Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Name	Entered office	Left office	Party	Notes
Michael Stewart	17 October 1968	19 June 1970	Labour	previously Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Sir Alec Douglas-Home	20 June 1970	4 March 1974	Conservative
James Callaghan	5 March 1974	8 April 1976	Labour
Anthony Crosland	8 April 1976	19 February 1977	Labour
David Owen	22 February 1977	4 May 1979	Labour
The Lord Carrington	5 May 1979	5 April 1982	Conservative
Francis Pym	6 April 1982	11 June 1983	Conservative
Sir Geoffrey Howe	11 June 1983	24 July 1989	Conservative
John Major	24 July 1989	26 October 1989	Conservative
Douglas Hurd	26 October 1989	5 July 1995	Conservative
Malcolm Rifkind	5 July 1995	2 May 1997	Conservative
Robin Cook	2 May 1997	8 June 2001	Labour
Jack Straw	8 June 2001	5 May 2006	Labour
Margaret Beckett	5 May 2006	28 June 2007	Labour
David Miliband	28 June 2007	incumbent	Labour

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