List of ministers of education (Austria)

The minister of education, science and research of Austria (German: Bundesminister für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung) heads the Ministry of Education.

Minister of Education, Science and Research
Bundesminister für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung
Coat of arms
Incumbent Martin Polaschek since 6 December 2021
Ministry of Education
Style	Mr. Federal minister (formal)
Member of	Federal Government Council of Ministers
Nominator	Political parties
Appointer	The President on advice of the Chancellor
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Austria
First holder	Raphael Pacher first Republic Ernst Fischer second Republic
Website	Official website (in German)

Ministers

First Republic

№	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office[a]	Duration
State Secretariat of Education (Staatsamt für Unterricht)
1		Pacher, RaphaelRaphael Pacher [de] (1857–1936)	30 October 1918	15 March 1919	136 days	DNP	Renner I Cabinet
State Secretariat of the Interior and Education (Staatsamt für Inneres und Unterricht)
2		Renner, KarlKarl Renner (1870–1950)	15 March 1919	9 May 1919	55 days	SDAPÖ	Renner II Cabinet
3		Eldersch, MatthiasMatthias Eldersch (1869–1931)	9 May 1919	7 July 1920	1 year, 59 days	SDAPÖ	Renner II–III
4		Breisky, WalterWalter Breisky (1871–1944)	7 July 1920	20 November 1920	136 days	Independent	Mayr I Cabinet
Ministry of the Interior and Education (Bundesministerium für Inneres und Unterricht)
5		Glanz, EgonEgon Glanz [de] (1880–1945)	20 November 1920	7 April 1921	138 days	Independent	Mayr II Cabinet
–		Breisky, WalterWalter Breisky (1871–1944) Acting	7 April 1921	23 April 1921	16 days	Independent	Mayr II Cabinet
6		Ramek, RudolfRudolf Ramek (1881–1941)	23 April 1921	21 June 1921	59 days	CS	Mayr II Cabinet
7		Waber, LeopoldLeopold Waber (1875–1945)	21 June 1921	16 January 1922	209 days	GDVP	Schober I Cabinet
–		Schober, JohannJohann Schober (1874–1932) Acting	16 January 1922	26 January 1922	10 days	Independent	Schober I Cabinet
–		Breisky, WalterWalter Breisky (1871–1944) Acting	26 January 1922	27 January 1922	1 day	Independent	Breisky Cabinet
–		Schober, JohannJohann Schober (1874–1932) Acting	27 January 1922	31 May 1922	124 days	Independent	Schober II Cabinet
8		Frank, FelixFelix Frank (1874–1932)	31 May 1922	17 April 1923	321 days	GDVP	Seipel I Cabinet
Ministry of Education (Bundesministerium für Unterricht)
9		Schneider, EmilEmil Schneider [de] (1883–1961)	17 April 1923	16 June 1926	3 years, 60 days	CS	Seipel II Cabinet–II Ramek I Cabinet–II
10		Resch, JosefJosef Resch [de] (1880–1939) Acting	16 June 1926	25 June 1926	9 days	CS	Ramek II Cabinet
11		Rintelen, AntonAnton Rintelen (1876–1946)	25 June 1926	20 October 1926	117 days	CS	Ramek II Cabinet
12		Schmitz, RichardRichard Schmitz (1885–1954)	20 October 1926	4 May 1929	2 years, 196 days	CS	Seipel IV Cabinet–II
13		Czermak, EmmerichEmmerich Czermak [de] (1885–1965)	4 May 1929	26 September 1929	145 days	CS	Streeruwitz Cabinet
–		Schober, JohannJohann Schober (1874–1932) Acting	26 September 1929	16 October 1929	20 days	Independent	Schober III Cabinet
14		Srbik, HeinrichHeinrich von Srbik (1878–1951)	16 October 1929	30 September 1930	349 days	Independent	Schober III Cabinet
(13)		Czermak, EmmerichEmmerich Czermak [de] (1885–1965)	30 September 1930	20 May 1932	1 year, 233 days	CS	Vaugoin Cabinet Ender Cabinet Buresch I Cabinet–II
(11)		Rintelen, AntonAnton Rintelen (1876–1946)	20 May 1932	24 May 1933	1 year, 4 days	CS	Dollfuss I Cabinet
–		Schuschnigg, KurtKurt Schuschnigg (1897–1977) Acting	24 May 1933	14 May 1936	2 years, 356 days	CS VF	Dollfuss I Cabinet–II Schuschnigg I Cabinet
15		Pernter, HansHans Pernter [de] (1887–1951)	14 May 1936	11 March 1938	1 year, 301 days	VF	Schuschnigg II Cabinet–II–III
16		Menghin, OswaldOswald Menghin (1888–1973)	11 March 1938	13 March 1938	2 days	NSDAP	Seyss-Inquart Cabinet

