| 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