Shadow Foreign Secretary

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In British politics, the shadow foreign secretary is a position within the opposition's shadow cabinet that deals mainly with issues surrounding the Foreign Office; if elected, the designated person is slated to become the new Foreign Secretary.

Name	Term	Party
Anthony Eden	1945 – 1951	Conservative
Herbert Morrison	1951 – 1955	Labour
Alfred Robens	1955 – 1956	Labour
Aneurin Bevan	1956 – 1959	Labour
Denis Healey	1959 – 1961	Labour
Harold Wilson	1961 – 1963	Labour
Patrick Gordon Walker	1963 – 1964	Labour
R. A. Butler	1964 – 1965	Conservative
Reginald Maudling	1965 – 1965	Conservative
Christopher Soames	1965 – 1966	Conservative
Sir Alec Douglas-Home	1966 – 1970	Conservative
Denis Healey	1970 – 1972	Labour
James Callaghan	1972 – 1974	Labour
Sir Alec Douglas-Home	1974 – 1974	Conservative
Geoffrey Rippon	1974 – 1975	Conservative
Reginald Maudling	1975 – 1976	Conservative
John Davies	1976 – 1978	Conservative
Francis Pym	1978 – 1979	Conservative
Peter Shore	1979 – 1980	Labour
Denis Healey	1980 – 1987	Labour
Gerald Kaufman	1987 – 1992	Labour
Jack Cunningham	1992 – 1994	Labour
Robin Cook	1994 – 1997	Labour
Michael Howard	1997 – 1999	Conservative
John Maples	1999 – 2000	Conservative
Francis Maude	2000 – 2001	Conservative
Michael Ancram	2001 – 2005	Conservative
Liam Fox	2005 – 2005	Conservative
William Hague	2005 –	Conservative