Josef Bucher (born 19 August 1965) is an Austrian politician and former leader of the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) as well as former Member of Parliament for the party.

Initially, Stefan Petzner, Haider's designated successor as party chairman, was expected to be elected to that post as well.

His replacement as party leader was widely interpreted as the result of the rising criticism of Petzner's former media appearances.

[6] On 18 April 2012 Josef Bucher stated in further cases of market manipulation and reckless car petrol price increasements by businesspeople in the energy sector prison terms were needed as a stricter penalty against the leading entrepreneurs.

[7] In October 2012 Josef Bucher demanded in parliament for a flat tax with 39% as an income tax quota for all income-earners over €14,793.09 per annum and 10% for all between Geringfügigkeitsgrenze(marginal employment border) and the €14,993.09 threshold per annum) [8] Josef Bucher stepped down as BZÖ party leader after BZÖ lost all seats in parliament in the 2013 legislative election.