List of the Austrian provincial governors
The list of Austrian provincial governors shows all provincial governors of the federal states of the Republic of Austria .
(For the lists of governors of the historic lands of the Austrian monarchy, see below .)
Acting governors and their deputies
state | Landeshauptstadt man / woman |
Political party | (1) (3) Landeshauptmann- stellvertreter / -in |
Political party | (2) (3) Landeshauptmann- stellvertreter / -in |
Political party |
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Burgenland | Hans Peter Doskozil | SPÖ | Astrid Eisenkopf | SPÖ | - (2) | - |
Carinthia | Peter Kaiser | SPÖ | Beate Prettner | SPÖ | Gabriele Schaunig-Kandut | SPÖ |
Lower Austria | Johanna Mikl-Leitner | ÖVP | Stephan Pernkopf | ÖVP | Franz Schnabl (3) | SPÖ |
Upper Austria | Thomas Stelzer | ÖVP | Christine Haberlander | ÖVP | Manfred Haimbuchner (3) | FPÖ |
Salzburg | Wilfried Haslauer | ÖVP | Christian Stoeckl | ÖVP | Heinrich Schellhorn | GREEN |
Styria | Hermann Schützenhöfer | ÖVP | Anton Lang | SPÖ | - (2) | - |
Tyrol | Günther Platter | ÖVP | Josef Geisler | ÖVP | Ingrid Felipe | GREEN |
Vorarlberg | Markus Wallner | ÖVP | Barbara Schöbi-Fink (1) | ÖVP | - (2) | - |
Vienna | Michael Ludwig (4) | SPÖ | Birgit Hebein (3) | GREEN | Dominik Nepp (3) | FPÖ |
Status: March 2019
- (1)In Vorarlberg: state governor
- (2) Only one representative in Burgenland, Styria and Vorarlberg
- (3) In Lower Austria, Upper Austria and Vienna there is no nominal ranking of the deputies
- (4) Also acting mayor in Vienna
- (5)For the naming, see Governor or Governor?
Lists of provincial governors
In the corporate state (1934–1938) governors were appointed undemocratically.
The Reich Governors of the Danube and Alpine Reichsgaue appointed by the Fiihrer and Reich Chancellor during the National Socialist era - when Austria was formally abolished - , usually referred to as Gauleiter with their NSDAP rank , have been integrated chronologically for reasons of contemporary history research: The corresponding fields are gray underlaid.
Burgenland
The province of Burgenland was rebuilt in 1921/22. It was divided up by the Nazi dictatorship on October 15, 1938, between the Reichsgaue Niederdonau and Styria (Portschy became Deputy Gauleiter of Styria) and rebuilt with effect from October 1, 1945.
Governor | Political party | Taking office | End of government |
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Robert Davy | March 10, 1921 | March 5, 1922 | |
Alfred Rausnitz | March 5, 1922 | July 14, 1923 | |
Alfred Walheim | GDVP | July 14, 1923 | January 4, 1924 |
Josef Rauhofer | CS | January 4, 1924 | January 10, 1928 |
Anton Schreiner | CS | January 10, 1928 | July 24, 1929 |
Johann Thullner | CS | July 24, 1929 | December 10, 1930 |
Anton Schreiner | CS | December 10, 1930 | November 25, 1931 |
Alfred Walheim | LB | November 25, 1931 | February 22, 1934 |
Hans Sylvester | VF | February 22, 1934 | March 11, 1938 |
Tobias Portschy | NSDAP | March 11, 1938 | October 15, 1938 |
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Ludwig readers | SPÖ | October 1, 1945 | January 4, 1946 |
Lorenz Karall | ÖVP | January 4, 1946 | June 22, 1956 |
Johann Wagner | ÖVP | June 22, 1956 | August 8, 1961 |
Josef Lentsch | ÖVP | August 8, 1961 | June 12, 1964 |
Hans Bögl | SPÖ | June 12, 1964 | June 28, 1966 |
Theodor Kery | SPÖ | June 28, 1966 | October 30, 1987 |
Johann Sipötz | SPÖ | October 30, 1987 | July 18, 1991 |
Karl Stix | SPÖ | July 18, 1991 | December 27, 2000 |
Hans Niessl | SPÖ | December 28, 2000 | February 28, 2019 |
Hans Peter Doskozil | SPÖ | February 28, 2019 | officiating |
Carinthia
1939–1945 East Tyrol was attached to the Reichsgau Carinthia .
