List of Ministers of Finance (Austria)

Minister of Finance Bundesminister für Finanzen
Coat of arms
Incumbent Gernot Blümel since 7 January 2020
Ministry of Finance
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	Otto Steinwender first Republic Georg Zimmermann second Republic
Website	Official website

The Minister of Finance of Austria (German: Bundesminister für Finanzen) heads the Ministry of Finance.

Ministers[]

First Republic[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office[a]	Duration
1		Steinwender, Otto [de] (1847–1921)	30 October 1918	15 March 1919	136 days	DNP
2		Jukel, CarlJoseph Schumpeter (1883–1950)	15 March 1919	17 October 1919	216 days	Independent	Renner II
3		Reisch, Richard [de] (1866–1938)	17 October 1919	20 November 1920	1 year, 34 days	Independent
4		Grimm, Ferdinand [de] (1869–1948)	20 November 1920	7 October 1921	321 days	Independent	Schober I
5		Gürtler, AlfredAlfred Gürtler (1875–1933)	7 October 1921	10 May 1922	215 days	CS	Schober I–II
-		Schober, JohannJohann Schober (1874–1932) Acting	10 May 1922	31 May 1922	21 days	Independent	Schober II
6		Ségur, August [de] (1881–1931)	31 May 1922	14 November 1922	167 days	CS
7		Kienböck, Viktor [de] (1873–1956)	14 November 1922	20 November 1924	2 years, 6 days	CS	––
8		Ahrer, Jakob [de] (1888–1962)	20 November 1924	15 January 1926	1 year, 56 days	CS
9		Kollmann, Josef [de] (1868–1951)	15 January 1926	20 October 1926	278 days	CS
(7)		Kienböck, Viktor [de] (1873–1956)	20 October 1926	4 May 1929	2 years, 196 days	CS	–
10		Mittelberger, Johann [de] (1879–1963)	4 May 1929	26 September 1929	145 days	CS	Streeruwitz
–		Schober, JohannJohann Schober (1874–1932) Acting	26 September 1929	16 October 1929	20 days	Independent
11		Juch, Otto [de] (1876–1964)	16 October 1929	20 June 1931	1 year, 247 days	Independent
12		Redlich, Josef [de] (1869–1936)	20 June 1931	5 October 1931	107 days	Independent
13		Buresch, KarlKarl Buresch (1878–1936)	5 October 1931	16 October 1931	11 days	CS
14		Weidenhoffer, Emanuel [de] (1878–1939)	16 October 1931	16 May 1933	1 year, 212 days	CS
(13)		Buresch, KarlKarl Buresch (1878–1936)	16 May 1933	17 October 1935	2 years, 154 days	CS VF	–
15		Draxler, LudwigLudwig Draxler (1896–1972)	17 October 1935	3 November 1936	1 year, 17 days	VF	––
16		Neumayer, Rudolf [de] (1887–1977)	3 November 1936	13 March 1938	1 year, 130 days	VF NSDAP	– Seyss-Inquart

Second Republic[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office[a]	Duration
1		Zimmermann, Georg [de] (1897–1958)	20 December 1945	8 November 1949	3 years, 323 days	Independent
2		Margarétha, Eugen [de] (1885–1963)	8 November 1949	23 January 1952	2 years, 76 days	ÖVP
3		Kamitz, Reinhard [de] (1907–1993)	23 January 1952	17 June 1960	8 years, 146 days	Independent	– ––
4		Heilingsetzer, Eduard [de] (1905–1997)	17 June 1960	11 April 1961	298 days	ÖVP	–
5		Klaus, JosefJosef Klaus (1910–2001)	11 April 1961	27 March 1963	1 year, 350 days	ÖVP
6		Korinek, Franz [de] (1907–1985)	27 March 1963	2 April 1964	1 year, 6 days	ÖVP
7		Schmitz, Wolfgang [de] (1923–2008)	2 April 1964	19 January 1968	3 years, 292 days	ÖVP	–
8		Koren, Stephan [de] (1919–1988)	19 January 1968	21 April 1970	2 years, 92 days	ÖVP
9		Androsch, HannesHannes Androsch (born 1938)	21 April 1970	20 January 1981	10 years, 274 days	SPÖ	–––
10		Salcher, Herbert [de] (born 1929)	20 January 1981	10 September 1984	3 years, 234 days	SPÖ
11		Vranitzky, FranzFranz Vranitzky (born 1937)	10 September 1984	16 June 1986	1 year, 279 days	SPÖ
12		Lacina, FerdinandFerdinand Lacina (born 1942)	16 June 1986	6 April 1995	8 years, 294 days	SPÖ	–––
13		Staribacher, Andreas [de] (born 1957)	6 April 1995	3 January 1996	272 days	SPÖ
–		Klima, ViktorViktor Klima (born 1947) Acting	3 January 1996	12 March 1996	69 days	SPÖ
14		Klima, ViktorViktor Klima (born 1947)	12 March 1996	28 January 1997	322 days	SPÖ
15		Edlinger, RudolfRudolf Edlinger (1940–2021)	28 January 1997	4 February 2000	3 years, 7 days	SPÖ
16		Grasser, KarlKarl-Heinz Grasser (born 1969) Non-partisan from 2003	4 February 2000	11 January 2007	6 years, 341 days	FPÖ Independent	–II
17		Molterer, WilhelmWilhelm Molterer (born 1955)	11 January 2007	2 December 2008	1 year, 326 days	ÖVP	Gusenbauer
18		Pröll, JosefJosef Pröll (born 1968)	2 December 2008	21 April 2011	2 years, 140 days	ÖVP	Faymann I
19		Fekter, MariaMaria Fekter (born 1956)	21 April 2011	16 December 2013	2 years, 239 days	ÖVP	Faymann I
20		Spindelegger, MichaelMichael Spindelegger (born 1959)	16 December 2013	1 September 2014	259 days	ÖVP	Faymann II
21		Schelling, HansHans Jörg Schelling (born 1953)	1 September 2014	18 December 2017	3 years, 108 days	ÖVP	Faymann II Kern
22		Löger, HartwigHartwig Löger (born 1965)	18 December 2017	3 June 2019	1 year, 167 days	ÖVP	Kurz I
23		Müller, EduardEduard Müller (born 1962)	3 June 2019	7 January 2020	218 days	Independent	Bierlein
24		Blümel, GernotGernot Blümel (born 1981)	7 January 2020	Incumbent	1 year, 248 days	ÖVP	Kurz II

See also[]

• Ministry of Finance (Austria)

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