Klaudia Tanner

Klaudia Tanner
Portrait, 2020
Minister of Defense
Assumed office
7 January 2020
Chancellor
Preceded byThomas Starlinger
Member of the Landtag of Lower Austria
In office
22 March 2018  7 January 2020
Personal details
Born (1970-05-02) 2 May 1970
Scheibbs, Austria
Political partyPeople's Party
SpouseMartin Tanner
Children1
EducationUniversity of Vienna

Klaudia Tanner (née Wallner, born 2 May 1970) is an Austrian politician of the People's Party (ÖVP) who has been serving as the minister of defense in the governments of Chancellors Sebastian Kurz, Alexander Schallenberg, Karl Nehammer, and Christian Stocker since January 2020. From 2011 to 2020, she worked as the General Manager of Austria's political farmers' association.