List of Ministers of Justice (Austria)

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Minister of Justice Justizminister
Coat of arms
Incumbent Alma Zadić 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
			Took office	Left office[a]	Time in office
State Secretariat of Justice (Staatsamt für Justiz)
1		[de] (1862–1946)	30 October 1918	15 March 1919	136 days	Independent
2		[de] (1861–1949)	15 March 1919	17 October 1919	216 days	Independent	Renner II
3		Rudolf Ramek (1881–1941)	17 October 1919	24 June 1920	251 days	CS
–		[de] (1869–1931) Acting	24 June 1920	7 July 1920	13 days	SDAPÖ
(1)		[de] (1862–1946)	7 July 1920	20 November 1920	136 days	Independent
Ministry of Justice (Bundesministerium für Justiz)
4		[de] (1862–1936)	20 November 1920	31 May 1922	1 year, 192 days	Independent	Schober I Breisky Schober II
5		[de] (1875–1945)	31 May 1922	17 April 1923	321 days	GDVP
–		Felix Frank (1876–1957) Acting	17 April 1923	20 November 1924	1 year, 217 days	GDVP	–
(5)		[de] (1875–1945)	20 November 1924	20 October 1926	1 year, 334 days	GDVP	–
6		[de] (1873–1956)	20 October 1926	4 July 1928	1 year, 258 days	GDVP	–
–		Ignaz Seipel (1876–1932) Acting	4 July 1928	6 July 1928	2 days	CS
7		[de] (1885–1938)	6 July 1928	30 September 1930	2 years, 86 days	GDVP	Streeruwitz
8		[de] (1894–1981)	30 September 1930	4 December 1930	65 days	Heimatblock
9		[de] (1875–1939)	4 December 1930	30 May 1931	177 days	GDVP
–		Johann Schober (1874–1932) Acting	30 May 1931	20 June 1931	21 days	Independent
(9)		[de] (1875–1939)	20 June 1931	29 January 1932	223 days	GDVP
10		Kurt Schuschnigg (1897–1977)	29 January 1932	10 July 1934	2 years, 162 days	GDVP VF	–
11		[de] (1880–1960)	10 July 1934	17 October 1935	1 year, 99 days	Heimatblock
12		[de] (1874–1940)	17 October 1935	14 May 1936	210 days	VF
13		[de] (1881–1947)	14 May 1936	3 November 1936	173 days	VF
14		[de] (1877–1947)	3 November 1936	16 February 1938	1 year, 105 days	VF
15		[de] (1890–1955)	16 February 1938	11 March 1938	23 days	VF
(8)		[de] (1894–1981)	11 March 1938	13 March 1938	2 days	NSDAP	Seyss-Inquart

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		[de] (1896–1954)	27 April 1945	20 December 1945	237 days	Independent
Minister of Justice (Bundesminister für Justiz)
1		[de] (1896–1954)	20 December 1945	8 November 1949	3 years, 323 days	Independent
2		[de] (1904–1969)	8 November 1949	16 September 1952	2 years, 313 days	SPÖ
(1)		[de] (1896–1954)	16 September 1952	30 December 1954	2 years, 105 days	Independent	–
3		Adolf Schärf (1890–1965)	30 December 1954	17 January 1955	18 days	SPÖ
4		[de] (1903–1992)	17 January 1955	29 June 1956	1 year, 164 days	Independent
(2)		[de] (1904–1969)	29 June 1956	23 June 1960	3 years, 360 days	SPÖ	–
5		Christian Broda (1916–1987)	23 June 1960	19 April 1966	5 years, 300 days	SPÖ	– –
6		[de] (1916–1987)	19 April 1966	21 April 1970	4 years, 2 days	Independent
(5)		Christian Broda (1916–1987)	21 April 1970	24 May 1983	13 years, 33 days	SPÖ	–––
7		Harald Ofner (born 1932)	24 May 1983	21 January 1987	3 years, 242 days	FPÖ
8		Egmont Foregger (1922–2007)	21 January 1987	17 December 1990	3 years, 330 days	Independent
9		[de] (born 1940)	17 December 1990	4 February 2000	9 years, 49 days	Independent	––
10		[de] (born 1955)	4 February 2000	29 February 2000	25 days	FPÖ
11		[de] (born 1943)	2 March 2000	25 June 2004	4 years, 115 days	Independent	–II
12		Karin Gastinger (born 1964)	25 June 2004	11 January 2007	2 years, 200 days	BZÖ	Schüssel II
13		Maria Berger (born 1956)	11 January 2007	2 December 2008	1 year, 326 days	SPÖ	Gusenbauer
–		Johannes Hahn (born 1957) Acting	2 December 2008	15 January 2009	44 days	ÖVP	Faymann I
14		Claudia Bandion-Ortner (born 1966)	15 January 2009	21 April 2011	2 years, 96 days	Independent	Faymann I
15		Beatrix Karl (born 1967)	21 April 2011	16 December 2013	2 years, 239 days	ÖVP	Faymann I
16		Wolfgang Brandstetter (born 1957)	16 December 2013	18 December 2017	4 years, 2 days	Independent	Faymann II Kern
17		Josef Moser (born 1955)	18 December 2017	8 January 2018	21 days	Independent	Kurz I
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
18		Clemens Jabloner (born 1948)	3 June 2019	7 January 2020	218 days	Independent	Bierlein
19		Alma Zadić (born 1984)	7 January 2020	29 January 2020	22 days	Greens	Kurz II
Minister of Justice (Bundesminister für Justiz)
19		Alma Zadić (born 1984)	29 January 2020	Incumbent	1 year, 226 days	Greens	Kurz II

See also[]

• Ministry of Justice (Austria)

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