Post: | Minister |
Body: | Foreign Affairs |
Insignia: | Austria Bundesadler.svg |
Insigniasize: | 125 |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms |
Incumbent: | Alexander Schallenberg |
Incumbentsince: | 6 December 2021 |
Department: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Style: | Mr. Federal minister |
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 |
Appointer Qualified: | on advice of the Chancellor |
Constituting Instrument: | Constitution of Austria |
Precursor: | Imperial and Royal Minister of Foreign Affairs |
First: | Viktor Adler Karl Renner Karl Gruber |
Website: | www.bmeia.gv.at (in English) (in German) |
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 Alexander Schallenberg, who took office on 6 December 2021.
See also: Republic of German-Austria, First Austrian Republic and Federal State of Austria.
Austria annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938 (see Austria within Nazi Germany for details). Independence restored in 1945.
See also: Austria.