This is a list of foreign ministers in 1998.
Africa Algeria - Ahmed Attaf (1996-1999) Angola - Venâncio da Silva Moura (1992-1999) Benin - Pierre Osho (1996-1998) Antoine Idji Kolawolé (1998-2003) Botswana - Mompati Merafhe (1994-2008) Burkina Faso - Ablassé Ouedraogo (1994-1999) Burundi - Luc Rukingama (1996-1998) Severin Ntahomvukiye (1998-2001) Cameroon - Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni (1997-2001) Cape Verde - Amílcar Spencer Lopes (1996-1998) José Luís de Jesus (1998-2000) Central African Republic - Jean-Mette Yapende (1997-1999) Chad - Mahamat Saleh Annadif (1997-2003) Comoros - Ibrahim Ali Mzimba (1997-1998) Salim Himidi (1998) Nidhoim Attoumane (1998-1999) Republic of Congo - Rodolphe Adada (1997-2007) Democratic Republic of Congo - Bizima Karaha (1997-1998) 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 - Omar Njie (1997-1998) 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 - Kalonzo Musyoka (1993-1998) Bonaya Godana (1998-2001) Lesotho - Kelebone Maope (1995-1998) Tom Thabane (1998-2002) Liberia - Monie Captan (1996-2003) Libya - Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir (1992-2000) Madagascar - Herizo Razafimahaleo (1997-1998) Lila Ratsifandrihamanana (1998-2002) Malawi - Mapopa Chipeta (1997-1999) Mali - Modibo Sidibe (1997-2002) Mauritania - Mohamed El Hacen Ould Lebatt (1997-1998) Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (1998) Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed (1998-2001) Mauritius - Rajkeswur Purryag (1997-2000) Morocco - Abdellatif Filali (1985-1999) Western Sahara - Bachir Mustafa Sayed (1997-1998) Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998–2023) Mozambique - Leonardo Simão (1994-2005) Namibia - Theo-Ben Gurirab (1990-2002) Niger - Maman Sambo Sidikou (1997-1999) Nigeria - Tom Ikimi (1995-1998) Ignatius Olisemeka (1998-1999) Rwanda - Anastase Gasana (1994-1999) São Tomé and Príncipe - Homero Jeronimo Salvaterra (1996-1999) Senegal - Moustapha Niasse (1993-1998) Jacques Baudin (1998-2000) Seychelles - Jérémie Bonnelame (1997-2005) Sierra Leone - Paolo Bangura (1997-1998) Sama Banya (1998-2001) Somalia - no central government Somaliland - Mahmud Salah Nur (1997-2001) South Africa - Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo (1994-1999) Sudan - Ali Osman Taha (1995-1998) Mustafa Osman Ismail (1998-2005) Swaziland - Arthur Khoza (1995-1998) Albert Nhlanhla Shabangu (1998-2001) Tanzania - Jakaya Kikwete (1995-2006) Togo - Koffi Panou (1996-1998) 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 - Mullah Abdul Jalil (1997-1998) Mullah Mohammad Hassan (1998-1999) Armenia - Alexander Arzumanyan (1996-1998) Vartan Oskanian (1998-2008) Azerbaijan - Hasan Hasanov (1993-1998) Tofig Zulfugarov (1998-1999) Nagorno-Karabakh - Naira Melkumian (1997-2002) Bahrain - Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah (1971-2005) Bangladesh - Abdus Samad Azad (1996-2001) Bhutan - Dawa Tsering (1972-1998) Jigme Thinley (1998-2003) Brunei - Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah (1984–2015) Cambodia - Ung Huot (1994-1998) Hor Namhong (1998–2016) China - Qian Qichen (1988-1998) Tang Jiaxuan (1998-2003) Georgia - Irakli Menagarishvili (1995-2003) Abkhazia - Sergei Shamba (1997-2004) South Ossetia - Murat Dzhioyev (1998-2012) India - I. K. Gujral (1996-1998) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1998) Jaswant Singh (1998-2002) Indonesia - Ali Alatas (1988-1999) Iran - Kamal Kharazi (1997-2005) Iraq - Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (1992-2001) Israel - David Levy (1996-1998) Benjamin Netanyahu (1998) Ariel Sharon (1998-1999) Japan - Keizō Obuchi (1997-1998) Masahiko Kōmura (1998-1999) Jordan - Fayez al-Tarawneh (1997-1998) Jawad Anani (1998) Abdul Ilah Khatib (1998-2002) Kazakhstan - Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (1994-1999) North Korea - Kim Yong-nam (1983-1998) Paek Nam-sun (1998-2007) South Korea - Yu Jong-ha (1996-1998) Bak Jeong-su (1998) 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 - Farès Boueiz (1992-1998) Selim al-Hoss (1998-2000) Malaysia - Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1991-1999) Maldives - Fathulla Jameel (1978-2005) Mongolia - Shukher Altangerel (1997-1998) Rinchinnyamyn Amarjargal (1998) Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa (1998-2000) Myanmar - Ohn Gyaw (1991-1998) Win Aung (1998-2004) Nepal - Kamal Thapa (1997-1998) Girija Prasad Koirala (1998-1999) Oman - Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (1982–2020) Pakistan - Gohar Ayub Khan (1997-1998) 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 - Abd al-Karim al-Iryani (1994-1998) 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 - Kinza Clodumar (1997-1998) 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 - Tofilau Eti Alesana (1988-1998) Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi (1998–2021) Solomon Islands - Patterson Oti (1997-2000) Tonga - Prince Tupouto'a Tungi (1979-1998) Baron Vaea (1998) Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata (1998-2004) Tuvalu - Bikenibeu Paeniu (1996-1999) Vanuatu - Vital Soksok (1997-1998) Donald Kalpokas (1998) Clement Leo (1998-1999)
Europe Albania - Paskal Milo (1997-2001) Andorra - Albert Pintat (1997-2001) Austria - Wolfgang Schüssel (1995-2000) Belarus - Ivan Antanovich (1997-1998) 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 - Taner Etkin (1996-1998) Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu (1998-2004) Czech Republic - Jaroslav Šedivý (1997-1998) Jan Kavan (1998-2002) Denmark - Niels Helveg Petersen (1993-2000) Estonia - Toomas Hendrik Ilves (1996-1998) Raul Mälk (1998-1999) Finland - Tarja Halonen (1995-2000) France - Hubert Védrine (1997-2002) Germany - Klaus Kinkel (1992-1998) Joschka Fischer (1998-2005) Greece - Theodoros Pangalos (1996-1999) Hungary - László Kovács (1994-1998) 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) Republic of Macedonia - Blagoje Handžiski (1997-1998) Aleksandar Dimitrov (1998-2000) Malta - George Vella (1996-1998) Guido de Marco (1998-1999) Moldova - Nicolae Tăbăcaru (1997-2000) Netherlands - Hans van Mierlo (1994-1998) 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 - Yevgeny Primakov (1996-1998) Igor Ivanov (1998-2004) Chechnya - Movladi Udugo (1997-1998) Akhyad Idigov (1998-1999) San Marino - Gabriele Gatti (1986-2002) Slovakia - Zdenka Kramplová (1997-1998) Eduard Kukan (1998-2006) Slovenia - Boris Frlec (1997-2000) Spain - Abel Matutes (1996-2000) Sweden - Lena Hjelm-Wallén (1994-1998) Anna Lindh (1998-2003) Switzerland - Flavio Cotti (1993-1999) Ukraine - Hennadiy Udovenko (1994-1998) Borys Tarasyuk (1998-2000) United Kingdom - Robin Cook (1997-2001) Vatican City - Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran (1990-2003) Yugoslavia - Milan Milutinović (1995-1998) 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 - Dean Barrow (1993-1998) Said Musa (1998-2002) Canada - Lloyd Axworthy (1996-2000) Quebec - Sylvain Simard (1996-1998) Louise Beaudoin (1998-2003) Costa Rica - Fernando Naranjo Villalobos (1994-1998) Roberto Rojas López (1998-2002) Cuba - Roberto Robaina (1993-1999) Dominica - Edison James (1995-1998) Norris Charles (1998-2000) Dominican Republic - Eduardo Latorre Rodríguez (1996-2000) El Salvador - Ramón Ernesto González Giner (1995-1999) Grenada - Raphael Fletcher (1997-1998) Mark Isaac (1998-1999) Guatemala - Eduardo Stein (1996-2000) Haiti - Fritz Longchamp (1995-2001) Honduras - Delmer Urbizo Panting (1995-1998) Fernando Martínez Jiménez (1998-1999) Jamaica - Seymour Mullings (1995-2000) Mexico - José Ángel Gurría (1994-1998) Rosario Green (1998-2000) Nicaragua - Emilio Álvarez Montalván (1997-1998) Eduardo Montealegre (1998-2000) Panama - Ricardo Alberto Arias (1996-1998) 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 - Alpian Allen (1994-1998) 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 - María Emma Mejía Vélez (1996-1998) Camilo Reyes (1998) Guillermo Fernández de Soto (1998-2002) Ecuador - José Ayala Lasso (1997-1999) Guyana - Clement Rohee (1992-2001) Paraguay - Rubén Melgarejo Lanzoni (1996-1998) Dido Florentin Bogado (1998-1999) Peru - Eduardo Ferrero Costa (1997-1998) Fernando de Trazegnies (1998-2000) Suriname - Errol Snijders (1997-2000) Uruguay - Álvaro Ramos Trigo (1995-1998) Didier Opertti (1998-2005) Venezuela - Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas (1994-1999)