# List of ministers of justice (Austria)

The minister of justice of Austria (German: Justizminister) heads the Ministry of Justice.

## Ministers
### First Republic

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Government |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Government |
| State Secretariat of Justice (Staatsamt für Justiz) ||||||||
| 1 | | Julius Roller [de] (1862–1946) | 30 October 1918 | 15 March 1919 | 136 days | Independent | Renner I Cabinet |
| 2 | | Richard Bratusch [de] (1861–1949) | 15 March 1919 | 17 October 1919 | 216 days | Independent | Renner II Cabinet |
| 3 | | Rudolf Ramek (1881–1941) | 17 October 1919 | 24 June 1920 | 251 days | CS | Renner III Cabinet |
| – | | Matthias Eldersch (1869–1931) Acting | 24 June 1920 | 7 July 1920 | 13 days | SDAPÖ | Renner III Cabinet |
| (1) | | Julius Roller [de] (1862–1946) | 7 July 1920 | 20 November 1920 | 136 days | Independent | Mayr I Cabinet |
| Ministry of Justice (Bundesministerium für Justiz) ||||||||
| 4 | | Rudolf Paltauf [de] (1862–1936) | 20 November 1920 | 31 May 1922 | 1 year, 192 days | Independent | Mayr II Cabinet Schober I Cabinet Breisky Cabinet Schober II Cabinet |
| 5 | | Leopold Waber (1875–1945) | 31 May 1922 | 17 April 1923 | 321 days | GDVP | Seipel I Cabinet |
| – | | Felix Frank (1876–1957) Acting | 17 April 1923 | 20 November 1924 | 1 year, 217 days | GDVP | Seipel II Cabinet–III |
| (5) | | Leopold Waber (1875–1945) | 20 November 1924 | 20 October 1926 | 1 year, 334 days | GDVP | Ramek I Cabinet–II |
| 6 | | Franz Dinghofer (1873–1956) | 20 October 1926 | 4 July 1928 | 1 year, 258 days | GDVP | Seipel IV Cabinet–V |
| – | | Ignaz Seipel (1876–1932) Acting | 4 July 1928 | 6 July 1928 | 2 days | CS | Seipel V Cabinet |
| 7 | | Franz Slama [de] (1885–1938) | 6 July 1928 | 30 September 1930 | 2 years, 86 days | GDVP | Seipel V Cabinet Streeruwitz Cabinet Schober III Cabinet |
| 8 | | Franz Hueber [de] (1894–1981) | 30 September 1930 | 4 December 1930 | 65 days | Heimatblock | Vaugoin Cabinet |
| 9 | | Hans Schürff [de] (1875–1939) | 4 December 1930 | 30 May 1931 | 177 days | GDVP | Ender Cabinet |
| – | | Johann Schober (1874–1932) Acting | 30 May 1931 | 20 June 1931 | 21 days | Independent | Ender Cabinet |
| (9) | | Hans Schürff [de] (1875–1939) | 20 June 1931 | 29 January 1932 | 223 days | GDVP | Buresch I Cabinet |
| 10 | | Kurt Schuschnigg (1897–1977) | 29 January 1932 | 10 July 1934 | 2 years, 162 days | GDVP VF | Buresch II Cabinet Dollfuss I Cabinet–II |
| 11 | | Egon Berger-Waldenegg [de] (1880–1960) | 10 July 1934 | 17 October 1935 | 1 year, 99 days | Heimatblock | Dollfuss II Cabinet Schuschnigg I Cabinet |
| 12 | | Robert Winterstein [de] (1874–1940) | 17 October 1935 | 14 May 1936 | 210 days | VF | Schuschnigg I Cabinet |
| 13 | | Hans Hammerstein-Equord [de] (1881–1947) | 14 May 1936 | 3 November 1936 | 173 days | VF | Schuschnigg II Cabinet |
| 14 | | Adolf Pilz [de] (1877–1947) | 3 November 1936 | 16 February 1938 | 1 year, 105 days | VF | Schuschnigg III Cabinet |
| 15 | | Ludwig Adamovich [de] (1890–1955) | 16 February 1938 | 11 March 1938 | 23 days | VF | Schuschnigg IV Cabinet |
| (8) | | Franz Hueber [de] (1894–1981) | 11 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | 2 days | NSDAP | Seyss-Inquart Cabinet |

