List of ministers of finance (Austria)

The minister of finance of Austria (German: Bundesminister für Finanzen) heads the Ministry of Finance.

Minister of Finance
Bundesminister für Finanzen
Coat of arms
Incumbent Magnus Brunner since 6 December 2021
Ministry of Finance
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	Otto Steinwender first Republic Georg Zimmermann second Republic
Website	Official website

Ministers

First Republic

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office[a]	Duration
1		Steinwender, OttoOtto Steinwender (1847–1921)	30 October 1918	15 March 1919	136 days	DNP	Renner I Cabinet
2		Jukel, CarlJoseph Schumpeter (1883–1950)	15 March 1919	17 October 1919	216 days	Independent	Renner II Cabinet
3		Reisch, RichardRichard Reisch [de] (1866–1938)	17 October 1919	20 November 1920	1 year, 34 days	Independent	Renner III Cabinet Mayr I Cabinet
4		Grimm, FerdinandFerdinand Grimm [de] (1869–1948)	20 November 1920	7 October 1921	321 days	Independent	Mayr II Cabinet Schober I Cabinet
5		Gürtler, AlfredAlfred Gürtler (1875–1933)	7 October 1921	10 May 1922	215 days	CS	Schober I Cabinet–II
-		Schober, JohannJohann Schober (1874–1932) Acting	10 May 1922	31 May 1922	21 days	Independent	Schober II Cabinet
6		Ségur, AugustAugust Ségur-Cabanac [de] (1881–1931)	31 May 1922	14 November 1922	167 days	CS	Seipel I Cabinet
7		Kienböck, ViktorViktor Kienböck [de] (1873–1956)	14 November 1922	20 November 1924	2 years, 6 days	CS	Seipel I Cabinet–II–III
8		Ahrer, JakobJakob Ahrer [de] (1888–1962)	20 November 1924	15 January 1926	1 year, 56 days	CS	Ramek I Cabinet
9		Kollmann, JosefJosef Kollmann [de] (1868–1951)	15 January 1926	20 October 1926	278 days	CS	Ramek II Cabinet
(7)		Kienböck, ViktorViktor Kienböck [de] (1873–1956)	20 October 1926	4 May 1929	2 years, 196 days	CS	Seipel IV Cabinet–II
10		Mittelberger, JohannJohann Josef Mittelberger [de] (1879–1963)	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
11		Juch, OttoOtto Juch [de] (1876–1964)	16 October 1929	20 June 1931	1 year, 247 days	Independent	Schober III Cabinet Vaugoin Cabinet Ender Cabinet
12		Redlich, JosefJosef Redlich [de] (1869–1936)	20 June 1931	5 October 1931	107 days	Independent	Buresch I Cabinet
13		Buresch, KarlKarl Buresch (1878–1936)	5 October 1931	16 October 1931	11 days	CS	Buresch I Cabinet
14		Weidenhoffer, EmanuelEmanuel Weidenhoffer [de] (1878–1939)	16 October 1931	16 May 1933	1 year, 212 days	CS	Buresch II Cabinet Dollfuss I Cabinet
(13)		Buresch, KarlKarl Buresch (1878–1936)	16 May 1933	17 October 1935	2 years, 154 days	CS VF	Dollfuss I Cabinet–II Schuschnigg I Cabinet
15		Draxler, LudwigLudwig Draxler (1896–1972)	17 October 1935	3 November 1936	1 year, 17 days	VF	Schuschnigg I Cabinet–II–III
16		Neumayer, RudolfRudolf Neumayer [de] (1887–1977)	3 November 1936	13 March 1938	1 year, 130 days	VF NSDAP	Schuschnigg III Cabinet–II Seyss-Inquart Cabinet

Second Republic

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office[a]	Duration
1		Zimmermann, GeorgGeorg Zimmermann [de] (1897–1958)	20 December 1945	8 November 1949	3 years, 323 days	Independent	Renner IV Cabinet Figl I Cabinet
2		Margarétha, EugenEugen Margarétha [de] (1885–1963)	8 November 1949	23 January 1952	2 years, 76 days	ÖVP	Figl II Cabinet
3		Kamitz, ReinhardReinhard Kamitz [de] (1907–1993)	23 January 1952	17 June 1960	8 years, 146 days	Independent	Figl II Cabinet–II Raab I Cabinet–II–III
4		Heilingsetzer, EduardEduard Heilingsetzer [de] (1905–1997)	17 June 1960	11 April 1961	298 days	ÖVP	Raab III Cabinet–II
5		Klaus, JosefJosef Klaus (1910–2001)	11 April 1961	27 March 1963	1 year, 350 days	ÖVP	Gorbach I Cabinet
6		Korinek, FranzFranz Korinek [de] (1907–1985)	27 March 1963	2 April 1964	1 year, 6 days	ÖVP	Gorbach II Cabinet
7		Schmitz, WolfgangWolfgang Schmitz [de] (1923–2008)	2 April 1964	19 January 1968	3 years, 292 days	ÖVP	Klaus I Cabinet–II
8		Koren, StephanStephan Koren [de] (1919–1988)	19 January 1968	21 April 1970	2 years, 92 days	ÖVP	Klaus II Cabinet
9		Androsch, HannesHannes Androsch (1938–2024)	21 April 1970	20 January 1981	10 years, 274 days	SPÖ	Kreisky I Cabinet–II–III–IV
10		Salcher, HerbertHerbert Salcher (1929–2021)	20 January 1981	10 September 1984	3 years, 234 days	SPÖ	Kreisky IV Cabinet Sinowatz Cabinet
11		Vranitzky, FranzFranz Vranitzky (born 1937)	10 September 1984	16 June 1986	1 year, 279 days	SPÖ	Sinowatz Cabinet
12		Lacina, FerdinandFerdinand Lacina (born 1942)	16 June 1986	6 April 1995	8 years, 294 days	SPÖ	Sinowatz Cabinet Vranitzky I Cabinet–II–III–IV
13		Staribacher, AndreasAndreas Staribacher [de] (born 1957)	6 April 1995	3 January 1996	272 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky IV Cabinet
–		Klima, ViktorViktor Klima (born 1947) Acting	3 January 1996	12 March 1996	69 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky IV Cabinet
14		Klima, ViktorViktor Klima (born 1947)	12 March 1996	28 January 1997	322 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky V Cabinet
15		Edlinger, RudolfRudolf Edlinger (1940–2021)	28 January 1997	4 February 2000	3 years, 7 days	SPÖ	Klima Cabinet
16		Grasser, KarlKarl-Heinz Grasser (born 1969) Non-partisan from 2003	4 February 2000	11 January 2007	6 years, 341 days	FPÖ Independent	Schüssel I Cabinet–II
17		Molterer, WilhelmWilhelm Molterer (born 1955)	11 January 2007	2 December 2008	1 year, 326 days	ÖVP	Gusenbauer Cabinet
18		Pröll, JosefJosef Pröll (born 1968)	2 December 2008	21 April 2011	2 years, 140 days	ÖVP	Faymann I Cabinet
19		Fekter, MariaMaria Fekter (born 1956)	21 April 2011	16 December 2013	2 years, 239 days	ÖVP	Faymann I Cabinet
20		Spindelegger, MichaelMichael Spindelegger (born 1959)	16 December 2013	1 September 2014	259 days	ÖVP	Faymann II Cabinet
21		Schelling, HansHans Jörg Schelling (born 1953)	1 September 2014	18 December 2017	3 years, 108 days	ÖVP	Faymann II Cabinet Kern Cabinet
22		Löger, HartwigHartwig Löger (born 1965)	18 December 2017	3 June 2019	1 year, 167 days	ÖVP	Kurz I Cabinet
23		Müller, EduardEduard Müller (born 1962)	3 June 2019	7 January 2020	218 days	Independent	Bierlein Cabinet
24		Blümel, GernotGernot Blümel (born 1981)	7 January 2020	6 December 2021	1 year, 333 days	ÖVP	Kurz II Cabinet Schallenberg Cabinet
25		Brunner, MagnusMagnus Brunner (born 1972)	6 December 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 18 days	ÖVP	Nehammer Cabinet

See also

• Ministry of Finance (Austria)

Notes

1. Based on when the successor took office

References