Foreign Minister of Austria
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The Foreign Minister
of Austria is responsible for handling Austria
's foreign policy
.
Foreign minister
A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
of Austria is responsible for handling Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
's foreign policy
Foreign policy
A country's foreign policy, also called the foreign relations policy, consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve its goals within international relations milieu. The approaches are strategically employed to interact with other countries...
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Under the First Austrian Republic
- Victor AdlerVictor Adler----Victor Adler was an Austrian Social Democratic leader.Born in Prague, Adler received a university degree in Vienna in 1881. He founded the Socialist movement in Austria and created the Marxist journals Gleicheit in 1886 and Arbeiter-Zeitung in 1889...
- Otto BauerOtto BauerOtto Bauer was an Austrian Social Democrat who is considered one of the leading thinkers of the left socialist Austro-Marxist tendency...
- Karl RennerKarl RennerKarl Renner was an Austrian politician. He was born in Untertannowitz in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and died in Vienna...
- Michael MayrMichael MayrMichael Mayr was Chancellor of Austria in the First Austrian Republic, from November 1920 to June 1921. He was a member of the Christian Social Party, and by profession a historian.-Life:...
- Johann SchoberJohann SchoberJohann Schober was an Austrian police officer who served three times as Chancellor of Austria .-Early career:...
- Walter BreiskyWalter BreiskyWalter Breisky was an Austrian Beamter and politician.A member of the Christian Social Party, he served as Vice-Chancellor of Austria and Minister of the Interior from 1920 to 1922...
- Leopold Hennet
- Alfred Grünberger
- Heinrich Mataja
- Rudolf RamekRudolf RamekRudolf Ramek was an Austrian politician.Ramek was born in Teschen in Austrian Silesia . A member of the Christian Social Party, he served as Chancellor of Austria from 20 November 1924 to 20 October 1926. He died in Vienna, and buried at Salzburg Municipal Cemetery....
- Ignaz Seipe
- Ernst StreeruwitzErnst StreeruwitzErnst Streeruwitz, originally Ernst Ritter Streer von Streeruwitz was an Austrian political figure. He served as the Chancellor of Austria in 1929....
- Johann SchoberJohann SchoberJohann Schober was an Austrian police officer who served three times as Chancellor of Austria .-Early career:...
- Ignaz SeipelIgnaz SeipelIgnaz Seipel was an Austrian prelate and politician who served as Chancellor during the 1920s.-Career:Seipel studied theology at the University of Vienna and was ordained a Catholic priest in 1899...
- Johann SchoberJohann SchoberJohann Schober was an Austrian police officer who served three times as Chancellor of Austria .-Early career:...
- Karl BureschKarl BureschKarl Buresch was a lawyer, Christian-Social politician and chancellor of Austria during the First Republic.- Education :...
- Engelbert Dollfuß
- Stephan TauschitzStephan TauschitzStephan Tauschitz was an Austrian politician and farmer.Tauschitz was born in Hörtendorf, which was a village, but was later included into Klagenfurt. After high school in Klagenfurt, he studied at Vienna University of Technology, where he graduated in 1922...
- Egon Berger-Waldenegg
- Kurt SchuschniggKurt SchuschniggKurt Alois Josef Johann Schuschnigg was Chancellor of the First Austrian Republic, following the assassination of his predecessor, Dr. Engelbert Dollfuss, in July 1934, until Germany’s invasion of Austria, , in March 1938...
- Guido SchmidtGuido SchmidtGuido Schmidt was an Austrian diplomat and politician....
- Wilhelm Wolf
Under the Second Austrian Republic
- Karl GruberKarl GruberKarl Gruber was an Austrian politician and diplomat. During World War II, he was working for a German firm in Berlin. After the war, in 1945 he became Landeshauptmann of Tyrol for a short time...
- Leopold FiglLeopold FiglLeopold Figl was an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party and the first Federal Chancellor after World War II...
- Bruno KreiskyBruno KreiskyBruno Kreisky was an Austrian politician who served as Foreign Minister from 1959 to 1966 and as Chancellor from 1970 to 1983. Aged 72 at the end of his chancellorship, he was the oldest acting Chancellor after World War II....
- Lujo Tončić-SorinjLujo Toncic-SorinjLujo Tončić-Sorinj was an Austrian diplomat and politician of the Austrian People's Party ....
- Kurt WaldheimKurt WaldheimKurt Josef Waldheim was an Austrian diplomat and politician. Waldheim was the fourth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981, and the ninth President of Austria, from 1986 to 1992...
- Rudolf KirchschlägerRudolf KirchschlägerRudolf Kirchschläger was an Austrian diplomat, politician, judge and, from 1974 to 1986, the eighth President of Austria.-Education and early life:...
- Erich BielkaErich BielkaErich Bielka was an Austrian diplomat and member of the Austrian government. During his career, he served as Austrian ambassador in Bern, Cairo, Ankara and Paris and as Foreign Minister from 1974 to 1976....
- Willibald PahrWillibald PahrWillibald P. Pahr is an Austrian politician and diplomat. From 1976 to 1983, he was Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, from 1983 to 1986 he served as ambassador to Germany...
- Erwin LancErwin LancErwin Lanc is a former Austrian bank employee and politician .Born in Vienna, Lanc worked at the Ministry of Social Affairs from 1949 to 1955. In 1959, he joined the Vienna bank Zentralsparkasse und Kommerzialbank. In 1966, he became chairman of the SPÖ in the Margareten district of Vienna...
- Leopold GratzLeopold Gratz----Leopold Gratz was an Austrian politician.Born in Vienna, Gratz was a law graduate and a member of the Austrian Social Democratic Party . From 1963 to 1966 he was a member of the Bundesrat, from 1970 to 1971 Federal Minister of Education and the Arts...
- Peter JankowitschPeter JankowitschPeter Jankowitsch is a former Austrian diplomat and politician.He was born in Vienna, Austria. A law graduate, he is a member of the Austrian Social Democratic Party . From 1983 to 1986, 1987 to 1990 and 1992 to 1993 he was a member of the Nationalrat, from 1986 to 1987 Federal Minister of Foreign...
- Alois MockAlois MockAlois Mock is a politician and member of the Austrian People's Party . He was Vice Chancellor of Austria from 1987 to 1989. As foreign minister he helped take Austria into the European Union....
- Wolfgang SchüsselWolfgang SchüsselWolfgang Schüssel is an Austrian People's Party politician. He was Chancellor of Austria for two consecutive terms from February 2000 to January 2007...
- Benita Ferrero-WaldnerBenita Ferrero-WaldnerDr. Benita Ferrero-Waldner is an Austrian diplomat and politician, and a member of the conservative Austrian People's Party . Ferrero-Waldner served as the Foreign Minister of Austria 2000–2004 and was the candidate of the Austrian People's Party in the Austrian presidential election, 2004, which...
- Ursula PlassnikUrsula PlassnikUrsula Plassnik is an Austrian diplomat and politician. She was Foreign Minister of Austria between October 2004 and December 2008.-Early life and career:...
- Michael SpindeleggerMichael SpindeleggerMichael Spindelegger is an Austrian lawyer and politician. He is the current Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Austria in the cabinet of Werner Faymann. Since 2011, Spindelegger is the current leader of the Austrian People's Party .- Early and personal life :Spindelegger was born in Mödling,...