Minister For Foreign Affairs (Australia) - List of Australian Foreign Ministers

List of Australian Foreign Ministers

Politician Party Time frame Prime
Minister		 Ministerial title
Edmund Barton
(Sir Edmund from 1902)		 Protectionist Party 1901–1903 Barton Minister for External Affairs
Alfred Deakin 1903–04 Deakin
Billy Hughes Australian Labor Party 1904 Watson
George Reid Free Trade Party 1904–1905 Reid
Alfred Deakin Commonwealth Liberal Party 1905–1908 Deakin
Lee Batchelor Australian Labor Party 1908–09 Fisher
Littleton Groom Protectionist Party 1909–10 Deakin
Lee Batchelor Australian Labor Party 1910–11 Fisher
Josiah Thomas 1911–13
Paddy Glynn Commonwealth Liberal Party 1913–14 Cook
John Arthur Australian Labor Party 1914 Fisher
Hugh Mahon 1914–15
1915–1916 Hughes
Billy Hughes Nationalist Party of Australia 1921–23
Stanley Bruce 1923–29 Bruce
James Scullin Australian Labor Party 1929–32 Scullin
John Latham United Australia Party 1932–1934 Lyons
Sir George Pearce 1934–37
Billy Hughes 1937–39
1939 Page
Sir Henry Somer Gullett 1939–40 Menzies
John McEwen Country Party 1940
Frederick Stewart United Australia Party 1940–41
1941 Fadden
Dr. Herbert Vere Evatt Australian Labor Party 1941–45 Curtin
1945 Forde
1945–49 Chifley
Percy Spender Liberal Party of Australia 1949–51 Menzies
Richard Casey 1951–60
Robert Menzies 1960–61
Sir Garfield Barwick 1961–64
Paul Hasluck 1964–66
1966–67 Holt
1967–68 McEwen
1968–69 Gorton
Gordon Freeth 1969 McMahon
William McMahon 1969–70
1970–71 Minister for Foreign Affairs
Leslie Bury 1971
Nigel Bowen 1971–72
Gough Whitlam Australian Labor Party 1972–1973 Whitlam
Don Willesee 1973–75
Andrew Peacock Liberal Party of Australia 1975–80 Fraser
Tony Street 1980–83
Bill Hayden Australian Labor Party 1983–87 Hawke
1987–88 Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
Gareth Evans 1988–1991
1991–93 Keating
1993–96 Minister for Foreign Affairs
Alexander Downer Liberal Party of Australia 1996–2007 Howard
Stephen Smith Australian Labor Party 2007–2010 Rudd
2010 Gillard
Kevin Rudd 2010– 2012
Bob Carr 2012–present

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