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Federal Ministry of the Interior
Bundesministerium für Inneres
Agency overview
Formed	1848; 176 years ago
Jurisdiction	Austrian Federal Government
Headquarters	Palais Modena; Innere Stadt, Vienna; 48°12′33″N 16°21′57″E / 48.20917°N 16.36583°E
Minister responsible	Wolfgang Sobotka (since 21st of April 2016) (ÖVP), Federal Minister of the Interior;
Agency executive	Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP), State Secretary for Integration;
Website	http://www.bmi.gv.at

The Federal Ministry of the Interior (German: Bundesministerium für Inneres, colloquially Innenministerium), abbreviated: BM.I, is the interior ministry of the Austrian Federal Government. Its headquarters are at the Palais Modena in Vienna. The current Minister for the Interior is Wolfgang Sobotka (ÖVP).

History

Until 1848 internal affairs of the country was under the responsibility of the Austro-Bohemian Court Chancellery which was established by Empress Maria Theresia.^[1] In 1848 the ministry was established with the name of the Ministry of the Interior. Between 1918 and 1920 it was called State Office of the Interior. Then it was merged with the ministry of education and was renamed as State Office and Federal Ministry of the Interior and of Education.^[1] The body was integrated into the federal government in 1923.^[1] Following World War II it was renamed into its current title, Federal Ministry of the Interior.^[1]

Responsibilities

The federal agency on cabinet-level is charged with the matters of public security, citizenship and civil status including legal names, elections, referendums and popular petitions as well as emergency management and the alternative civilian service.

As superior of the Directorate General for Public Security, the Minister for the Interior is in charge of the Federal Police, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism, the EKO Cobra tactical unit as well as of the Federal Criminal Police Office. Beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal Chancellery, the Ministry is also responsible for the matters of the Austrian states and municipalities, foundations and sovereign wealth funds.

Organization

Since April 2011, the minister is supported by a State Secretary for Integration. The ministry's four departments (Sektionen) are

I: Presidium
II: Directorate General for Public Security (GDföS)
III: Law
IV: Service and Control

List of Ministers

Austrian Empire (1804–1867)

Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky (29 September 1826 – 20 March 1848)
Baron Franz von Pillersdorf (20 March 1848 – 8 July 1848)
Baron Anton von Doblhoff-Dier (8 July 1848 – October 1848)
Franz Stadion, Count von Warthausen (21 November 1848 – 28 July 1849)
Baron Alexander von Bach (28 July 1849 – 22 August 1859)
Agenor Gołuchowski (22 August 1859 – 13 December 1860)
Anton von Schmerling (13 December 1860 – 26 June 1865)
Count Richard Belcredi (27 July 1865 – 7 February 1867)
Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (7 February 1867 – 7 March 1867)
Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe (7 March 1867 – 30 December 1867)

Cisleithania in Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)

Carl Giskra (1 January 1868 – 22 March 1870)
Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe (14 April 1870 – 6 February 1871)
Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart (7 February 1871 – 30 October 1871)
Baron Ludwig von Holzgethan (30 October 1871 – 24 November 1871)
Josef Lasser von Zollheim (25 November 1871 – 5 July 1878)^[2]^[3]
Prince Adolf of Auersperg (5 July 1878 – 15 February 1879)
Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe (15 February 1879 – 11 November 1893)
Olivier Marquis de Bacquehem (11 November 1893 – 18 June 1895)
Count Erich Kielmansegg (18 June 1895 – 30 September 1895)
Count Kasimir Felix Badeni (30 September 1895 – 28 November 1897)
Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn (28 November 1897 – 5 March 1898)
Franz, Prince of Thun and Hohenstein (5 March 1898 – 2 October 1899)
Ernest von Koerber (2 October 1899 – 21 December 1899)
Josef Stummer (21 December 1899 – 18 January 1900)^[4]
Ernest von Koerber (19 January 1900 – 27 December 1904)
Count Arthur von Bylandt-Rheidt (1 January 1905 – 30 April 1906)
Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (2 May 1906 – 28 May 1906)
Count Richard von Bienerth-Schmerling (2 June 1906 – 7 November 1908)
Baron Guido von Haerdtl (15 November 1908 – 9 January 1911)
Count Maximilian von Wickenburg (9 January 1911 – 28 October 1911)
Baron Karl Heinold von Udinski (3 November 1911 – 30 November 1915)
Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (30 November 1915 – 29 August 1916)
Baron Erasmus von Handel (29 August 1916 – 21 October 1916)
Baron Erwin von Schwartzenau (31 October 1916 – 13 December 1916)
Baron Erasmus von Handel (20 December 1916 – 23 June 1917)
Count Friedrich von Toggenburg (23 June 1917 – 11 June 1918)
Edmund von Gayer (11 June 1918 – 22 July 1918)
Edmund von Gayer (25 July 1918 – 11 November 1918)

