List of Ministers of Transport (Austria)

Minister of Transport Bundesminister für Verkehr
Coat of arms
File:2020 Leonore Gewessler Ministerrat am 8.1.2020 (49351367291) (cropped).jpg Incumbent Leonore Gewessler since 7 January 2020
Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
Style	Mr. Minister (normal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Type	Minister
Status	Supreme executive organ
Member of	Cabinet
Seat	Ministry of Transport Stubenring 1, Innere Stadt, Vienna
Nominator	Political parties
Appointer	The President on advice of the Chancellor
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Austria
First holder	Carl Jukel
Website	www.bmvit.gv.at (in German)

The Minister of Transport of Austria (German: Bundesminister für Verkehr) heads the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology.

Ministers

First Republic

№	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Duration
State Secretariat of Transport (Staatsamt für Verkehrswesen)
1	Carl Jukel (de)	Jukel, CarlCarl Jukel (1865–1931)	30 October 1918	15 March 1919		CS	[[Renner I Cabinet|Template:Renner I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
2		Paul, LudwigLudwig Paul (1864–1920)	15 March 1919	1 July 1920 †		Independent	[[Renner II Cabinet|Template:Renner II Cabinet/meta/shortname]]–II
–	Ferdinand Hanusch	Hanusch, FerdinandFerdinand Hanusch (Acting) (1866–1923)	1 July 1920	7 July 1920		SDAPÖ	[[Renner III Cabinet|Template:Renner III Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
3		Pesta, KarlKarl Pesta (1871–1945)	7 July 1920	20 November 1920		Independent	[[Mayr I Cabinet|Template:Mayr I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
Ministry of Transport (Bundesministerium für Verkehrswesen)
3		Pesta, KarlKarl Pesta (1871–1945)	20 November 1920	21 June 1921		Independent	[[Mayr II Cabinet|Template:Mayr II Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
4		Rodler, WaltherWalther Rodler (1867–1931)	21 June 1921	31 May 1922		CS	Schober I Breisky Schober II
5		Odehnal, FranzFranz Odehnal (1870–1928)	31 May 1922	17 April 1923		CS	Seipel I
Ministry of Commerce and Transport (Bundesministerium für Handel und Verkehr)
6		Schürff, HansHans Schürff (1875–1939)	17 April 1923	26 September 1929		[[Greater German People's Party|Template:Greater German People's Party/meta/shortname]]	Seipel II–III Ramek I–II Seipel IV–V Streeruwitz
7	Michael Hainisch	Hainisch, MichaelMichael Hainisch (1858–1940)	26 September 1929	17 June 1930		Independent	[[Schober III Cabinet|Template:Schober III Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
–	Johann Schober	Schober, JohannJohann Schober (Acting) (1874–1932)	17 June 1930	20 June 1930		Independent	[[Schober III Cabinet|Template:Schober III Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
8		Schuster, FriedrichFriedrich Schuster (1863–1932)	20 June 1930	30 September 1930		Independent	[[Schober III Cabinet|Template:Schober III Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
9	Eduard Heinl	Heinl, EduardEduard Heinl (1880–1957)	30 September 1930	21 September 1932		CS	[[Vaugoin Cabinet|Template:Vaugoin Cabinet/meta/shortname]] [[Ender Cabinet|Template:Ender Cabinet/meta/shortname]] [[Buresch I Cabinet|Template:Buresch I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]–II [[Dollfuss I Cabinet|Template:Dollfuss I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
10		Jakoncig, GuidoGuido Jakoncig (1895–1972)	21 September 1932	10 May 1933		Heimatblock	[[Dollfuss II Cabinet|Template:Dollfuss II Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
11		Stockinger, FriedrichFriedrich Stockinger (1894–1968)	10 May 1933	3 November 1936		[[Fatherland Front (Austria)|Template:Fatherland Front (Austria)/meta/shortname]]	[[Dollfuss II Cabinet|Template:Dollfuss II Cabinet/meta/shortname]] [[Schuschnigg I Cabinet|Template:Schuschnigg I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]–II
12		Taucher, WilhelmWilhelm Taucher (1892–1962)	3 November 1936	16 February 1938		[[Fatherland Front (Austria)|Template:Fatherland Front (Austria)/meta/shortname]]	[[Schuschnigg III Cabinet|Template:Schuschnigg III Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
13		Raab, JuliusJulius Raab (1891–1964)	16 February 1938	11 March 1938		[[Fatherland Front (Austria)|Template:Fatherland Front (Austria)/meta/shortname]]	[[Schuschnigg IV Cabinet|Template:Schuschnigg IV Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
14	Hans Fischböck	Fischböck, HansHans Fischböck (1895–1967)	11 March 1938	13 March 1938		NSDAP	[[Seyss-Inquart Cabinet|Template:Seyss-Inquart Cabinet/meta/shortname]]

