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.

PortraitNameBeganEnded
Philipp Ludwig Wenzel Graf von Sinzendorf
(26 December 1671 – 8 February 1742)
26 March 17208 February 1742
Anton Corfiz Graf von Uhlfeld
(15 June 1699 – 31 December 1769)
14 February 174213 May 1753
Wenzel Anton Graf (from 1764, Fürst) von Kaunitz-Rietberg
(2 February 1711 – 27 June 1794)
13 May 175319 August 1792
Johann Philipp Graf von Cobenzl
(28 May 1741 – 30 August 1810)
19 August 179227 March 1793
Johann Amadeus Francis de Paula von Thugut
(8 March 1736 – 29 May 1818)
27 March 179328 September 1800
Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff
(12 January 1749 – 27 August 1827)
28 September 180018 September 1801
Ludwig von Cobenzl
(21 November 1753 – 22 February 1809)
18 September 180125 December 1805

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

PortraitNameBeganEnded
Johann Graf Stadion-Thannhausen
(18 June 1763 – 15 May 1824)
25 December 18054 October 1809
Klemens Graf (from 1813, Fürst) von Metternich-Winneburg
(15 May 1773 – 11 June 1859)
8 October 180913 March 1848
Karl Graf von Ficquelmont
(23 March 1777 – 7 April 1857)
18 March 18484 May 1848
Johann Freiherr von Wessenberg-Ampringen
(28 November 1773 – 1 August 1858)
8 May 184821 November 1848
Felix Prinz zu Schwarzenberg
(2 October 1800 – 5 April 1852)
21 November 18485 April 1852
Karl Graf von Buol-Schauenstein
(17 May 1797 – 28 October 1865)
11 April 185217 May 1859
Johann Graf von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen
(17 July 1806 – 26 February 1899)
17 May 185927 October 1864
Alexander Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly
(4 August 1813 – 14 February 1871)
27 October 186430 October 1866
Friedrich Ferdinand Graf von Beust
(13 January 1809 – 24 October 1886)
30 October 186630 December 1867

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

PortraitNameBeganEnded
Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust
(13 January 1809 – 24 October 1886)
30 December 18678 November 1871
Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka
(8 March 1823 – 18 February 1890)
14 November 18718 October 1879
Baron Heinrich Karl von Haymerle
(7 December 1828 – 10 October 1881)
8 October 187910 October 1881
Count Gustav Kálnoky de Köröspatak
(29 December 1832 – 13 February 1898)
20 November 18812 May 1895
Count Agenor Maria Gołuchowski
(25 March 1849 – 28 March 1921)
16 May 189524 October 1906
Count Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal
(27 September 1854 – 17 February 1912)
24 October 190617 February 1912
Count Leopold Berchtold von und zu Ungarschitz, Frättling und Püllütz
(18 April 1863 – 21 November 1942)
17 February 191213 January 1915
Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz
(16 January 1851 – 20 October 1922)
13 January 191522 December 1916
Count Ottokar Czernin von und zu Chudenitz
(26 September 1872 – 4 April 1932)
22 December 191616 April 1918
Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz
(16 January 1851 – 20 October 1922)
16 April 191824 October 1918
Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (the Younger)
(30 June 1860 – 11 June 1929)
24 October 19182 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.
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