Minister of the Interior (Austria)
Minister of the Interior Bundesminister für Inneres | |
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since 6 December 2021 | |
Style | Mr. Minister His Excellency |
Type | Interior Minister |
Status | Supreme executive organ Minister |
Member of | Cabinet National Security Council |
Seat | Ministry of the Interior, Minoritenplatz, Innere Stadt, Vienna |
Appointer | The President on advice of the Chancellor |
Term length | No fixed term |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Austria Security Policing Act |
Precursor | Interior Minister of Cisleithania |
Formation | 10 November 1920 |
First holder | Heinrich Mataja |
Website | bmi.gv.at |
The minister of the interior (German: Bundesminister für Inneres) is the head and chief executive of the Ministry of the Interior as well as the ultimate authority in matters public security in Austria.
The incumbent minister of the Interior is Gerhard Karner (ÖVP). The minister is appointed by the president on advice of the chancellor.
Powers and duties
[edit]The Federal Constitutional Law itself expressly designates the minister as the supreme authority in matters of public security (Oberste Sicherheitsbehörde) and places the police directorates immediately beneath the control of the minister. In this capacity, and as a supreme executive organ, the minister bears ultimate responsibly for the direction of law enforcement and the administration of security policy, and cannot be overruled by any other officer or body within the executive branch. The minister is assisted by a secretary general, who administers the day-to-day ministerial operations, and by a director general for public security, who serves as Austria's top career law enforcement officer and superintends most specialized police agencies.
The minister of the interior is the only constitutionally mandated minister position in Austria.
List of ministers
[edit]Austrian Empire
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister of the Interior | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky (1778–1861) | 29 September 1826 | 20 March 1848 | 21 years, 173 days | |
2 | Baron Franz von Pillersdorf (1786–1862) | 20 March 1848 | 8 July 1848 | 110 days | |
3 | Baron Anton von Doblhoff-Dier (1800–1872) | 8 July 1848 | 30 October 1848 | 114 days | |
4 | Franz Stadion, Count von Warthausen (1806–1853) | 21 November 1848 | 28 July 1849 | 249 days | |
5 | Baron Alexander von Bach (1813–1893) | 28 July 1849 | 22 August 1859 | 10 years, 25 days | |
6 | Agenor Romuald Gołuchowski (1812–1875) | 22 August 1859 | 13 December 1860 | 1 year, 113 days | |
7 | Anton von Schmerling (1806–1893) | 13 December 1860 | 26 June 1865 | 4 years, 195 days | |
8 | Count Richard Belcredi (1823–1902) | 27 July 1865 | 7 February 1867 | 1 year, 226 days | |
9 | Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809–1886) | 7 February 1867 | 7 March 1867 | 28 days | |
10 | Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe (1833–1895) | 7 March 1867 | 30 December 1867 | 298 days |
Cisleithania
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister of the Interior | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Carl Giskra (1820–1879) | 1 January 1868 | 22 March 1870 | 2 years, 80 days | |
