Minister of Foreign Affairs (Austria)
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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Bundesministerium für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten | |
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since 6 December 2021 | |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Style | Mr. Federal minister (formal) |
Member of | Federal Government Council of Ministers Foreign Affairs Council |
Seat | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minoritenplatz, Innere Stadt, Vienna |
Nominator | Political parties |
Appointer | The President on advice of the Chancellor |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Austria |
Precursor | Imperial and Royal Minister of Foreign Affairs |
First holder | Viktor Adler in the Republic of German-Austria (30 October 1918) Karl Renner In the first Republic (21 October 1919) Karl Gruber In the second republic (26 September 1945) |
Website | www.bmeia.gv.at (in English) www |
This article lists the ministers of foreign affairs of Austria, from 30 October 1918 up to today. During the time of the Anschluss to Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945, Austria had no government in its own right. The current Austrian foreign minister is Alexander Schallenberg, who took office on 6 December 2021.
List of officeholders (1918–present)
[edit]Foreign ministers of Austria during the Interwar period
[edit]No. | Portrait | Foreign Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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1 | Victor Adler (1852–1918) | 30 October 1918 | 11 November 1918 | 12 days | SDAPÖ | Renner I | |
2 | Otto Bauer (1881–1938) | 21 November 1918 | 26 July 1919 | 247 days | SDAPÖ | Renner I–II | |
3 | Karl Renner (1870–1950) | 26 July 1919 | 22 October 1920 | 1 year, 88 days | SDAPÖ | Renner II–III Mayr I | |
4 | Michael Mayr (1864–1922) | 22 October 1920 | 21 June 1921 | 242 days | CS | Mayr I–II | |
5 | Johannes Schober (1874–1932) | 21 June 1921 | 26 January 1922 | 219 days | Independent | Schober I | |
6 | Walter Breisky (1871–1944) | 26 January 1922 | 27 January 1922 | 1 day | CS | Breisky | |
7 | Leopold Hennet (1876–1950) | 27 January 1922 | 31 May 1922 | 124 days | Independent | Schober II | |
8 | Alfred Grünberger (1875–1935) | 31 May 1922 | 20 November 1924 | 2 years, 173 days | CS | Seipel I–II–III | |
9 | Heinrich Mataja (1877–1937) | 20 November 1924 | 15 January 1926 | 1 year, 56 days | CS | Ramek I | |
10 | Rudolf Ramek (1881–1941) | 15 January 1926 | 20 October 1926 | 278 days | CS | Ramek II | |
11 | Ignaz Seipel (1876–1932) | 20 October 1926 | 4 May 1929 | 2 years, 196 days | CS | Seipel IV–V | |
12 | Ernst Streeruwitz (1874–1952) | 4 May 1929 | 26 September 1929 | 145 days | CS | Streeruwitz | |
(5) | Johannes Schober (1874–1932) | 26 September 1929 | 30 September 1930 | 1 year, 4 days | Independent | Schober III | |
(11) | Ignaz Seipel (1876–1932) | 30 September 1930 | 4 December 1930 | 65 days | CS | Vaugoin | |
(5) | Johannes Schober (1874–1932) | 4 December 1930 | 29 January 1932 | 1 year, 56 days | Independent | Ender Buresch I | |
13 | Karl Buresch (1878–1936) | 29 January 1932 | 20 May 1932 | 112 days | CS | Buresch II | |
14 | Engelbert Dollfuss (1892–1934) | 20 May 1932 | 10 July 1934 | 2 years, 51 days | CS VF | Dollfuss I–II | |
15 | Stephan Tauschitz (1889–1970) | 10 July 1934 | 3 August 1934 | 24 days | Landbund VF | Dollfuss II Schuschnigg I | |
16 | Egon Berger-Waldenegg (1880–1960) | 3 August 1934 | 14 May 1936 | 1 year, 285 days | VF | Schuschnigg I | |
17 | Kurt Schuschnigg (1897–1977) | 14 May 1936 | 11 July 1936 | 58 days | VF | Schuschnigg II | |
18 | Guido Schmidt (1901–1957) | 11 July 1936 | 11 March 1938 | 1 year, 243 days | VF | Schuschnigg III–IV | |
19 | Wilhelm Wolf (1897–1939) | 11 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | 2 days | NSDAP | Seyss-Inquart Cabinet |
Austria annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938 (see Austria within Nazi Germany for details). Independence restored in 1945.
