List of ministers of transport (Austria)

Minister of Transport
Bundesminister für Verkehr
Coat of arms
Incumbent Leonore Gewessler since 7 January 2020
Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
Style	Ms. Minister (normal) Her 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		Jukel, CarlCarl Jukel (1865–1931)	30 October 1918	15 March 1919	136 days	CS	Renner I Cabinet
2		Paul, LudwigLudwig Paul (1864–1920)	15 March 1919	1 July 1920 †	1 year, 108 days	Independent	Renner II Cabinet–II
–		Hanusch, FerdinandFerdinand Hanusch (1866–1923) Acting	1 July 1920	7 July 1920	6 days	SDAPÖ	Renner III Cabinet
3		Pesta, KarlKarl Pesta (1871–1945)	7 July 1920	20 November 1920	136 days	Independent	Mayr I Cabinet
Ministry of Transport (Bundesministerium für Verkehrswesen)
3		Pesta, KarlKarl Pesta (1871–1945)	20 November 1920	21 June 1921	213 days	Independent	Mayr II Cabinet
4		Rodler, WaltherWalther Rodler (1867–1931)	21 June 1921	31 May 1922	344 days	CS	Schober I Cabinet Breisky Cabinet Schober II Cabinet
5		Odehnal, FranzFranz Odehnal (1870–1928)	31 May 1922	17 April 1923	321 days	CS	Seipel I Cabinet
Ministry of Commerce and Transport (Bundesministerium für Handel und Verkehr)
6		Schürff, HansHans Schürff (1875–1939)	17 April 1923	26 September 1929	6 years, 162 days	GDVP	Seipel II–III Ramek I Cabinet–II Seipel IV–V Streeruwitz Cabinet
7		Hainisch, MichaelMichael Hainisch (1858–1940)	26 September 1929	17 June 1930	264 days	Independent	Schober III Cabinet
–		Schober, JohannJohann Schober (1874–1932) Acting	17 June 1930	20 June 1930	3 days	Independent	Schober III Cabinet
8		Schuster, FriedrichFriedrich Schuster (1863–1932)	20 June 1930	30 September 1930	102 days	Independent	Schober III Cabinet
9		Heinl, EduardEduard Heinl (1880–1957)	30 September 1930	21 September 1932	1 year, 357 days	CS	Vaugoin Cabinet Ender Cabinet Buresch I Cabinet–II Dollfuss I Cabinet
10		Jakoncig, GuidoGuido Jakoncig (1895–1972)	21 September 1932	10 May 1933	231 days	Heimatblock	Dollfuss II Cabinet
11		Stockinger, FriedrichFriedrich Stockinger (1894–1968)	10 May 1933	3 November 1936	3 years, 177 days	VF	Dollfuss II Cabinet Schuschnigg I Cabinet–II
12		Taucher, WilhelmWilhelm Taucher (1892–1962)	3 November 1936	16 February 1938	1 year, 105 days	VF	Schuschnigg III Cabinet
13		Raab, JuliusJulius Raab (1891–1964)	16 February 1938	11 March 1938	23 days	VF	Schuschnigg IV Cabinet
14		Fischböck, HansHans Fischböck (1895–1967)	11 March 1938	13 March 1938	2 days	NSDAP	Seyss-Inquart Cabinet

