Fred Sinowatz (born February 5 1929) is an Austrian former politician of the SPÖ party. He was Chancellor of Austria 1983 till 1986.

Having been minister of education during the era of Bruno Kreisky from 1970 to 1983 and vice chancellor since 1981, he became Kreisky's successor as federal chancellor and head of the SPÖ in 1983.

Sinowatz resigned as chancellor after the election of Kurt Waldheim as president of Austria in 1986, due to the controversy of Waldheim's Nazi history. His successor was Franz Vranitzky.

In 1988, he also resigned as head of the SPÖ and retired.