Gerhard Ammerer (born 11 September 1956) is an Austrian historian and professor at the University of Salzburg.
Born in Salzburg, Ammerer studied history and German language and literature at the universities of Salzburg and Innsbruck from 1975 to 1981.
Between 1981 and 1985 he was a contract assistant at the Institute for History at the University of Salzburg and completed studies in history, dissertation and law.
He completed both studies with a doctorate.
In 2000 he habilitated at the Faculty of Humanities of the Paris-London-University Salzburg for the subject "Austrian History".