Governor | Political party | Taking office | End of government |
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Arthur Lemisch | November 11, 1918 | July 22, 1921 | |
Florian Groeger | SDAPDÖ | July 22, 1921 | November 6, 1923 |
Vincent Schumy | LB | November 6, 1923 | June 15, 1927 |
Arthur Lemisch | independent | June 15, 1927 | January 21, 1931 |
Ferdinand Kernmaier | LB | January 22, 1931 | February 16, 1934 |
New Year's Eve | CS | February 16, 1934 | March 7, 1934 |
Ludwig Hülgerth | Homeland Security , VF | March 7, 1934 | November 3, 1936 |
Arnold Seeker | VF | November 3, 1936 | March 11, 1938 |
Vladimir von Pavlovsky | NSDAP | March 11, 1938 | June 1, 1938 |
Hubert Klausner | NSDAP | June 1, 1938 | February 12, 1939 |
Vladimir von Pavlovsky | NSDAP | February 12, 1939 | December 1, 1941 |
Friedrich Rainer | NSDAP | December 1, 1941 | May 7, 1945 |
Hans Piesch | SPÖ | May 8, 1945 | April 25, 1947 |
Ferdinand Wedenig | SPÖ | April 25, 1947 | April 12, 1965 |
Hans Sima | SPÖ | April 12, 1965 | April 12, 1974 |
Leopold Wagner | SPÖ | April 19, 1974 | September 27, 1988 |
Peter Ambrozy | SPÖ | September 27, 1988 | April 21, 1989 |
Jörg Haider | FPÖ | April 21, 1989 | June 21, 1991 |
Christof Zernatto | ÖVP | June 21, 1991 | April 8, 1999 |
Jörg Haider | FPÖ / BZÖ | April 8, 1999 | October 11, 2008 |
Gerhard Dörfler | BZÖ / FPK | October 23, 2008 | March 28, 2013 |
Peter Kaiser | SPÖ | March 28, 2013 | officiating |
Lower Austria
The city of Vienna belonged to the state of Lower Austria until November 10, 1920, and on that day it became an independent federal state with the entry into force of the Federal Constitutional Act .
On October 15, 1938, the Nazi dictatorship established Greater Vienna , for which 97 Lower Austrian communities were attached to Vienna. This dictatorial border shift, since the Soviet occupying power objected in 1946, could not be largely reversed until 1954: 80 communities returned to Lower Austria, 17 stayed with Vienna.
During the Nazi dictatorship, northern Burgenland and German-populated southern Moravia were connected to the Reichsgau Niederdonau.
Governor | Political party | Taking office | End of government |
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Leopold Steiner | CS | November 5, 1918 | May 20, 1919 |
Albert Sever | SDAPDÖ | May 20, 1919 | November 10, 1920 |
Johann Mayer | CS | November 10, 1920 | June 9, 1922 |
Karl Buresch | CS | June 9, 1922 | July 31, 1931 |
Josef Reither | CS | July 31, 1931 | May 19, 1932 |
Karl Buresch | CS | May 19, 1932 | May 18, 1933 |
Josef Reither | CS, VF | May 18, 1933 | July 30, 1934 |
Eduard Baar-Baarenfels | VF | July 30, 1934 | October 17, 1935 |
Josef Reither | VF | October 17, 1935 | March 12, 1938 |
Roman hunter | NSDAP | March 12, 1938 | May 24, 1938 |
Hugo jury | NSDAP | May 24, 1938 | May 8, 1945 |
Leopold Figl | ÖVP | May 25, 1945 | October 15, 1945 |
Josef Reither | ÖVP | October 15, 1945 | May 4, 1949 |
Johann Steinböck | ÖVP | May 4, 1949 | January 14, 1962 |
Leopold Figl | ÖVP | January 14, 1962 | May 9, 1965 |
Eduard Hartmann | ÖVP | June 16, 1965 | October 14, 1966 |
Andreas Maurer | ÖVP | November 24, 1966 | January 22, 1981 |
Siegfried Ludwig | ÖVP | January 22, 1981 | October 20, 1992 |
Erwin Pröll | ÖVP | October 20, 1992 | 19th April 2017 |
Johanna Mikl-Leitner | ÖVP | 19th April 2017 | officiating |
Upper Austria
During the Nazi dictatorship, the Styrian Salzkammergut and the German-populated southern Bohemia were connected to the Reichsgau Oberdonau.
