Ministry of Economy (Austria)
Wirtschaftsministerium | |
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Ministry overview | |
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Formed | 1848 |
Jurisdiction | Austria |
Headquarters |
Stubenring 1 Vienna 48°12′35″N 16°22′59″E / 48.20972°N 16.38306°E |
Minister responsible | |
Website |
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In Austrian politics, the Ministry of Economy (German: Wirtschaftsministerium) is the ministry in charge of promoting commerce and industry, overseeing public works, and maintaining the public infrastructure. In some recent cabinets, it has also been responsible for employment; in others, for family affairs and science.
The current Minister of the Economy is Margarete Schramböck. [1][2]
Originally founded in 1848 as the Ministry for Commerce and Public Works (Ministerium für Handel und öffentliche Arbeiten), the institution's formal name of exact portfolio have undergone numerous changes over the years. As of 2018, the ministry is officially called the Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (Ministerium für Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort or BMDW). [3]
History
The Ministry of Economy was first established in the aftermath of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire as the Ministry for Commerce and Public Works (Ministerium für Handel und öffentliche Arbeiten). Over the course of the next several decades, its list of responsibilities gradually grew longer; its name changed several time to reflect the new reality. In 1918, following the collapse of the Austrian Empire in the final days of World War I, the ministry was briefly divided into a commerce department (Staatsamt für Gewerbe, Industrie und Handel) and a reconstruction department (Staatsamt für Kriegs- und Übergangswirtschaft). The two halves were reunited within the year. The Ministry went back to gradually acquiring new areas of responsibility and occasionally changing its name.
In 1967, the Ministry was split into a Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Ministerium für Handel, Gewerbe und Industrie) and a Ministry of Civil Engineering (Ministerium für Bauten und Technik); the latter assumed responsibility for managing public real estate and structures, roadworks, waterways, hydraulic engineering, water supply, sewerage, the promotion of housing construction, and engineering standardization, among other things. The split was undone in 1987.
In 2000, the Schüssel cabinet merged the Ministry of Economy with the Ministry of Labor. Road construction and maintenance and a number of minor matters were assigned to the Ministry of Traffic; waterways and hydraulic engineering went to the Ministry of Agriculture. The Ministry of Environment took over family affairs, becoming the Ministry of Social Affairs in the process. The merger was undone in 2008. The Ministry's current name and portofolio dates to 2018.
Structure
As of May 2018, the ministry consists of the Minister and his personal staff (Kabinett), the office of the director general, and nine departments: [4]
- Information management (Abteilung Informationsmanagement)
- Public relations (Abteilung Presse, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Filmwirtschaft)
- Budget and administration (Bereich Budget und Administration)
- Human resources and legal (Bereich Personal und Recht)
- Economic policy, innovation, and technology (Center 1 – Wirtschaftspolitik, Innovation und Technologie)
- External economic relations policy and European integration (Center 2 - Außenwirtschaftspolitik und Europäische Integration)
- Enterprise policy (Sektion I Unternehmenspolitik)
- Historical buildings (Sektion II Historische Objekte)
- Digitalization, innovation, and electronic government (Sektion III Digitalisierung, Innovation und E-Government)
The Minister and his staff are political appointees; the general secretary and the section heads are career civil servants.
Ministers
First Republic
State Secretariat of Commerce and Industry Staatsamt für Gewerbe, Industrie und Handel | ||||
Cabinet: | Secretary: | Party: | Date appointed: | |
Renner I | Karl Urban | DSP | October 30, 1918 | |
State Secretariat of Commerce , Industry and Construction Staatsamt für Handel und Gewerbe, Industrie und Bauten | ||||
Cabinet: | Secretary: | Party: | Date appointed: | |
Renner II | Johann Zerdik | CS | March 15, 1919 | |
Renner III | October 17, 1919 | |||
Wilhelm Ellenbogen (interim) | SPÖ | June 24, 1920 | ||
Mayr I | Eduard Heinl | CS | July 7, 1920 | |
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Construction Bundesministerium für Gewerbe, Industrie und Bauten | ||||
Cabinet: | Minister: | Party: | Date appointed: | |
Mayr II | Eduard Heinl | CS | November 20, 1920 | |
Schober I | Alexander Angerer | GDVP | June 21, 1921 | |
Alfred Grünberger | CS | October 7, 1921 | ||
Breisky | January 26, 1922 | |||
