List of ministers of justice (Austria)
Appearance
Minister of Justice | |
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Justizminister | |
since 7 January 2020 | |
Ministry of Justice | |
Style | Mr. Federal minister (formal) |
Member of | Federal Government Council of Ministers |
Nominator | Political parties |
Appointer | The President on advice of the Chancellor |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Austria |
First holder | Julius Rollerr First Republic |
Website | Official website |
The Minister of Justice of Austria (German: Justizminister) heads the Ministry of Justice.
Ministers
First Republic
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Government | ||
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Took office | Left office[a] | Time in office | |||||
State Secretariat of Justice (Staatsamt für Justiz) | |||||||
1 | Julius Roller (1862–1946) | 30 October 1918 | 15 March 1919 | 136 days | Independent | Renner I Cabinet | |
2 | Richard Bratusch (1861–1949) | 15 March 1919 | 17 October 1919 | 216 days | Independent | Renner II Cabinet | |
3 | Rudolf Ramek (1881–1941) | 17 October 1919 | 24 June 1920 | 251 days | CS | Renner III Cabinet | |
– | Matthias Eldersch (1869–1931) Acting | 24 June 1920 | 7 July 1920 | 13 days | SDAPÖ | Renner III Cabinet | |
(1) | Julius Roller (1862–1946) | 7 July 1920 | 20 November 1920 | 136 days | Independent | Mayr I Cabinet | |
Ministry of Justice (Bundesministerium für Justiz) | |||||||
4 | Rudolf Paltauf (1862–1936) | 20 November 1920 | 31 May 1922 | 1 year, 192 days | Independent | Mayr II Cabinet Schober I Cabinet Breisky Cabinet Schober II Cabinet | |
5 | Leopold Waber (1875–1945) | 31 May 1922 | 17 April 1923 | 321 days | GDVP | Seipel I Cabinet | |
– | Felix Frank (1876–1957) Acting | 17 April 1923 | 20 November 1924 | 1 year, 217 days | GDVP | Seipel II Cabinet–III | |
(5) | Leopold Waber (1875–1945) | 20 November 1924 | 20 October 1926 | 1 year, 334 days | GDVP | Ramek I Cabinet–II | |
6 | Franz Dinghofer (1873–1956) | 20 October 1926 | 4 July 1928 | 1 year, 258 days | GDVP | Seipel IV Cabinet–V | |
– | Ignaz Seipel (1876–1932) Acting | 4 July 1928 | 6 July 1928 | 2 days | CS | Seipel V Cabinet | |
7 | Franz Slama (1885–1938) | 6 July 1928 | 30 September 1930 | 2 years, 86 days | GDVP | Seipel V Cabinet Streeruwitz Cabinet Schober III Cabinet | |
8 | Franz Hueber (1894–1981) | 30 September 1930 | 4 December 1930 | 65 days | Heimatblock | Vaugoin Cabinet | |
9 | Hans Schürff (1875–1939) | 4 December 1930 | 30 May 1931 | 177 days | GDVP | Ender Cabinet | |
– | Johann Schober (1874–1932) Acting | 30 May 1931 | 20 June 1931 | 21 days | Independent | Ender Cabinet | |
(9) | Hans Schürff (1875–1939) | 20 June 1931 | 29 January 1932 | 223 days | GDVP | Buresch I Cabinet | |
10 | Kurt Schuschnigg (1897–1977) | 29 January 1932 | 10 July 1934 | 2 years, 162 days | GDVP VF | Buresch II Cabinet Dollfuss I Cabinet–II | |
11 | Egon Berger-Waldenegg (1880–1960) | 10 July 1934 | 17 October 1935 | 1 year, 99 days | Heimatblock | Dollfuss II Cabinet Schuschnigg I Cabinet | |
12 | Robert Winterstein (1874–1940) | 17 October 1935 | 14 May 1936 | 210 days | VF | Schuschnigg I Cabinet | |
13 | Hans Hammerstein-Equord (1881–1947) | 14 May 1936 | 3 November 1936 | 173 days | VF | Schuschnigg II Cabinet | |
14 | Adolf Pilz (1877–1947) | 3 November 1936 | 16 February 1938 | 1 year, 105 days | VF | Schuschnigg III Cabinet | |
15 | Ludwig Adamovich (1890–1955) | 16 February 1938 | 11 March 1938 | 23 days | VF | Schuschnigg IV Cabinet | |
(8) | Franz Hueber (1894–1981) | 11 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | 2 days | NSDAP | Seyss-Inquart Cabinet |
