Ministry of Defence (Austria)

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Federal Ministry of Defence

Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung
Federal Ministry overview
Formed	15 July 1956; 67 years ago (1956-07-15)
Preceding Federal Ministry	Imperial and Royal Ministry of War
Jurisdiction	Government of Austria
Status	Highest federal authority
Headquarters	Rossauer Barracks, Vienna
Annual budget	€2.288 billion (2019)[1]
Minister responsible	Klaudia Tanner
Federal Ministry executive	Robert Brieger, Chief of the General staff
Website	www.bundesheer.at

The Federal Ministry of Defence (German: Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung, sometimes shortened to BMLV or Verteidigungsministerium) of Austria is the ministry in charge of all matters relating to military affairs, especially the Austrian Armed Forces. It is Austria's ministry of defence. Its current minister is Klaudia Tanner.