List of ministers of education (Austria)

Minister of Education, Science and Research
Bundesminister für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung
Ministry of Education
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	Raphael Pacher first Republic Ernst Fischer second Republic
Website	Official website (in German)

The minister of education, science and research of

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, RaphaelRaphael Pacher [de] (1857–1936)	30 October 1918	15 March 1919	136 days	DNP	Renner I Cabinet
State Secretariat of the Interior and Education (Staatsamt für Inneres und Unterricht)
2	Renner II Cabinet
3	SDAPÖ	Renner II–III
4	Independent	Mayr I Cabinet
Ministry of the Interior and Education (Bundesministerium für Inneres und Unterricht)
5	Independent	Mayr II Cabinet
–	Independent	Mayr II Cabinet
6		Ramek, RudolfRudolf Ramek (1881–1941)	23 April 1921	21 June 1921	59 days	CS	Mayr II Cabinet
7	Schober I Cabinet
–	Schober I Cabinet
–	Breisky Cabinet
–	Schober II Cabinet
8		Frank, FelixFelix Frank (1874–1932)	31 May 1922	17 April 1923	321 days	GDVP	Seipel I Cabinet
Ministry of Education (Bundesministerium für Unterricht)
9		Schneider, EmilEmil Schneider [de] (1883–1961)	17 April 1923	16 June 1926	3 years, 60 days	CS	Seipel II Cabinet–II Ramek I Cabinet–II
10		Resch, JosefJosef Resch [de] (1880–1939) Acting	16 June 1926	25 June 1926	9 days	CS	Ramek II Cabinet
11		Rintelen, AntonAnton Rintelen (1876–1946)	25 June 1926	20 October 1926	117 days	CS	Ramek II Cabinet
12		Schmitz, RichardRichard Schmitz (1885–1954)	20 October 1926	4 May 1929	2 years, 196 days	CS	Seipel IV Cabinet–II
13	Streeruwitz Cabinet
–	Independent	Schober III Cabinet
14	Independent	Schober III Cabinet
(13)		Czermak, EmmerichEmmerich Czermak [de] (1885–1965)	30 September 1930	20 May 1932	1 year, 233 days	CS	Vaugoin Cabinet Ender Cabinet Buresch I Cabinet–II
(11)	Dollfuss I Cabinet
–	Dollfuss I Cabinet–II Schuschnigg I Cabinet
15		Pernter, HansHans Pernter [de] (1887–1951)	14 May 1936	11 March 1938	1 year, 301 days	VF	Schuschnigg II Cabinet–II–III
16	Seyss-Inquart Cabinet

Second Republic

№	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office[a]	Duration
State Secretariat of Popular Enlightenment and Education (Staatsamt für Volksaufklärung, für Unterricht und Erziehung und für Kultusangelegenheiten)
1		Honner, FranzErnst Fischer (1899–1972)	27 April 1945	20 December 1945	237 days	KPÖ	Renner IV Cabinet
Ministry of Education (Bundesministerium für Unterricht)
2		Hurdes, FelixFelix Hurdes [de] (1901–1974)	20 December 1945	23 January 1952	6 years, 34 days	ÖVP	Figl I Cabinet–II
3		Kolb, ErnstErnst Kolb [de] (1912–1978)	23 January 1952	1 November 1954	2 years, 282 days	ÖVP	Figl II Cabinet–II Raab I Cabinet
4		Drimmel, HeinrichHeinrich Drimmel [de] (1912–1991)	1 November 1954	2 April 1964	9 years, 153 days	ÖVP	Raab I Cabinet–II–III–IV Gorbach I Cabinet–II
5		Piffl, TheodorTheodor Piffl-Percevic [de] (1911–1991)	2 April 1964	2 June 1969	5 years, 61 days	ÖVP	Klaus I Cabinet–II
6		Mock, AloisAlois Mock (1934–2017)	2 June 1969	21 April 1970	323 days	ÖVP	Klaus II Cabinet
7		Gratz, LeopoldLeopold Gratz (1929–2006)	21 April 1970	24 July 1970	94 days	SPÖ	Kreisky I Cabinet
Ministry of Education and the Arts (Bundesministerium für Unterricht und Kunst)
7		Gratz, LeopoldLeopold Gratz (1929–2006)	24 July 1970	4 November 1971	1 year, 103 days	SPÖ	Kreisky I Cabinet
8		Sinowatz, FredFred Sinowatz (1929–2008)	4 November 1971	5 June 1979	7 years, 213 days	SPÖ	Kreisky II Cabinet–II
–		Sinowatz, FredFred Sinowatz (1929–2008) Acting	5 June 1979	24 May 1983	3 years, 353 days	SPÖ	Kreisky IV Cabinet
9		Zilk, HelmutHelmut Zilk (1927–2008)	24 May 1983	10 September 1984	1 year, 109 days	SPÖ	Sinowatz Cabinet
10		Moritz, HerbertHerbert Moritz [de] (1927–2018)	10 September 1984	1 January 1985	113 days	SPÖ	Sinowatz Cabinet
Ministry of Education, the Arts and Sports (Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Sport)
10		Moritz, HerbertHerbert Moritz [de] (1927–2018)	1 January 1985	21 January 1987	2 years, 20 days	SPÖ	Sinowatz Cabinet Vranitzky I Cabinet
11		Hawlicek, HildeHilde Hawlicek (born 1942)	21 January 1987	17 December 1990	3 years, 330 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky II Cabinet
12		Scholten, RudolfRudolf Scholten [de] (born 1955)	17 December 1990	1 February 1991	46 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky III Cabinet
Ministry of Education and the Arts (Bundesministerium für Unterricht und Kunst)
12		Scholten, RudolfRudolf Scholten [de] (born 1955)	1 February 1991	29 November 1994	3 years, 301 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky III Cabinet
13		Busek, ErhardErhard Busek (1941–2022)	29 November 1994	1 January 1995	33 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky IV Cabinet
Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs (Bundesministerium für Unterricht und kulturelle Angelegenheiten)
13		Busek, ErhardErhard Busek (1941–2022)	1 January 1995	4 May 1995	123 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky IV Cabinet
14	Schüssel I Cabinet
Ministry of Education, Science and Cultural Affairs (Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur)
14	II
15	Gusenbauer Cabinet
Ministry of Education, the Arts and Cultural Affairs (Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur)
15	Faymann I Cabinet
16	Faymann II Cabinet
Ministry of Education and Women's Affairs (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Frauen)
16	Faymann II Cabinet
17	Kern Cabinet
Ministry of Education (Bundesministerium für Bildung)
17	Kern Cabinet
18	Kurz I Cabinet
Ministry of Education, Science and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung)
18	Kurz I Cabinet
19	Bierlein Cabinet
(18)	Schallenberg Cabinet
20	Nehammer Cabinet

See also

• Ministry of Education (Austria)

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