This is a list of foreign ministers in 2001.
Africa Algeria - Abdelaziz Belkhadem (2000-2005) Angola - João Bernardo de Miranda (1999-2008) Benin - Antoine Idji Kolawolé (1998-2003) Botswana - Mompati Merafhe (1994-2008) Burkina Faso - Youssouf Ouedraogo (1999-2007) Burundi - Severin Ntahomvukiye (1998-2001) Thérence Sinunguruza (2001-2005) Cameroon - Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni (1997-2001) François Xavier Ngoubeyou (2001-2004) Cape Verde - Rui Alberto de Figueiredo Soares (2000-2001) Manuel Inocêncio Sousa (2001-2002) Central African Republic - Marcel Metefara (1999-2001) Agba Otikpo Mézodé (2001-2003) Chad - Mahamat Saleh Annadif (1997-2003) Comoros - Mohamed El-Amine Souef (1999-2002) Republic of Congo - Rodolphe Adada (1997-2007) Democratic Republic of Congo - Léonard She Okitundu (2000-2003) Côte d'Ivoire - Abou Drahamane Sangare (2000-2003) Djibouti - Ali Abdi Farah (1999-2005) Egypt - Amr Moussa (1991-2001) Ahmed Maher (2001-2004) Equatorial Guinea - Santiago Nsobeya Efuman (1999-2003) Eritrea - Ali Said Abdella (2000-2005) Ethiopia - Seyoum Mesfin (1991-2010) Gabon - Jean Ping (1999-2008) The Gambia - Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe (1998-2001) Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne (2001-2004) Ghana - James Victor Gbeho (1997-2001) Hackman Owusu-Agyeman (2001-2003) Guinea - Mahawa Bangoura (2000-2002) Guinea-Bissau - Yaya Diallo (2000-2001) Faustino Imbali (2001) Antonieta Rosa Gomes (2001) Malam Mané (2001) Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote (2001-2002) Kenya - Bonaya Godana (1998-2001) Christopher Obure (2001) Marsden Madoka (2001-2003) Lesotho - Tom Thabane (1998-2002) Liberia - Monie Captan (1996-2003) Libya - Abdel Rahman Shalgham (2000-2009) Madagascar - Lila Ratsifandrihamanana (1998-2002) Malawi - Lilian Patel (2000-2004) Mali - Modibo Sidibe (1997-2002) Mauritania - Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed (1998-2001) Dah Ould Abdi (2001-2002) Mauritius - Anil Gayan (2000-2003) Morocco - Mohamed Benaissa (1999-2007) Western Sahara - Mohamed Salem Ould Salek (1998–2023) Mozambique - Leonardo Simão (1994-2005) Namibia - Theo-Ben Gurirab (1990-2002) Niger - Nassirou Sabo (2000-2001) Aïchatou Mindaoudou (2001-2010) Nigeria - Sule Lamido (2000-2003) Rwanda - André Bumaya (2000-2002) São Tomé and Príncipe - Joaquim Rafael Branco (2000-2001) Patrice Trovoada (2001-2002) Senegal - Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (2000-2009) Seychelles - Jérémie Bonnelame (1997-2005) Sierra Leone - Sama Banya (1998-2001) Ahmed Ramadan Dumbuya (2001-2002) Somalia - Ismail Mahmud Hurre (2000-2002) Somaliland - Mahmud Salah Nur (1997-2001) Abdihamid Garad Jama (2001-2002) South Africa - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1999-2009) Sudan - Mustafa Osman Ismail (1998-2005) Swaziland - Albert Nhlanhla Shabangu (1998-2001) Abednego Ntshangase (2001-2003) Tanzania - Jakaya Kikwete (1995-2006) Togo - Joseph Kokou Koffigoh (2000-2002) Tunisia - Habib Ben Yahia (1999-2004) Uganda - Eriya Kategaya (1996-2001) James Wapakhabulo (2001-2004) Zambia - Keli Walubita (1997-2002) Zimbabwe - Stan Mudenge (1995-2005)
Asia Afghanistan - Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil (1999-2001) Abdullah Abdullah (2001-2006) Armenia - Vartan Oskanian (1998-2008) Azerbaijan - Vilayat Guliyev (1999-2004) Nagorno-Karabakh - Naira Melkumian (1997-2002) Bahrain - Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah (1971-2005) Bangladesh - Abdus Samad Azad (1996-2001) Latifur Rahman (2001) A.Q.M. Badruddoza Chowdhury (2001) Morshed Khan (2001-2006) Bhutan - Jigme Thinley (1998-2003) Brunei - Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah (1984–2015) Cambodia - Hor Namhong (1998–2016) China - Tang Jiaxuan (1998-2003) East