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FEMALE
MINISTERS OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
CURRENTLY IN OFFICE
Apart from the women who have been Foreign Ministers a large number of
women have been deputy ministers. They can be found in the various
country-entries in
Women in governments by country
also see
Female Foreign Ministers
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2003- Micheline Calmy-Rey, Switzerland |
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She is former President of the Socialist Party of Génève, she was
President of the Grand Conseil of Génève 1993, Councillor of
Finance 1997-2002, Vice-President of the Government 2000-01 and
President of the Government 2001-02. Federal Vice-President in 2006.
(b. 1945-). |
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2005- Lygia
Kraag-Keteldijk, Suriname |
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Director of Political Affairs in the Cabinet of the President 2000-05.
(b. 1941-). |
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2006- Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, Mexico |
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Worked in various
Mexican UN-representation in New York and Géneve from 1982 and also
worked in the Ministry of External Relations. Ambassador to
Germany Austria, Slovenia and Slovakia and Representative to various UN
organisations in Vienna 2001-06. (b. 1958-). |
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2007- Olubanke King-Akerele, Liberia |
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Also known as
Olubanke Akerele,
Olubanke Yetunde or Olu Bankie,
she worked 20 years as Deputy Director for
the United Nations Development Program for Women and then United Nations
Development Program Representative in Mauritius and Seychelles prior to
her appointment as
Minister of Commerce and Industry in 2006.
She is the
granddaughter of former Liberian president Charles
DB King. |
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2007-
Zainab Hawa Bangura, Sierra Leone |
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Co-founder and Chairperson of the
Movement for
Progress in 2002 and Presidential Candidate the same year and Chief
Civil Affairs Officer of the United Nations Mission in Liberia from
2005. Also Minister of International Cooperation. (b.1959-). |
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2007- Minister of Foreign
Affairs Paula Gopee-Scoon, Trinidad and Tobago |
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MP for the governing
People’s National Movement (PNM). |
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2008-
Carolyn Rodrigues, Guyana |
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Active
in Amerindian Community Affairs for a number of years,
2001-08
Minister of Amerindian Affairs (in charge of the Native Americans in
the Country). (b. 1974-).
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2008-
Maxine McClean, Barbados |
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Appointed Senator and
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Leader
of Government Business in the Senate in January 2008. From November 2008
also
Minister of Foreign Trade. |
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2008-
Antonella Mularoni, San Marino |
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As Secretary of Foreign and Political Affairs she also functions as
Leader of the Government even though the Captain Generals are both Heads
of State and Government. She was Political Secretary to the Minister of Finance
1986-87, Director of the Office for relations with the associations of San
Marino citizens living abroad 1987-90, Deputy Permanent Representative to the
Council of Europe, 1989-90, Barrister and public notary in the Republic of San
Marino 1991-2001, Member of the General Grand Council 1993-2001 and again from
2008, and Judge of the European Court of Human Rights 2001-08. (b. 1961-). |
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2009- Dr. Dipu Moni,
Bangladesh |
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Secretary for Women’s Affairs of the Bangladesh
Awami League. Married to
Tawfique Nawaz, Senior Advocates of the Supreme Court and mother of 1 son. |
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2009- Hilary Rodham Clinton, United States of America |
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Politically Influential when her husband, Bill
Clinton, was governor of Arkansas 1979-81 and 1983-1992 and
President of USA 1993-2001, Senator for New York since 2001, Candidate in
the Democratic Party Primary 2007-08 and designated to become Secretary
of State in 2009. (b. 1947-). |
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2009-
Sandra
Sumang Pierantozzi, Palau (Balau)
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1989-96 Minister of
Administration and Budget as her country's first female minister, 1992 she was candidate for
Vice-President and from 1996 senator and Floor Leader. In 2001 she
again became Minister of Administration and Budget again, and was later
appointed Minister of Health, 2001-05
Vice-President
and from 2009 she was in charge of
Foreign and Domestic Affairs MinisterForeign
and Domestic Affairs Minister as
Minister of State. |
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2009- Aurelia Frick,
Liechtenstein |
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Business women, executive director and entrepreneur. Also Government
Councillor of
Culture and Justice. (b. 1975-). |
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2009- Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, South Africa |
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Before becoming Minister of International Relations and Cooperation,
she was Member of the Executive Council for Housing and Local
Government in the Limpopo Province. |
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2009-
Sujata Koirala, Nepal |
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Spokesperson of the Nepalese Congress Party 2007-08, Minister
Without Portfolio in 2008, she failed to get elected to the
Constuent Assembly in 2008 but the following year her father,
Congress President and former Prime Minsiter, Girija Prasad Koirala,
named her Foreign Minister and Leader of the Congress Party in the
Government. |
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2009- Etta Banda, Malawi |
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MP from 2009. |
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2009- Naha
Mint Mouknass, Mauritania |
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The second woman in the Arab world to be head of a political party
UDP, Uunion des forces du progrès, since 2000 and Minister-Advisor at the Presidency
2001-05. |
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2009- Marie-Michele Rey, Haiti |
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1991 Minister of Finance,
1991-93 Minister in government-in-exile of Finance, 1993-95 Minister
of Finance and Economy. President Jean Bertrand Aristide was ousted
by a Military Coup d’Etat in 1991 and lead a government-in-exile
till he was reinstalled in 1993. She became Foreign Minister in
2009. |
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2009-
Louise Mushikiwabo, Rwanda |
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2008-09 Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister charged with
Information. |
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2010- Baroness Ashton
of Upholland, the European Union |
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Catherine Ashton has been a
Baroness from 1999, British
Parliamentary
Under-Secretary of State of Education and Skills 2001-04, Parliamentary Under-Secretary
of Constitutional Affairs 2004-06 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs 2006-07,
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council
2007-08, EU-Commissioner for Trade from 2008-10 and
Vice-President of the EU-Commission and
High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy(b. 1956-). |
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2010- Lene Espersen,
Denmark
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MF
since 1994, Political Spokesperson of The Conservative People's
1999-2001, Minister of Justice 2001-08 and Political Leader from
2008 and also Deputy Prime Minister and and 2008-10
Minister of Economic Affairs and
Business
Affairs. (b. 1965-)
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2010-
Aminatou
Djibrilla Maiga Touré, Niger |
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A diplomat, she was Mayor of Niamey Commune II
1996-2000, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2000-03 and Secretary-General of the Ministry's National
Commission for La Francophonie 2003-05 and Ambassador to USA
2006-10. |
Last update
03.03.10
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