Post: | Minister |
Body: | Defense |
Insignia: | Austria Bundesadler.svg |
Insigniasize: | 125 |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms |
Incumbent: | Klaudia Tanner |
Incumbentsince: | 7 January 2020 |
Department: | Ministry of Defense |
Style: | Mrs. Federal minister |
Member Of: | Federal Government Council of Ministers National Security Council |
Seat: | Rossauer Barracks, Innere Stadt, Vienna |
Nominator: | Political parties |
Appointer: | The President |
Appointer Qualified: | on advice of the Chancellor |
Constituting Instrument: | Constitution of Austria Defense law |
Precursor: | Imperial and Royal Minister of War |
First: | Josef Mayer Ferdinand Graf |
Website: | bundesheer.at (in English) bundesheer.at (in German) |
The Minister of Defense of Austria heads the Ministry of Defense.
* Partly as Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor.
*Entrusted with continuation of the ministry