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.

Name	Began	Ended
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)[]

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)[]

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

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.