List of ministers of social affairs (Austria)

Minister of Social Affairs
Minister of Social Affairs
Bundesminister für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz
	Coat of arms
	Incumbent; Wolfgang Mückstein; since 13 April 2021
	Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection
Style	Mr. Minister; (normal); His Excellency; (diplomatic)
Type	Minister
Status	Supreme executive organ
Member of	Cabinet
Seat	Ministry of Social Affairs; Stubenring 1, Innere Stadt, Vienna
Nominator	Political parties
Appointer	The president; on advice of the chancellor;
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Austria
First holder	Johann Böhm [de]
Website	www.sozialministerium.at

The minister of social affairs, health, care and consumer protection (German: Bundesminister für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz) heads the Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection.

StyleMr. Minister
(normal)
His Excellency
(diplomatic)

TypeMinister

StatusSupreme executive organ

MemberofCabinet

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№	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political party	Government
№	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Took office	Left office^[a]	Duration	Political party	Government
State Secretariat of Social Welfare (Staatsamt für soziale Fürsorge)
1		Hanusch, FerdinandFerdinand Hanusch (1866–1923)	30 October 1918	15 March 1919	136 days	SPÖ	Renner I Cabinet
State Secretariat of Social Affairs (Staatsamt für soziale Verwaltung)
1		Hanusch, FerdinandFerdinand Hanusch (1866–1923)	15 March 1919	22 October 1920	1 year, 221 days	SPÖ	Renner II Cabinet–II Mayr I Cabinet
–		Heinl, EduardEduard Heinl (1880–1957) Acting	22 October 1920	20 November 1920	29 days	CS	Mayr I Cabinet
Ministry of Social Affairs (Bundesministerium für soziale Verwaltung)
2		Resch, JosefJosef Resch [de] (1880–1939)	20 November 1920	21 June 1921	244 days	CS	Mayr II Cabinet
3		Pauer, FranzFranz Pauer [de] (1870–1936)	21 June 1921	31 May 1922	344 days	Independent	Schober I Cabinet Breisky Cabinet Schober II Cabinet
4		Schmitz, RichardRichard Schmitz (1885–1954)	31 May 1922	20 November 1924	2 years, 173 days	CS	Seipel I Cabinet–II–III
(2)		Resch, JosefJosef Resch [de] (1880–1939)	20 November 1924	26 September 1929	4 years, 310 days	CS	Ramek I Cabinet–II Seipel IV Cabinet–II Streeruwitz Cabinet
5		Innitzer, TheodorTheodor Innitzer (1875–1955)	26 September 1929	30 September 1930	1 year, 4 days	CS	Schober III Cabinet
–		Schmitz, RichardRichard Schmitz (1885–1954) Acting	30 September 1930	4 December 1930	65 days	CS	Vaugoin Cabinet
(2)		Resch, JosefJosef Resch [de] (1880–1939)	4 December 1930	15 April 1931	132 days	CS	Ender Cabinet
–		Ender, OttoOtto Ender (1875–1960) Acting	15 April 1931	20 June 1931	66 days	CS	Ender Cabinet
(2)		Resch, JosefJosef Resch [de] (1880–1939)	20 June 1931	11 March 1933	1 year, 264 days	CS	Buresch I Cabinet–II Dollfuss I Cabinet–II
6		Kerber, RobertRobert Kerber [de] (1884–1977)	11 March 1933	21 September 1933	194 days	CS	Dollfuss II Cabinet
7		Schmitz, RichardRichard Schmitz [de] (1885–1954)	21 September 1933	16 February 1934	148 days	CS	Schuschnigg I Cabinet
8		Neustädter, OdoOdo Neustädter-Stürmer [de] (1885–1938)	16 February 1934	17 October 1935	1 year, 243 days	VF	Schuschnigg I Cabinet
9		Dobretsberger, JosefJosef Dobretsberger [de] (1903–1970)	17 October 1935	14 May 1936	210 days	VF	Schuschnigg I Cabinet
(2)		Resch, JosefJosef Resch [de] (1880–1939)	14 May 1936	11 March 1938	1 year, 301 days	VF	Schuschnigg II Cabinet–II–III
10		Jury, HugoHugo Jury (1887–1945)	11 March 1938	13 March 1938	2 days	NSDAP	Seyss-Inquart Cabinet

