List of foreign ministers of Austria-Hungary

This is a list of foreign ministers (Außenminister) of the Habsburg Monarchy, of the Austrian Empire, and of Austria-Hungary up to 1918.

State Chancellors of the Austrian Hereditary Lands of the Habsburg Monarchy (1720–1805)

Began	Ended	Name
26 March 1720	8 February 1742	Philipp Ludwig Wenzel Graf von Sinzendorf
14 February 1742	13 May 1753	Corfiz Graf von Uhlfeld
13 May 1753	19 August 1792	Wenzel Anton Graf (from 1764, Fürst) von Kaunitz-Rietberg
19 August 1792	27 March 1793	Johann Philipp Graf von Cobenzl
27 March 1792	28 September 1800	Johann Amadeus Francis de Paula von Thugut
5 October 1800	30 November 1805	Franz Graf von Colloredo-Wallsee

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

Began	Ended	Name
24 December 1805	4 October 1809	Johann Graf Stadion-Thannhausen
8 October 1809	13 March 1848	Klemens Graf (from 1813, Fürst) von Metternich-Winneburg
18 March 1848	4 May 1848	Karl Graf von Ficquelmont
8 May 1848	21 November 1848	Johann Freiherr von Wessenberg-Ampringen
21 November 1848	5 April 1852	Felix Prinz zu Schwarzenberg
11 April 1852	17 May 1859	Karl Graf von Buol-Schauenstein
17 May 1859	27 October 1864	Johann Graf von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen
27 October 1864	30 October 1866	Alexander Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly
30 October 1866	30 December 1867	Friedrich Ferdinand Graf von Beust

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

Began	Ended	Name
30 December 1867	8 November 1871	Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust
14 November 1871	8 October 1879	Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka
8 October 1879	10 October 1881	Baron Heinrich Karl von Haymerle
20 November 1881	2 May 1895	Count Gustav Kálnoky de Köröspatak
16 May 1895	24 October 1906	Count Agenor Maria Gołuchowski
24 October 1906	17 February 1912	Count Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal
17 February 1912	13 January 1915	Count Leopold Berchtold von und zu Ungarschitz, Frättling und Püllütz
13 January 1915	22 December 1916	Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz
22 December 1916	16 April 1918	Count Ottokar Czernin von und zu Chudenitz
16 April 1918	24 October 1918	Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz
24 October 1918	2 November 1918	Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (the Younger)

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.

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.