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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.

[edit] List of Shadow Foreign Secretaries

	Entered office	Left office	Political party
Anthony Eden	27 July 1945	26 October 1951	Conservative
Herbert Morrison	26 October 1951	14 December 1955	Labour
Alfred Robens	14 December 1955	22 July 1956	Labour
Aneurin Bevan	22 July 1956	11 October 1959	Labour
Denis Healey	11 October 1959	2 November 1961	Labour
Harold Wilson	2 November 1961	14 February 1963	Labour
Patrick Gordon Walker	14 February 1963	15 October 1964	Labour
Rab Butler	15 October 1964	27 July 1965	Conservative
Reginald Maudling	27 July 1965	11 November 1965	Conservative
Christopher Soames	11 November 1965	13 April 1966	Conservative
Alec Douglas-Home	13 April 1966	18 June 1970	Conservative
Denis Healey	20 June 1970	19 April 1972	Labour
James Callaghan	19 April 1972	28 February 1974	Labour
Geoffrey Rippon	28 February 1974	11 February 1975	Conservative
Reginald Maudling	11 February 1975	11 April 1976	Conservative
John Davies	11 April 1976	23 September 1978	Conservative
Francis Pym	23 September 1978	4 May 1979	Conservative
Peter Shore	4 May 1979	4 November 1980	Labour
Denis Healey	4 November 1980	13 June 1987	Labour
Gerald Kaufman	11 June 1987	19 July 1992	Labour
Jack Cunningham	11 April 1992	22 July 1994	Labour
Robin Cook	22 July 1994	2 May 1997	Labour
John Major	7 May 1997	11 June 1997	Conservative
Michael Howard	11 June 1997	15 June 1999	Conservative
John Maples	15 June 1999	2 February 2000	Conservative
Francis Maude	2 February 2000	18 September 2001	Conservative
Michael Ancram	18 September 2001	10 May 2005	Conservative
Liam Fox	10 May 2005	6 December 2005	Conservative
William Hague	6 December 2005	present	Conservative

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