| Office: | Minister of Economy and Labor |
| Primeminister: | Alfred Gusenbauer |
| Term Start: | 11 January 2007 |
| Term End: | 2008 |
| Office1: | Minister of Environment, Youth, and Family Affairs |
| Term Start1: | 1996 |
| Term End1: | 2000 |
| Birth Date: | 3 June 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Graz, Austria |
| Party: | Austrian People's Party |
| Alma Mater: | University of Graz |
Martin Bartenstein (born 3 June 1953) is an Austrian businessman and politician who held different cabinet portfolios between 1995 and 2008. He is a member of the Austrian People's Party.
Bartenstein was born in Graz on 3 June 1953.[1] He obtained a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Graz in 1978.
Bartenstein started his career at his family's company, Lannacher Heilmittel GmbH, in 1978[2] and worked there until 1995. He also founded his own firm, Genericon, in 1986.[2]
In 1991 Bartenstein became a member of the Austrian parliament for the Austrian People's Party. He served as the minister of environment and public economy from May 1995 to 1996.[2] He was minister of environment, youth, and family affairs from 1996 to 2000.[3] In this post he served first in the cabinet of Franz Vranitzky and then in the cabinet of Viktor Klima.[3]
Then he was named minister of economy and labor in 2000.[1] He retained his post in the coalition cabinet formed by Prime Minister Wolfgang Schüssel in March 2003.[4] On 11 January 2007 he became again minister of economy and labor in the coalition cabinet led by Prime Minister Alfred Gusenbauer.[5] In 2012, Bartenstein was made the traffic affairs spokesman of the Austrian People's Party.[6]
Bartenstein married Ilse Bartenstein in 1983 and they have five children, a daughter and four sons.[7]