List of Ministers of Transport (Austria)

Minister of Transport Bundesminister für Verkehr
Coat of arms
Incumbent Leonore Gewessler since 7 January 2020
Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
Style	Mr. Minister (normal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Type	Minister
Status	Supreme executive organ
Member of	Cabinet
Seat	Ministry of Transport Stubenring 1, Innere Stadt, Vienna
Nominator	Political parties
Appointer	The President on advice of the Chancellor
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Austria
First holder
Website	www.bmvit.gv.at (in German)

The Minister of Transport of Austria (German: Bundesminister für Verkehr) heads the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology.

Ministers[]

First Republic[]

№	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office[a]	Duration
State Secretariat of Transport (Staatsamt für Verkehrswesen)
1		Jukel, Carl [de] (1865–1931)	30 October 1918	15 March 1919	136 days	CS
2		Paul, Ludwig [de] (1864–1920)	15 March 1919	1 July 1920 †	1 year, 108 days	Independent	Renner II–
–		Hanusch, FerdinandFerdinand Hanusch (1866–1923) Acting	1 July 1920	7 July 1920	6 days	SDAPÖ
3		Pesta, Karl [de] (1871–1945)	7 July 1920	20 November 1920	136 days	Independent
Ministry of Transport (Bundesministerium für Verkehrswesen)
3		Pesta, Karl [de] (1871–1945)	20 November 1920	21 June 1921	213 days	Independent
4		Rodler, Walther [de] (1867–1931)	21 June 1921	31 May 1922	344 days	CS	Schober I Breisky Schober II
5		Odehnal, Franz [de] (1870–1928)	31 May 1922	17 April 1923	321 days	CS
Ministry of Commerce and Transport (Bundesministerium für Handel und Verkehr)
6		Schürff, Hans [de] (1875–1939)	17 April 1923	26 September 1929	6 years, 162 days	GDVP	Seipel II–III – Seipel IV–V Streeruwitz
7		Hainisch, MichaelMichael Hainisch (1858–1940)	26 September 1929	17 June 1930	264 days	Independent
–		Schober, JohannJohann Schober (1874–1932) Acting	17 June 1930	20 June 1930	3 days	Independent
8		Schuster, Friedrich [de] (1863–1932)	20 June 1930	30 September 1930	102 days	Independent
9		Heinl, EduardEduard Heinl (1880–1957)	30 September 1930	21 September 1932	1 year, 357 days	CS	–
10		Jakoncig, Guido [de] (1895–1972)	21 September 1932	10 May 1933	231 days	Heimatblock
11		Stockinger, Friedrich [de] (1894–1968)	10 May 1933	3 November 1936	3 years, 177 days	VF	–
12		Taucher, Wilhelm [de] (1892–1962)	3 November 1936	16 February 1938	1 year, 105 days	VF
13		Raab, JuliusJulius Raab (1891–1964)	16 February 1938	11 March 1938	23 days	VF
14		Fischböck, HansHans Fischböck (1895–1967)	11 March 1938	13 March 1938	2 days	NSDAP	Seyss-Inquart

Second Republic[]