Republic of German-Austria (1918–1919)

Minister		Term start	Term end	Days in office
Heinrich Mataja	CS	30 October 1918	3 March 1919	124
Karl Renner	SDAPÖ	15 March 1919	9 May 1919	55
Matthias Eldersch	SDAPÖ	9 May 1919	17 October 1919	161

First Republic of Austria (1919–1934)

Minister		Term start	Term end	Days in office
Matthias Eldersch	SDAPÖ	17 October 1919	11 June 1920	238
Walter Breisky	CS	7 July 1920	20 November 1920	136
Egon Glanz [de]	CS	20 November 1920	7 April 1921	138
Walter Breisky (2nd term)	CS	7 April 1921	23 April 1921	16
Rudolf Ramek	CS	23 April 1921	1 June 1921	39
Leopold Waber	GDVP	21 June 1921	16 January 1922	209
Johann Schober	Non-party	16 January 1922	24 May 1922	128
Felix Frank	GDVP	31 May 1922	16 April 1923	320
Ignaz Seipel	CS	17 April 1923	8 November 1924	571
Rudolf Ramek (2nd term)	CS	19 November 1924	15 October 1926	695
Ignaz Seipel (2nd term)	CS	20 October 1926	3 April 1929	896
Vinzenz Schumy [de]	Landbund	4 May 1929	25 September 1930	509
Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg	Heimatblock	30 September 1930	4 December 1930	65
Franz Winkler [de]	Landbund	4 December 1930	20 May 1932	533
Franz Bachinger [de]	Landbund	20 May 1932	10 May 1933	355
Vinzenz Schumy [de] (2nd term)	Landbund	10 May 1933	23 September 1933	136
Robert Kerber [de]	CS	23 September 1933	1 May 1934	220

Federal State of Austria (1934–1938)

Minister		Term start	Term end	Days in office
Robert Kerber [de]	CS	1 May 1934	30 July 1934	90
Emil Fey	Heimatblock	30 July 1934	29 October 1935	456
Eduard Baar-Baarenfels [de]	VF	29 October 1935	3 November 1936	371
Kurt Schuschnigg	VF	3 November 1936	6 November 1936	3
Edmund Glaise-Horstenau	VF	6 November 1936	16 February 1938	467
Arthur Seyss-Inquart	NSDAP	16 February 1938	13 March 1938	25

Second Republic of Austria (1945–present)

Minister		Term start	Term end	Days in office
Franz Honner [de]	KPÖ	27 April 1945	20 December 1945	237
Oskar Helmer	SPÖ	20 December 1945	12 May 1959	4,891
Josef Afritsch	SPÖ	16 July 1959	20 November 1962	1,223
Franz Olah	SPÖ	27 March 1963	21 September 1964	544
Hans Czettel [de]	SPÖ	21 September 1964	25 October 1965	399
Franz Hetzenauer [de]	ÖVP	19 April 1966	19 January 1968	640
Franz Soronics [de]	ÖVP	19 January 1968	3 March 1970	774
Otto Rösch	SPÖ	21 April 1970	8 June 1977	2,605
Erwin Lanc	SPÖ	8 June 1977	24 April 1983	2,146
Karl Blecha [de]	SPÖ	24 May 1983	2 February 1989	2,081
Franz Löschnak	SPÖ	2 February 1989	6 April 1995	2,254
Caspar Einem	SPÖ	6 April 1995	20 January 1997	655
Karl Schlögl [de]	SPÖ	28 January 1997	4 February 2000	1,102
Ernst Strasser	ÖVP	4 February 2000	11 December 2004	1,772
Liese Prokop	ÖVP	22 December 2004	31 December 2006	739
Günther Platter	ÖVP	11 January 2007	1 July 2008	537
Maria Fekter	ÖVP	1 July 2008	21 April 2011	1,024
Johanna Mikl-Leitner	ÖVP	21 April 2011	21 April 2016	1,827
Wolfgang Sobotka	ÖVP	21 April 2016	Incumbent	3,008

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mario Muigg (2009) The Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior in the 20th century SIAK Journal (3) Retrieved 20 October 2013
^ Martin, Frederick, ed. (1876). The Statesman's Year-book 1876. p. 8.
^ "The Illustrated London News". 1878.
^ Ross, Martha (1997). 1492 to 1929. Rulers and Governments of the World. Vol. 2. p. 38. ISBN 0-85935-009-6.

External links

Official website (in German)

[mar-1] Mario Muigg (2009) The Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior in the 20th century SIAK Journal (3) Retrieved 20 October 2013

[2] Martin, Frederick, ed. (1876). The Statesman's Year-book 1876. p. 8.

[3] "The Illustrated London News". 1878.

[4] Ross, Martha (1997). 1492 to 1929. Rulers and Governments of the World. Vol. 2. p. 38. ISBN 0-85935-009-6.

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