Second Republic

№	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Duration
Ministry of Transport (Bundesministerium für Verkehr)
1		Übeleis, VinzenzVinzenz Übeleis (1889–1967)	20 December 1945	8 November 1949		SPÖ	[[Figl I Cabinet|Template:Figl I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
Ministry of Transport and Nationalized Industry (Bundesministerium für Verkehr und verstaatlichte Betriebe)
2		Waldbrunner, KarlKarl Waldbrunner (1906–1980)	8 November 1949	29 June 1956		SPÖ	[[Figl II Cabinet|Template:Figl II Cabinet/meta/shortname]]–II [[Raab I Cabinet|Template:Raab I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
Ministry of Transport and Electricity (Bundesministerium für Verkehr und Elektrizitätswirtschaft)
2		Waldbrunner, KarlKarl Waldbrunner (1906–1980)	29 June 1956	14 December 1962		SPÖ	[[Raab II Cabinet|Template:Raab II Cabinet/meta/shortname]]–II–III [[Gorbach I Cabinet|Template:Gorbach I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
–	Bruno Pittermann	Pittermann, BrunoBruno Pittermann (Acting) (1905–1983)	14 December 1962	27 March 1963		SPÖ	[[Gorbach I Cabinet|Template:Gorbach I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
3		Probst, OttoOtto Probst (1911–1978)	27 March 1963	19 April 1966		SPÖ	[[Gorbach II Cabinet|Template:Gorbach II Cabinet/meta/shortname]] [[Klaus I Cabinet|Template:Klaus I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
Ministry of Transport and Nationalized Enterprise (Bundesministerium für Verkehr und verstaatlichte Unternehmungen)
4		Weiß, LudwigLudwig Weiß (1902–1994)	19 April 1966	21 April 1970		ÖVP	[[Klaus II Cabinet|Template:Klaus II Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
5	Erwin Frühbauer (de)	Frühbauer, ErwinErwin Frühbauer (1926–2010)	21 April 1970	24 July 1970		SPÖ	Kreisky I
Ministry of Transport (Bundesministerium für Verkehr)
5	Erwin Frühbauer (de)	Frühbauer, ErwinErwin Frühbauer (1926–2010)	24 July 1970	17 December 1973		SPÖ	Kreisky I–II
6		Lanc, ErwinErwin Lanc (born 1930)	17 December 1973	8 June 1977		SPÖ	[[Kreisky II Cabinet|Template:Kreisky II Cabinet/meta/shortname]]–II
7		Lausecker, KarlKarl Lausecker (1928–2015)	8 June 1977	10 September 1984		SPÖ	Kreisky III–II Sinowatz
8	Ferdinand Lacina	Lacina, FerdinandFerdinand Lacina (born 1942)	10 September 1984	1 January 1985		SPÖ	Sinowatz
Ministry of Public Economy and Transport (Bundesministerium für öffentliche Wirtschaft und Verkehr)
8	Ferdinand Lacina	Lacina, FerdinandFerdinand Lacina (born 1942)	1 January 1985	16 June 1986		SPÖ	Sinowatz
9	Rudolf Streicher	Streicher, RudolfRudolf Streicher (born 1939)	16 June 1986	3 April 1992		SPÖ	Vranitzky I–II–III
10	Viktor Klima	Klima, ViktorViktor Klima (born 1947)	3 April 1992	12 March 1996		SPÖ	[[Vranitzky III Cabinet|Template:Vranitzky III Cabinet/meta/shortname]]–II
–	Rudolf Scholten (de)	Scholten, RudolfRudolf Scholten (Acting) (born 1955)	12 March 1996	1 May 1996		SPÖ	[[Vranitzky V Cabinet|Template:Vranitzky V Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
Ministry of Science, Transport and the Arts (Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Verkehr und Kunst)
11	Rudolf Scholten (de)	Scholten, RudolfRudolf Scholten (born 1955)	1 May 1996	28 January 1997		SPÖ	[[Vranitzky V Cabinet|Template:Vranitzky V Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
12	Caspar Einem	Einem, CasparCaspar Einem (1948–2021)	28 January 1997	15 February 1997		SPÖ	Klima
Ministry of Science and Transport (Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Verkehr)
12	Caspar Einem	Einem, CasparCaspar Einem (1948–2021)	15 February 1997	4 February 2000		SPÖ	Klima
13		Schmid, MichaelMichael Schmid (born 1945)	4 February 2000	1 April 2000		FPÖ	[[Schüssel I Cabinet|Template:Schüssel I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie)
13		Schmid, MichaelMichael Schmid (born 1945)	1 April 2000	14 November 2000		FPÖ	[[Schüssel I Cabinet|Template:Schüssel I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
14		Forstinger, MonikaMonika Forstinger (born 1963)	14 November 2000	19 February 2002		FPÖ	[[Schüssel I Cabinet|Template:Schüssel I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
15		Reichhold, MathiasMathias Reichhold (born 1957)	19 February 2002	28 February 2003		FPÖ	[[Schüssel I Cabinet|Template:Schüssel I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
16		Gorbach, HubertHubert Gorbach (born 1956)	28 February 2003	11 January 2007		FPÖ	[[Schüssel II Cabinet|Template:Schüssel II Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
17	Werner Faymann	Faymann, WernerWerner Faymann (born 1960)	11 January 2007	2 December 2008		SPÖ	[[Gusenbauer Cabinet|Template:Gusenbauer Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
18		Bures, DorisDoris Bures (born 1962)	2 December 2008	1 September 2014		SPÖ	[[Faymann I Cabinet|Template:Faymann I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]–II
19	Alois Stöger	Stöger, AloisAlois Stöger (born 1960)	1 September 2014	26 January 2016		SPÖ	[[Faymann II Cabinet|Template:Faymann II Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
20	Gerald Klug	Klug, GeraldGerald Klug (born 1968)	26 January 2016	18 May 2016		SPÖ	[[Faymann II Cabinet|Template:Faymann II Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
21	Jörg Leichtfried	Leichtfried, JörgJörg Leichtfried (born 1967)	18 May 2016	18 December 2017		SPÖ	[[Kern Cabinet|Template:Kern Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
22	Norbert Hofer	Hofer, NorbertNorbert Hofer (born 1971)	18 December 2017	20 May 2019		FPÖ	[[Kurz I Cabinet|Template:Kurz I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
23	Valerie Hackl	Hackl, ValerieValerie Hackl (born 1982)	22 May 2019	3 June 2019		Independent	[[Kurz I Cabinet|Template:Kurz I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
24	Andreas Reichhardt (de)	Reichhardt, AndreasAndreas Reichhardt (born 1968)	3 June 2019	7 January 2020		Independent	Bierlein
Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie)
25	Leonore Gewessler	Gewessler, LeonoreLeonore Gewessler (born 1977)	7 January 2020	Incumbent		Greens	[[Kurz II Cabinet|Template:Kurz II Cabinet/meta/shortname]]

See also

• Ministry of Transport (Austria)