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.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Habsburg monarchy (1720–1805)

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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.

PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officeDuration
Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf
(1671–1742)
26 March 17208 February 1742 †21 years, 317 days
Anton Corfiz Ulfeldt
(1699–1769)
14 February 174213 May 175311 years, 88 days
Wenzel Kaunitz
(1711–1794)
13 May 175319 August 179239 years, 98 days
Philipp von Cobenzl
(1741–1810)
19 August 179227 March 1793220 days
Johann Amadeus von Thugut
(1736–1818)
27 March 179328 September 18007 years, 185 days
Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff
(1749–1827)
28 September 180018 September 1801355 days
Ludwig von Cobenzl
(1753–1809)
18 September 180125 December 18054 years, 98 days

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

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PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officeDuration
Philipp Stadion
(1763–1824)
25 December 18054 October 18093 years, 283 days
Klemens von Metternich
(1773–1859)
8 October 180913 March 184838 years, 157 days
Karl Ficquelmont
(1777–1857)
18 March 18484 May 184847 days
Johann Wessenberg
(1773–1858)
8 May 184821 November 1848197 days
Felix Schwarzenberg
(1800–1852)
21 November 18485 April 1852 †4 years, 135 days
Karl Buol
(1797–1865)
11 April 185217 May 18597 years, 36 days
Bernhard Rechberg
(1806–1899)
17 May 185927 October 18645 years, 163 days
Alexander Mensdorff
(1813–1871)
27 October 186430 October 18662 years, 3 days
Ferdinand Beust
(1809–1886)
30 October 186630 December 18671 year, 61 days

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

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PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officeDuration
Ferdinand Beust
(1809–1886)
30 December 18678 November 18713 years, 313 days
Gyula Andrássy
(1823–1890)
14 November 18718 October 18797 years, 328 days
Heinrich Haymerle
(1828–1881)
8 October 187910 October 1881 †2 years, 2 days
Gustav Kálnoky
(1832–1898)
20 November 18812 May 189513 years, 163 days
Agenor Gołuchowski
(1849–1921)
16 May 189524 October 190611 years, 161 days
Alois Aehrenthal
(1854–1912)
24 October 190617 February 1912 †5 years, 116 days
Leopold Berchtold
(1863–1942)
17 February 191213 January 19152 years, 330 days
Stephan Burián
(1851–1922)
13 January 191522 December 19161 year, 344 days
Ottokar Czernin
(1872–1932)
22 December 191616 April 19181 year, 115 days
Stephan Burián
(1851–1922)
16 April 191824 October 1918191 days
Gyula Andrássy
(1860–1929)
24 October 19182 November 19189 days

See also

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Bibliography

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  • 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.