Minister of Defense (Austria)
Appearance
Minister of Defense | |
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Bundesminister für Landesverteidigung | |
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since 7 January 2020 | |
Ministry of Defense | |
Style | Mrs. Federal minister (formal) |
Member of | Federal Government Council of Ministers National Security Council |
Seat | Rossauer Barracks, Innere Stadt, Vienna |
Nominator | Political parties |
Appointer | The President on advice of the Chancellor |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Austria Defense law |
Precursor | Imperial and Royal Minister of War |
First holder | Josef Mayer in the first Republic (10 November 1920) Ferdinand Graf in the second Republic |
Website | bundesheer.at (in English) bundesheer.at (in German) |
The Minister of Defense of Austria heads the Ministry of Defense.
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term | Political Party | Government | ||
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Took office | Left office[a] | Duration | |||||
State Ministry for the Army (Staatsamt für Heereswesen) | |||||||
1 | Josef Mayer (1877–1938) | 30 October 1918 | 15 March 1919 | 136 days | DNP | Renner I Cabinet | |
2 | Julius Deutsch (1884–1968) | 15 March 1919 | 22 October 1920 | 1 year, 221 days | SDAPÖ | Renner II–III Mayr I Cabinet | |
3 | Walter Breisky (1871–1944) | 22 October 1920 | 22 November 1920 | 29 days | CS | Mayr I Cabinet | |
Federal Ministry for the Army (Bundesministerium für Heereswesen) | |||||||
4 | Egon Glanz (1880–1945) Beamter | 22 November 1920 | 7 April 1921 | 29 days | Nonpartisan | Mayr II Cabinet | |
(3) | Walter Breisky (1871–1944) | 7 April 1921 | 28 April 1921 | 21 days | CS | Mayr II Cabinet | |
5 | Carl Vaugoin (1873–1949) | 28 April 1921 | 7 October 1921 | 162 days | CS | Mayr II Cabinet Schober I Cabinet | |
6 | Josef Wächter (1866–1949) Army officer | 7 October 1921 | 31 May 1922 | 236 days | Nonpartisan | Schober I Cabinet–II | |
(5) | Carl Vaugoin* (1873–1949) | 31 May 1922 | 21 September 1933 | 11 years, 113 days | CS | Seipel I Cabinet–II–III Ramek I Cabinet–II Seipel IV–V Streeruwitz Schober III Vaugoin Ender Buresch I–II Dollfuss I | |
7 | Engelbert Dollfuss* (1892–1934) | 21 September 1933 | 12 March 1934 | 172 days | CS | Dollfuss II Cabinet | |
8 | Alois Schönburg-Hartenstein (1858–1944) Army officer | 12 March 1934 | 10 July 1934 | 120 days | Nonpartisan | Dollfuss II Cabinet | |
(7) | Engelbert Dollfuss* (1892–1934) | 10 July 1934 | 25 July 1934 † | 15 days | VF | Dollfuss II Cabinet | |
9 | Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (1899–1956) Acting | 26 July 1934 | 29 July 1934 | 3 days | VF | Dollfuss II Cabinet | |
Federal Ministry for National Defence (Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung) | |||||||
10 | Kurt Schuschnigg* (1897–1977) | 29 July 1934 | 11 March 1938 | 3 years, 225 days | VF | Schuschnigg I Cabinet–II–III–IV | |
11 | Arthur Seyss-Inquart* (1892–1946) | 11 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | 2 days | NSDAP | Seyss-Inquart Cabinet |
* Partly as Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor.
