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The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs is a member of the British Government responsible for relations with foreign countries. The holder is a member of the Cabinet. This position came into existence in 1968 with the merger of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office s into a single Department of State. See also Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
Secretaries of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs:
- Michael Stewart ( October 17, 1968 - June 19, 1970)
- Sir Alec Douglas-Home ( June 20, 1970 - March 4March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). There are 302 days remaining. Events Up to 1799 303 or 304 Martyrdom of saint Adrian of Nicomedia. 1152 Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans. 1461 King He, 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped)
- James CallaghanJames Callaghan is also a former MP for Heywood & Middleton. Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff KG, PC (born 27 March 1912), was Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979. Callaghan was the son of a Royal Navy Chief Pe ( March 5March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). There are 301 days remaining. Events 11th century 1046 Naser Khosrow begins his "itinerary" which he would later describe in Safarnameh''. 17th century 1689 Daniel Finch,, 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped - April 8April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). There are 267 days remaining. Events 1700-1899 1730 Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated. 1742 The first performance of George Frideric Hand, 19761976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 12 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is s)
- Anthony Crosland ( April 8, 1976 - February 19, 1977) (Died in office)
- Dr. David Owen ( February 22, 1977 - May 4, 1979)
- Lord Carrington ( May 5, 1979 - April 5. 1982) (Resigned)
- Francis Pym ( April 6, 1982 - June 11, 1983)
- Sir Geoffrey Howe ( June 11, 1983 - July 24, 1989)
- John Major ( July 24, 1989 - October 26, 1989)
- Douglas Hurd ( October 26, 1989 - July 5, 1995)
- Malcolm Rifkind ( July 5, 1995 - May 2, 1997)
- Robin Cook ( May 2, 1997 - June 8, 2001)
- Jack Straw ( June 8, 2001 -)
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