Herbert Salcher (3 November 1929 – 9 November 2021) was an Austrian politician. A member of the

Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ...

, he served as Minister of Social Affairs from 1970 to 1976, Federal Minister for Health and Environmental Protection from 1979 to 1981, and

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

. He also briefly served in the National Council in 1983.

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1929 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Austrian politicians Finance Ministers of Austria Social Democratic Party of Austria politicians Members of the Austrian Parliament Politicians from Innsbruck {{Austria-politician-stub