Governor | Political party | Taking office | End of government |
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Johann Hauser | CS | November 18, 1918 | February 8, 1927 |
Josef Schlegel | CS | February 23, 1927 | February 17, 1934 |
Heinrich Gleißner | VF | March 1, 1934 | March 12, 1938 |
August Eigruber | NSDAP | March 14, 1938 | May 5, 1945 |
Adolf Eigl | independent | May 16, 1945 | October 25, 1945 |
Heinrich Gleißner | ÖVP | October 26, 1945 | May 2nd 1971 |
Erwin Wenzl | ÖVP | 3rd May 1971 | 19th October 1977 |
Josef Ratzenböck | ÖVP | 19th October 1977 | March 2, 1995 |
Josef Pühringer | ÖVP | March 2, 1995 | April 6, 2017 |
Thomas Stelzer | ÖVP | April 6, 2017 | officiating |
Salzburg
Governor | Political party | Taking office | End of government |
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Alois Winkler | CS | July 21, 1909 | April 23, 1919 |
Oskar Meyer | CS | April 23, 1919 | May 4, 1922 |
Franz Rehrl | CS / VF | May 4, 1922 | March 12, 1938 |
Anton Wintersteiger | NSDAP | March 13, 1938 | May 22, 1938 |
Friedrich Rainer | NSDAP | May 22, 1938 | November 29, 1941 |
Gustav Adolf Scheel | NSDAP | November 29, 1941 | May 4, 1945 |
Adolf Schemel | ÖVP | May 23, 1945 | December 12, 1945 |
Albert Hochleitner | ÖVP | December 12, 1945 | 4th December 1947 |
Josef Rehrl | ÖVP | 4th December 1947 | December 1, 1949 |
Josef Klaus | ÖVP | December 1, 1949 | April 17, 1961 |
Hans Lechner | ÖVP | April 17, 1961 | April 20, 1977 |
Wilfried Haslauer Sr. | ÖVP | April 20, 1977 | May 2, 1989 |
Hans Katschthaler | ÖVP | May 2, 1989 | April 24, 1996 |
Franz Schausberger | ÖVP | April 24, 1996 | April 28, 2004 |
Gabi Burgstaller | SPÖ | April 28, 2004 | 19th June 2013 |
Wilfried Haslauer junior | ÖVP | 19th June 2013 | officiating |
Styria
During the Nazi dictatorship, the southern Burgenland was connected to the Reichsgau Steiermark, the Styrian Salzkammergut part of the Reichsgau Oberdonau.
Governor | Political party | Taking office | End of government |
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Wilhelm Kaan | GDVP | November 6, 1918 | May 27, 1919 |
Anton Rintelen | CS | May 27, 1919 | June 25, 1926 |
Franz Prisching | CS | June 25, 1926 | October 22, 1926 |
Alfred Gürtler | CS | October 22, 1926 | May 21, 1927 |
Hans Paul | CS | May 21, 1927 | April 23, 1928 |
Anton Rintelen | CS | April 23, 1928 | November 10, 1933 |
Alois Dienstleder | CS | November 13, 1933 | November 2, 1934 |
Karl Maria Stepan | VF | November 2, 1934 | March 2, 1938 |
Rolph Trummer | VF | March 3, 1938 | March 12, 1938 |
Sepp Helfrich | NSDAP | March 12, 1938 | May 22, 1938 |
Siegfried Uiberreither | NSDAP | May 22, 1938 | May 8, 1945 |
Reinhard Machold | SPÖ | May 8, 1945 | December 28, 1945 |
Anton Pirchegger | ÖVP | December 28, 1945 | July 6, 1948 |
Josef Krainer senior | ÖVP | July 6, 1948 | November 28, 1971 |
Friedrich Niederl | ÖVP | November 28, 1971 | 4th July 1980 |
Josef Krainer junior | ÖVP | 4th July 1980 | January 23, 1996 |
Waltraud Klasnic | ÖVP | January 23, 1996 | October 25, 2005 |
Franz Voves | SPÖ | October 25, 2005 | June 16, 2015 |
Hermann Schützenhöfer | ÖVP | June 16, 2015 | officiating |
Anton Pirchegger suffered a heart attack on October 17, 1947 and for the time being, until the end of 1947, handed over his agendas to Deputy Governor Reinhard Machold. At the beginning of January 1948, Governor Anton Pirchegger resumed his official duties.