Timor - José Ramos-Horta (2000-2006) Georgia - Irakli Menagarishvili (1995-2003) Abkhazia - Sergei Shamba (1997-2004) South Ossetia - Murat Dzhioyev (1998-2012) India - Jaswant Singh (1998-2002) Indonesia - Alwi Shihab (1999-2001) Hassan Wirajuda (2001-2009) Iran - Kamal Kharazi (1997-2005) Iraq - Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (1992-2001) Tariq Aziz (acting) (2001) Naji Sabri (2001-2003) Israel - Shlomo Ben-Ami (2000-2001) Shimon Peres (2001-2002) Japan - Yōhei Kōno (1999-2001) Makiko Tanaka (2001-2002) Jordan - Abdul Ilah Khatib (1998-2002) Kazakhstan - Erlan Idrisov (1999-2002) North Korea - Paek Nam-sun (1998-2007) South Korea - Yi Jeong-bin (2000-2001) Han Seung-soo (2001-2002) Kuwait - Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1978-2003) Kyrgyzstan - Muratbek Imanaliyev (1997-2002) Laos - Somsavat Lengsavad (1993-2006) Lebanon - Mahmoud Hammoud (2000-2003) Malaysia - Syed Hamid Albar (1999-2008) Maldives - Fathulla Jameel (1978-2005) Mongolia - Luvsangiin Erdenechuluun (2000-2004) Myanmar - Win Aung (1998-2004) Nepal - Chakra Bastola (2000-2001) Sher Bahadur Deuba (2001-2002) Oman - Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (1982–2020) Pakistan - Abdul Sattar (1999-2002) Philippines - Domingo Siazon, Jr. (1995-2001) Teofisto Guingona, Jr. (2001-2002) 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) Tyronne Fernando (2001-2004) Syria - Farouk al-Sharaa (1984-2006) Taiwan - Tien Hung-mao (2000-2002) Tajikistan - Talbak Nazarov (1994-2006) Thailand - Surin Pitsuwan (1997-2001) Surakiart Sathirathai (2001-2005) Turkey - İsmail Cem (1997-2002) Turkmenistan - Batyr Berdiýew (2000-2001) Raşit Meredow (2001–present) United Arab Emirates - Rashid Abdullah Al Nuaimi (1980-2006) Uzbekistan - Abdulaziz Komilov (1994-2003) Vietnam - Nguyễn Dy Niên (2000-2006) Yemen - Abdul Qadir Bajamal (1998-2001) Abu Bakr al-Qirbi (2001-2014)
Australia and Oceania Australia - Alexander Downer (1996-2007) Fiji - Kaliopate Tavola (2000-2006) French Polynesia - Gaston Flosse (2000-2004) Kiribati - Teburoro Tito (1994-2003) Marshall Islands - Alvin Jacklick (2000-2001) Gerald Zackios (2001-2008) Micronesia - Ieske K. Iehsi (2000-2003) Nauru - Bernard Dowiyogo (2000-2001) René Harris (2001-2003) New Zealand - Phil Goff (1999-2005) Cook Islands - Robert Woonton (1999-2004) Niue - Sani Lakatani (1999-2002) Palau - Temmy Shmull (2001-2009) Papua New Guinea - Bart Philemon (2000-2001) John Pundari (2001) John Waiko (2001-2002) Samoa - Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi (1998–2021) Solomon Islands - Danny Philip (2000-2001) David Sitai (2001) Alex Bartlett (2001-2002) Tonga - Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata (1998-2004) Tuvalu - Lagitupu Tuilimu (2000-2001) Faimalaga Luka (2001) Koloa Talake (2001-2002) Vanuatu - Serge Vohor (1999-2001) Alain Mahe (2001-2002)
Europe Albania - Paskal Milo (1997–2001) Arta Dade (2001–2002) Andorra - Albert Pintat (1997–2001) Juli Minoves Triquell (2001–2007) Austria - Benita Ferrero-Waldner (2000–2004) Belarus - Mikhail Khvostov (2000–2003) Belgium - Louis Michel (1999–2004) Brussels-Capital Region - Guy Vanhengel (2000–2009) Flanders - Patrick Dewael (1999–2001) Paul Van Grembergen (2001–2002) Bosnia and Herzegovina - Jadranko Prlić (1996–2001) Zlatko Lagumdžija (2001–2003) Bulgaria - Nadezhda Mihailova (1997–2001) Solomon Passy (2001–2005) Croatia - Tonino Picula (2000–2003) Cyprus - Ioannis Kasoulidis (1997–2003) Northern Cyprus - Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu (1998–2004) Czech Republic - Jan Kavan (1998–2002) Denmark - Mogens Lykketoft (2000–2001) Per Stig Møller (2001–2010) Estonia - Toomas Hendrik Ilves (1999–2002) Finland - Erkki Tuomioja (2000–2007) France - Hubert Védrine (1997–2002) Germany - Joschka