2 | Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe (1833–1895) | 14 April 1870 | 6 February 1871 | 298 days | |
3 | Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart (1824–1899) | 7 February 1871 | 30 October 1871 | 265 days | |
4 | Baron Ludwig von Holzgethan (1800–1876) Acting | 30 October 1871 | 24 November 1871 | 25 days | |
5 | Josef Lasser von Zollheim (1814–1879) | 25 November 1871 | 5 July 1878 | 6 years, 222 days | |
6 | Prince Adolf of Auersperg (1821–1885) | 5 July 1878 | 15 February 1879 | 225 days | |
- | Karl von Stremayr (1823–1904) Acting | 15 February 1879 | 12 August 1879 | 178 days | |
(2) | Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe (1833–1895) | 12 August 1879 | 11 November 1893 | 14 years, 91 days | |
- | Karl von Stremayr (1823–1904) Acting | 12 August 1879 | 16 February 1880 | 188 days | |
- | Sigmund Conrad von Eybesfeld (1821–1898) Acting | 16 February 1880 | 5 November 1885 | 5 years, 262 days | |
- | Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn (1851–1918) Acting | 5 November 1885 | 11 November 1893 | 8 years, 6 days | |
6 | Olivier Marquis de Bacquehem (1847–1917) | 11 November 1893 | 18 June 1895 | 1 year, 219 days | |
7 | Count Erich Kielmansegg (1847–1923) | 18 June 1895 | 30 September 1895 | 104 days | |
8 | Count Kasimir Felix Badeni (1846–1909) | 30 September 1895 | 28 November 1897 | 2 years, 59 days | |
9 | Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn (1851–1918) | 28 November 1897 | 5 March 1898 | 97 days | |
10 | Franz, Prince of Thun and Hohenstein (1847–1916) | 5 March 1898 | 2 October 1899 | 1 year, 211 days | |
11 | Ernest von Koerber (1850–1919) | 2 October 1899 | 21 December 1899 | 80 days | |
12 | Josef Stummer (1834–1903) | 21 December 1899 | 18 January 1900 | 1 year, 0 days | |
(11) | Ernest von Koerber (1850–1919) | 18 January 1900 | 27 December 1904 | 4 years, 344 days | |
13 | Artur Bylandt-Rheidt (1854–1915) | 1 January 1905 | 30 April 1906 | 1 year, 119 days | |
14 | Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1863–1918) | 2 May 1906 | 28 May 1906 | 26 days | |
15 | Count Richard von Bienerth-Schmerling (1863–1918) | 2 June 1906 | 7 November 1908 | 2 years, 158 days | |
16 | Baron Guido von Haerdtl (1859–1928) | 15 November 1908 | 9 January 1911 | 2 years, 55 days | |
17 | Max Wickenburg (1857–1918) | 9 January 1911 | 28 October 1911 | 292 days | |
18 | Karl Heinold (1862–1943) | 3 November 1911 | 30 November 1915 | 4 years, 27 days | |
(14) | Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1863–1918) | 30 November 1915 | 29 August 1916 | 273 days | |
19 | Erasmus von Handel (1860–1928) | 29 August 1916 | 21 October 1916 | 53 days | |
20 | Erwin Schwartzenau (1858–1926) | 31 October 1916 | 13 December 1916 | 43 days | |
(19) | Erasmus von Handel (1860–1928) | 20 December 1916 | 23 June 1917 | 185 days | |
21 | Friedrich von Toggenburg (1860–1928) | 23 June 1917 | 11 June 1918 | 353 days | |
22 | Edmund von Gayer (1860–1952) | 11 June 1918 | 22 July 1918 | 41 days | |
(21) | Edmund von Gayer (1860–1952) | 25 July 1918 | 11 November 1918 | 109 days |
First Republic
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister of the Interior | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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1 | Heinrich Mataja (1877–1937) | 30 October 1918 | 15 March 1919 | 136 days | CS | Renner I Cabinet | |
