisée (2012–2014) Costa Rica - Enrique Castillo (2011–2014) Cuba - Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla (2009–present) Dominica - Roosevelt Skerrit (2010–2014) Dominican Republic - Carlos Morales Troncoso (2004–2014) El Salvador - Hugo Martínez (2009–2013) Grenada - Karl Hood (2010–2012) Tillman Thomas (2012–2013) Guatemala - Haroldo Rodas (2008–2012) Harold Caballeros (2012–2013) Haiti - Laurent Lamothe (2011–2012) Pierre Richard Casimir (2012–2014) Honduras - Arturo Corrales (2011–2013) Jamaica - Kenneth Baugh (2007–2012) Arnold Nicholson (2012–2016) Mexico Patricia Espinosa (2006–2012) José Antonio Meade Kuribreña (2012–2015) Nicaragua - Samuel Santos López (2007–2017) Panama - Roberto Henríquez (2011–2012) Francisco Álvarez De Soto (acting) (2012) Rómulo Roux (2012–2013) Puerto Rico – Kenneth McClintock (2009–2013) Saint Kitts and Nevis - Sam Condor (2010–2013) Saint Lucia - Alva Baptiste (2011–2016) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Douglas Slater (2010–2013) Trinidad and Tobago - Surujrattan Rambachan (2010–2012) Winston Dookeran (2012–2015) United States of America - Hillary Clinton (2009–2013)
Oceania Australia - Kevin Rudd (2010–2012) Craig Emerson (acting) (2012) Bob Carr (2012–2013) Fiji - Ratu Inoke Kubuabola (2009–2016) French Polynesia - Oscar Temaru (2011–2013) Kiribati - Anote Tong (2003–2016) Marshall Islands - John Silk (2009–2012) Phillip H. Muller (2012–2014) Micronesia - Lorin S. Robert (2007–2019) Nauru - Sprent Dabwido (2011–2012) Kieren Keke (2012–2013) New Zealand - Murray McCully (2008–2017) Cook Islands - Tom Marsters (2010–2013) Niue - Toke Talagi (2008–2020) Tokelau - Foua Toloa (2011–2012) Kerisiano Kalolo (2012–2013) Palau - Victor Yano (2010–2013) Papua New Guinea - Ano Pala (2011–2012) / Paru Aihi (2011–2012) (rival government) Sir Puka Temu (2012) Rimbink Pato (2012–2019) Samoa - Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (1998–2021) Solomon Islands - Peter Shanel Agovaka (2010–2012) Clay Forau Soalaoi (2012–2014) Tonga - Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō (2010–2014) Tuvalu - Apisai Ielemia (2010–2013) Vanuatu - Alfred Carlot (2011–2013)
South America Argentina - Héctor Timerman (2010–2015) Bolivia - David Choquehuanca (2006–2017) Brazil - Antonio Patriota (2011–2013) Chile - Alfredo Moreno Charme (2010–2014) Colombia - María Ángela Holguín (2010–2018)