List of Austrian social ministers

First Republic (1918 to 1938)

Minister of Social Affairs of the First Republic
Federal Minister	Taking office	Political party
Ferdinand Hanusch	October 30, 1918	SDAP
Eduard Heinl	October 22, 1920	CS
Josef Resch	November 20, 1920	CS
Franz Pauer	June 21, 1921	official
Richard Schmitz	May 31, 1922	CS
Josef Resch	November 20, 1924	CS
Theodor Innitzer	September 26, 1929	CS
Richard Schmitz ⁽²⁾	September 30, 1930	CS
Josef Resch	4th December 1930	CS
Otto Ender ⁽¹⁾	April 15, 1931	CS
Josef Resch	June 20, 1931	CS
Robert Kerber	March 11, 1933	LB
Richard Schmitz	September 21, 1933	CS
Odo Neustädter striker	February 16, 1934	VF
Josef Dobretsberger	October 17, 1935	VF
Josef Resch	May 14, 1936	VF
Hugo jury	March 11, 1938	NSDAP

CS Christian Social Party

LB Land federation or national front

NSDAP National-socialist German Workers' Party

SDAP Social Democratic Labor Party

VF Patriotic front

⁽¹⁾also Federal Chancellor

⁽²⁾ also Vice Chancellor

Second Republic (from 1945)

Minister of Social Affairs of the Second Republic
Federal Minister	Political party	Term of office	Governments
Johann Boehm	SPÖ	April 27, 1945 to December 20, 1945 as State Secretary for Social Administration	Renner IV
Karl Maisel	SPÖ	December 20, 1945 to January 23, 1956 as Federal Minister for Social Administration	Figl I , Figl II , Figl III , Raab I
Anton Proksch	SPÖ	January 23, 1956 to April 19, 1966 as Federal Minister for Social Administration	Raab I , Raab II , Raab III , Raab IV , Gorbach I , Gorbach II , Klaus I
Grete Rehor	ÖVP	April 19, 1966 to April 21, 1970 as Federal Minister for Social Administration	Klaus II
Rudolf Houses ⁽⁴⁾	SPÖ	From April 21, 1970 to September 30, 1976 entrusted with the management of the Federal Ministry for Social Administration	Kreisky I , Kreisky II , Kreisky III
Gerhard Weissenberg	SPÖ	October 1, 1976 to October 1, 1980 as Federal Minister for Social Administration	Kreisky III , Kreisky IV
Herbert Salcher ⁽⁵⁾	SPÖ	October 1, 1980 to October 9, 1980 entrusted with the management of the Federal Ministry for Social Administration	Kreisky IV
Alfred Dallinger	SPÖ	October 9, 1980 to March 31, 1987 as Federal Minister for Social Administration April 1, 1987 to February 23, 1989 as Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs	Kreisky IV , Sinowatz , Vranitzky I , Vranitzky II
Ferdinand Lacina ⁽⁵⁾	SPÖ	February 23, 1989 to March 10, 1989 entrusted with the management of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs	Vranitzky II
Walter Geppert	SPÖ	March 10, 1989 to December 17, 1990 as Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs	Vranitzky II
Josef Hesoun	SPÖ	December 17, 1990 to April 6, 1995 as Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs	Vranitzky III , Vranitzky IV
Franz Hums	SPÖ	April 6, 1995 to January 27, 1997 as Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs	Vranitzky IV , Vranitzky V
Eleonora Hostasch	SPÖ	January 28, 1997 to February 14, 1997 as Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs February 15, 1997 to February 4, 2000 as Federal Minister for Labor, Health and Social Affairs	climate
Elisabeth Sickl	FPÖ	February 4, 2000 to March 31, 2000 as Federal Minister for Labor, Health and Social Affairs April 1, 2000 to October 24, 2000 as Federal Minister for Social Security and Generations	Bowl i
Herbert Haupt	FPÖ	October 24, 2000 to April 30, 2003 as Federal Minister for Social Security and Generations May 1, 2003 to January 26, 2005 as Federal Minister for Social Security, Generations and Consumer Protection	Bowl I , Bowl II
Ursula Haubner	FPÖ / BZÖ	January 26, 2005 to January 11, 2007 as Federal Minister for Social Security, Generations and Consumer Protection	Bowl II
Erwin Buchinger	SPÖ	11 January 2007 to 28 February 2007 as Federal Minister for Social Security, Generations and Consumer Protection March 1, 2007 to December 2, 2008 as Federal Minister for Social Affairs and Consumer Protection	Gusenbauer
Rudolf Hundstorfer	SPÖ	December 2, 2008 to January 31, 2009 as Federal Minister for Social Affairs and Consumer Protection February 1, 2009 to January 26, 2016 as Federal Minister for Labor, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection	Faymann I , Faymann II
Alois Stöger	SPÖ	26 January 2016 to 18 December 2017 as Federal Minister for Labor, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection	Faymann II , Kern
Beate Hartinger-Klein	FPÖ	December 18, 2017 to January 7, 2018 as Federal Minister for Labor, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection January 8, 2018 to May 22, 2019 as Federal Minister for Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection	Briefly I
Walter Pöltner	Independent	May 22, 2019 to June 3, 2019 as Federal Minister for Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection	In short I , Löger
Brigitte Zarfl	Independent	June 3, 2019 to January 7, 2020 as Federal Minister for Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection	Small beer
Rudolf Anschober	GREEN	7 January 2020 to 28 January 2020 as Federal Minister for Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection from 29 January 2020 as Federal Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection	Short II

BZÖ Alliance Future Austria

FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria

GREEN The Greens - The Green Alternative

ÖVP Austrian People's Party

SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria

⁽⁴⁾ also Vice Chancellor

⁽⁵⁾ temporarily entrusted after the death of the predecessor