List of foreign ministers of Austria-Hungary

This is a list of foreign ministers (German: Außenminister) of the Habsburg Monarchy, of the Austrian Empire, and of Austria-Hungary up to 1918.

State Chancellors of the Habsburg Monarchy (1720–1805)

From 1664/69 the Privy Conference (Geheime Konferenz), a committee of the Imperial Privy Council (Geheimer Rat), provided advice to Emperor Leopold I whereby the Austrian Court Chancellor, responsible for the Habsburg 'Hereditary Lands', served as rapporteur and thereby gained increasing influence. The Habsburg diplomatic service was re-organised, when Emperor Charles VI by resolution of 26 March 1720 declared Court Chancellor Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf responsible for foreign policy issues. Upon Sinzendorf's death in February 1742, Archduchess Maria Theresa finally separated the central Habsburg State Chancellery responsible of Foreign Affairs from the domestic Austrian Court Chancellery.

Name	Began	Ended
Philipp Ludwig Wenzel Graf von Sinzendorf (26 December 1671 – 8 February 1742)	26 March 1720	8 February 1742
Anton Corfiz Graf von Uhlfeld (15 June 1699 – 31 December 1769)	14 February 1742	13 May 1753
Wenzel Anton Graf (from 1764, Fürst) von Kaunitz-Rietberg (2 February 1711 – 27 June 1794)	13 May 1753	19 August 1792
Johann Philipp Graf von Cobenzl (28 May 1741 – 30 August 1810)	19 August 1792	27 March 1793
Johann Amadeus Francis de Paula von Thugut (8 March 1736 – 29 May 1818)	27 March 1792	28 September 1800
Franz de Paula Karl Graf von Colloredo-Waldsee (23 May 1736 – 10 March 1806)	5 October 1800	30 November 1805

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Austrian Empire (1805–1867)

Began	Ended	Name
24 December 1805	4 October 1809	Johann Graf Stadion-Thannhausen
8 October 1809	13 March 1848	Klemens Graf (from 1813, Fürst) von Metternich-Winneburg
18 March 1848	4 May 1848	Karl Graf von Ficquelmont
8 May 1848	21 November 1848	Johann Freiherr von Wessenberg-Ampringen
21 November 1848	5 April 1852	Felix Prinz zu Schwarzenberg
11 April 1852	17 May 1859	Karl Graf von Buol-Schauenstein
17 May 1859	27 October 1864	Johann Graf von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen
27 October 1864	30 October 1866	Alexander Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly
30 October 1866	30 December 1867	Friedrich Ferdinand Graf von Beust

Ministers of the Imperial and Royal House and of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)

Began	Ended	Name
30 December 1867	8 November 1871	Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust
14 November 1871	8 October 1879	Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka
8 October 1879	10 October 1881	Baron Heinrich Karl von Haymerle
20 November 1881	2 May 1895	Count Gustav Kálnoky de Köröspatak
16 May 1895	24 October 1906	Count Agenor Maria Gołuchowski
24 October 1906	17 February 1912	Count Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal
17 February 1912	13 January 1915	Count Leopold Berchtold von und zu Ungarschitz, Frättling und Püllütz
13 January 1915	22 December 1916	Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz
22 December 1916	16 April 1918	Count Ottokar Czernin von und zu Chudenitz
16 April 1918	24 October 1918	Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz
24 October 1918	2 November 1918	Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (the Younger)

Notes

Regarding personal names:

Prinz is a title, translated as Prince, not a first or middle name. The female form is Prinzessin.
Fürst is a title, translated as (Sovereign) Prince, not a first or middle name. The female form is Fürstin.
Graf is a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin.
Freiherr is a title, translated as Baron, not a first or middle name. The female forms are Freifrau and Freiin.

Bibliography

Erwin Matsch, Der Auswärtige Dienst von Österreich-Ungarn 1720-1920, Vienna, Böhlau, 1986.
—, Geschichte des Auswärtigen Dienstes von Österreich-Ungarn 1720-1920, Vienna, Böhlau, 1980.

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