Erhard Busek (born 25 March 1941) is an Austrian politician from the Christian-conservative People's Party (ĆVP).
Throughout his political career, he was widely regarded as one of the leaders of the party's liberal wing.
He is coordinator of the South-Eastern Cooperative Initiative (SECI) and chairman of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe.
Busek was chief of the party and Vice-Chancellor of Austria in the coalition of the Social Democratic Party of Austria with the People's Party between 1991ā1995 and was an important reformer of the Austrian universities.
From January 2002 until June 2008 Busek served as Special Co-ordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, the final person to hold the position.