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Azerbaijan International Development Agency

The Agency is managed by the Director appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Diego Betancur Álvarez

On 14 March 2008 Betancur was sworn in by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Fernando Araújo Perdomo in a ceremony at the Palace of San Carlos in Bogotá.

Elijah Mwangale

He was a minister for Agriculture, Minister of Foreign Affairs and a former member of parliament for the Kimilili Constituency.

Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek

His father was jhr. mr. Abraham van Karnebeek (1836-1925), a conservative liberal politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1885-1888).

Juan de Dios Cañedo

He was several times deputy and senator, minister of foreign affairs under Victoria's administration, represented his country as plenipotentiary in Brazil, Peru, and Chile, and was in charge of the foreign office and the department of the interior under Bustamante.

La Porta

La Porta was the birthplace of Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (1771–1851), a Corsican soldier and diplomat for Napoleon, and a politician who served as Naval Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of State under the July Monarchy.

Leopoldo Elia

Born in Fano, Marche, he was judge of the Constitutional Court, in Carlo Azeglio Ciampi's government(1993 - 1994) was Minister for Reforms and briefly Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1994, when Beniamino Andreatta belong President of Popular Party parliamentary group.

Malaysia–Tunisia relations

October 2003: Mr. Habib Ben Yahia, Minister of Foreign Affairs to participate to the X Summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

Mohammed V University

Rafik Abdessalem, Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, received a B.A. in Philosophy from Mohammed V University.

Rechberg and Rothenlöwen

Aloys was a prominent Bavarian statesman, while his son Johann Bernhard, would enter the Austrian diplomatic service and rise eventually to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 347

Keč responded that he did not need the chief of police, but someone from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, such as Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bjørn Tore Godal or the Norwegian Ambassador to the United Nations.

Schwartzbard trial

It was consisting of several Ukrainian statesmen such as Oleksadr Shulhin (former Minister of Foreign Affairs), M.Shulhina, Vyacheslav Prokopovych, М.

Turks in Azerbaijan

Vyacheslav Molotov, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, demanded to the surrender of three Anatolian provinces (Kars, Ardahan and Artvin); thus, war against Turkey seemed possible, and Joseph Stalin wanted to clear the strategic Turkish population situated in Meskheti, located near the Turkish-Georgian border which were likely to be hostile to Soviet intentions.

Turks in Russia

Vyacheslav Molotov, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, formally presented a demand to the Turkish Ambassador in Moscow for the surrender of three Anatolian provinces (Kars, Ardahan and Artvin); thus, war against Turkey seemed possible, and Joseph Stalin wanted to clear the strategic Turkish population (especially those situated in Meskheti) located near the Turkish-Georgian border which were likely to be hostile to Soviet intentions.

Turks in the former Soviet Union

In June 1945 Vyacheslav Molotov, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, formally presented a demand to the Turkish Ambassador in Moscow for the surrender of three Anatolian provinces (Kars, Ardahan and Artvin).

Turks in Ukraine

Vyacheslav Molotov, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, demanded the surrender of three Anatolian provinces (Kars, Ardahan and Artvin); thus, war against Turkey seemed possible, and Joseph Stalin wanted to clear the strategic Turkish population situated in Meskheti, located near the Turkish-Georgian border which were likely to be hostile to Soviet intentions.

Turks in Uzbekistan

During World War II, the Soviet Union was preparing to launch a pressure campaign against Turkey; Vyacheslav Molotov, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, demanded to the Turkish Ambassador in Moscow for the surrender of three Anatolian provinces (Kars, Ardahan and Artvin).

Vladan Đorđević

Vladan Đorđević (Belgrade, Principality of Serbia November 21, 1844 — Baden bei Wien, Austria, August 31, 1930) was physician, prolific writer, organizer of the State Sanitary Service, and politician who was mayor of Belgrade, Minister of Education, Prime Minister of Serbia and Minister of Foreign Affairs.


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1987 New Year Honours

The Honourable James Cameron Tudor, C.M.G., Minister of Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Senate.

2011 alleged Iran assassination plot

The Dutch minister of foreign affairs, Uri Rosenthal, has stated that he is "very, very, very, really exceptionally worried" about the alleged Iranian involvement in a plotted terrorist attack on civilians in the United States.

Ágoston

Péter Ágoston (1874–1925), Hungarian politician, served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1919

Armenians in Central Asia

Boris Şyhmyradow former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

Armenians in the Ottoman Empire

Armenians occupied important posts within the Ottoman Empire, Artin Dadyan Pasha served as minister of foreign affairs of Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1901 is one of the examples that Armenian citizens served the Ottoman Empire in 19th century.

Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna

In the government of Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef, named on May 11, 2008, Khouna was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Chile–Peru relations

Aside from this matter of technical names, due to the lack of good diplomacy between the Spanish envoy and the Peruvian minister of foreign affairs, the Spanish "scientific expedition" invaded the Chincha Islands (Rich in guano) of Peru just off the coast of the port of Callao.

Constitutional Protection Movement

Then they selected the leaders of the National Protection War Tang Jiyao of the Yunnan clique and Lu Rongting of the Old Guangxi clique as marshals, Wu Tingfang as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tang Shaoyi as the Minister of Finance (abstained), Cheng Biguang as the Naval Minister, and Hu Hanmin as the Minister of Communications.

Çukurova University

Turgay Avcı, politician and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Dino Grandi

Dino Grandi (June 4, 1895 – May 21, 1988), 1st Conte di Mordano, was an Italian Fascist politician, minister of justice, minister of foreign affairs and president of parliament.

Discobolus

In 1937 Adolf Hitler negotiated to buy it, and eventually succeeded in 1938, when Galeazzo Ciano, Minister of Foreign Affairs, sold it to him for five million lire, over the protests of Giuseppe Bottai, Minister of Education, and the scholarly community.

Embassy of Turkey, Berlin

On October 30, 2012, a new embassy building, constructed on the site of the destroyed building, was opened with a ceremony attended by high ranked politicians such as the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoğlu, Minister for the European Union Egemen Bağış and Foreign Minister of Germany Guido Westerwelle as well as some 1,500 guests.

Eustachy

Eustachy Sapieha (1881–1963), Polish nobleman, prince, politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs and deputy to the Polish parliament

Fletcher High School, Gweru

The late Stan Mudenge, former politician who served in the government of Zimbabwe as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2005 and as Minister of Higher Education from 2005 to 2008.Mr Peter muchengeti also had his studies

Foreign relations of Iraq

Since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, Hoshyar Zebari was first appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Iraqi Governing Council in Baghdad on 3 September 2003.

Fowsiyo Yusuf Haji Adan

Adan's term as Somalia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister ended on 17 January 2014, when new Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed appointed Abdirahman Duale Beyle as her successor.

Georgios Christakis-Zografos

A little while later he became executive of the National Bank of Greece, position he retained until September 1917, with a short-term interval (February 25-August 10, 1915) when he became for second time Minister of Foreign Affairs under the cabinet of Dimitrios Gounaris.

Gerald Zackios

Gerald Zackios (born 1965) was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Marshall Islands between July 6, 2001 and January 9, 2008.

Given Lubinda

Given Lubinda is a Member of the National Assembly of Zambia for Kabwata Constituency (Lusaka), and the former Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of Zambia.

Guillermo Fernández

Guillermo Fernández de Soto, a Colombian lawyer and diplomat, who has served as Secretary General of the Andean Community of Nations, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, and Ambassador of Colombia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Henri de la Tour

Henri, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne (1823–1871), French politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Napoleon III

Ignacy Jan Paderewski Polish Institute of Diplomacy

The current patron of the Institute is Ignacy Jan Paderewski, a statesman, eminent activist for independence, Polish Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and an outstanding pianist and composer.

Institute Polonicus

Polish-German dialogue: Cornelia Pieper, Minister of Foreign Affairs, responsible for cultural contacts with foreign countries

Jan Kowalewski

On March 6, 1944 Sir Alexander Cadogan of the Foreign Office informed the Polish minister of foreign affairs Edward Raczyński that Kowalewski's contacts with the opposing powers could be treated as treachery and that he should be dismissed.

José Coronel Urtecho

One of Coronel′s oldest twin sons, Manuel Coronel Kautz, is currently Nicaragua’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Head Authority of the Nicaragua Great Canal project, currently the largest economical initiative of the country.

Koussa

Moussa Koussa, a Libyan political figure and diplomat, who served in the Libyan government as Minister of Foreign Affairs from March 2009.

Linda Marc

She is married to the former Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Haiti, Jean Rénald Clérismé.

Ludwig Scotty

President Scotty's cabinet included himself as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron D. Waqa of Boe as Minister of Education, David Adeang of Ubenide as Minister of Finance, Dr. Kieren Keke of Yaren as Minister of Health, Russel E. Kun of Ubenide as Minister of Justice and Dogabe A. Jeremiah of Meneng as Minister of Public Works.

Mälk

Raul Mälk (born 1952), Estonian diplomat and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia.