№	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office[a]	Duration
Ministry of Transport (Bundesministerium für Verkehr)
1		Übeleis, Vinzenz [de] (1889–1967)	20 December 1945	8 November 1949	3 years, 323 days	SPÖ
Ministry of Transport and Nationalized Industry (Bundesministerium für Verkehr und verstaatlichte Betriebe)
2		Waldbrunner, Karl [de] (1906–1980)	8 November 1949	29 June 1956	6 years, 234 days	SPÖ	–
Ministry of Transport and Electricity (Bundesministerium für Verkehr und Elektrizitätswirtschaft)
2		Waldbrunner, Karl [de] (1906–1980)	29 June 1956	14 December 1962	6 years, 168 days	SPÖ	––
–		Pittermann, BrunoBruno Pittermann (1905–1983) Acting	14 December 1962	27 March 1963	103 days	SPÖ
3		Probst, OttoOtto Probst (1911–1978)	27 March 1963	19 April 1966	3 years, 23 days	SPÖ
Ministry of Transport and Nationalized Enterprise (Bundesministerium für Verkehr und verstaatlichte Unternehmungen)
4		Weiß, Ludwig [de] (1902–1994)	19 April 1966	21 April 1970	4 years, 2 days	ÖVP
5		Frühbauer, Erwin [de] (1926–2010)	21 April 1970	24 July 1970	94 days	SPÖ
Ministry of Transport (Bundesministerium für Verkehr)
5		Frühbauer, Erwin [de] (1926–2010)	24 July 1970	17 December 1973	3 years, 146 days	SPÖ	–
6		Lanc, ErwinErwin Lanc (born 1930)	17 December 1973	8 June 1977	3 years, 173 days	SPÖ	–
7		Lausecker, Karl [de] (1928–2015)	8 June 1977	10 September 1984	7 years, 94 days	SPÖ	–
8		Lacina, FerdinandFerdinand Lacina (born 1942)	10 September 1984	1 January 1985	113 days	SPÖ
Ministry of Public Economy and Transport (Bundesministerium für öffentliche Wirtschaft und Verkehr)
8		Lacina, FerdinandFerdinand Lacina (born 1942)	1 January 1985	16 June 1986	1 year, 166 days	SPÖ
9		Streicher, RudolfRudolf Streicher (born 1939)	16 June 1986	3 April 1992	5 years, 292 days	SPÖ	––
10		Klima, ViktorViktor Klima (born 1947)	3 April 1992	12 March 1996	3 years, 344 days	SPÖ	–
–		Scholten, Rudolf [de] (born 1955) Acting	12 March 1996	1 May 1996	50 days	SPÖ
Ministry of Science, Transport and the Arts (Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Verkehr und Kunst)
11		Scholten, Rudolf [de] (born 1955)	1 May 1996	28 January 1997	272 days	SPÖ
12		Einem, CasparCaspar Einem (born 1948)	28 January 1997	15 February 1997	18 days	SPÖ
Ministry of Science and Transport (Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Verkehr)
12		Einem, CasparCaspar Einem (born 1948)	15 February 1997	4 February 2000	2 years, 354 days	SPÖ
13		Schmid, Michael [de] (born 1945)	4 February 2000	1 April 2000	57 days	FPÖ
Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie)
13		Schmid, Michael [de] (born 1945)	1 April 2000	14 November 2000	227 days	FPÖ
14		Forstinger, MonikaMonika Forstinger (born 1963)	14 November 2000	19 February 2002	1 year, 97 days	FPÖ
15		Reichhold, Mathias [de] (born 1957)	19 February 2002	28 February 2003	1 year, 9 days	FPÖ
16		Gorbach, HubertHubert Gorbach (born 1956)	28 February 2003	11 January 2007	3 years, 317 days	FPÖ	Schüssel II
17		Faymann, WernerWerner Faymann (born 1960)	11 January 2007	2 December 2008	1 year, 326 days	SPÖ	Gusenbauer
18		Bures, DorisDoris Bures (born 1962)	2 December 2008	1 September 2014	5 years, 273 days	SPÖ	Faymann I–II
19		Stöger, AloisAlois Stöger (born 1960)	1 September 2014	26 January 2016	1 year, 147 days	SPÖ	Faymann II
20		Klug, GeraldGerald Klug (born 1968)	26 January 2016	18 May 2016	113 days	SPÖ	Faymann II
21		Leichtfried, JörgJörg Leichtfried (born 1967)	18 May 2016	18 December 2017	1 year, 214 days	SPÖ	Kern
22		Hofer, NorbertNorbert Hofer (born 1971)	18 December 2017	20 May 2019	1 year, 132 days	FPÖ	Kurz I
23		Hackl, ValerieValerie Hackl (born 1982)	22 May 2019	3 June 2019	12 days	Independent	Kurz I
24		Reichhardt, Andreas [de] (born 1968)	3 June 2019	7 January 2020	218 days	Independent	Bierlein
Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie)
25		Gewessler, LeonoreLeonore Gewessler (born 1977)	7 January 2020	Incumbent	1 year, 247 days	Greens	Kurz II

See also[]

• Ministry of Transport (Austria)

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