List of Austrian Defense Ministers

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The list of defense ministers in Austria includes the officially different functional titles of defense ministers of the State of German Austria 1918/19, the Republic of Austria 1920–1934, the dictatorial state of Austria 1934–1938 and the Republic of Austria since 1945 .

Until 1918 see kuk war minister (for Austria-Hungary) and kk minister for national defense (for the Austrian states).

First republic

State Secretaries,
from November 10, 1920 Federal Minister for Army Affairs,
from 1936 Federal Minister for National Defense of the First Republic
No. Head of Department Taking office Political party Department designation
1 Josef Mayer October 30, 1918 German National Party State Office for Army Affairs
2 Julius German March 15, 1919  SDAP 
3 Walter Breisky October 22, 1920 official
4th Egon shine November 22, 1920 official Federal Ministry for the Army
5 Walter Breisky April 7, 1921 official
6th Carl Vaugoin April 28, 1921  CS 
7th Josef Guardian October 7, 1921 officer
8th Carl Vaugoin * May 31, 1922  CS 
9 Engelbert Dollfuss ** September 21, 1933  CS 
10 Alois Schönburg-Hartenstein March 12, 1934 officer
11 Engelbert Dollfuss ** July 10, 1934  VF 
12 Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg July 26, 1934 Home Guard
13 Kurt Schuschnigg ** July 29, 1934  VF 
Federal Ministry for National Defense
14th Arthur Seyss-Inquart ** March 11, 1938  NSDAP 
* In autumn 1930 he was also Vice Chancellor for a short time, then Federal Chancellor
** also Federal Chancellor

Second republic

The occupied postwar Austria had until summer 1955, when the treaty came with the four occupying powers in place, no official in charge of defense department.

The B-Gendarmerie , forerunner of the Army of the Second Republic, was set up in the Federal Ministry of the Interior , where State Secretary Ferdinand Graf ( ÖVP ), 1956 first Minister of Defense after 1945, was responsible. On July 15, 1955, these agendas were transferred to the Office for National Defense, Section VI of the Federal Chancellery . Graf remained politically responsible for this, but formally remained subordinate to the Minister of the Interior. A year later the Ministry of Defense was established.

Federal Minister for National Defense of the Second Republic
No. Federal Minister Taking office Political party Department
1 Ferdinand Graf July 15, 1956  ÖVP  Federal Ministry for National Defense
2 Karl Schleinzer April 11, 1961  ÖVP 
3 Georg Prader April 2, 1964  ÖVP 
4th Brigadier Johann Freihsler April 21, 1970 Non-party
Bruno Kreisky 4th February 1971  SPÖ 
5 Brigadier Karl Lütgendorf February 8, 1971 Non-party
Bruno Kreisky May 31, 1977  SPÖ 
6th Otto Rösch June 8, 1977  SPÖ 
7th Friedhelm Frischenschlager May 21, 1983  FPÖ 
8th Helmut Krünes May 12, 1986  FPÖ 
9 Robert Lichal January 21, 1987  ÖVP 
Alois Mock 1 November 6, 1990  ÖVP 
10 Werner Fasslabend 17th December 1990  ÖVP 
11 Herbert Scheibner February 4, 2000  FPÖ 
12 Günther Platter February 28, 2003  ÖVP 
13 Norbert Darabos January 11, 2007  SPÖ 
Federal Ministry of Defense and Sport (from February 1, 2009)
14th Gerald Klug 11th March 2013  SPÖ 
15th Hans Peter Doskozil January 26, 2016  SPÖ 
16 Mario Kunasek 18th December 2017  FPÖ 
Federal Ministry of Defense (from January 8, 2018)
17th Lieutenant General Johann Luif May 22, 2019 Non-party
18th Major General Thomas Starlinger 3rd June 2019 Non-party
19th Klaudia Tanner 7th January 2020  ÖVP 
1 As Foreign Minister entrusted with the continuation of business

Defense Minister Robert Lichal did not have to do military service as a so-called white age group , Defense Minister Werner Fasslabend due to unsuitability . Defense Minister Norbert Darabos completed civilian service as a substitute military service.

Overview: ministers and governments

Klaudia Tanner Thomas Starlinger Johann Luif Mario Kunasek Hans Peter Doskozil Gerald Klug Norbert Darabos Günther Platter Herbert Scheibner Werner Fasslabend Robert Lichal Helmut Krünes Friedhelm Frischenschlager Otto Rösch Karl Lütgendorf Johann Freihsler Georg Prader Karl Schleinzer Ferdinand Graf

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Kleine Zeitung: Politicians in the Armed Forces - Unfit, unwilling, indispensable . Article from January 17, 2013, accessed October 25, 2015.
  2. ^ Diepresse.com - The military service careers of our politicians . Article dated October 9, 2010, accessed October 25, 2015.