List of ministers of education (Austria)
The minister of education, science and research of Austria (German : Bundesminister für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung ) heads the Ministry of Education .
Ministers
First Republic
№
Portrait
Name(Born-Died)
Term
Political Party
Government
Took office
Left office[ a]
Duration
State Secretariat of Education(Staatsamt für Unterricht )
1 Pacher, Raphael Raphael Pacher [de ] (1857–1936) 30 October 1918 15 March 1919 136 daysDNP Renner I Cabinet
State Secretariat of the Interior and Education(Staatsamt für Inneres und Unterricht )
2 Renner, Karl Karl Renner (1870–1950) 15 March 1919 9 May 1919 55 daysSDAPÖ Renner II Cabinet
3 Eldersch, Matthias Matthias Eldersch (1869–1931) 9 May 1919 7 July 1920 1 year, 59 daysSDAPÖ Renner II –III
4 Breisky, Walter Walter Breisky (1871–1944) 7 July 1920 20 November 1920 136 daysIndependent Mayr I Cabinet
Ministry of the Interior and Education(Bundesministerium für Inneres und Unterricht )
5 Glanz, Egon Egon Glanz [de ] (1880–1945) 20 November 1920 7 April 1921 138 daysIndependent Mayr II Cabinet
– Breisky, Walter Walter Breisky (1871–1944) Acting 7 April 1921 23 April 1921 16 daysIndependent Mayr II Cabinet
6 Ramek, Rudolf Rudolf Ramek (1881–1941) 23 April 1921 21 June 1921 59 daysCS Mayr II Cabinet
7 Waber, Leopold Leopold Waber (1875–1945) 21 June 1921 16 January 1922 209 daysGDVP Schober I Cabinet
– Schober, Johann Johann Schober (1874–1932) Acting 16 January 1922 26 January 1922 10 daysIndependent Schober I Cabinet
– Breisky, Walter Walter Breisky (1871–1944) Acting 26 January 1922 27 January 1922 1 dayIndependent Breisky Cabinet
– Schober, Johann Johann Schober (1874–1932) Acting 27 January 1922 31 May 1922 124 daysIndependent Schober II Cabinet
8 Frank, Felix Felix Frank (1874–1932) 31 May 1922 17 April 1923 321 daysGDVP Seipel I Cabinet
Ministry of Education(Bundesministerium für Unterricht )
9 Schneider, Emil Emil Schneider [de ] (1883–1961) 17 April 1923 16 June 1926 3 years, 60 daysCS Seipel II Cabinet –II Ramek I Cabinet –II
10 Resch, Josef Josef Resch [de ] (1880–1939) Acting 16 June 1926 25 June 1926 9 daysCS Ramek II Cabinet
11 Rintelen, Anton Anton Rintelen (1876–1946) 25 June 1926 20 October 1926 117 daysCS Ramek II Cabinet
12 Schmitz, Richard Richard Schmitz (1885–1954) 20 October 1926 4 May 1929 2 years, 196 daysCS Seipel IV Cabinet –II
13 Czermak, Emmerich Emmerich Czermak [de ] (1885–1965) 4 May 1929 26 September 1929 145 daysCS Streeruwitz Cabinet
– Schober, Johann Johann Schober (1874–1932) Acting 26 September 1929 16 October 1929 20 daysIndependent Schober III Cabinet
14 Srbik, Heinrich Heinrich von Srbik (1878–1951) 16 October 1929 30 September 1930 349 daysIndependent Schober III Cabinet
(13) Czermak, Emmerich Emmerich Czermak [de ] (1885–1965) 30 September 1930 20 May 1932 1 year, 233 daysCS Vaugoin Cabinet Ender Cabinet Buresch I Cabinet –II
(11) Rintelen, Anton Anton Rintelen (1876–1946) 20 May 1932 24 May 1933 1 year, 4 daysCS Dollfuss I Cabinet
– Schuschnigg, Kurt Kurt Schuschnigg (1897–1977) Acting 24 May 1933 14 May 1936 2 years, 356 daysCS VF Dollfuss I Cabinet –II Schuschnigg I Cabinet
15 Pernter, Hans Hans Pernter [de ] (1887–1951) 14 May 1936 11 March 1938 1 year, 301 daysVF Schuschnigg II Cabinet –II –III
16 Menghin, Oswald Oswald Menghin (1888–1973) 11 March 1938 13 March 1938 2 daysNSDAP Seyss-Inquart Cabinet
Second Republic
№
Portrait
Name(Born-Died)
Term
Political Party
Government
Took office
Left office[ a]
Duration
State Secretariat for Public Enlightenment, for Teaching and Education and for Cultural Affairs(Staatsamt für Volksaufklärung, für Unterricht und Erziehung und für Kultusangelegenheiten )
1 Honner, Franz Ernst Fischer (1899–1972) 27 April 1945 20 December 1945 237 daysKPÖ Renner IV Cabinet
Ministry of Education(Bundesministerium für Unterricht )
2 Hurdes, Felix Felix Hurdes [de ] (1901–1974) 20 December 1945 23 January 1952 6 years, 34 daysÖVP Figl I Cabinet –II
3 Kolb, Ernst Ernst Kolb [de ] (1912–1978) 23 January 1952 1 November 1954 2 years, 282 daysÖVP Figl II Cabinet –II Raab I Cabinet
4 Drimmel, Heinrich Heinrich Drimmel [de ] (1912–1991) 1 November 1954 2 April 1964 9 years, 153 daysÖVP Raab I Cabinet –II –III –IV Gorbach I Cabinet –II
