List of ministers of justice (Austria)
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| Minister of Justice | |
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| Justizminister | |
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| 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
| State Secretariat of Justice Staatsamt für Justiz |
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| Cabinet: | Secretary: | Party: | Date appointed: | |
| Renner I | Julius Roller | none | October 30, 1918 | |
| Renner II | Richard Bratusch | none | March 15, 1919 | |
| Renner III | Rudolf Ramek | CS | October 17, 1919 | |
| Matthias Eldersch (interim) | SPÖ | June 24, 1920 | ||
| Mayr I | Julius Roller | none | July 7, 1920 | |
| Ministry of Justice Bundesministerium für Justiz |
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| Cabinet: | Minister: | Party: | Date appointed: | |
| Mayr II | Rudolf Paltauf | none | November 20, 1920 | |
| Schober I | June 21, 1921 | |||
| Breisky | January 26, 1922 | |||
| Schober II | January 27, 1922 | |||
| Seipel I | Leopold Waber | GDVP | May 31, 1922 | |
| Seipel II | Felix Frank (interim) | GDVP | April 17, 1923 | |
| Seipel III | November 20, 1923 | |||
| Ramek I | Leopold Waber | GDVP | November 20, 1924 | |
| Ramek II | January 15, 1926 | |||
| Seipel IV | Franz Dinghofer | GDVP | October 20, 1926 | |
| Seipel V | May 19, 1927 | |||
| Ignaz Seipel (interim) | CS | July 4, 1928 | ||
| Franz Slama | GDVP | July 6, 1928 | ||
| Streeruwitz | May 4, 1929 | |||
| Schober III | September 26, 1929 | |||
| Vaugoin | Franz Hueber | HB | September 30, 1930 | |
| Ender | Hans Schürff | GDVP | December 4, 1930 | |
| Johann Schober (interim) | none | May 30, 1931 | ||
| Buresch I | Hans Schürff | GDVP | June 20, 1931 | |
| Buresch II | Kurt Schuschnigg | CS | January 29, 1932 | |
| Dollfuß I | VF | May 20, 1932 | ||
| Dollfuß II | September 21, 1932 | |||
| Egon Berger-Waldenegg | HB | July 10, 1934 | ||
| Schuschnigg I | July 29, 1934 | |||
| Robert Winterstein | VF | October 17, 1935 | ||
| Schuschnigg II | Hans Hammerstein-Equord | VF | May 14, 1936 | |
| Schuschnigg III | Adolf Pilz | VF | November 3, 1936 | |
| Schuschnigg IV | Ludwig Adamovich | VF | February 16, 1938 | |
| Seyß-Inquart | Franz Hueber | NSDAP | March 11, 1938 | |
Second Republic
| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Incumbent | 5 years, 152 days | Independent | Bierlein Cabinet | |
See also
Notes
- ^ Based on when the successor took office
