List of Austrian transport ministers

Transport Minister of the Republic of Austria

Legend

No .: chronological order of the federal ministers
Federal Minister: Name
Life dates: date of birth and death with location information
Party: political origin of the Federal Minister
- CSP Christian Social Party
- SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria (1945–1991: Socialist Party of Austria )
- ÖVP Austrian People's Party
- FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria
- BZÖ Alliance Future Austria
- GREEN The Greens - The Green Alternative
- independent
Government: the cabinets (government teams) with the respective list of government members
Term of office: duration of the respective term of office. In the First Republic, times in which the resigned Chancellor was entrusted with the continuation of business are included; in the Second Republic, such times are specifically indicated in footnotes.
Ministry: Name of the ministry

First Republic (1918–1938)

No.	Federal Minister	Life dates	Political party	Taking office	End of office	function
1	Carl Jukel	* January 21, 1865 in Vienna ; † August 20, 1931 in Schönau an der Triesting	CSP	Oct. 30, 1918	March 15, 1919	State Secretary for Transport
2	Ludwig Paul	* September 16, 1864 in Vienna ; † July 1, 1920 ibid		March 15, 1919	July 1, 1920	State Secretary for Transport
3	Ferdinand Hanusch	* November 9, 1866 in Oberdorf near Wigstadtl , Austrian Silesia ; † September 28, 1923 in Vienna		July 1, 1920	July 7, 1920	Entrusted with the interim management of the State Office for Transport
4th	Karl Pesta	* November 15, 1871 in Hard , Vorarlberg ; † December 3, 1945 in Innsbruck , Tyrol		Nov 20, 1920	June 21, 1921	Federal Minister for Transport
5	Walter Rodler	* February 2, 1867 in Vienna ; † December 24, 1931 ibid		June 21, 1921	May 31, 1922	Federal Minister for Transport
6th	Franz Odehnal	* December 26, 1870 in Brno , Moravia ; † December 24, 1928 in Vienna	CSP	May 31, 1922	April 16, 1923	Federal Minister for Transport
7th	Hans Schürff	* May 12, 1875 in Mödling; † March 27, 1939 in Vienna		Apr 17, 1923	26 Sep 1929	Federal Minister for Trade and Transport
8th	Michael Hainisch	* August 15, 1858 in Aue near Schottwien (Lower Austria); † February 26, 1940 in Vienna		26 Sep 1929	June 17, 1930	Federal Minister for Trade and Transport
9	Johannes Schober	* November 14, 1874 in Perg; † August 19, 1932 in Baden near Vienna		June 17, 1930	June 20, 1930	Entrusted with the temporary management of the business of the Federal Ministry of Trade and Transport
10	Friedrich Schuster			June 20, 1930	Sep 30 1930	Federal Minister for Trade and Transport
11	Eduard Heinl	* April 9, 1880 in Vienna; † April 10, 1957 ibid	CSP	Sep 30 1930	May 20, 1932	Federal Minister for Trade and Transport
12	Guido Jakoncig			May 20, 1932	May 10, 1933	Federal Minister for Trade and Transport
13	Friedrich Stockinger			May 10, 1933	Nov 3, 1936	Federal Minister for Trade and Transport
14th	Wilhelm diver			Nov 3, 1936	Feb 16, 1938	Federal Minister for Trade and Transport
15th	Julius Raab	* November 29, 1891 in St. Pölten; † January 8, 1964 in Vienna	CSP	Feb 16, 1938	March 11, 1938	Federal Minister for Trade and Transport

Second Republic (since 1945)