Second Republic

№	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office[a]	Duration
State Secretariat for Public Enlightenment, for Teaching and Education and for Cultural Affairs (Staatsamt für Volksaufklärung, für Unterricht und Erziehung und für Kultusangelegenheiten)
1		Honner, FranzErnst Fischer (1899–1972)	27 April 1945	20 December 1945	237 days	KPÖ	Renner IV Cabinet
Ministry of Education (Bundesministerium für Unterricht)
2		Hurdes, FelixFelix Hurdes [de] (1901–1974)	20 December 1945	23 January 1952	6 years, 34 days	ÖVP	Figl I Cabinet–II
3		Kolb, ErnstErnst Kolb [de] (1912–1978)	23 January 1952	1 November 1954	2 years, 282 days	ÖVP	Figl II Cabinet–II Raab I Cabinet
4		Drimmel, HeinrichHeinrich Drimmel [de] (1912–1991)	1 November 1954	2 April 1964	9 years, 153 days	ÖVP	Raab I Cabinet–II–III–IV Gorbach I Cabinet–II
5		Piffl, TheodorTheodor Piffl-Percevic [de] (1911–1991)	2 April 1964	2 June 1969	5 years, 61 days	ÖVP	Klaus I Cabinet–II
6		Mock, AloisAlois Mock (1934–2017)	2 June 1969	21 April 1970	323 days	ÖVP	Klaus II Cabinet
7		Gratz, LeopoldLeopold Gratz (1929–2006)	21 April 1970	24 July 1970	94 days	SPÖ	Kreisky I Cabinet
Ministry of Education and the Arts (Bundesministerium für Unterricht und Kunst)
7		Gratz, LeopoldLeopold Gratz (1929–2006)	24 July 1970	4 November 1971	1 year, 103 days	SPÖ	Kreisky I Cabinet
8		Sinowatz, FredFred Sinowatz (1929–2008)	4 November 1971	5 June 1979	7 years, 213 days	SPÖ	Kreisky II Cabinet–II
–		Sinowatz, FredFred Sinowatz (1929–2008) Acting	5 June 1979	24 May 1983	3 years, 353 days	SPÖ	Kreisky IV Cabinet
9		Zilk, HelmutHelmut Zilk (1927–2008)	24 May 1983	10 September 1984	1 year, 109 days	SPÖ	Sinowatz Cabinet
10		Moritz, HerbertHerbert Moritz [de] (1927–2018)	10 September 1984	1 January 1985	113 days	SPÖ	Sinowatz Cabinet
Ministry of Education, the Arts and Sports (Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Sport)
10		Moritz, HerbertHerbert Moritz [de] (1927–2018)	1 January 1985	21 January 1987	2 years, 20 days	SPÖ	Sinowatz Cabinet Vranitzky I Cabinet
11		Hawlicek, HildeHilde Hawlicek (born 1942)	21 January 1987	17 December 1990	3 years, 330 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky II Cabinet
12		Scholten, RudolfRudolf Scholten [de] (born 1955)	17 December 1990	1 February 1991	46 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky III Cabinet
Ministry of Education and the Arts (Bundesministerium für Unterricht und Kunst)
12		Scholten, RudolfRudolf Scholten [de] (born 1955)	1 February 1991	29 November 1994	3 years, 301 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky III Cabinet
13		Busek, ErhardErhard Busek (1941–2022)	29 November 1994	1 January 1995	33 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky IV Cabinet
Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs (Bundesministerium für Unterricht und kulturelle Angelegenheiten)
13		Busek, ErhardErhard Busek (1941–2022)	1 January 1995	4 May 1995	123 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky IV Cabinet
14		Gehrer, ElisabethElisabeth Gehrer (born 1942)	4 May 1995	1 April 2000	4 years, 333 days	ÖVP	Vranitzky IV Cabinet–II Klima Cabinet Schüssel I Cabinet
Ministry of Education, Science and Cultural Affairs (Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur)
14		Gehrer, ElisabethElisabeth Gehrer (born 1942)	1 April 2000	11 January 2007	6 years, 285 days	ÖVP	Schüssel I Cabinet–II
15		Schmied, ClaudiaClaudia Schmied (born 1959)	11 January 2007	1 March 2007	49 days	SPÖ	Gusenbauer Cabinet
Ministry of Education, the Arts and Cultural Affairs (Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur)
15		Schmied, ClaudiaClaudia Schmied (born 1959)	1 March 2007	16 December 2013	6 years, 290 days	SPÖ	Gusenbauer Cabinet Faymann I Cabinet
16		Heinisch, GabrieleGabriele Heinisch-Hosek (born 1961)	16 December 2013	1 March 2014	75 days	SPÖ	Faymann II Cabinet
Ministry of Education and Women's Affairs (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Frauen)
16		Heinisch, GabrieleGabriele Heinisch-Hosek (born 1961)	1 March 2014	17 May 2016	2 years, 77 days	SPÖ	Faymann II Cabinet
17		Hammerschmid, SonjaSonja Hammerschmid (born 1968)	17 May 2016	1 July 2016	45 days	SPÖ	Kern Cabinet
Ministry of Education (Bundesministerium für Bildung)
17		Hammerschmid, SonjaSonja Hammerschmid (born 1968)	1 July 2016	18 December 2017	1 year, 170 days	SPÖ	Kern Cabinet
18		Faßmann, HeinzHeinz Faßmann (born 1955)	18 December 2017	8 January 2018	21 days	Independent	Kurz I Cabinet
Ministry of Education, Science and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung)
18		Faßmann, HeinzHeinz Faßmann (born 1955)	8 January 2018	3 June 2019	1 year, 146 days	Independent	Kurz I Cabinet
19		Rauskala, IrisIris Rauskala (born 1955)	3 June 2019	7 January 2020	218 days	Independent	Bierlein Cabinet
(18)		Faßmann, HeinzHeinz Faßmann (born 1955)	7 January 2020	6 December 2021	1 year, 333 days	Independent	Kurz II Cabinet Schallenberg Cabinet
20		Polaschek, MartinMartin Polaschek (born 1965)	6 December 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 153 days	Independent	Nehammer Cabinet

See also

• Ministry of Education (Austria)

Notes

1. Based on when the successor took office