№	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political party	Government
№	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Took office	Left office^[a]	Duration	Political party	Government
State Secretariat of Social Affairs (Staatsamt für soziale Verwaltung)
1		Übeleis, VinzenzJohann Böhm [de] (1886–1959)	27 April 1945	20 December 1945	237 days	SPÖ	Renner IV Cabinet
Ministry of Social Affairs (Bundesministerium für soziale Verwaltung)
2		Maisel, KarlKarl Maisel [de] (1890–1982)	20 December 1945	23 January 1956	10 years, 34 days	SPÖ	Figl I Cabinet–II–III Raab I Cabinet
3		Proksch, AntonAnton Proksch [de] (1897–1975)	23 January 1956	19 April 1966	10 years, 86 days	SPÖ	Raab I Cabinet–II–III–IV Gorbach I Cabinet–II Klaus I Cabinet
4		Rehor, GreteGrete Rehor (1910–1987)	19 April 1966	21 April 1970	4 years, 2 days	ÖVP	Klaus II Cabinet
5		Häuser, RudolfRudolf Häuser [de] (1909–2000)	21 April 1970	1 October 1976	6 years, 163 days	SPÖ	Kreisky I Cabinet–II–III
6		Weißenberg, GerhardGerhard Weißenberg [de] (1920–1980)	1 October 1976	1 October 1980 †	4 years, 0 days	SPÖ	Kreisky III Cabinet–II
–		Salcher, HerbertHerbert Salcher (1929–2021) Acting	1 October 1980	9 October 1980	8 days	SPÖ	Kreisky IV Cabinet
7		Dallinger, AlfredAlfred Dallinger [de] (1926–1989)	9 October 1980	1 April 1987	6 years, 174 days	SPÖ	Kreisky IV Cabinet Sinowatz Cabinet Vranitzky I Cabinet–II
Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und soziale Verwaltung)
7		Dallinger, AlfredAlfred Dallinger [de] (1926–1989)	1 April 1987	23 February 1989	1 year, 328 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky II Cabinet
–		Lacina, FerdinandFerdinand Lacina (born 1942) Acting	23 February 1989	10 March 1989	15 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky II Cabinet
8		Geppert, WalterWalter Geppert [de] (born 1939)	10 March 1989	17 December 1990	1 year, 282 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky II Cabinet
9		Hesoun, JosefJosef Hesoun [de] (1930–2003)	17 December 1990	6 April 1995	4 years, 110 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky III Cabinet–II
10		Hums, FranzFranz Hums [de] (1937–2015)	6 April 1995	28 January 1997	1 year, 297 days	SPÖ	Vranitzky IV Cabinet–II
11		Hostasch, EleonoraEleonora Hostasch (born 1944)	28 January 1997	15 February 1997	18 days	SPÖ	Klima Cabinet
Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs (Bundesministerium für Arbeit, Gesundheit und soziale Verwaltung)
11		Hostasch, EleonoraEleonora Hostasch (born 1944)	15 February 1997	4 February 2000	2 years, 354 days	SPÖ	Klima Cabinet
12		Sickl, ElisabethElisabeth Sickl (born 1940)	4 February 2000	1 April 2000	57 days	FPÖ	Schüssel I Cabinet
Ministry of Social Security and Generations (Bundesministerium für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen)
12		Sickl, ElisabethElisabeth Sickl (born 1940)	1 April 2000	24 October 2000	206 days	FPÖ	Schüssel I Cabinet
13		Haupt, HerbertHerbert Haupt (born 1947)	24 October 2000	1 May 2003	2 years, 189 days	FPÖ	Schüssel I Cabinet–II
Ministry of Social Security, Generations and Consumer Protection (Bundesministerium für soziale Sicherheit, Generationen und Konsumentenschutz)
13		Haupt, HerbertHerbert Haupt (born 1947)	1 May 2003	26 January 2005	1 year, 270 days	FPÖ	Schüssel II Cabinet
14		Haubner, UrsulaUrsula Haubner (born 1945)	26 January 2005	11 January 2007	1 year, 350 days	FPÖ	Schüssel II Cabinet
15		Buchinger, ErwinErwin Buchinger [de] (born 1955)	11 January 2007	1 March 2007	49 days	SPÖ	Gusenbauer Cabinet
Ministry of Social Security and Consumer Protection (Bundesministerium für soziale Sicherheit und Konsumentenschutz)
15		Buchinger, ErwinErwin Buchinger [de] (born 1955)	1 March 2007	2 December 2008	1 year, 276 days	SPÖ	Gusenbauer Cabinet
16		Hundstorfer, RudolfRudolf Hundstorfer (1951–2019)	2 December 2008	1 February 2009	61 days	SPÖ	Faymann I Cabinet
Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Consumer Protection (Bundesministerium für Arbeit, soziale Sicherheit und Konsumentenschutz)
16		Hundstorfer, RudolfRudolf Hundstorfer (1951–2019)	1 February 2009	26 January 2016	6 years, 359 days	SPÖ	Faymann I Cabinet–II
17		Stöger, AloisAlois Stöger (born 1960)	26 January 2016	18 December 2017	1 year, 326 days	SPÖ	Faymann II Cabinet Kern Cabinet
18		Hartinger, BeateBeate Hartinger-Klein (born 1959)	18 December 2017	8 January 2018	21 days	FPÖ	Kurz I Cabinet
Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection (Bundesministerium für Arbeit, Soziales, Gesundheit und Konsumentenschutz)
18		Hartinger, BeateBeate Hartinger-Klein (born 1959)	8 January 2018	20 May 2019	1 year, 132 days	FPÖ	Kurz I Cabinet
19		Pöltner, WalterWalter Pöltner (born 1952)	22 May 2019	3 June 2019	12 days	Independent	Kurz I Cabinet
20		Zarfl, BrigitteBrigitte Zarfl (born 1962)	3 June 2019	7 January 2020	218 days	Independent	Bierlein Cabinet
21		Anschober, RudolfRudolf Anschober (born 1960)	7 January 2020	29 January 2020	22 days	Greens	Kurz II Cabinet
Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection (Bundesministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz)
21		Anschober, RudolfRudolf Anschober (born 1960)	29 January 2020	13 April 2021	1 year, 74 days	Greens	Kurz II Cabinet
22		Mückstein, WolfgangWolfgang Mückstein (born 1974)	19 April 2021	Incumbent	5 years, 168 days	Greens	Kurz II Cabinet

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Minister of Social Affairs
Bundesminister für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz
Coat of arms
Incumbent Wolfgang Mückstein since 13 April 2021
Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection
Style	Mr. Minister (normal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Type	Minister
Status	Supreme executive organ
Member of	Cabinet
Seat	Ministry of Social Affairs Stubenring 1, Innere Stadt, Vienna
Nominator	Political parties
Appointer	The president on advice of the chancellor
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Austria
First holder	Johann Böhm [de]
Website	www.sozialministerium.at