List of Ministers of Justice (Austria)

Minister of Justice Justizminister
Coat of arms
File:2018 Alma Zadić (39729494940) (cropped).jpg 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	Time in office
State Secretariat of Justice (Staatsamt für Justiz)
1	Julius Roller (de)	Julius Roller (1862–1946)	30 October 1918	15 March 1919		Independent	[[Renner I Cabinet|Template:Renner I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
2	Richard Bratusch (1861–1949)	15 March 1919	17 October 1919		Independent	[[Renner II Cabinet|Template:Renner II Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
3		Rudolf Ramek (1881–1941)	17 October 1919	24 June 1920		CS	[[Renner III Cabinet|Template:Renner III Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
–	Matthias Eldersch (de)	Matthias Eldersch (Acting) (1869–1931)	24 June 1920	7 July 1920		SDAPÖ	[[Renner III Cabinet|Template:Renner III Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
(1)	Julius Roller (de)	Julius Roller (1862–1946)	7 July 1920	20 November 1920		Independent	[[Mayr I Cabinet|Template:Mayr I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
Ministry of Justice (Bundesministerium für Justiz)
4	Rudolf Paltauf (1862–1936)	20 November 1920	31 May 1922		Independent	[[Mayr II Cabinet|Template:Mayr II Cabinet/meta/shortname]] Schober I Breisky Schober II
5	Leopold Waber (de)	Leopold Waber (1875–1945)	31 May 1922	17 April 1923		[[Greater German People's Party|Template:Greater German People's Party/meta/shortname]]	Seipel I
–	Felix Frank	Felix Frank (Acting) (1876–1957)	17 April 1923	20 November 1924		[[Greater German People's Party|Template:Greater German People's Party/meta/shortname]]	[[Seipel II Cabinet|Template:Seipel II Cabinet/meta/shortname]]–III
(5)	Leopold Waber (de)	Leopold Waber (1875–1945)	20 November 1924	20 October 1926		[[Greater German People's Party|Template:Greater German People's Party/meta/shortname]]	Ramek I–II
6	Franz Dinghofer (de)	Franz Dinghofer (1873–1956)	20 October 1926	4 July 1928		[[Greater German People's Party|Template:Greater German People's Party/meta/shortname]]	Seipel IV–V
–		Ignaz Seipel (Acting) (1876–1932)	4 July 1928	6 July 1928		CS	[[Seipel V Cabinet|Template:Seipel V Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
7	Franz Slama (1885–1938)	6 July 1928	30 September 1930		[[Greater German People's Party|Template:Greater German People's Party/meta/shortname]]	[[Seipel V Cabinet|Template:Seipel V Cabinet/meta/shortname]] Streeruwitz [[Schober III Cabinet|Template:Schober III Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
8	Franz Hueber (de)	Franz Hueber (1894–1981)	30 September 1930	4 December 1930		Heimatblock	[[Vaugoin Cabinet|Template:Vaugoin Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
9	Hans Schürff (1875–1939)	4 December 1930	30 May 1931		[[Greater German People's Party|Template:Greater German People's Party/meta/shortname]]	[[Ender Cabinet|Template:Ender Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
–	Johann Schober	Johann Schober (Acting) (1874–1932)	30 May 1931	20 June 1931		Independent	[[Ender Cabinet|Template:Ender Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
(9)	Hans Schürff (1875–1939)	20 June 1931	29 January 1932		[[Greater German People's Party|Template:Greater German People's Party/meta/shortname]]	[[Buresch I Cabinet|Template:Buresch I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
10	Kurt Schuschnigg	Kurt Schuschnigg (1897–1977)	29 January 1932	10 July 1934		[[Greater German People's Party|Template:Greater German People's Party/meta/shortname]] [[Fatherland Front (Austria)|Template:Fatherland Front (Austria)/meta/shortname]]	[[Buresch II Cabinet|Template:Buresch II Cabinet/meta/shortname]] [[Dollfuss I Cabinet|Template:Dollfuss I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]–II
11	Egon Berger-Waldenegg (1880–1960)	10 July 1934	17 October 1935		Heimatblock	[[Dollfuss II Cabinet|Template:Dollfuss II Cabinet/meta/shortname]] [[Schuschnigg I Cabinet|Template:Schuschnigg I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
12	Robert Winterstein (de)	Robert Winterstein (1874–1940)	17 October 1935	14 May 1936		[[Fatherland Front (Austria)|Template:Fatherland Front (Austria)/meta/shortname]]	[[Schuschnigg I Cabinet|Template:Schuschnigg I Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
13	Hans Hammerstein-Equord (de)	Hans Hammerstein-Equord (1881–1947)	14 May 1936	3 November 1936		[[Fatherland Front (Austria)|Template:Fatherland Front (Austria)/meta/shortname]]	[[Schuschnigg II Cabinet|Template:Schuschnigg II Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
14	Adolf Pilz (1877–1947)	3 November 1936	16 February 1938		[[Fatherland Front (Austria)|Template:Fatherland Front (Austria)/meta/shortname]]	[[Schuschnigg III Cabinet|Template:Schuschnigg III Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
15	Ludwig Adamovich (1890–1955)	16 February 1938	11 March 1938		[[Fatherland Front (Austria)|Template:Fatherland Front (Austria)/meta/shortname]]	[[Schuschnigg IV Cabinet|Template:Schuschnigg IV Cabinet/meta/shortname]]
(8)	Franz Hueber (de)	Franz Hueber (1894–1981)	11 March 1938	13 March 1938		NSDAP	[[Seyss-Inquart Cabinet|Template:Seyss-Inquart Cabinet/meta/shortname]]

Second Republic

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

See also

• Ministry of Justice (Austria)