Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

Ministers of State for Foreign Affairs 1945–1968

1943-45: Richard Law

1945: William Mabane

1945–1946: Philip Noel-Baker

1946–1950: Hector McNeil

1950–1951: Kenneth Younger

1951–1954: Selwyn Lloyd

1953–1957: The Marquess of Reading

1954–1956: Anthony Nutting

1956–1959: Allan Noble

1957–1961: David Ormsby-Gore

1959–1960: John Profumo

1961–1963: Joseph Godber

1961–1964: The Earl of Dundee

1963–1964: Peter Thomas

1964–1968: The Lord Caradon

1964–1966: George Thomson

1964–1967: Walter Padley

1964–1968: The Lord Chalfont

1966–1967: Eirene White

1967: George Thomson

1967–1968: Frederick Mulley

1967–1968: Goronwy Roberts

Ministers of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1968–

1968-1970: The Lord Caradon

1968–1970: The Lord Chalfont

1968–1969: Frederick Mulley

1968–1969: Goronwy Roberts

1968–1970: The Lord Shepherd

1970–1972: Joseph Godber

1970–1974: Richard Wood

1972–1974: The Lady Tweedsmuir

1972–1974: Julian Amery

1972–1974: Lord Balniel

1974–1976: David Ennals

1974–1976: Roy Hattersley

1975–1979: The Lord Goronwy-Roberts

1976–1979: Ted Rowlands

1976–1977: David Owen

1977–1979: Frank Judd

1979–1981: Peter Blaker

1979–1981: Nicholas Ridley

1981–1982: Richard Luce

1982–1983: Cranley Onslow

1982–1983: The Lord Belstead

1983–1985: Richard Luce

1983–1987: The Baroness Young

1985–1987: Tim Renton

1987–1988: David Mellor

1987–1989: The Lord Glenarthur

1988–1990: The Hon. William Waldegrave

1989–1990: The Lord Brabazon of Tara

1990–1992: The Earl of Caithness

1990–1995: The Hon. Douglas Hogg

1992–1995: Alastair Goodlad

1995–1997: Jeremy Hanley

1995–1997: Sir Nicholas Bonsor, Bt

1997–1999: Derek Fatchett

1997–1999: Tony Lloyd

1999: Geoff Hoon

1999–2001: John Battle

1999–2001: Peter Hain

2001: Brian Wilson

2001–2002: Denis MacShane

2001–2002: Ben Bradshaw

2002–2005: Bill Rammell

2002–2003: Mike O'Brien

2003–2005: Chris Mullin

2005–2008: Kim Howells

2008–2009: Bill Rammell

2009–2010: Ivan Lewis

2010–2012: Jeremy Browne

2012–2016: Hugo Swire

2016–: Sir Alan Duncan

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