List of the Austrian ministers of justice

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First republic

Minister of Justice of the First Republic
No. Federal Minister Taking office Political party Notes and important changes to this term
1 Julius Roller October 30, 1918 German National Party State Secretary for Justice ( State Government Renner I )
2 Richard Bratusch March 15, 1919 official State Secretary for Justice ( State Government Renner II )
3 Rudolf Ramek October 17, 1919  CS  State Secretary for Justice ( State Government Renner III )
4th Matthias Eldersch June 24, 1920  SDAP  State Secretary for Justice ( State Government Renner III )
5 Julius Roller July 7, 1920 German National Party State Secretary for Justice ( State Government Mayr I ),
Federal Minister from November 10, 1920
6th Rudolf Paltauf November 20, 1920 official ( Federal Government Mayr II , Schober I , Schober II )
7th Leopold Waber May 31, 1922  GDVP  ( Federal Government Seipel I )
8th Felix Frank April 17, 1923  GDVP  ( Federal Government Seipel II )
9 Leopold Waber November 20, 1924  GDVP 
10 Franz Dinghofer October 20, 1926  GDVP 
11 Ignaz Seipel 4th July 1928  CS 
12 Franz Slama July 6, 1928  GDVP 
13 Franz Hueber September 30, 1930 Home Guard
14th Hans Schürff 4th December 1930  GDVP 
15th Johann Schober May 30, 1930 official
16 Hans Schürff June 20, 1931  GDVP 
17th Kurt Schuschnigg January 29, 1932  CS 
18th Egon Berger-Waldenegg July 10, 1934 Home Guard
19th Robert Winterstein October 17, 1935  VF 
20th Hans von Hammerstein-Equord May 14, 1936  VF 
21st Adolf Pilz November 3, 1936  VF 
22nd Ludwig Adamovich February 16, 1938  VF 
23 Franz Hueber March 11, 1938  NSDAP  ( Federal Government of Seyß-Inquart )
Parties
 CS  Christian Social Party
 GDVP  Greater German People's Party
 NSDAP  National-socialist German Workers' Party
 SDAP  Social Democratic Party of Austria
 VF  Patriotic front

Second republic

Minister of Justice of the Second Republic
No. Federal Minister Taking office Political party Notes and important changes to this term
1 Josef Gerö April 27, 1945 independent State Secretary ( Provisional State Government Renner 1945 ),
Federal Minister ( Federal Government Figl I )
2 Otto Tschadek November 8, 1949  SPÖ 
3 Josef Gerö September 16, 1952 independent
4th Adolf Schärf December 30, 1954  SPÖ  Vice Chancellor
5 Hans Kapfer January 17, 1955 official
6th Otto Tschadek June 29, 1956  SPÖ 
7th Christian Broda June 23, 1960  SPÖ 
  • Judges' Service Act 1961
8th Hans Klecatsky April 19, 1966 independent Federal Government Klaus II
  • Corporate Liability Act 1967
  • Federal Supreme Court Act 1968
  • Abolition of the death penalty, court proceedings and exceptional jurisdiction 1968
  • Prison Act 1969
  • Probation Assistance Act 1969
  • Criminal Compensation Act 1969
9 Christian Broda April 21, 1970  SPÖ  Federal Government Kreisky I , II , III and IV
10 Harald Ofner May 25, 1983  FPÖ  Federal government Sinowatz , Vranitzky I
11 Egmont Foregger January 21, 1987 official
12 Nikolaus Michalek 17th December 1990 independent
13 Michael Kruger February 4, 2000  FPÖ 
14th Dieter Bohmdorfer March 2, 2000 independent ( FPÖ )
  • Amendment of the Code of Civil Procedure in 1895
  • Amendment of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1975
  • Amendment of the ABGB / warranty law
15th Karin Gastinger
(name until July 23, 2005: Karin Miklautsch) 		June 25, 2004 until September 25, 2006  BZÖ , then independent
16 Maria Berger January 11, 2007  SPÖ 
17th Johannes Hahn December 2, 2008  ÖVP  Since Bandion-Ortner was prevented by the BAWAG ruling , Science Minister Hahn also took over the justice department on an interim basis.
18th Claudia Bandion-Ortner January 15, 2009 independent ( ÖVP )
19th Beatrix Karl April 21, 2011  ÖVP 
20th Wolfgang Brandstetter December 16, 2013 independent ( ÖVP ) Vice Chancellor from May 17, 2017 to December 18, 2017
21st Josef Moser 18th December 2017 independent ( ÖVP ) from 8 January 2018 Federal Minister for the Constitution, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice
22nd Clemens Jabloner 3rd June 2019 independent Vice Chancellor
23 Alma Zadić 7th January 2020  GREEN  Federal Minister for Constitution, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice until January 28, 2020 Federal Minister for Justice
from January 29, 2020
Parties
 BZÖ  Alliance Future Austria
 FPÖ  Freedom Party of Austria
 GREEN  The Greens - The Green Alternative
 ÖVP   ÖVP  Austrian People's Party
 SPÖ  Social Democratic Party of Austria

See also