Minister of Foreign Affairs (Austria)

For the ministry itself, see Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This article lists the ministers of foreign affairs of Austria, from 30 October 1918 up to today. During the time of the Anschluss to Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945, Austria had no government in its own right. The current Austrian foreign minister is Beate Meinl-Reisinger, who took office on the 3rd of March 2025.

Minister of Foreign Affairs
Bundesministerium für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten
Coat of arms
Incumbent Beate Meinl-Reisinger since 3 March 2025
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	Mr. Federal minister (formal)
Member of	Federal Government Council of Ministers Foreign Affairs Council
Seat	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minoritenplatz, Innere Stadt, Vienna
Nominator	Political parties
Appointer	The president on advice of the chancellor
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Austria
Precursor	Imperial and Royal Minister of Foreign Affairs
First holder	Viktor Adler in the Republic of German-Austria (30 October 1918) Karl Renner In the first Republic (21 October 1919) Karl Gruber In the second republic (26 September 1945)
Website	www.bmeia.gv.at (in English) www.bmeia.gv.at (in German)

List of officeholders (1918–present)

Foreign ministers of Austria during the Interwar period

Further information: Republic of German-Austria, First Austrian Republic, and Federal State of Austria

No.	Portrait	Foreign Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1		Adler, VictorVictor Adler (1852–1918)	30 October 1918	11 November 1918	12 days	SDAPÖ	Renner I
2		Bauer, OttoOtto Bauer (1881–1938)	21 November 1918	26 July 1919	247 days	SDAPÖ	Renner I–II
3		Renner, KarlKarl Renner (1870–1950)	26 July 1919	22 October 1920	1 year, 88 days	SDAPÖ	Renner II–III Mayr I
4		Mayr, MichaelMichael Mayr (1864–1922)	22 October 1920	21 June 1921	242 days	CS	Mayr I–II
5		Schober, JohannesJohannes Schober (1874–1932)	21 June 1921	26 January 1922	219 days	Independent	Schober I
6		Breisky, WalterWalter Breisky (1871–1944)	26 January 1922	27 January 1922	1 day	CS	Breisky
7		Hennet, LeopoldLeopold Hennet [de] (1876–1950)	27 January 1922	31 May 1922	124 days	Independent	Schober II
8		Grünberger, AlfredAlfred Grünberger (1875–1935)	31 May 1922	20 November 1924	2 years, 173 days	CS	Seipel I–II–III
9		Mataja, HeinrichHeinrich Mataja (1877–1937)	20 November 1924	15 January 1926	1 year, 56 days	CS	Ramek I
10		Ramek, RudolfRudolf Ramek (1881–1941)	15 January 1926	20 October 1926	278 days	CS	Ramek II
11		Seipel, IgnazIgnaz Seipel (1876–1932)	20 October 1926	4 May 1929	2 years, 196 days	CS	Seipel IV–V
12		Streeruwitz, ErnstErnst Streeruwitz (1874–1952)	4 May 1929	26 September 1929	145 days	CS	Streeruwitz
(5)		Schober, JohannesJohannes Schober (1874–1932)	26 September 1929	30 September 1930	1 year, 4 days	Independent	Schober III
(11)		Seipel, IgnazIgnaz Seipel (1876–1932)	30 September 1930	4 December 1930	65 days	CS	Vaugoin
(5)		Schober, JohannesJohannes Schober (1874–1932)	4 December 1930	29 January 1932	1 year, 56 days	Independent	Ender Buresch I
13		Buresch, KarlKarl Buresch (1878–1936)	29 January 1932	20 May 1932	112 days	CS	Buresch II
14		Dollfuss, EngelbertEngelbert Dollfuss (1892–1934)	20 May 1932	10 July 1934	2 years, 51 days	CS VF	Dollfuss I–II
15		Tauschitz, StephanStephan Tauschitz (1889–1970)	10 July 1934	3 August 1934	24 days	Landbund VF	Dollfuss II Schuschnigg I
16		Berger, EgonEgon Berger-Waldenegg [de] (1880–1960)	3 August 1934	14 May 1936	1 year, 285 days	VF	Schuschnigg I
17		Schuschnigg, KurtKurt Schuschnigg (1897–1977)	14 May 1936	11 July 1936	58 days	VF	Schuschnigg II
18		Schmidt, GuidoGuido Schmidt (1901–1957)	11 July 1936	11 March 1938	1 year, 243 days	VF	Schuschnigg III–IV
19		Wolf, WilhelmWilhelm Wolf [de] (1897–1939)	11 March 1938	13 March 1938	2 days	NSDAP	Seyss-Inquart Cabinet

Austria annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938 (see Austria within Nazi Germany for details). Independence restored in 1945.

