List of Ministers of the Interior (Austria)

For the ministry itself, see Ministry of the Interior.

Minister of the Interior Bundesminister für Inneres
Coat of arms
Incumbent Herbert Kickl since 18 December 2017
Ministry of the Interior
Style	Mr. Federal minister (formal)
Member of	Federal Government Council of Ministers
Seat	Ministry of the Interior, Minoritenplatz, Innere Stadt, Vienna
Nominator	Political parties
Appointer	The President on advice of the Chancellor
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Austria
First holder	Heinrich Mataja In the first Republic (30 October 1918) Franz Honner In the second republic (27 April 1945)
Website	bmi.gv.at (in German)

This is a list of Ministers of the Interior of Austria. The Minister of the Interior is the head and most senior official of the Ministry. The Minister usually exercises his authority through the heads of the ministerial sections and sub executive departments.

Austrian Empire (1804–1867)

• Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky (29 September 1826 – 20 March 1848)
• Baron Franz von Pillersdorf (20 March 1848 – 8 July 1848)
• Baron Anton von Doblhoff-Dier (8 July 1848 – October 1848)
• Franz Stadion, Count von Warthausen (21 November 1848 – 28 July 1849)
• Baron Alexander von Bach (28 July 1849 – 22 August 1859)
• Agenor Gołuchowski (22 August 1859 – 13 December 1860)
• Anton von Schmerling (13 December 1860 – 26 June 1865)
• Count Richard Belcredi (27 July 1865 – 7 February 1867)
• Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (7 February 1867 – 7 March 1867)
• Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe (7 March 1867 – 30 December 1867)

Cisleithania in Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)

• Carl Giskra (1 January 1868 – 22 March 1870)
• Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe (14 April 1870 – 6 February 1871)
• Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart (7 February 1871 – 30 October 1871)
• Baron Ludwig von Holzgethan (30 October 1871 – 24 November 1871)
• Josef Lasser von Zollheim (25 November 1871 – 5 July 1878)^[1][2]
• Prince Adolf of Auersperg (5 July 1878 – 15 February 1879)
• Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe (15 February 1879 – 11 November 1893)
• Olivier Marquis de Bacquehem (11 November 1893 – 18 June 1895)
• Count Erich Kielmansegg (18 June 1895 – 30 September 1895)
• Count Kasimir Felix Badeni (30 September 1895 – 28 November 1897)
• Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn (28 November 1897 – 5 March 1898)
• Franz, Prince of Thun and Hohenstein (5 March 1898 – 2 October 1899)
• Ernest von Koerber (2 October 1899 – 21 December 1899)
• Josef Stummer (21 December 1899 – 18 January 1900)^[3]
• Ernest von Koerber (19 January 1900 – 27 December 1904)
• Count Arthur von Bylandt-Rheidt (1 January 1905 – 30 April 1906)
• Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (2 May 1906 – 28 May 1906)
• Count Richard von Bienerth-Schmerling (2 June 1906 – 7 November 1908)
• Baron Guido von Haerdtl (15 November 1908 – 9 January 1911)
• Count Maximilian von Wickenburg (9 January 1911 – 28 October 1911)
• Baron Karl Heinold von Udinski (3 November 1911 – 30 November 1915)
• Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (30 November 1915 – 29 August 1916)
• Baron Erasmus von Handel (29 August 1916 – 21 October 1916)
• Baron Erwin von Schwartzenau (31 October 1916 – 13 December 1916)
• Baron Erasmus von Handel (20 December 1916 – 23 June 1917)
• Count Friedrich von Toggenburg (23 June 1917 – 11 June 1918)
• Edmund von Gayer (11 June 1918 – 22 July 1918)
• Edmund von Gayer (25 July 1918 – 11 November 1918)

