List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Austria)

For the ministry itself, see Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äußeres
Coat of arms
Incumbent Karin Kneissl since 18 December 2017
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	Mrs. 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.bmeia.gv.at (in German)

Below is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Austria. It includes the officeholders of the Republic of German-Austria, the First Austrian Republic, the Federal State of Austria and the Second Austrian Republic 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 Minister is Karin Kneissl, serving in this position since 18 December 2017, presently in the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.^[1]

List of officeholders (1918–present)

№	Portrait	Minister (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Party
1		Victor Adler (1852–1918)	30 October 1918	11 November 1918	Social Democratic Workers' Party
2		Otto Bauer (1881–1938)	21 November 1918	26 July 1919	Social Democratic Workers' Party
3		Karl Renner (1870–1950)	26 July 1919	21 October 1919	Social Democratic Workers' Party
№	Portrait	Minister (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Party
(3)		Karl Renner (1870–1950)	21 October 1919	22 October 1920	Social Democratic Workers' Party
4		Michael Mayr (1864–1922)	22 October 1920	21 June 1921	Christian Social Party
5		Johann Schober (1874–1932)	21 June 1921	26 January 1922	Non-partisan (Beamter)
6		Walter Breisky (1871–1944)	26 January 1922	27 January 1922	Christian Social Party
7		Leopold Hennet (1876–1950)	27 January 1922	31 May 1922	Non-partisan (Beamter)
8		Alfred Grünberger (1875–1935)	31 May 1922	20 November 1924	Christian Social Party
9		Heinrich Mataja (1877–1937)	20 November 1924	15 January 1926	Christian Social Party
10		Rudolf Ramek (1881–1941)	15 January 1926	20 October 1926	Christian Social Party
11		Ignaz Seipel (1876–1932)	20 October 1926	4 May 1929	Christian Social Party
12		Ernst Streeruwitz (1874–1952)	4 May 1929	26 September 1929	Christian Social Party
(5)		Johann Schober (1874–1932)	26 September 1929	30 September 1930	Non-partisan (Beamter)
(11)		Ignaz Seipel (1876–1932)	30 September 1930	4 December 1930	Christian Social Party
(5)		Johann Schober (1874–1932)	4 December 1930	29 January 1932	Non-partisan (Beamter)
13		Karl Buresch (1878–1936)	29 January 1932	20 May 1932	Christian Social Party
14		Engelbert Dollfuss (1892–1934)	20 May 1932	1 May 1934	Christian Social Party
(14)					Fatherland Front
№	Portrait	Minister (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Party
(14)		Engelbert Dollfuss (1892–1934)	1 May 1934	10 July 1934	Fatherland Front
15		Stephan Tauschitz (1889–1970)	10 July 1934	3 August 1934	Landbund
(15)					Fatherland Front
16		Egon Berger-Waldenegg (1880–1960)	3 August 1934	14 May 1936	Fatherland Front
17		Kurt Schuschnigg (1897–1977)	14 May 1936	11 July 1936	Fatherland Front
18		Guido Schmidt (1901–1957)	11 July 1936	11 March 1938	Fatherland Front
19		Wilhelm Wolf (1897–1939)	11 March 1938	13 March 1938	National Socialist German Workers' Party
Austria annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938. Independence restored in 1945.
№	Portrait	Minister (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Party
20		Karl Gruber (1909–1995)	26 September 1945	26 November 1953	Austrian People's Party
21		Leopold Figl (1902–1965)	26 November 1953	9 June 1959	Austrian People's Party
22		Bruno Kreisky (1911–1990)	9 June 1959	19 April 1966	Socialist Party
23		Lujo Tončić-Sorinj (1915–2005)	19 April 1966	19 January 1968	Austrian People's Party
24		Kurt Waldheim (1918–2007)	19 January 1968	21 April 1970	Austrian People's Party
25		Rudolf Kirchschläger (1915–2000)	21 April 1970	24 June 1974	Non-partisan
26		Erich Bielka (1908–1992)	24 June 1974	30 September 1976	Non-partisan
27		Willibald Pahr (1930–)	30 September 1976	24 May 1983	Non-partisan
28		Erwin Lanc (1930–)	24 May 1983	10 September 1984	Socialist Party
29		Leopold Gratz (1929–2006)	10 September 1984	16 June 1986	Socialist Party
30		Peter Jankowitsch (1933–)	16 June 1986	21 January 1987	Socialist Party
31		Alois Mock (1934–2017)	21 January 1987	4 May 1995	Austrian People's Party
32		Wolfgang Schüssel (1945–)	4 May 1995	4 February 2000	Austrian People's Party
33		Benita Ferrero-Waldner (1948–)	4 February 2000	20 October 2004	Austrian People's Party
34		Ursula Plassnik (1956–)	20 October 2004	2 December 2008	Austrian People's Party
35		Michael Spindelegger (1959–)	2 December 2008	16 December 2013	Austrian People's Party
36		Sebastian Kurz (1986–)	16 December 2013	18 December 2017	Austrian People's Party
37		Karin Kneissl (1965–)	18 December 2017	Present	Non-partisan

See also

• Foreign relations of Austria
• List of diplomatic missions of Austria
• List of foreign ministers of Austria-Hungary

References