Marianne Heiberg

Her second husband Johan Jørgen Holst, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, played a central role in Middle East peace efforts.

Mijiddorjiyn Handdorj

In the new independent government, Handdorj was appointed minister of foreign affairs but an internal power struggle erupted almost immediately between Handdorj and Minister of Internal Affairs Da Lam Tserenchimed over whose ministry would hold more prestige.

Nakasone

Hirofumi Nakasone (born 1945), former Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, son of Yasuhiro Nakasone

Naor Gilon

Earlier he served as the Chief of Staff to Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Lieberman in 2009, and as the Deputy Director General for Western Europe division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2009–2011).

Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

Dr. Rumiana Jeleva, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria (2009–2010), earned a PhD degree in sociology at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg.

Paavo Rantanen

He also served in Nokia Executive Board 1988-1995, until he became a non-aligned Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Esko Aho's cabinet following the resignation of Heikki Haavisto.

Paulino Soares de Sousa, 1st Viscount of Uruguai

He distinguished himself during the 1850s when, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, he organized the Brazilian Diplomatic Corps and structured the entire Brazilian policy of intervention in the River Plate against Juan Manuel de Rosas from Argentina, and Manuel Oribe from Uruguay.

Per Hækkerup

As Minister of Foreign Affairs Hækkerup is mostly remembered because of the agreement he made with the Norwegian Minister Jens Evensen that gave Norway the oil rich Ekofisk oil field in the North Sea.

Pictish Free State

Robbie ultimately felt that he had been undermined by the influence of MI6 on the serving Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trivimi Velliste, to prevent a scenario of his being created a cause célèbre by the official granting of political asylum status - Robbie held, and still holds the belief, that Velliste's Soviet past cast a shadow on his ability to escape compromise by informed intelligence services.

Reactions to the ROKS Cheonan sinking

: French Minister of Foreign Affairs Bernard Kouchner, expressed to his South Korean counterpart, Yu Myung-hwan, France’s very firm condemnation of the attack which was directed against the Republic of Korea.

Rik Coolsaet

He has held several high-ranking official positions, such as deputy chief of the Cabinet of the Belgian Minister of Defence Guy Coeme and deputy chief of the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Willy Claes, who was involved in the Agusta bribery scandal (1988–1992) and deputy chief of the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Willy Claes (1992–1995) where he was in charge for the contacts with the USA regarding the Rwandan genocide.

Romanian Day Festival

Many celebrities, diplomats and dignitaries, politicians, and Romanian and American businessmen took part in the event: sports celebrities Ilie Năstase and Dumitru Haradau, Romanian diplomats and politicians Sorin Ducaru, Ion Gorita, Mircea Geoana, former Ambassador of Romania to Washington, DC, and former Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Linda Grass, representative of New York Mayor Giuliani, and others.

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

The current SCO Secretary-General is Muratbek Imanaliyev of Kyrgyzstan, a former Kyrgyz Minister of Foreign Affairs and professor at the American University of Central Asia.

Simbarashe Mumbengegwi

When the ZANU-PF–MDC national unity government was sworn in on 13 February 2009, Mumbengegwi was retained as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Sodiq Safoyev

On 14 March 2003 Safoyev was appointed the Minister of Foreign Affairs, a post he held until 4 February 2005 when he was replaced by Elyor Ganiyev.

Than E

U Nu, the first Prime Minister of Independent Burma, appointed U Tin Tut to be his Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The European Courier

Magazine's present and past contributors include former minister of foreign affairs of Bosnia-Herzegovina Muhamed Sacirbey, political scientist Dr. Tadeusz A. Kisielewski, historian Dmitry Shlapentokh, economy professor and human rights activist Dr. Scott A. Hipsher, Arabic affairs specialist Dr. Konrad Pedziwiatr, international relations researcher Dr. Kerri Longhurst, political analyst Rick Robinson and others.

Volunteer Army Unit for Punishing Traitors

Targets included offices of the Japan Teachers Union, buildings in Osaka and Tokyo of the terrorist sect Aum Shinrikyo (which had perpetrated the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995), the pro-North Korea Chongryon association, and in the only threat taken seriously by the Japanese police, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hitoshi Tanaka, who had attempted rapprochement with North Korea in 2002.

World Economic Forum in Baku

Gordan Jandroković – Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Croatia

WUB Morning Vibes

In January 2010 a legal advisor of the Dean Barrow administration and an ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs used the show to criticize a statement by foreign affairs minister Wilfred Elrington calling Belize’s border with Guatemala “artificial”.

Yōhei Kōno

He was Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori.