List of ministers of justice (Austria)

Minister of Justice
Justizminister
Coat of arms
Incumbent Alma Zadić since 7 January 2020
Ministry of Justice
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	Julius Rollerr First Republic
Website	Official website

The minister of justice of Austria (German: Justizminister) heads the Ministry of Justice.

Ministers

First Republic

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Government
			Took office	Left office[a]	Time in office
State Secretariat of Justice (Staatsamt für Justiz)
1		Julius Roller [de] (1862–1946)	30 October 1918	15 March 1919	136 days	Independent	Renner I Cabinet
2		Richard Bratusch [de] (1861–1949)	15 March 1919	17 October 1919	216 days	Independent	Renner II Cabinet
3		Rudolf Ramek (1881–1941)	17 October 1919	24 June 1920	251 days	CS	Renner III Cabinet
–		Matthias Eldersch (1869–1931) Acting	24 June 1920	7 July 1920	13 days	SDAPÖ	Renner III Cabinet
(1)		Julius Roller [de] (1862–1946)	7 July 1920	20 November 1920	136 days	Independent	Mayr I Cabinet
Ministry of Justice (Bundesministerium für Justiz)
4		Rudolf Paltauf [de] (1862–1936)	20 November 1920	31 May 1922	1 year, 192 days	Independent	Mayr II Cabinet Schober I Cabinet Breisky Cabinet Schober II Cabinet
5		Leopold Waber (1875–1945)	31 May 1922	17 April 1923	321 days	GDVP	Seipel I Cabinet
–		Felix Frank (1876–1957) Acting	17 April 1923	20 November 1924	1 year, 217 days	GDVP	Seipel II Cabinet–III
(5)		Leopold Waber (1875–1945)	20 November 1924	20 October 1926	1 year, 334 days	GDVP	Ramek I Cabinet–II
6		Franz Dinghofer (1873–1956)	20 October 1926	4 July 1928	1 year, 258 days	GDVP	Seipel IV Cabinet–V
–		Ignaz Seipel (1876–1932) Acting	4 July 1928	6 July 1928	2 days	CS	Seipel V Cabinet
7		Franz Slama [de] (1885–1938)	6 July 1928	30 September 1930	2 years, 86 days	GDVP	Seipel V Cabinet Streeruwitz Cabinet Schober III Cabinet
8		Franz Hueber [de] (1894–1981)	30 September 1930	4 December 1930	65 days	Heimatblock	Vaugoin Cabinet
9		Hans Schürff [de] (1875–1939)	4 December 1930	30 May 1931	177 days	GDVP	Ender Cabinet
–		Johann Schober (1874–1932) Acting	30 May 1931	20 June 1931	21 days	Independent	Ender Cabinet
(9)		Hans Schürff [de] (1875–1939)	20 June 1931	29 January 1932	223 days	GDVP	Buresch I Cabinet
10		Kurt Schuschnigg (1897–1977)	29 January 1932	10 July 1934	2 years, 162 days	GDVP VF	Buresch II Cabinet Dollfuss I Cabinet–II
11		Egon Berger-Waldenegg [de] (1880–1960)	10 July 1934	17 October 1935	1 year, 99 days	Heimatblock	Dollfuss II Cabinet Schuschnigg I Cabinet
12		Robert Winterstein [de] (1874–1940)	17 October 1935	14 May 1936	210 days	VF	Schuschnigg I Cabinet
13		Hans Hammerstein-Equord [de] (1881–1947)	14 May 1936	3 November 1936	173 days	VF	Schuschnigg II Cabinet
14		Adolf Pilz [de] (1877–1947)	3 November 1936	16 February 1938	1 year, 105 days	VF	Schuschnigg III Cabinet
15		Ludwig Adamovich [de] (1890–1955)	16 February 1938	11 March 1938	23 days	VF	Schuschnigg IV Cabinet
(8)		Franz Hueber [de] (1894–1981)	11 March 1938	13 March 1938	2 days	NSDAP	Seyss-Inquart Cabinet

Second Republic

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office[a]	Duration
State Secretariat of Justice (Staatsamt für Justiz)
1		Josef Gerö [de] (1896–1954)	27 April 1945	20 December 1945	237 days	Independent	Renner IV Cabinet
Minister of Justice (Bundesminister für Justiz)
1		Josef Gerö [de] (1896–1954)	20 December 1945	8 November 1949	3 years, 323 days	Independent	Figl I Cabinet
2		Otto Tschadek [de] (1904–1969)	8 November 1949	16 September 1952	2 years, 313 days	SPÖ	Figl II Cabinet
(1)		Josef Gerö [de] (1896–1954)	16 September 1952	30 December 1954	2 years, 105 days	Independent	Figl II Cabinet–II Raab I Cabinet
3		Adolf Schärf (1890–1965)	30 December 1954	17 January 1955	18 days	SPÖ	Raab I Cabinet
4		Hans Kapfer [de] (1903–1992)	17 January 1955	29 June 1956	1 year, 164 days	Independent	Raab I Cabinet
(2)		Otto Tschadek [de] (1904–1969)	29 June 1956	23 June 1960	3 years, 360 days	SPÖ	Raab II Cabinet–II
5		Christian Broda (1916–1987)	23 June 1960	19 April 1966	5 years, 300 days	SPÖ	Raab III Cabinet–II Gorbach I Cabinet–II Klaus I Cabinet
6		Hans Klecatsky [de] (1916–1987)	19 April 1966	21 April 1970	4 years, 2 days	Independent	Klaus II Cabinet
(5)		Christian Broda (1916–1987)	21 April 1970	24 May 1983	13 years, 33 days	SPÖ	Kreisky I Cabinet–II–III–IV
7		Harald Ofner (born 1932)	24 May 1983	21 January 1987	3 years, 242 days	FPÖ	Sinowatz Cabinet Vranitzky I Cabinet
8		Egmont Foregger (1922–2007)	21 January 1987	17 December 1990	3 years, 330 days	Independent	Vranitzky II Cabinet
9		Nikolaus Michalek [de] (born 1940)	17 December 1990	4 February 2000	9 years, 49 days	Independent	Vranitzky III Cabinet–II–III Klima Cabinet
10		Michael Krüger [de] (born 1955)	4 February 2000	29 February 2000	25 days	FPÖ	Schüssel I Cabinet
11		Dieter Böhmdorfer [de] (born 1943)	2 March 2000	25 June 2004	4 years, 115 days	Independent	Schüssel I Cabinet–II
12		Karin Gastinger (born 1964)	25 June 2004	11 January 2007	2 years, 200 days	BZÖ	Schüssel II Cabinet
13		Maria Berger (born 1956)	11 January 2007	2 December 2008	1 year, 326 days	SPÖ	Gusenbauer Cabinet
–		Johannes Hahn (born 1957) Acting	2 December 2008	15 January 2009	44 days	ÖVP	Faymann I Cabinet
14		Claudia Bandion-Ortner (born 1966)	15 January 2009	21 April 2011	2 years, 96 days	Independent	Faymann I Cabinet
15		Beatrix Karl (born 1967)	21 April 2011	16 December 2013	2 years, 239 days	ÖVP	Faymann I Cabinet
16		Wolfgang Brandstetter (born 1957)	16 December 2013	18 December 2017	4 years, 2 days	Independent	Faymann II Cabinet Kern Cabinet
17		Josef Moser (born 1955)	18 December 2017	8 January 2018	21 days	Independent	Kurz I Cabinet
Minister of Constitutional Affairs, Reform, Deregulation, and Justice (Bundesminister für Verfassung, Reformen, Deregulierung und Justiz)
17		Josef Moser (born 1955)	8 January 2018	3 June 2019	1 year, 146 days	Independent	Kurz I Cabinet
18		Clemens Jabloner (born 1948)	3 June 2019	7 January 2020	218 days	Independent	Bierlein Cabinet
19		Alma Zadić (born 1984)	7 January 2020	29 January 2020	22 days	Greens	Kurz II Cabinet
Minister of Justice (Bundesminister für Justiz)
19		Alma Zadić (born 1984)	29 January 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 330 days	Greens	Kurz II Cabinet

See also

• Ministry of Justice (Austria)

Notes

1. Based on when the successor took office

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