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.
Surname | Political party | Taking office | End of office | Jurisdiction | Authority (short) |
Governments |
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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 |
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
- ↑ according to Article 77 paragraph 4 B-VG
- ↑ the minister's maternity leave; Bogner-Strauss takes on representation for Elisabeth Köstinger. Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism, APA, OTS0018, July 8, 2018.