Second Republic
No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | Government | ||
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Took office | Left office[a] | Duration | |||||
State Secretariat of Justice (Staatsamt für Justiz) | |||||||
1 | Josef Gerö (1896–1954) | 27 April 1945 | 20 December 1945 | 237 days | Independent | Renner IV Cabinet | |
Minister of Justice (Bundesminister für Justiz) | |||||||
1 | Josef Gerö (1896–1954) | 20 December 1945 | 8 November 1949 | 3 years, 323 days | Independent | Figl I Cabinet | |
2 | Otto Tschadek (1904–1969) | 8 November 1949 | 16 September 1952 | 2 years, 313 days | SPÖ | Figl II Cabinet | |
(1) | Josef Gerö (1896–1954) | 16 September 1952 | 30 December 1954 | 2 years, 105 days | Independent | Figl II Cabinet–II Raab I Cabinet | |
3 | Adolf Schärf (1890–1965) | 30 December 1954 | 17 January 1955 | 18 days | SPÖ | Raab I Cabinet | |
4 | Hans Kapfer (1903–1992) | 17 January 1955 | 29 June 1956 | 1 year, 164 days | Independent | Raab I Cabinet | |
(2) | Otto Tschadek (1904–1969) | 29 June 1956 | 23 June 1960 | 3 years, 360 days | SPÖ | Raab II Cabinet–II | |
5 | Christian Broda (1916–1987) | 23 June 1960 | 19 April 1966 | 5 years, 300 days | SPÖ | Raab III Cabinet–II Gorbach I Cabinet–II Klaus I Cabinet | |
6 | Hans Klecatsky (1916–1987) | 19 April 1966 | 21 April 1970 | 4 years, 2 days | Independent | Klaus II Cabinet | |
(5) | Christian Broda (1916–1987) | 21 April 1970 | 24 May 1983 | 13 years, 33 days | SPÖ | Kreisky I Cabinet–II–III–IV | |
7 | Harald Ofner (born 1932) | 24 May 1983 | 21 January 1987 | 3 years, 242 days | FPÖ | Sinowatz Cabinet Vranitzky I Cabinet | |
8 | Egmont Foregger (1922–2007) | 21 January 1987 | 17 December 1990 | 3 years, 330 days | Independent | Vranitzky II Cabinet | |
9 | Nikolaus Michalek (born 1940) | 17 December 1990 | 4 February 2000 | 9 years, 49 days | Independent | Vranitzky III Cabinet–II–III Klima Cabinet | |
10 | Michael Krüger (born 1955) | 4 February 2000 | 29 February 2000 | 25 days | FPÖ | Schüssel I Cabinet | |
11 | Dieter Böhmdorfer (born 1943) | 2 March 2000 | 25 June 2004 | 4 years, 115 days | Independent | Schüssel I Cabinet–II | |
12 | Karin Gastinger (born 1964) | 25 June 2004 | 11 January 2007 | 2 years, 200 days | BZÖ | Schüssel II Cabinet | |
13 | Maria Berger (born 1956) | 11 January 2007 | 2 December 2008 | 1 year, 326 days | SPÖ | Gusenbauer Cabinet | |
– | Johannes Hahn (born 1957) Acting | 2 December 2008 | 15 January 2009 | 44 days | ÖVP | Faymann I Cabinet | |
14 | Claudia Bandion-Ortner (born 1966) | 15 January 2009 | 21 April 2011 | 2 years, 96 days | Independent | Faymann I Cabinet | |
15 | Beatrix Karl (born 1967) | 21 April 2011 | 16 December 2013 | 2 years, 239 days | ÖVP | Faymann I Cabinet | |
16 | Wolfgang Brandstetter (born 1957) | 16 December 2013 | 18 December 2017 | 4 years, 2 days | Independent | Faymann II Cabinet Kern Cabinet | |
17 | Josef Moser (born 1955) | 18 December 2017 | 8 January 2018 | 21 days | Independent | Kurz I Cabinet | |
Minister of Constitutional Affairs, Reform, Deregulation, and Justice (Bundesminister für Verfassung, Reformen, Deregulierung und Justiz) | |||||||
17 | Josef Moser (born 1955) | 8 January 2018 | 3 June 2019 | 1 year, 146 days | Independent | Kurz I Cabinet | |
18 | Clemens Jabloner (born 1948) | 3 June 2019 | 7 January 2020 | 218 days | Independent | Bierlein Cabinet | |
19 | Alma Zadić (born 1984) | 7 January 2020 | 29 January 2020 | 22 days | Greens | Kurz II Cabinet | |
Minister of Justice (Bundesminister für Justiz) | |||||||
19 | Alma Zadić (born 1984) | 29 January 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 278 days | Greens | Kurz II Cabinet |