List of foreign ministers of Austria-Hungary

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates This is a list of foreign ministers (Template:Langx) 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 Template:Small	Took office	Left office	Duration
	Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf Template:Small	26 March 1720	8 February 1742 †	Template:Ayd
	Anton Corfiz Ulfeldt Template:Small	14 February 1742	13 May 1753	Template:Ayd
	Wenzel Kaunitz Template:Small	13 May 1753	19 August 1792	Template:Ayd
	Philipp von Cobenzl Template:Small	19 August 1792	27 March 1793	Template:Ayd
	Johann Amadeus von Thugut Template:Small	27 March 1793	28 September 1800	Template:Ayd
	Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff Template:Small	28 September 1800	18 September 1801	Template:Ayd
	Ludwig von Cobenzl Template:Small	18 September 1801	25 December 1805	Template:Ayd

Austrian Empire (1805–1867)

Portrait	Name Template:Small	Took office	Left office	Duration
	Philipp Stadion Template:Small	25 December 1805	4 October 1809	Template:Ayd
	Klemens von Metternich Template:Small	8 October 1809	13 March 1848	Template:Ayd
	Karl Ficquelmont Template:Small	18 March 1848	4 May 1848	Template:Ayd
	Johann Wessenberg Template:Small	8 May 1848	21 November 1848	Template:Ayd
	Felix Schwarzenberg Template:Small	21 November 1848	5 April 1852 †	Template:Ayd
File:Buol-Schauenstein Litho.jpg	Karl Buol Template:Small	11 April 1852	17 May 1859	Template:Ayd
File:Johann Bernhard von Rechberg.jpg	Bernhard Rechberg Template:Small	17 May 1859	27 October 1864	Template:Ayd
File:Friedrich von Amerling - Portrait of Count Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly, Prince von Dietrichstein zu Nicolsburg.jpg	Alexander Mensdorff Template:Small	27 October 1864	30 October 1866	Template:Ayd
File:Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust 1860.jpg	Ferdinand Beust Template:Small	30 October 1866	30 December 1867	Template:Ayd

Imperial and Royal House of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)

Portrait	Name Template:Small	Took office	Left office	Duration
File:Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust 1860.jpg	Ferdinand Beust Template:Small	30 December 1867	8 November 1871	Template:Ayd
File:Andrássy Gyula foto.jpg	Gyula Andrássy Template:Small	14 November 1871	8 October 1879	Template:Ayd
File:Heinrich Haymerle.jpg	Heinrich Haymerle Template:Small	8 October 1879	10 October 1881 †	Template:Ayd
File:Graf Gustav Kalnoky 1898 J. Vilímek.png	Gustav Kálnoky Template:Small	20 November 1881	2 May 1895	Template:Ayd
File:WP Agenor Goluchowski der Jüngere.jpg	Agenor Gołuchowski Template:Small	16 May 1895	24 October 1906	Template:Ayd
File:Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal cropped.jpg	Alois Aehrenthal Template:Small	24 October 1906	17 February 1912 †	Template:Ayd
File:Leopold Graf Berchtold von und zu Ungarschitz 1915 C. Pietzner.png	Leopold Berchtold Template:Small	17 February 1912	13 January 1915	Template:Ayd
File:Stephan Freiherr von Burian 1915 Charles Scolik.png	Stephan Burián Template:Small	13 January 1915	22 December 1916	Template:Ayd
File:Ottokar Graf Czernin - Project Gutenberg eText 17998.jpg	Ottokar Czernin Template:Small	22 December 1916	16 April 1918	Template:Ayd
File:Stephan Freiherr von Burian 1915 Charles Scolik.png	Stephan Burián Template:Small	16 April 1918	24 October 1918	Template:Ayd
File:Ifj. gróf Andrássy Gyula.jpg	Gyula Andrássy Template:Small	24 October 1918	2 November 1918	Template:Ayd

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.