Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 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 Offices 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: 1968-1970 - Michael Stewart, later Lord Stewart of Fulham 1970-1974 - Sir Alec Douglas-Home, formerly 14th Earl of Home, later Lord Home of the Hirsel 1974-1976 - James Callaghan, later Lord Callaghan of Cardiff 1976-1977 - Anthony Crosland 1977-1979 - Dr David Owen, later Lord Owen 1979-1982 - Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington 1982-1983 - Sir Francis Pym, later Lord Pym of Sandy 1983-1989 - Sir Geoffrey Howe, later Lord Howe of Aberavon 1989-1989 - John Major 1989-1995 - Douglas Hurd, later Lord Hurd of Westwell 1995-1997 - Malcolm Rifkind, later Sir Malcolm Rifkind 1997-2001 - Robin Cook 2001-present - Jack Straw See also: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Secretary of State for the Colonies External link FCO website This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.