Minister of Foreign Affairs (Austria)
This article lists the ministers of foreign affairs of Austria, from 30 October 1918 up to today. During the time of the Anschluss to Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945, Austria had no government in its own right. The current Austrian foreign minister is Alexander Schallenberg, who took office on 6 December 2021.
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Austria)
Image: Victor Adler
Image: Sennecke Otto Bauer, 1919
Image: Karl Renner 1905
Alexander Georg Nicolas Schallenberg OMRI is an Austrian diplomat, jurist, and politician who has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the government of Chancellor Karl Nehammer since 2021, previously holding the office from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), he held the position in the second government of Sebastian Kurz, before briefly serving as Chancellor of Austria as Kurz's successor from 11 October to 6 December 2021.
Schallenberg in 2023
Coat of arms of the Schallenberg family, who received the title of Count in 1666
Schallenberg meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, 7 February 2023
Schallenberg with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz in Tel Aviv, Israel, 27 February 2024