First Republic

№	Portrait	Minister	Term of Office		Party
1		Heinrich Mataja	30 October 1918	15 March 1919	Christian Social Party
2		Karl Renner	15 March 1919	9 May 1919	Social Democratic Workers' Party
3		Matthias Eldersch	9 May 1919	7 July 1920	Social Democratic Workers' Party
4		Walter Breisky	7 July 1920	20 November 1920	Independent
5		Egon Glanz	20 November 1920	7 April 1921	Independent
6		Walter Breisky	7 April 1921	23 April 1921	Independent
7		Rudolf Ramek	23 April 1921	21 June 1921	Christian Social Party
8		Leopold Waber	21 June 1921	16 January 1922	Greater German People's Party
9		Johann Schober	16 January 1922	26 January 1922	Independent
10		Walter Breisky	26 January 1922	27 January 1922	Independent
(9)		Johann Schober	16 January 1922	26 January 1922	Independent
11		Felix Frank	31 May 1922	17 April 1923	Greater German People's Party
12		Ignaz Seipel	17 April 1923	22 November 1924	Christian Social Party
13		Rudolf Ramek	22 November 1924	20 October 1926	Christian Social Party
14		Ignaz Seipel	20 October 1926	4 May 1929	Christian Social Party
15		Ernst Streeruwitz	4 May 1929	26 September 1929	Christian Social Party
16		Vinzenz Schumy	26 September 1929	30 September 1930	Landbund
17		Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg	30 September 1930	4 December 1930	Heimwehr
18		Franz Winkler	4 December 1930	20 May 1932	Landbund
19		Franz Bachinger	4 December 1930	20 May 1932	Landbund
20		Franz Bachinger	20 May 1932	10 May 1933	Landbund
21		Robert Kerber	23 September 1933	30 July 1934	Christian Social Party
22		Emil Fey	30 July 1934	29 October 1935	Heimwehr
23		Eduard Baar-Baarenfels	29 October 1935	3 November 1936	Fatherland Front
24		Kurt Schuschnigg	3 November 1936	6 November 1936	Fatherland Front
25		Edmund Glaise-Horstenau	6 November 1936	16 February 1938	Fatherland Front
26		Arthur Seyß-Inquart	16 February 1938	13 March 1938	Nazi Party
1		Franz Honner	27 April 1945	20 December 1945	Communist Party
2		Oskar Helmer	20 December 1945	16 July 1959	Social Democratic Party
3		Josef Afritsch	16 July 1959	27 March 1963	Social Democratic Party
4		Franz Olah	27 March 1963	21 September 1964	Social Democratic Party
5		Hans Czettel	21 September 1964	19 April 1966	Social Democratic Party
6		Franz Hetzenauer	19 April 1966	19 January 1968	People's Party
7		Franz Soronics	19 January 1968	21 April 1970	People's Party
8		Otto Rösch	21 April 1970	8 June 1977	Social Democratic Party
9		Erwin Lanc	8 June 1977	24 May 1983	Social Democratic Party
10		Karl Blecha	24 May 1983	2 February 1989	Social Democratic Party
11		Franz Löschnak	2 February 1989	6 April 1995	Social Democratic Party
12		Caspar Einem	6 April 1995	28 January 1997	Social Democratic Party
13		Karl Schlögl	28 January 1997	2 March 2000	Social Democratic Party
14		Ernst Strasser	2 March 2000	11 December 2004	People's Party
15		Günther Platter	11 December 2004	22 December 2004	People's Party
16		Liese Prokop	22 December 2004	2 January 2007	People's Party
17		Wolfgang Schüssel	2 January 2007	11 January 2007	People's Party
18		Günther Platter	11 January 2007	30 June 2008	People's Party
19		Wilhelm Molterer	30 June 2008	1 July 2008	People's Party
20		Maria Fekter	1 July 2008	21 April 2011	People's Party
21		Johanna Mikl-Leitner	21 April 2011	21 April 2016	People's Party
22		Wolfgang Sobotka	21 April 2016	18 December 2017	People's Party
23		Herbert Kickl	18 December 2017	Present	Freedom Party

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