Foreign ministers of Austria after the end of World War II
[edit]No. | Portrait | Foreign Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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1 | Karl Gruber (1909–1995) | 26 September 1945 | 26 November 1953 | 8 years, 61 days | ÖVP | Renner IV Cabinet Figl I Cabinet–II–III Raab I Cabinet | |
2 | Leopold Figl (1902–1965) | 26 November 1953 | 9 June 1959 | 5 years, 195 days | ÖVP | Raab I Cabinet–II | |
3 | Bruno Kreisky (1911–1990) | 9 June 1959 | 19 April 1966 | 6 years, 314 days | SPÖ | Raab III–IV Gorbach I Cabinet–II Klaus I Cabinet | |
4 | Lujo Tončić-Sorinj (1915–2005) | 19 April 1966 | 19 January 1968 | 1 year, 275 days | ÖVP | Klaus II Cabinet | |
5 | Kurt Waldheim (1918–2007) | 19 January 1968 | 21 April 1970 | 2 years, 92 days | ÖVP | Klaus II Cabinet | |
6 | Rudolf Kirchschläger (1915–2000) | 21 April 1970 | 24 June 1974 | 4 years, 64 days | Independent | Kreisky I Cabinet–II | |
7 | Erich Bielka (1908–1992) | 24 June 1974 | 30 September 1976 | 2 years, 98 days | Independent | Kreisky II–III | |
8 | Willibald Pahr (born 1930) | 30 September 1976 | 24 May 1983 | 6 years, 236 days | Independent | Kreisky III–IV | |
9 | Erwin Lanc (born 1930) | 24 May 1983 | 10 September 1984 | 1 year, 109 days | SPÖ | Sinowatz Cabinet | |
10 | Leopold Gratz (1929–2006) | 10 September 1984 | 16 June 1986 | 1 year, 279 days | SPÖ | Sinowatz Cabinet | |
11 | Peter Jankowitsch (born 1933) | 16 June 1986 | 21 January 1987 | 219 days | SPÖ | Vranitzky I Cabinet | |
12 | Alois Mock (1934–2017) | 21 January 1987 | 4 May 1995 | 8 years, 103 days | ÖVP | Vranitzky II–III–IV | |
13 | Wolfgang Schüssel (born 1945) | 4 May 1995 | 4 February 2000 | 4 years, 276 days | ÖVP | Vranitzky IV–V Klima Cabinet | |
14 | Benita Ferrero-Waldner (born 1948) | 4 February 2000 | 20 October 2004 | 4 years, 259 days | ÖVP | Schüssel I Cabinet–II | |
15 | Ursula Plassnik (born 1956) | 20 October 2004 | 2 December 2008 | 4 years, 43 days | ÖVP | Schüssel II Cabinet Gusenbauer Cabinet | |
16 | Michael Spindelegger (born 1959) | 2 December 2008 | 16 December 2013 | 5 years, 14 days | ÖVP | Faymann I Cabinet | |
17 | Sebastian Kurz (born 1986) | 16 December 2013 | 18 December 2017 | 4 years, 2 days | ÖVP | Faymann II Cabinet Kern Cabinet | |
18 | Karin Kneissl (born 1965) | 18 December 2017 | 3 June 2019 | 1 year, 167 days | Independent | Kurz I Cabinet | |
19 | Alexander Schallenberg (born 1969) | 3 June 2019 | 11 October 2021 | 2 years, 130 days | ÖVP | Bierlein Cabinet Kurz II Cabinet | |
20 | Michael Linhart (born 1958) | 11 October 2021 | 6 December 2021 | 56 days | ÖVP | Schallenberg Cabinet | |
(19) | Alexander Schallenberg (born 1969) | 6 December 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 256 days | ÖVP | Nehammer Cabinet |
See also
[edit]- Foreign relations of Austria
- List of diplomatic missions of Austria
- List of foreign ministers of Austria-Hungary