Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Rt Hon Robert Michael Maitland Stewart
17 October 1968
19 June 1970
Rt Hon Sir Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Earl of Home
20 June 1970
4 March 1974
Rt Hon Leonard James Callaghan
5 March 1974
5 April 1976
Rt Hon Charles Anthony Raven Crosland
8 April 1976
19 February 1977
Rt Hon Dr David Anthony Llewellyn Owen
22 February 1977
4 May 1979
Rt Hon Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, Baron Carrington
5 May 1979
5 April 1982
Rt Hon Francis Leslie Pym
6 April 1982
11 June 1983
Rt Hon Sir Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe
11 June 1983
24 July 1989
Rt Hon John Roy Major
24 July 1989
26 October 1989
Rt Hon Douglas Richard Hurd
26 October 1989
5 July 1995
Rt Hon Malcolm Leslie Rifkind
5 July 1995
2 May 1997
Rt Hon Robert Finlayson Cook
2 May 1997
8 June 2001
Rt Hon John Whitaker Straw
8 June 2001
5 May 2006
Rt Hon Margaret Mary Beckett
5 May 2006
27 June 2007
Rt Hon David Wright Miliband
28 June 2007
11 May 2010
Rt Hon William Jefferson Hague
11 May 2010
14 July 2014
Rt Hon Philip Hammond
15 July 2014
13 July 2016
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson
13 July 2016
9 July 2018
Rt Hon Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt
9 July 2018
24 July 2019
Rt Hon Dominic Rennie Raab
24 July 2019
2 September 2020