Schober II | January 27, 1922 | |||
Seipel I | Emil Kraft | GDVP | May 31, 1922 | |
Ministry of Commerce and Transport Bundesministerium für Handel und Verkehr | ||||
Cabinet: | Minister: | Party: | Date appointed: | |
Seipel II | Hans Schürff | GDVP | April 17, 1923 | |
Seipel III | November 20, 1923 | |||
Ramek I | November 20, 1924 | |||
Ramek II | January 15, 1926 | |||
Seipel IV | October 20, 1926 | |||
Seipel V | May 19, 1927 | |||
Streeruwitz | May 4, 1929 | |||
Schober III | Michael Hainisch | none | September 26, 1929 | |
Johann Schober (interim) | none | June 17, 1930 | ||
Friedrich Schuster | none | June 20, 1930 | ||
Vaugoin | Eduard Heinl | CS | September 30, 1930 | |
Ender | December 4, 1930 | |||
Buresch I | June 20, 1931 | |||
Buresch II | January 29, 1932 | |||
Dollfuß I | May 20, 1932 | |||
Dollfuß II | Guido Jaconcig | HB | September 21, 1932 | |
Friedrich Stockinger | VF | May 10, 1933 | ||
Schuschnigg I | July 29, 1934 | |||
Schuschnigg II | May 14, 1936 | |||
Schuschnigg III | Wilhelm Taucher | VF | November 3, 1936 | |
Schuschnigg IV | Julius Raab | VF | February 16, 1938 | |
Seyß-Inquart | March 11, 1938 |
Second Republic
State Secretariat of Industry, Commerce and Transport Staatsamt für Industrie, Gewerbe, Handel und Verkehr | ||||
Cabinet: | Secretary: | Party: | Date appointed: | |
Renner | Eduard Heinl | ÖVP | April 27, 1945 | |
Ministry of Commerce and Recostruction Bundesministerium für Handel und Wiederaufbau | ||||
Cabinet: | Minister: | Party: | Date appointed: | |
Figl I | Eugen Fleischhacker | ÖVP | December 20, 1945 | |
Eduard Heinl | ÖVP | May 31, 1946 | ||
Ernst Kolb | ÖVP | February 18, 1948 | ||
Figl II | Ernst Kolb | ÖVP | November 8, 1949 | |
Josef Böck-Greissau | ÖVP | January 23, 1952 | ||
Figl III | October 28, 1952 | |||
Raab I | April 2, 1953 | |||
Julius Raab (interim) | ÖVP | April 21, 1953 | ||
Udo Illig | ÖVP | April 28, 1953 | ||
Raab II | June 29, 1956 | |||
Fritz Bock | ÖVP | September 19, 1956 | ||
Raab III | July 16, 1959 | |||
Raab IV | November 3, 1960 | |||
Gorbach I | April 11, 1961 | |||
Gorbach II | March 27, 1963 | |||
Klaus I | April 2, 1964 | |||
Ministry of Commerce and Industry Bundesministerium für Handel und Industrie | ||||
Cabinet: | Minister: | Party: | Date appointed: | |
Klaus II | Fritz Bock (interim) | ÖVP | April 19, 1966 | |
Otto Mitterer | ÖVP | January 19, 1968 | ||
Kreisky I | Josef Staribacher | SPÖ | April 21, 1970 | |
Kreisky II | November 4, 1971 | |||
Kreisky III | October 28, 1975 | |||
Kreisky IV | June 5, 1979 | |||
Sinowatz | Norbert Steger (interim) | FPÖ | May 24, 1983 | |
Vranitzky I | June 16, 1986 | |||
Vranitzky II | Robert Graf | ÖVP | January 21, 1987 | |
Ministry of Economy Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft | ||||
Cabinet: | Minister: | Party: | Date appointed: | |
Vranitzky II | Robert Graf | ÖVP | April 1, 1987 | |
Wolfgang Schüssel | ÖVP | April 24, 1989 | ||
Vranitzky III | December 17, 1990 | |||
Vranitzky IV | November 29, 1994 | |||
Johannes Ditz | ÖVP | May 4, 1995 | ||
Vranitzky V | March 12, 1996 | |||
Johann Farnleitner | ÖVP | July 19, 1996 | ||
Klima | January 28, 1997 | |||
Schüssel I | Martin Bartenstein | ÖVP | February 4, 2000 | |
Ministry of Economy and Labor Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit | ||||
Cabinet: | Minister: | Party: | Date appointed: | |
Schüssel I | Martin Bartenstein | ÖVP | April 1, 2000 | |
Schüssel II | February 28, 2003 | |||
Gusenbauer | January 11, 2007 | |||
Faymann I | Reinhold Mitterlehner | ÖVP | December 2, 2008 | |
Ministry of Economy, the Family and Youth Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend | ||||
Cabinet: | Minister: | Party: | Date appointed: | |
Faymann I | Reinhold Mitterlehner | ÖVP | February 1, 2009 | |
Faymann II | December 16, 2013 | |||
Ministry of Science, Research and Economy Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft | ||||
Cabinet: | Minister: | Party: | Date appointed: | |
Faymann II | Reinhold Mitterlehner | ÖVP | March 1, 2014 | |
Kern | Harald Mahrer | ÖVP | May 17, 2016 | |
Kurz | Margarete Schramböck | ÖVP | December 18, 2017 | |
Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs Bundesministerium für Digitalisierung und Wirtschaft | ||||
Cabinet: | Minister: | Party: | Date appointed: | |
Kurz | Margarete Schramböck | ÖVP | January 8, 2017 |
References
- ↑ "Türkis-Blau: Das sind die neuen Minister". Kurier. December 16, 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ↑ "16-köpfiges ÖVP-FPÖ-Team vereidigt". ORF. December 16, 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ↑ "Bundesministeriengesetz-Novelle 2017; BGBl. I Nr. 164/2017" (in German). December 28, 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ↑ "Geschäfts- und Personaleinteilung" (in German). BMDW. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
External links
- Official web site (in German)
- English version