5 Piffl, Theodor Theodor Piffl-Percevic [de ] (1911–1991) 2 April 1964 2 June 1969 5 years, 61 daysÖVP Klaus I Cabinet –II
6 Mock, Alois Alois Mock (1934–2017) 2 June 1969 21 April 1970 323 daysÖVP Klaus II Cabinet
7 Gratz, Leopold Leopold Gratz (1929–2006) 21 April 1970 24 July 1970 94 daysSPÖ Kreisky I Cabinet
Ministry of Education and the Arts(Bundesministerium für Unterricht und Kunst )
7 Gratz, Leopold Leopold Gratz (1929–2006) 24 July 1970 4 November 1971 1 year, 103 daysSPÖ Kreisky I Cabinet
8 Sinowatz, Fred Fred Sinowatz (1929–2008) 4 November 1971 5 June 1979 7 years, 213 daysSPÖ Kreisky II Cabinet –II
– Sinowatz, Fred Fred Sinowatz (1929–2008) Acting 5 June 1979 24 May 1983 3 years, 353 daysSPÖ Kreisky IV Cabinet
9 Zilk, Helmut Helmut Zilk (1927–2008) 24 May 1983 10 September 1984 1 year, 109 daysSPÖ Sinowatz Cabinet
10 Moritz, Herbert Herbert Moritz [de ] (1927–2018) 10 September 1984 1 January 1985 113 daysSPÖ Sinowatz Cabinet
Ministry of Education, the Arts and Sports(Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Sport )
10 Moritz, Herbert Herbert Moritz [de ] (1927–2018) 1 January 1985 21 January 1987 2 years, 20 daysSPÖ Sinowatz Cabinet Vranitzky I Cabinet
11 Hawlicek, Hilde Hilde Hawlicek (born 1942) 21 January 1987 17 December 1990 3 years, 330 daysSPÖ Vranitzky II Cabinet
12 Scholten, Rudolf Rudolf Scholten [de ] (born 1955) 17 December 1990 1 February 1991 46 daysSPÖ Vranitzky III Cabinet
Ministry of Education and the Arts(Bundesministerium für Unterricht und Kunst )
12 Scholten, Rudolf Rudolf Scholten [de ] (born 1955) 1 February 1991 29 November 1994 3 years, 301 daysSPÖ Vranitzky III Cabinet
13 Busek, Erhard Erhard Busek (1941–2022) 29 November 1994 1 January 1995 33 daysSPÖ Vranitzky IV Cabinet
Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs(Bundesministerium für Unterricht und kulturelle Angelegenheiten )
13 Busek, Erhard Erhard Busek (1941–2022) 1 January 1995 4 May 1995 123 daysSPÖ Vranitzky IV Cabinet
14 Gehrer, Elisabeth Elisabeth Gehrer (born 1942) 4 May 1995 1 April 2000 4 years, 333 daysÖVP Vranitzky IV Cabinet –II Klima Cabinet Schüssel I Cabinet
Ministry of Education, Science and Cultural Affairs(Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur )
14 Gehrer, Elisabeth Elisabeth Gehrer (born 1942) 1 April 2000 11 January 2007 6 years, 285 daysÖVP Schüssel I Cabinet –II
15 Schmied, Claudia Claudia Schmied (born 1959) 11 January 2007 1 March 2007 49 daysSPÖ Gusenbauer Cabinet
Ministry of Education, the Arts and Cultural Affairs(Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur )
15 Schmied, Claudia Claudia Schmied (born 1959) 1 March 2007 16 December 2013 6 years, 290 daysSPÖ Gusenbauer Cabinet Faymann I Cabinet
16 Heinisch, Gabriele Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek (born 1961) 16 December 2013 1 March 2014 75 daysSPÖ Faymann II Cabinet
Ministry of Education and Women's Affairs(Bundesministerium für Bildung und Frauen )
16 Heinisch, Gabriele Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek (born 1961) 1 March 2014 17 May 2016 2 years, 77 daysSPÖ Faymann II Cabinet
17 Hammerschmid, Sonja Sonja Hammerschmid (born 1968) 17 May 2016 1 July 2016 45 daysSPÖ Kern Cabinet
Ministry of Education(Bundesministerium für Bildung )
17 Hammerschmid, Sonja Sonja Hammerschmid (born 1968) 1 July 2016 18 December 2017 1 year, 170 daysSPÖ Kern Cabinet
18 Faßmann, Heinz Heinz Faßmann (born 1955) 18 December 2017 8 January 2018 21 daysIndependent Kurz I Cabinet
Ministry of Education, Science and Research(Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung )
18 Faßmann, Heinz Heinz Faßmann (born 1955) 8 January 2018 3 June 2019 1 year, 146 daysIndependent Kurz I Cabinet
19 Rauskala, Iris Iris Rauskala (born 1955) 3 June 2019 7 January 2020 218 daysIndependent Bierlein Cabinet
(18) Faßmann, Heinz Heinz Faßmann (born 1955) 7 January 2020 6 December 2021 1 year, 333 daysIndependent Kurz II Cabinet Schallenberg Cabinet
20 Polaschek, Martin Martin Polaschek (born 1965) 6 December 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 57 daysIndependent Nehammer Cabinet
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^ a b Based on when the successor took office
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