No.	Federal Minister		Political party	government	Taking office	End of office	Ministry
16		Eduard Heinl	ÖVP	Figl I.	Nov 20, 1947	Nov 24, 1947	Federal Ministry of Transport (entrusted with the management)
17th		Vinzenz Übeleis	SPÖ	Figl I.	December 20, 1945	Nov 8, 1949	Federal Ministry of Transport
18th		Karl Waldbrunner	SPÖ	Figl II , III Raab I , II , III , IV Gorbach I	Nov 8, 1949	Dec 14, 1962	Federal Ministry of Transport and Nationalized Enterprises until June 29, 1956 ; from June 29, 1956 Federal Ministry for Transport and Electricity
19th		Bruno Pittermann	SPÖ	Gorbach I.	Dec 14, 1962	March 27, 1963	Federal Ministry for Transport and Electricity
20th		Otto Probst	SPÖ	Gorbach II Klaus I	March 27, 1963	Apr 19, 1966	Federal Ministry for Transport and Electricity
21st		Ludwig White	ÖVP	Klaus II	Apr 19, 1966	Apr 21, 1970	Federal Ministry of Transport and Nationalized Enterprises
22nd		Erwin Frühbauer	SPÖ	Kreisky I , II	Apr 21, 1970	17 Sep 1973	Federal Ministry of Transport and Nationalized Enterprises until July 23, 1970 ; from July 24, 1970 Federal Ministry of Transport
23		Erwin Lanc	SPÖ	Kreisky II , III	17 Sep 1973	June 8, 1977	Federal Ministry of Transport
24		Karl Lausecker	SPÖ	Kreisky III , IV Sinowatz	June 8, 1977	Sep 10 1984	Federal Ministry of Transport
25th		Ferdinand Lacina	SPÖ	Sinowatz	Sep 10 1984	June 16, 1986	until December 31, 1984 Federal Ministry of Transport ; from January 1, 1985 Federal Ministry for Public Economy and Transport
26th		Rudolf Streicher	SPÖ	Vranitzky I , II , III	June 16, 1986	Apr 3, 1992	Federal Ministry for Public Economy and Transport
27		Viktor Klima	SPÖ	Vranitzky III , IV	Apr 3, 1992	March 12, 1996	Federal Ministry for Public Economy and Transport
28		Rudolf Scholten	SPÖ	Vranitzky V	March 12, 1996	Jan. 28, 1997	until April 30, 1996 Federal Ministry for Public Economy and Transport (entrusted with continuation); from May 1st 1996 Federal Ministry for Science, Transport and Art
29		Caspar One	SPÖ	climate	Jan. 28, 1997	Feb. 4, 2000	until February 14, 1997 Federal Ministry for Science, Transport and Art ; from February 15, 1997 Federal Ministry for Science and Transport
30th		Michael Schmid	FPÖ	Bowl i	Feb. 4, 2000	Nov 13, 2000	until March 31, 2000 Federal Ministry for Science and Transport ; from April 1, 2000 Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
31		Monika Forstinger	FPÖ	Bowl i	Nov 14, 2000	Feb. 18, 2002	Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
32		Mathias Reichhold	FPÖ	Bowl i	Feb. 19, 2002	Feb 28, 2003	Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
33		Hubert Gorbach	FPÖ BZÖ	Bowl II	Feb 28, 2003	Jan. 10, 2007	Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology ; ¹⁾ = from October 21, 2003 to January 10, 2007 also Vice Chancellor ²⁾ = until April 5, 2005 FPÖ, then BZÖ
34		Werner Faymann	SPÖ	Gusenbauer	Jan. 11, 2007	Dec 2, 2008	Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
35		Doris Bures	SPÖ	Faymann I Faymann II	Dec 2, 2008	Sep 1 2014	Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
36		Alois Stöger	SPÖ	Faymann II	Sep 1 2014	Jan. 26, 2016	Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
37		Gerald Klug	SPÖ	Faymann II core	Jan. 26, 2016	May 18, 2016	Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
38		Jörg Leichtfried	SPÖ	core	May 18, 2016	Dec 18, 2017	Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
39		Norbert Hofer	FPÖ	Briefly I	Dec 18, 2017	May 22, 2019	Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
40		Valerie Hackl	Independent	Briefly I , for the time being BR Löger	May 22, 2019	3rd June 2019	Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
41		Andreas Reichhardt	FPÖ	Small beer	3rd June 2019	Jan. 7, 2020	Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
42		Leonore Gewessler	GREEN	Short II	Jan. 7, 2020	officiating	until January 28, 2020 Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology from 29 January 2020 Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
No.	Federal Minister		Political party	government	Taking office	End of office	Ministry

Web links

Former Transport Ministers of the Second Republic on the BMK website