2 | Karl Renner (1870–1950) | 15 March 1919 | 9 May 1919 | 55 days | SDAPÖ | Renner II Cabinet | |
3 | Matthias Eldersch (1869–1931) | 9 May 1919 | 7 July 1920 | 1 year, 59 days | SDAPÖ | Renner II–III | |
4 | Walter Breisky (1871–1944) | 7 July 1920 | 20 November 1920 | 136 days | Independent | Mayr I Cabinet | |
5 | Egon Glanz (1880–1945) | 20 November 1920 | 7 April 1921 | 138 days | Independent | Mayr II Cabinet | |
- | Walter Breisky (1871–1944) Acting | 7 April 1921 | 23 April 1921 | 16 days | Independent | Mayr II Cabinet | |
6 | Rudolf Ramek (1881–1941) | 23 April 1921 | 21 June 1921 | 59 days | CS | Mayr II Cabinet | |
7 | Leopold Waber (1875–1945) | 21 June 1921 | 16 January 1922 | 209 days | GDVP | Schober I Cabinet | |
- | Johann Schober (1874–1932) Acting | 16 January 1922 | 26 January 1922 | 10 days | Independent | Schober I Cabinet | |
- | Walter Breisky (1871–1944) Acting | 26 January 1922 | 27 January 1922 | 1 day | Independent | Breisky Cabinet | |
- | Johann Schober (1874–1932) Acting | 27 January 1922 | 31 May 1922 | 124 days | Independent | Schober II Cabinet | |
8 | Felix Frank (1874–1932) | 31 May 1922 | 17 April 1923 | 321 days | GDVP | Seipel I Cabinet | |
9 | Ignaz Seipel (1874–1932) | 17 April 1923 | 22 November 1924 | 1 year, 219 days | CS | Seipel II–III | |
(6) | Rudolf Ramek (1881–1941) | 22 November 1924 | 20 October 1926 | 59 days | CS | Ramek I Cabinet–II | |
(9) | Ignaz Seipel (1874–1932) | 20 October 1926 | 4 May 1929 | 2 years, 196 days | CS | Seipel II–III Ramek I–II Seipel IV–V | |
10 | Ernst Streeruwitz (1874–1932) | 4 May 1929 | 26 September 1929 | 145 days | CS | Streeruwitz Cabinet | |
11 | Vinzenz Schumy (1878–1962) | 26 September 1929 | 30 September 1930 | 1 year, 4 days | Landbund | Schober III Cabinet | |
12 | Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (1878–1962) | 30 September 1930 | 4 December 1930 | 65 days | Heimatblock | Vaugoin Cabinet | |
13 | Franz Winkler (1890–1945) | 4 December 1930 | 20 May 1932 | 1 year, 168 days | Landbund | Ender Cabinet Buresch I Cabinet–II | |
14 | Franz Bachinger (1892–1938) | 20 May 1932 | 10 May 1933 | 355 days | Landbund | Dollfuss I Cabinet | |
(11) | Vinzenz Schumy (1878–1962) | 10 May 1933 | 23 September 1933 | 136 days | Landbund | Dollfuss I Cabinet | |
15 | Robert Kerber (1884–1977) | 23 September 1933 | 30 July 1934 | 310 days | CS | Dollfuss II Cabinet | |
16 | Emil Fey (1886–1938) | 30 July 1934 | 29 October 1935 | 1 year, 91 days | Heimatblock | Dollfuss II Cabinet | |
17 | Eduard Baar-Baarenfels (1885–1967) | 29 October 1935 | 3 November 1936 | 1 year, 5 days | VF | Schuschnigg I Cabinet–II | |
18 | Kurt Schuschnigg (1897–1977) | 3 November 1936 | 6 November 1936 | 3 days | VF | Schuschnigg II Cabinet | |
19 | Edmund Glaise-Horstenau (1882–1946) | 6 November 1936 | 16 February 1938 | 1 year, 102 days | VF | Schuschnigg III Cabinet | |
20 | Arthur Seyß-Inquart (1892–1946) | 16 February 1938 | 13 March 1938 | 25 days | DNSAP | Schuschnigg IV Cabinet Seyss-Inquart Cabinet |
Second Republic
