Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

For earlier foreign secretaries, see Secretary of State for Foreign 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 	11 May 2010 	Labour 	
William Hague 	11 May 2010 	15 July 2014 	Conservative	
Philip Hammond 	15 July 2014 	13 July 2016 	Conservative	
Boris Johnson 	13 July 2016 	incumbent 	Conservative