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	3 years, 323 days	SPÖ	Figl I Cabinet
Ministry of Transport and Nationalized Industry (Bundesministerium für Verkehr und verstaatlichte Betriebe)
2		Waldbrunner, KarlKarl Waldbrunner (1906–1980)	8 November 1949	29 June 1956	6 years, 234 days	SPÖ	Figl II Cabinet–II Raab I Cabinet
Ministry of Transport and Electricity (Bundesministerium für Verkehr und Elektrizitätswirtschaft)
2		Waldbrunner, KarlKarl Waldbrunner (1906–1980)	29 June 1956	14 December 1962	6 years, 168 days	SPÖ	Raab II Cabinet–II–III Gorbach I Cabinet
–		Pittermann, BrunoBruno Pittermann (1905–1983) Acting	14 December 1962	27 March 1963	103 days	SPÖ	Gorbach I Cabinet
3		Probst, OttoOtto Probst (1911–1978)	27 March 1963	19 April 1966	3 years, 23 days	SPÖ	Gorbach II Cabinet Klaus I Cabinet
Ministry of Transport and Nationalized Enterprise (Bundesministerium für Verkehr und verstaatlichte Unternehmungen)
4		Weiß, LudwigLudwig Weiß (1902–1994)	19 April 1966	21 April 1970	4 years, 2 days	ÖVP	Klaus II Cabinet
5		Frühbauer, ErwinErwin Frühbauer (1926–2010)	21 April 1970	24 July 1970	94 days	SPÖ	Kreisky I Cabinet
Ministry of Transport (Bundesministerium für Verkehr)
5		Frühbauer, ErwinErwin Frühbauer (1926–2010)	24 July 1970	17 December 1973	3 years, 146 days	SPÖ	Kreisky I Cabinet–II
6		Lanc, ErwinErwin Lanc (born 1930)	17 December 1973	8 June 1977	3 years, 173 days	SPÖ	Kreisky II Cabinet–II
7		Lausecker, KarlKarl Lausecker (1928–2015)	8 June 1977	10 September 1984	7 years, 94 days	SPÖ	Kreisky III Cabinet–II Sinowatz Cabinet
8		Lacina, FerdinandFerdinand Lacina (born 1942)	10 September 1984	1 January 1985	113 days	SPÖ	Sinowatz Cabinet
Ministry of Public Economy and Transport (Bundesministerium für öffentliche Wirtschaft und Verkehr)
8		Lacina, FerdinandFerdinand Lacina (born 1942)	1 January 1985	16 June 1986	1 year, 166 days	SPÖ	Sinowatz Cabinet
9		Streicher, RudolfRudolf Streicher (born 1939)	16 June 1986	3 April 1992	5 years, 292 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky I Cabinet–II–III
10		Klima, ViktorViktor Klima (born 1947)	3 April 1992	12 March 1996	3 years, 344 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky III Cabinet–II
–		Scholten, RudolfRudolf Scholten (born 1955) Acting	12 March 1996	1 May 1996	50 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky V Cabinet
Ministry of Science, Transport and the Arts (Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Verkehr und Kunst)
11		Scholten, RudolfRudolf Scholten (born 1955)	1 May 1996	28 January 1997	272 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky V Cabinet
12		Einem, CasparCaspar Einem (1948–2021)	28 January 1997	15 February 1997	18 days	SPÖ	Klima Cabinet
Ministry of Science and Transport (Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Verkehr)
12		Einem, CasparCaspar Einem (1948–2021)	15 February 1997	4 February 2000	2 years, 354 days	SPÖ	Klima Cabinet
13		Schmid, MichaelMichael Schmid (born 1945)	4 February 2000	1 April 2000	57 days	FPÖ	Schüssel I Cabinet
Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie)
13		Schmid, MichaelMichael Schmid (born 1945)	1 April 2000	14 November 2000	227 days	FPÖ	Schüssel I Cabinet
14		Forstinger, MonikaMonika Forstinger (born 1963)	14 November 2000	19 February 2002	1 year, 97 days	FPÖ	Schüssel I Cabinet
15		Reichhold, MathiasMathias Reichhold (born 1957)	19 February 2002	28 February 2003	1 year, 9 days	FPÖ	Schüssel I Cabinet
16		Gorbach, HubertHubert Gorbach (born 1956)	28 February 2003	11 January 2007	3 years, 317 days	FPÖ	Schüssel II Cabinet
17		Faymann, WernerWerner Faymann (born 1960)	11 January 2007	2 December 2008	1 year, 326 days	SPÖ	Gusenbauer Cabinet
18		Bures, DorisDoris Bures (born 1962)	2 December 2008	1 September 2014	5 years, 273 days	SPÖ	Faymann I Cabinet–II
19		Stöger, AloisAlois Stöger (born 1960)	1 September 2014	26 January 2016	1 year, 147 days	SPÖ	Faymann II Cabinet
20		Klug, GeraldGerald Klug (born 1968)	26 January 2016	18 May 2016	113 days	SPÖ	Faymann II Cabinet
21		Leichtfried, JörgJörg Leichtfried (born 1967)	18 May 2016	18 December 2017	1 year, 214 days	SPÖ	Kern Cabinet
22		Hofer, NorbertNorbert Hofer (born 1971)	18 December 2017	20 May 2019	1 year, 132 days	FPÖ	Kurz I Cabinet
23		Hackl, ValerieValerie Hackl (born 1982)	22 May 2019	3 June 2019	12 days	Independent	Kurz I Cabinet
24		Reichhardt, AndreasAndreas Reichhardt (born 1968)	3 June 2019	7 January 2020	218 days	Independent	Bierlein Cabinet
Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie)
25		Gewessler, LeonoreLeonore Gewessler (born 1977)	7 January 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 321 days	Greens	Kurz II Cabinet

See also

• Ministry of Transport (Austria)