List of Austrian environment ministers

This list shows the federal ministers responsible for environmental protection and related issues in the Second Republic of Austria .

The portfolio has been around since 1972, when it was created by Bruno Kreisky in response to the increasingly important environmental concerns. The ministerial post was initially run as environment minister and part of the health ministry, since 1987 as environment minister and part of the family ministry . Under Franz Vranitzky there was a short-term pure environment ministry in 1995/96, then the previous form was reverted to. As of 2000, the office was named Minister for Environment and Water Management by Wolfgang Schüssel - due to the importance that the Water Framework Directive 2000/60 / EC attaches to this sector in the EU - and is part of the Ministry of Agriculture. Since the first Sebastian Kurz government (2018), the environmental department has been called Sustainability , and is managed together with the Ministry of Tourism.

→ Main article : Austrian Ministry of the Environment

List of Austrian environment ministers

Surname	Political party	Taking office	End of office	Jurisdiction	Authority (short)	Governments
Ingrid Leodolter	SPÖ	Feb. 2, 1972	Oct 8, 1979	Federal Minister for Health and Environmental Protection	BMGU	Kreisky (II ,  III ,  IV)
Hertha Firnberg	SPÖ	Oct 8, 1979	Nov 5, 1979	entrusted with the management of the Federal Ministry for Health and Environmental Protection	BMGU	Kreisky (IV)
Herbert Salcher	SPÖ	Nov 5, 1979	Jan. 20, 1981	Federal Minister for Health and Environmental Protection	BMGU	Kreisky (IV)
Kurt Steyrer	SPÖ	Jan. 20, 1981	Dec 17, 1985	Federal Minister for Health and Environmental Protection	BMGU	Kreisky (IV) Sinowatz
Franz Kreuzer	SPÖ	Dec 17, 1985	Jan. 21, 1987	Federal Minister for Health and Environmental Protection	BMGU	Sinowatz Vranitzky (I)
Marilies Flemming	ÖVP	Jan. 21, 1987	March 5, 1991	Entrusted with the provisional management of the Federal Ministry for Health and Environmental Protection (until March 31, 1987) Federal Minister for the Environment, Youth and Family (from April 1, 1987)	BMGU BMUJF	Vranitzky (II ,  III)
Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel	ÖVP	March 5, 1991	Nov 25, 1992	Federal Minister for the Environment, Youth and Family	BMUJF	Vranitzky (III)
Maria Rauch-Kallat	ÖVP	Nov 25, 1992	May 4, 1995	Federal Minister for the Environment, Youth and Family (until December 31, 1994) Federal Minister for the Environment (from January 1, 1995)	BMUJF BMU	Vranitzky (III ,  IV)
Martin Bartenstein	ÖVP	May 4, 1995	Feb. 4, 2000	Federal Minister for the Environment (until April 30, 1996) Federal Minister for the Environment, Youth and Family (from May 1, 1996)	BMU BMUJF	Vranitzky (IV ,  V) climate
Wilhelm Molterer	ÖVP	Feb. 4, 2000	Feb 28, 2003	entrusted with the provisional management of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Youth and Family (until March 31, 2000) Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry , Environment and Water Management (from April 1, 2000)	BMUJF BMLFUW	Bowl (I)
Josef Pröll	ÖVP	Feb 28, 2003	Dec 2, 2008	Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry , Environment and Water Management	BMLFUW	Bowl (II) Gusenbauer
Nikolaus Berlakovich	ÖVP	Dec 2, 2008	Dec 16, 2013	Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry , Environment and Water Management	BMLFUW	Faymann (I)
Andrä Rupprechte	ÖVP	Dec 16, 2013	Dec 18, 2017	Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry , Environment and Water Management	BMLFUW	Faymann (II) core
Elisabeth Köstinger	ÖVP	Dec 18, 2017	3rd June 2019	Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry , Environment and Water Management (until January 7, 2018) Federal Minister for Sustainability and Tourism (from January 8, 2018) interim. July 9th-26th Aug. 2018 Juliane Bogner-Strauß entrusted with the representation of the Federal Minister (at the time BM for women, families and youth in the BKA)	BMLFUW BMNT	Briefly (I) , Löger
Maria Patek	Independent	3rd June 2019	Jan. 7, 2020	Federal Minister for Sustainability and Tourism	BMNT	Small beer
Elisabeth Köstinger	ÖVP	Jan. 7, 2020	Jan 28, 2020	Federal Minister for Sustainability and Tourism	BMNT	Short II
Leonore Gewessler	GREEN	Jan 28, 2020		Federal Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology	BMK	Short II

Parties

ÖVP   ÖVP	Austrian People's Party
SPÖ	Social Democratic Party of Austria
GREEN	The Greens - The Green Alternative

Individual evidence

• Organization history ministry . Lebensministerium.at (pdf)
• Query in: Federal governments since 1920 , parlament.gv.at → Who is who → Federal government

1. ↑ according to Article 77 paragraph 4 B-VG
2. ↑ the minister's maternity leave; Bogner-Strauss takes on representation for Elisabeth Köstinger. Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism, APA, OTS0018, July 8, 2018.