Foreign ministers of Austria after the end of World War II

Further information: Austria

No.	Portrait	Foreign Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1		Gruber, KarlKarl Gruber (1909–1995)	26 September 1945	26 November 1953	8 years, 61 days	ÖVP	Renner IV Cabinet Figl I Cabinet–II–III Raab I Cabinet
2		Figl, LeopoldLeopold Figl (1902–1965)	26 November 1953	9 June 1959	5 years, 195 days	ÖVP	Raab I Cabinet–II
3		Kreisky, BrunoBruno Kreisky (1911–1990)	9 June 1959	19 April 1966	6 years, 314 days	SPÖ	Raab III–IV Gorbach I Cabinet–II Klaus I Cabinet
4		Tončić, LujoLujo Tončić-Sorinj (1915–2005)	19 April 1966	19 January 1968	1 year, 275 days	ÖVP	Klaus II Cabinet
5		Waldheim, KurtKurt Waldheim (1918–2007)	19 January 1968	21 April 1970	2 years, 92 days	ÖVP	Klaus II Cabinet
6		Kirchschläger, RudolfRudolf Kirchschläger (1915–2000)	21 April 1970	24 June 1974	4 years, 64 days	Independent	Kreisky I Cabinet–II
7		Bielka, ErichErich Bielka (1908–1992)	24 June 1974	30 September 1976	2 years, 98 days	Independent	Kreisky II–III
8		Pahr, WillibaldWillibald Pahr (born 1930)	30 September 1976	24 May 1983	6 years, 236 days	Independent	Kreisky III–IV
9		Lanc, ErwinErwin Lanc (1930–2025)	24 May 1983	10 September 1984	1 year, 109 days	SPÖ	Sinowatz Cabinet
10		Gratz, LeopoldLeopold Gratz (1929–2006)	10 September 1984	16 June 1986	1 year, 279 days	SPÖ	Sinowatz Cabinet
11		Jankowitsch, PeterPeter Jankowitsch (born 1933)	16 June 1986	21 January 1987	219 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky I Cabinet
12		Mock, AloisAlois Mock (1934–2017)	21 January 1987	4 May 1995	8 years, 103 days	ÖVP	Vranitzky II–III–IV
13		Schüssel, WolfgangWolfgang Schüssel (born 1945)	4 May 1995	4 February 2000	4 years, 276 days	ÖVP	Vranitzky IV–V Klima Cabinet
14		Ferrero, BenitaBenita Ferrero-Waldner (born 1948)	4 February 2000	20 October 2004	4 years, 259 days	ÖVP	Schüssel I Cabinet–II
15		Plassnik, UrsulaUrsula Plassnik (born 1956)	20 October 2004	2 December 2008	4 years, 43 days	ÖVP	Schüssel II Cabinet Gusenbauer Cabinet
16		Spindelegger, MichaelMichael Spindelegger (born 1959)	2 December 2008	16 December 2013	5 years, 14 days	ÖVP	Faymann I Cabinet
17		Kurz, SebastianSebastian Kurz (born 1986)	16 December 2013	18 December 2017	4 years, 2 days	ÖVP	Faymann II Cabinet Kern Cabinet
18		Kneissl, KarinKarin Kneissl (born 1965)	18 December 2017	3 June 2019	1 year, 167 days	Independent	Kurz I Cabinet
19		Schallenberg, AlexanderAlexander Schallenberg (born 1969)	3 June 2019	11 October 2021	2 years, 130 days	ÖVP	Bierlein Cabinet Kurz II Cabinet
20		Linhart, MichaelMichael Linhart (born 1958)	11 October 2021	6 December 2021	56 days	ÖVP	Schallenberg Cabinet
(19)		Schallenberg, AlexanderAlexander Schallenberg (born 1969)	6 December 2021	3 March 2025	3 years, 263 days	ÖVP	Nehammer Cabinet
21		Meinl-Reisinger, BeateBeate Meinl-Reisinger (born 1978)	3 March 2025	Incumbent	176 days	NEOS	Stocker Cabinet

See also

• Foreign relations of Austria
• List of diplomatic missions of Austria
• List of foreign ministers of Austria-Hungary

External links

• Official website