List of Foreign Ministers of Austria-Hungary
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This is a list of Foreign Ministers of the Habsburg
, Austrian
and Austro-Hungarian
Empires up to 1918.
Habsburg Monarchy
The Habsburg Monarchy covered the territories ruled by the junior Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg , and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine , between 1526 and 1867/1918. The Imperial capital was Vienna, except from 1583 to 1611, when it was moved to Prague...
, Austrian
Austrian Empire
The Austrian Empire was a modern era successor empire, which was centered on what is today's Austria and which officially lasted from 1804 to 1867. It was followed by the Empire of Austria-Hungary, whose proclamation was a diplomatic move that elevated Hungary's status within the Austrian Empire...
and Austro-Hungarian
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
Empires up to 1918.
Habsburg Monarchy (1753–1804)
- 26.03.1720–08.02.1742: Philipp Graf von Sinzendorf (1671–1742)
- 14.02.1742–13.05.1753: Corfiz Graf von Uhlfeld (1699–1760)
- 13.05.1753–19.08.1792: Wenzel Graf (from 1764, Fürst) von Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711–1794)
- 19.08.1792–27.03.1793: Johann Philipp Graf von CobenzlPhilipp von CobenzlJohann Philipp Graf von Cobenzl was a Carniolan nobleman, working as a diplomat of the Habsburg Monarchy and the Austrian Empire. He was an ambassador of the Habsburg Monarchy in Paris till his retirement in 1805, and then lived in Vienna...
(1741–1810) - 27.03.1793–28.09.1800: Johann Freiherr von Thugut (1736–1818)
- 05.10.1800–30.11.1805: Franz Graf von Colloredo-Wallsee (1736–1806)
Austrian Empire (1804–1867)
- 24.12.1805–04.10.1809: Johann Graf Stadion-ThannhausenJohann Philipp Stadion, Count von WarthausenJohann Philipp Carl Joseph, Graf von Stadion-Warthausen . Born in Mainz, he was a statesman, foreign minister, and diplomat who served the Habsburg empire during the Napoleonic Wars. He was also founder of the Austrian National Bank...
(1763–1824) - 08.10.1809–13.03.1848: Klemens Graf (from 1813, Fürst) von Metternich-WinneburgKlemens Wenzel von MetternichPrince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich was a German-born Austrian politician and statesman and was one of the most important diplomats of his era...
(1773–1859) - 18.03.1848–04.05.1848: Karl Graf von Ficquelmont (1777–1857)
- 08.05.1848–21.11.1848: Johann Freiherr von Wessenberg-AmpringenBaron Johann von Wessenberg-AmpringenBaron Johann von Wessenberg-Ampringen was an Austrian diplomat statesman.Wessenberg was born in Dresden, where his father worked as a tutor to the princes of the electoral House of Wettin. Johann's younger brother Ignaz Heinrich von Wessenberg later chose an ecclesiastical career and in 1801 was...
(1773–1858) - 21.11.1848–05.04.1852: Felix Prinz zu Schwarzenberg (1800–1852)
- 11.04.1852–17.05.1859: Karl Graf von Buol-SchauensteinKarl Ferdinand von BuolKarl Ferdinand von Buol was an Austrian diplomatist and statesman, who served as Foreign Minister from 1852 to 1859.-Biography:Buol was born in Vienna, a scion of a Grisons noble family descending from Fürstenau. His father Johann Rudolf von Buol Karl Ferdinand von Buol was an Austrian...
(1797–1865) - 17.05.1859–27.10.1864: Johann Graf von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen (1806–1899)
- 27.10.1864–30.10.1866: Alexander Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1813–1871)
- 30.10.1866–30.12.1867: Friedrich Ferdinand Graf von BeustFriedrich Ferdinand Graf BeustCount Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust was a German and Austrian statesman.- Birth and education :He was born in Dresden, where his father held office in the Saxon court. He was descended from a noble family which had originally sprung from the Mark of Brandenburg, and of which one branch had been...
(1809–1886)
Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)
- 30.12.1867–08.11.1871: Friedrich Ferdinand Freiherr (from 1868, Graf) von BeustFriedrich Ferdinand Graf BeustCount Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust was a German and Austrian statesman.- Birth and education :He was born in Dresden, where his father held office in the Saxon court. He was descended from a noble family which had originally sprung from the Mark of Brandenburg, and of which one branch had been...
(s.a.) - 14.11.1871–08.10.1879: Julius Graf Andrássy von Csíkszentkirály und KrasznahorkaGyula AndrássyGyula Count Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka was a Hungarian statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Hungary and subsequently as Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary...
(1823–1890) - 08.10.1879–10.10.1881: Heinrich Freiherr von HaymerleHeinrich Karl von HaymerleBaron Heinrich Karl von Haymerle was an Austrian statesman born and educated in Vienna. He took part in the students' uprising in the revolution of 1848 and narrowly escaped execution...
(1828–1881) - 20.11.1881–02.05.1895: Gustav Graf Kálnoky von Köröspatak (1832–1898)
- 16.05.1895–24.10.1906: Agenor Graf Gołuchowski von Gołuchowo (1849–1921)
- 24.10.1906–17.02.1912: Alois Freiherr (from 1909, Graf) Lexa von Aehrenthal (1854–1912)
- 17.02.1912–13.01.1915: Leopold Graf Berchtold von und zu Ungarschitz, Frättling und Püllütz (1853–1942)
- 13.01.1915–22.12.1916: Stephan Freiherr Burián von RajeczIstván BuriánStephan Burián von Rajecz , commonly called: "Baron von Burian" or "Count Burian" in English language press reports was an Austro-Hungarian politician, diplomat and statesman of Hungarian origin and served as Imperial Foreign Minister during World War I.- Career :Stephan...
(1851–1922) - 22.12.1916–16.04.1918: Ottokar Graf Czernin von und zu Chudenitz (1872–1932)
- 16.04.1918–24.10.1918: Stephan Freiherr (from 1918, Graf) Burián von RajeczIstván BuriánStephan Burián von Rajecz , commonly called: "Baron von Burian" or "Count Burian" in English language press reports was an Austro-Hungarian politician, diplomat and statesman of Hungarian origin and served as Imperial Foreign Minister during World War I.- Career :Stephan...
(s.a.) - 24.10.1918–02.11.1918: Julius Graf Andrássy von Csíkszentkirály und KrasznahorkaGyula Andrássy the YoungerCount Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka the Younger was a Hungarian politician.The second son of Count Gyula Andrássy, the younger Andrássy became under-secretary in the Sándor Wekerle ministry in 1892; in 1893, he became Minister of Education, and, in June 1894, he was appointed...
(1860–1929)
See also
- Foreign Ministry of Austria-HungaryForeign Ministry of Austria-HungaryThe Foreign Ministry of Austria-Hungary was the ministry responsible for the foreign relations of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from the formation of the Dual Monarchy in 1867 until it was dissolved in 1918....
- Austro-Hungarian Foreign ServiceAustro-Hungarian Foreign ServiceThe Austro-Hungarian Foreign Service was the diplomatic service carrying out the foreign policy of the Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from the formation of the Dual Monarchy in 1867 until it was dissolved in 1918.- Diplomatic missions :...
- List of diplomatic missions of Austria-Hungary