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)
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 | Began | Ended |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg.webp) | Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf (26 December 1671 – 8 February 1742) | 26 March 1720 | 8 February 1742 |
 | Anton Corfiz Uhlfeld (15 June 1699 – 31 December 1769) | 14 February 1742 | 13 May 1753 |
 | Wenzel Kaunitz (2 February 1711 – 27 June 1794) | 13 May 1753 | 19 August 1792 |
 | Philipp von Cobenzl (28 May 1741 – 30 August 1810) | 19 August 1792 | 27 March 1793 |
 | Johann Amadeus von Thugut (8 March 1736 – 29 May 1818) | 27 March 1793 | 28 September 1800 |
 | Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff (12 January 1749 – 27 August 1827) | 28 September 1800 | 18 September 1801 |
 | Ludwig von Cobenzl (21 November 1753 – 22 February 1809) | 18 September 1801 | 25 December 1805 |
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Austrian Empire (1805–1867)
| Portrait | Name | Began | Ended |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Philipp Stadion (18 June 1763 – 15 May 1824) | 25 December 1805 | 4 October 1809 |
 | Klemens von Metternich (15 May 1773 – 11 June 1859) | 8 October 1809 | 13 March 1848 |
 | Karl Ficquelmont (23 March 1777 – 7 April 1857) | 18 March 1848 | 4 May 1848 |
 | Johann Wessenberg (28 November 1773 – 1 August 1858) | 8 May 1848 | 21 November 1848 |
 | Felix Schwarzenberg (2 October 1800 – 5 April 1852) | 21 November 1848 | 5 April 1852 |
 | Karl Buol (17 May 1797 – 28 October 1865) | 11 April 1852 | 17 May 1859 |
 | Bernhard Rechberg (17 July 1806 – 26 February 1899) | 17 May 1859 | 27 October 1864 |
 | Alexander Mensdorff (4 August 1813 – 14 February 1871) | 27 October 1864 | 30 October 1866 |
 | Ferdinand Beust (13 January 1809 – 24 October 1886) | 30 October 1866 | 30 December 1867 |
Ministers of the Imperial and Royal House and of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)
| Portrait | Name | Began | Ended |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferdinand Beust (13 January 1809 – 24 October 1886) | 30 December 1867 | 8 November 1871 |
 | Gyula Andrássy (8 March 1823 – 18 February 1890) | 14 November 1871 | 8 October 1879 |
 | Heinrich Haymerle (7 December 1828 – 10 October 1881) | 8 October 1879 | 10 October 1881 |
 | Gustav Kálnoky (29 December 1832 – 13 February 1898) | 20 November 1881 | 2 May 1895 |
 | Agenor Gołuchowski (25 March 1849 – 28 March 1921) | 16 May 1895 | 24 October 1906 |
 | Alois Aehrenthal (27 September 1854 – 17 February 1912) | 24 October 1906 | 17 February 1912 |
 | Leopold Berchtold (18 April 1863 – 21 November 1942) | 17 February 1912 | 13 January 1915 |
 | Stephan Burián (16 January 1851 – 20 October 1922) | 13 January 1915 | 22 December 1916 |
 | Ottokar Czernin (26 September 1872 – 4 April 1932) | 22 December 1916 | 16 April 1918 |
| Stephan Burián (16 January 1851 – 20 October 1922) | 16 April 1918 | 24 October 1918 |
 | Gyula Andrássy (30 June 1860 – 11 June 1929) | 24 October 1918 | 2 November 1918 |
See also
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.