Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English The secretary of state for commonwealth affairs was a British Cabinet minister responsible for dealing with the United Kingdom's relations with members of the Commonwealth of Nations (its former colonies). The minister's department was the Commonwealth Office.

The position was created on 1 August 1966 by the merger of the old positions of secretary of state for commonwealth relations and secretary of state for the colonies. In 1968 the position was merged with that of secretary of state for foreign affairs to create the new position of secretary of state for foreign and Commonwealth affairs.

Secretaries of state for commonwealth affairs, 1966–1968

Name		Term of office		Political party	P.M.		F.Sec.
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Herbert Bowden	1 August 1966	29 August 1967	Labour	rowspan=4 style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Wilson	Stewart
G.Brown
	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	George Thomson	29 August 1967	17 October 1968	Labour
Stewart

Shadow secretaries of state for commonwealth affairs

Name			Entered office	Left office	Political party	Shadow Cabinet
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Reginald Maudling	File:Reginald Maudling, 1969 (Brightned) (cropped).jpg	1 August 1966	21 April 1968	Conservative	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) |Heath
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Alec Douglas-Home	File:Alec Douglas-Home (c1963).jpg	21 April 1968	17 October 1968	Conservative

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