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.

[edit] List of Shadow Foreign Secretaries

Name		Portrait	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
	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