Federal Minister of Finance Gunter Mayr

Gunter Mayr
photo: BKA/Zillbauer

Born: 1972, Innsbruck, Austria

Political functions

  • Federal Minister of Finance, since 20th November 2024

Career development

  • Assistant at the Department of Financial Law, University of Innsbruck 1998-2003
  • Awarded the teaching license as a university lecturer in the subject of “Financial Law”, University of Innsbruck 2003
  • Employee at the Department of Tax Legislation and Tax Policy, Federal Ministry of Finance 2003-2006
  • Head of the Department of Income/Corporation Tax, Federal Ministry of Finance 2006-2011
  • Head of the “Substantive Tax Law” group, Federal Ministry of Finance 2010-2011
  • Professor at the Institute for Financial Law, University of Vienna since May 2009 (currently on leave)
  • Director General for “Tax Policy and Tax Law”, Federal Ministry of Finance 2012-2024

Educational background

  • Doctor of Social and Economic Sciences, University of Innsbruck 2001
  • Degree in Social and Economic Sciences, University of Innsbruck
  • Doctor of Law, University of Innsbruck 1997
  • Degree in Law, University of Innsbruck

Awards

  • Award of the "Gschnitzer-Förderungspreis" by the Faculty of Law of the University of Innsbruck 2001

Contact

Johannesgasse 5, 1010 Vienna
Telephone: +43 1 51433-0
Contact by email: buergerservice@bmf.gv.at