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term | Political Party | Government | ||
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Took office | Left office[a] | Duration | |||||
Ministry for National Defence | |||||||
No minister, section of the Federal Chancellory Ministry (Bundeskanzleramt) | |||||||
Federal Ministry for National Defence (Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung) | |||||||
1 | Ferdinand Graf (1907–1969) | 15 July 1956 | 11 April 1961 | 4 years, 270 days | ÖVP | Raab II Cabinet–II–III | |
2 | Karl Schleinzer (1924–1975) | 11 April 1961 | 2 April 1964 | 2 years, 357 days | ÖVP | Gorbach I Cabinet–II | |
3 | Georg Prader (1917–1985) | 2 April 1964 | 21 April 1970 | 6 years, 19 days | ÖVP | Klaus I Cabinet–II | |
4 | Johann Freihsler (1917–1981) | Brigadier21 April 1970 | 4 February 1971 | 289 days | Independent | Kreisky I Cabinet | |
– | Bruno Kreisky (1911–1990) Acting | 4 February 1971 | 8 February 1971 | 4 days | SPÖ | Kreisky I Cabinet | |
5 | Karl Lütgendorf (1914–1981) | Brigadier8 February 1971 | 31 May 1977 | 6 years, 112 days | Independent | Kreisky I Cabinet–II–III | |
– | Bruno Kreisky (1911–1990) Acting | 31 May 1977 | 8 June 1977 | 8 days | SPÖ | Kreisky III Cabinet | |
6 | Otto Rösch (1917–1995) | 8 June 1977 | 21 May 1983 | 5 years, 347 days | SPÖ | Kreisky III Cabinet–II | |
7 | Friedhelm Frischenschlager (born 1943) | 21 May 1983 | 12 May 1986 | 2 years, 356 days | FPÖ | Sinowatz Cabinet | |
8 | Helmut Krünes (born 1941) | 12 May 1986 | 21 January 1987 | 254 days | FPÖ | Sinowatz Cabinet Vranitzky I Cabinet | |
9 | Robert Lichal (1932–2024) | 21 January 1987 | 6 November 1990 | 3 years, 289 days | ÖVP | Vranitzky II Cabinet | |
– | Alois Mock* (1934–2017) Acting | 6 November 1990 | 17 December 1990 | 41 days | ÖVP | Vranitzky II Cabinet | |
10 | Werner Fasslabend (born 1944) | 17 December 1990 | 4 February 2000 | 9 years, 49 days | ÖVP | Vranitzky III Cabinet–II–III Klima Cabinet | |
11 | Herbert Scheibner (born 1963) | 4 February 2000 | 28 February 2003 | 3 years, 24 days | FPÖ | Schüssel I Cabinet | |
12 | Günther Platter (born 1954) | 28 February 2003 | 11 January 2007 | 3 years, 317 days | ÖVP | Schüssel II Cabinet | |
13 | Norbert Darabos (born 1964) | 11 January 2007 | 11 March 2013 | 6 years, 59 days | SPÖ | Gusenbauer Cabinet Faymann I Cabinet | |
Federal Ministry for National Defence and Sport (Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung und Sport) | |||||||
14 | Gerald Klug (born 1968) | 11 March 2013 | 26 January 2016 | 2 years, 321 days | SPÖ | Faymann I Cabinet–II | |
15 | Hans Peter Doskozil (born 1970) | 26 January 2016 | 18 December 2017 | 1 year, 326 days | SPÖ | Faymann II Cabinet Kern Cabinet | |
16 | Mario Kunasek (born 1976) | 18 December 2017 | 8 January 2018 | 21 days | FPÖ | Kurz I Cabinet | |
Federal Ministry for National Defence (Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung) | |||||||
16 | Mario Kunasek (born 1976) | 8 January 2018 | 20 May 2019 | 1 year, 132 days | FPÖ | Kurz I Cabinet | |
17 | Johann Luif (born 1959) | Lieutenant General22 May 2019 | 3 June 2019 | 12 days | Independent | Kurz I Cabinet | |
18 | Thomas Starlinger (born 1963) | Major General3 June 2019 | 7 January 2020 | 218 days | Independent | Bierlein Cabinet | |
18 | Klaudia Tanner (born 1970) | 7 January 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 233 days | ÖVP | Kurz II Cabinet |
*Entrusted with continuation of the ministry
See also
[edit]- Supreme Commander of the Imperial and Royal Armed Forces
- Minister of War (Austria-Hungary)
- Austrian Minister of Defence (Austria-Hungary)
- Ministry of Defense (Austria)
- Chief of the General Staff (Austria)
Notes
[edit]References
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External links
[edit]- (in German) Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung Österreich
- Karl Lütgendorf (German) de:Karl Lütgendorf