Fischer (1998–2005) Greece - George Papandreou (1999–2004) Hungary - János Martonyi (1998–2002) Iceland - Halldór Ásgrímsson (1995–2004) Ireland - Brian Cowen (2000–2004) Italy - Lamberto Dini (1996–2001) Renato Ruggiero (2001–2002) Latvia - Indulis Bērziņš (1999–2002) Liechtenstein - Andrea Willi (1993–2001) Ernst Walch (2001–2005) Lithuania - Antanas Valionis (2000–2006) Luxembourg - Lydie Polfer (1999–2004) Republic of Macedonia - Srgjan Kerim (2000–2001) Ilinka Mitreva (2001) Slobodan Čašule (2001–2002) Malta - Joe Borg (1999–2004) Moldova - Nicolae Cernomaz (2000–2001) Iurie Leancă (acting) (2001) Nicolae Dudău (2001–2004) Transnistria - Valeriy Litskai (2000–2008) Netherlands - Jozias van Aartsen (1998–2002) Norway - Thorbjørn Jagland (2000–2001) Jan Petersen (2001–2005) Poland - Władysław Bartoszewski (2000–2001) Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (2001–2005) Portugal - Jaime Gama (1995–2002) Romania - Mircea Geoană (2000–2004) Russia - Igor Ivanov (1998–2004) San Marino - Gabriele Gatti (1986–2002) Slovakia - Eduard Kukan (1998–2006) Slovenia - Dimitrij Rupel (2000–2004) Spain - Josep Piqué (2000–2002) Sweden - Anna Lindh (1998–2003) Switzerland - Joseph Deiss (1999–2002) Ukraine - Anatoliy Zlenko (2000–2003) United Kingdom - Robin Cook (1997–2001) Jack Straw (2001–2006) Scotland - Jack McConnell (2000–2001) Vatican City - Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran (1990–2003) Yugoslavia - Goran Svilanović (2000–2004) Montenegro - Branko Lukovac (2000–2002)
North America and the Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda - Lester Bird (1991-2004) The Bahamas - Janet Bostwick (1994-2002) Barbados - Billie Miller (1994-2008) Belize - Said Musa (1998-2002) Canada - John Manley (2000-2002) Quebec - Louise Beaudoin (1998-2003) Costa Rica - Roberto Rojas López (1998-2002) Cuba - Felipe Pérez Roque (1999-2009) Dominica - Pierre Charles (2000-2001) Osborne Riviere (2001-2005) Dominican Republic - Hugo Tolentino Dipp (2000-2003) El Salvador - María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila (1999-2004) Grenada - Elvin Nimrod (2000-2008) Guatemala - Gabriel Orellana Rojas (2000-2002) Haiti - Fritz Longchamp (1995-2001) Joseph Philippe Antonio (2001-2004) Honduras - Roberto Flores Bermúdez (1999-2002) Jamaica - Paul Robertson (2000-2001) Keith Desmond Knight (2001-2006) Mexico - Jorge Castañeda Gutman (2000-2003) Nicaragua - Francisco Aguirre Sacasa (2000-2002) Panama - José Miguel Alemán Healy (1999-2003) Saint Kitts and Nevis - Sam Condor (2000-2001) Timothy Harris (2001-2008) Saint Lucia - George Odlum (1997-2001) Julian Hunte (2001-2004) Puerto Rico – Angel Morey (1999–2001) Ferdinand Mercado (2001–2003) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Allan Cruickshank (1998-2001) Louis Straker (2001-2005) Trinidad and Tobago - Mervyn Assam (2000-2001) Knowlson Gift (2001-2006) United States - Madeleine Albright (1997-2001) Colin Powell (2001-2005)
South America Argentina - Adalberto Rodríguez Giavarini (1999-2001) José María Vernet (2001-2002) Bolivia - Javier Murillo de la Rocha (1997-2001) Gustavo Fernández Saavedra (2001-2002) Brazil - Luiz Felipe Palmeira Lampreia (1995-2001) Luiz Felipe de Seixas Corrêa (acting) (2001) Celso Lafer (2001-2003) Chile - Soledad Alvear (2000-2004) Colombia - Guillermo Fernández de Soto (1998-2002) Ecuador - Heinz Moeller Freile (2000-2003) Guyana - Clement Rohee (1992-2001) Rudy Insanally (2001-2008) Paraguay - Juan Esteban Aguirre Martínez (2000-2001) José Antonio Moreno Ruffinelli (2001-2003) Peru - Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (2000-2001) Diego García Sayán (2001-2002) Suriname - Marie Levens (2000-2005) Uruguay - Didier Opertti (1998-2005) Venezuela - José Vicente Rangel (1999-2001) Luis Alfonso Dávila (2001-2002)