### Second Republic

| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) | Term | Term | Term | Political Party | Government |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Political Party | Government |
| State Secretariat of Justice (Staatsamt für Justiz) ||||||||
| 1 | | Josef Gerö [de] (1896–1954) | 27 April 1945 | 20 December 1945 | 237 days | Independent | Renner IV Cabinet |
| Minister of Justice (Bundesminister für Justiz) ||||||||
| 1 | | Josef Gerö [de] (1896–1954) | 20 December 1945 | 8 November 1949 | 3 years, 323 days | Independent | Figl I Cabinet |
| 2 | | Otto Tschadek [de] (1904–1969) | 8 November 1949 | 16 September 1952 | 2 years, 313 days | SPÖ | Figl II Cabinet |
| (1) | | Josef Gerö [de] (1896–1954) | 16 September 1952 | 30 December 1954 | 2 years, 105 days | Independent | Figl II Cabinet–II Raab I Cabinet |
| 3 | | Adolf Schärf (1890–1965) | 30 December 1954 | 17 January 1955 | 18 days | SPÖ | Raab I Cabinet |
| 4 | | Hans Kapfer [de] (1903–1992) | 17 January 1955 | 29 June 1956 | 1 year, 164 days | Independent | Raab I Cabinet |
| (2) | | Otto Tschadek [de] (1904–1969) | 29 June 1956 | 23 June 1960 | 3 years, 360 days | SPÖ | Raab II Cabinet–II |
| 5 | | Christian Broda (1916–1987) | 23 June 1960 | 19 April 1966 | 5 years, 300 days | SPÖ | Raab III Cabinet–II Gorbach I Cabinet–II Klaus I Cabinet |
| 6 | | Hans Klecatsky [de] (1916–1987) | 19 April 1966 | 21 April 1970 | 4 years, 2 days | Independent | Klaus II Cabinet |
| (5) | | Christian Broda (1916–1987) | 21 April 1970 | 24 May 1983 | 13 years, 33 days | SPÖ | Kreisky I Cabinet–II–III–IV |
| 7 | | Harald Ofner (born 1932) | 24 May 1983 | 21 January 1987 | 3 years, 242 days | FPÖ | Sinowatz Cabinet Vranitzky I Cabinet |
| 8 | | Egmont Foregger (1922–2007) | 21 January 1987 | 17 December 1990 | 3 years, 330 days | Independent | Vranitzky II Cabinet |
| 9 | | Nikolaus Michalek [de] (born 1940) | 17 December 1990 | 4 February 2000 | 9 years, 49 days | Independent | Vranitzky III Cabinet–II–III Klima Cabinet |
| 10 | | Michael Krüger [de] (born 1955) | 4 February 2000 | 29 February 2000 | 25 days | FPÖ | Schüssel I Cabinet |
| 11 | | Dieter Böhmdorfer [de] (born 1943) | 2 March 2000 | 25 June 2004 | 4 years, 115 days | Independent | Schüssel I Cabinet–II |
| 12 | | Karin Gastinger (born 1964) | 25 June 2004 | 11 January 2007 | 2 years, 200 days | BZÖ | Schüssel II Cabinet |
| 13 | | Maria Berger (born 1956) | 11 January 2007 | 2 December 2008 | 1 year, 326 days | SPÖ | Gusenbauer Cabinet |
| – | | Johannes Hahn (born 1957) Acting | 2 December 2008 | 15 January 2009 | 44 days | ÖVP | Faymann I Cabinet |
| 14 | | Claudia Bandion-Ortner (born 1966) | 15 January 2009 | 21 April 2011 | 2 years, 96 days | Independent | Faymann I Cabinet |
| 15 | | Beatrix Karl (born 1967) | 21 April 2011 | 16 December 2013 | 2 years, 239 days | ÖVP | Faymann I Cabinet |
| 16 | | Wolfgang Brandstetter (born 1957) | 16 December 2013 | 18 December 2017 | 4 years, 2 days | Independent | Faymann II Cabinet Kern Cabinet |
| 17 | | Josef Moser (born 1955) | 18 December 2017 | 8 January 2018 | 21 days | Independent | Kurz I Cabinet |
| Minister of Constitutional Affairs, Reform, Deregulation, and Justice (Bundesminister für Verfassung, Reformen, Deregulierung und Justiz) ||||||||
| 17 | | Josef Moser (born 1955) | 8 January 2018 | 3 June 2019 | 1 year, 146 days | Independent | Kurz I Cabinet |
| 18 | | Clemens Jabloner (born 1948) | 3 June 2019 | 7 January 2020 | 218 days | Independent | Bierlein Cabinet |
| 19 | | Alma Zadić (born 1984) | 7 January 2020 | 29 January 2020 | 22 days | Greens | Kurz II Cabinet |
| Minister of Justice (Bundesminister für Justiz) ||||||||
| 19 | | Alma Zadić (born 1984) | 29 January 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 273 days | Greens | Kurz II Cabinet |