List of foreign ministers of Austria-Hungary
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This is a list of foreign ministers (German: Außenminister) of the Habsburg monarchy, of the Austrian Empire, and of Austria-Hungary up to 1918.
Ministers of foreign affairs
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 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.
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf par Hyacinthe Rigaud (1729).jpg | Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf (1671–1742) |
26 March 1720 | 8 February 1742 † | 21 years, 317 days |
| File:Corfitz Anton Ulfeldt.jpg | Anton Corfiz Ulfeldt (1699–1769) |
14 February 1742 | 13 May 1753 | 11 years, 88 days |
| File:Jean-Etienne Liotard 12.jpg | Wenzel Kaunitz (1711–1794) |
13 May 1753 | 19 August 1792 | 39 years, 98 days |
| File:Johann Karl Philipp von Cobenzl.jpg | Philipp von Cobenzl (1741–1810) |
19 August 1792 | 27 March 1793 | 220 days |
| File:Johann Thugut.jpg | Johann Amadeus von Thugut (1736–1818) |
27 March 1793 | 28 September 1800 | 7 years, 185 days |
| File:Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff Litho crop.jpg | Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff (1749–1827) |
28 September 1800 | 18 September 1801 | 355 days |
| File:LudwigvonCobenzlPRichter.jpg | Ludwig von Cobenzl (1753–1809) |
18 September 1801 | 25 December 1805 | 4 years, 98 days |
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Austrian Empire (1805–1867)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Johann Philipp von Stadion verbessert.jpg | Philipp Stadion (1763–1824) |
25 December 1805 | 4 October 1809 | 3 years, 283 days |
| File:Prince Metternich by Lawrence.jpeg | Klemens von Metternich (1773–1859) |
8 October 1809 | 13 March 1848 | 38 years, 157 days |
| File:Karl von Ficquelmont.jpg | Karl Ficquelmont (1777–1857) |
18 March 1848 | 4 May 1848 | 47 days |
| File:Johann Philipp Wessenberg Kriehuber.jpg | Johann Wessenberg (1773–1858) |
8 May 1848 | 21 November 1848 | 197 days |
| File:Schwarzenberg, Felix.jpg | Felix Schwarzenberg (1800–1852) |
21 November 1848 | 5 April 1852 † | 4 years, 135 days |
| File:Buol-Schauenstein Litho.jpg | Karl Buol (1797–1865) |
11 April 1852 | 17 May 1859 | 7 years, 36 days |
| File:Johann Bernhard von Rechberg.jpg | Bernhard Rechberg (1806–1899) |
17 May 1859 | 27 October 1864 | 5 years, 163 days |
| File:Friedrich von Amerling - Portrait of Count Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly, Prince von Dietrichstein zu Nicolsburg.jpg | Alexander Mensdorff (1813–1871) |
27 October 1864 | 30 October 1866 | 2 years, 3 days |
| File:Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust 1860.jpg | Ferdinand Beust (1809–1886) |
30 October 1866 | 30 December 1867 | 1 year, 61 days |
Imperial and Royal House of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust 1860.jpg | Ferdinand Beust (1809–1886) |
30 December 1867 | 8 November 1871 | 3 years, 313 days |
| File:Andrássy Gyula foto.jpg | Gyula Andrássy (1823–1890) |
14 November 1871 | 8 October 1879 | 7 years, 328 days |
| File:Heinrich Haymerle.jpg | Heinrich Haymerle (1828–1881) |
8 October 1879 | 10 October 1881 † | 2 years, 2 days |
| File:Graf Gustav Kalnoky 1898 J. Vilímek.png | Gustav Kálnoky (1832–1898) |
20 November 1881 | 2 May 1895 | 13 years, 163 days |
| File:WP Agenor Goluchowski der Jüngere.jpg | Agenor Gołuchowski (1849–1921) |
16 May 1895 | 24 October 1906 | 11 years, 161 days |
| File:Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal cropped.jpg | Alois Aehrenthal (1854–1912) |
24 October 1906 | 17 February 1912 † | 5 years, 116 days |
| File:Leopold Graf Berchtold von und zu Ungarschitz 1915 C. Pietzner.png | Leopold Berchtold (1863–1942) |
17 February 1912 | 13 January 1915 | 2 years, 330 days |
| File:Stephan Freiherr von Burian 1915 Charles Scolik.png | Stephan Burián (1851–1922) |
13 January 1915 | 22 December 1916 | 1 year, 344 days |
| File:Ottokar Graf Czernin - Project Gutenberg eText 17998.jpg | Ottokar Czernin (1872–1932) |
22 December 1916 | 16 April 1918 | 1 year, 115 days |
| File:Stephan Freiherr von Burian 1915 Charles Scolik.png | Stephan Burián (1851–1922) |
16 April 1918 | 24 October 1918 | 191 days |
| File:Ifj. gróf Andrássy Gyula.jpg | Gyula Andrássy (1860–1929) |
24 October 1918 | 2 November 1918 | 9 days |
See also
- Foreign Ministry of Austria-Hungary
- Austro-Hungarian Foreign Service
- List of diplomatic missions of Austria-Hungary
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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