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister of the Interior | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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1 | Franz Honner (1893–1964) | 27 April 1945 | 20 December 1945 | 237 days | KPÖ | Renner IV Cabinet | |
2 | Oskar Helmer (1893–1964) | 20 December 1945 | 16 July 1959 | 13 years, 208 days | SPÖ | Figl I Cabinet–II–III Raab I Cabinet–II | |
3 | Josef Afritsch (1901–1964) | 16 July 1959 | 27 March 1963 | 3 years, 254 days | SPÖ | Raab III Cabinet–II Gorbach I Cabinet | |
4 | Franz Olah (1910–2009) | 27 March 1963 | 21 September 1964 | 1 year, 178 days | SPÖ | Gorbach II Cabinet | |
5 | Hans Czettel (1923–1980) | 21 September 1964 | 19 April 1966 | 1 year, 210 days | SPÖ | Klaus I Cabinet | |
6 | Franz Hetzenauer (1911–2006) | 19 April 1966 | 19 January 1968 | 1 year, 275 days | ÖVP | Klaus II Cabinet | |
7 | Franz Soronics (1920–2009) | 19 January 1968 | 21 April 1970 | 2 years, 92 days | ÖVP | Klaus II Cabinet | |
8 | Otto Rösch (1917–1995) | 21 April 1970 | 8 June 1977 | 7 years, 48 days | SPÖ | Kreisky I Cabinet–II–III | |
9 | Erwin Lanc (born 1930) | 8 June 1977 | 24 May 1983 | 5 years, 350 days | SPÖ | Kreisky III Cabinet–II | |
10 | Karl Blecha (born 1933) | 24 May 1983 | 2 February 1989 | 5 years, 254 days | SPÖ | Sinowatz Cabinet Vranitzky I Cabinet–II | |
11 | Franz Löschnak (born 1940) | 2 February 1989 | 6 April 1995 | 6 years, 63 days | SPÖ | Vranitzky II–III–IV | |
12 | Caspar Einem (1948–2021) | 6 April 1995 | 28 January 1997 | 1 year, 297 days | SPÖ | Vranitzky IV Cabinet–II | |
13 | Karl Schlögl (1924–2007) | 28 January 1997 | 2 March 2000 | 3 years, 34 days | SPÖ | Klima Cabinet | |
14 | Ernst Strasser (born 1956) | 2 March 2000 | 11 December 2004 | 4 years, 284 days | ÖVP | Schüssel I Cabinet–II | |
– | Günther Platter (born 1954) Acting | 11 December 2004 | 22 December 2004 | 11 days | ÖVP | Schüssel II Cabinet | |
15 | Liese Prokop (1941–2006) | 22 December 2004 | 31 December 2006 † | 2 years, 9 days | ÖVP | Schüssel II Cabinet | |
– | Wolfgang Schüssel (born 1945) Acting | 2 January 2007 | 11 January 2007 | 9 days | ÖVP | Schüssel II Cabinet | |
16 | Günther Platter (born 1954) | 11 January 2007 | 30 June 2008 | 171 days | ÖVP | Gusenbauer Cabinet | |
– | Wilhelm Molterer (born 1955) Acting | 30 June 2008 | 1 July 2008 | 1 day | ÖVP | Gusenbauer Cabinet | |
17 | Maria Fekter (born 1956) | 1 July 2008 | 21 April 2011 | 2 years, 294 days | ÖVP | Gusenbauer Cabinet Faymann I Cabinet | |
18 | Johanna Mikl-Leitner (born 1964) | 21 April 2011 | 21 April 2016 | 5 years, 0 days | ÖVP | Faymann I Cabinet–II | |
19 | Wolfgang Sobotka (born 1956) | 21 April 2016 | 18 December 2017 | 1 year, 241 days | ÖVP | Faymann II Cabinet Kern Cabinet | |
20 | Herbert Kickl (born 1968) | 18 December 2017 | 20 May 2019 | 1 year, 153 days | FPÖ | Kurz I Cabinet | |
21 | Eckart Ratz (born 1953) | 22 May 2019 | 3 June 2019 | 12 days | Independent | Kurz I Cabinet | |
22 | Wolfgang Peschorn (born 1965) | 3 June 2019 | 7 January 2020 | 218 days | Independent | Bierlein Cabinet | |
23 | Karl Nehammer (born 1972) | 7 January 2020 | 6 December 2021 | 1 year, 333 days | ÖVP | Kurz II Cabinet Schallenberg Cabinet | |
24 | Gerhard Karner (born 1967) | 6 December 2021 | incumbent | 3 years, 0 days | ÖVP | Nehammer Cabinet |
References
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