Tyrol
On November 3, 1918, South Tyrol and Trentino , occupied by Italy, de facto left the State of Tyrol, confirmed in September 1919 by the Treaty of Saint-Germain . During the Nazi dictatorship, East Tyrol was part of the Reichsgau Carinthia, Vorarlberg and Tyrol an Reichsgau.
Governor | Political party | Taking office | End of government |
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Hieronymus von Klebelsberg zu Thumburg | - | 1861 | 1862 |
Johann Kiechl | - | 1862 | 1866 |
Johann Haßlwanter | - | 1867 | 1869 |
Eduard von Grebmer zu Wolfsthurn | - | 1869 | 1871 |
Franz von Rapp | - | 1871 | 1876 |
Wilhelm von Bossi-Fedrigotti | - | 1877 | 1881 |
Franz Freiherr von Rapp-Heidenburg | - | 1881 | 1889 |
Anton von Brandis | - | September 30, 1889 | April 25, 1904 |
Theodor Freiherr von Kathrein | - | 1904 | October 2, 1916 |
Josef Schraffl | CS | October 30, 1918 | June 6, 1921 |
Franz Stumpf | CS, VF | June 7, 1921 | February 28, 1935 |
Josef Schumacher | VF | March 21, 1935 | March 12, 1938 |
Edmund Christoph | NSDAP | March 13, 1938 | May 24, 1938 |
Franz Hofer | NSDAP | May 24, 1938 | May 3, 1945 |
Karl Gruber | ÖVP | May 4, 1945 | October 20, 1945 |
Alfons Weissgatterer | ÖVP | October 20, 1945 | January 31, 1951 |
Alois Grauss | ÖVP | February 27, 1951 | November 12, 1957 |
Hans Tschiggfrey | ÖVP | November 12, 1957 | June 30, 1963 |
Eduard Wallnöfer | ÖVP | June 30, 1963 | March 2nd 1987 |
Alois Partl | ÖVP | March 5th 1987 | September 24, 1993 |
Wendelin Weingartner | ÖVP | September 24, 1993 | October 26, 2002 |
Herwig van Staa | ÖVP | October 26, 2002 | July 1, 2008 |
Günther Platter | ÖVP | July 1, 2008 | officiating |
Vorarlberg
During the Nazi dictatorship, Vorarlberg and Tyrol were part of the Reichsgau.
Governor | Political party | Taking office | End of government |
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Adolf Rhomberg | Catholic Conservation Political party | September 21, 1890 | November 3, 1918 |
Otto Ender | CS | November 3, 1918 | December 9, 1930 |
Ferdinand Redler | CS | December 9, 1930 | July 14, 1931 |
Otto Ender | CS | July 14, 1931 | July 24, 1934 |
Ernst Winsauer | VF | July 24, 1934 | March 13, 1938 |
Anton Plankensteiner | NSDAP | March 13, 1938 | February 1, 1940 |
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Ulrich Ilg | ÖVP | May 24, 1945 | October 28, 1964 |
Herbert Keßler | ÖVP | October 29, 1964 | July 9, 1987 |
Martin Purtscher | ÖVP | July 9, 1987 | April 2, 1997 |
Herbert Sausgruber | ÖVP | April 2, 1997 | December 7, 2011 |
Markus Wallner | ÖVP | December 7, 2011 | officiating |
Vienna
The function of governor existed in Vienna from November 10, 1920 (the day the Federal Constitutional Law came into force ). In the corporate state dictatorship 1934–1938, Vienna was a federal city , not a federal state. The Nazi dictatorship formed Greater Vienna on October 15, 1938, including 97 Lower Austrian communities . The reorganization of 80 communities decided in 1946 could only be carried out in 1954 because of an objection by the Soviet occupying power.
Governor | Political party | Taking office | End of government |
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Richard Weiskirchner (mayor only) | CS | January 3, 1913 | May 21, 1919 |
Jakob Reumann (only mayor until November 9, 1920) | SDAPDÖ | May 21, 1919 | November 13, 1923 |
Karl Seitz | SDAPDÖ | November 13, 1923 | February 12, 1934 |
Richard Schmitz (mayor only) | VF | February 13, 1934 | March 11, 1938 |
Fritz Lahr (mayor only) | NSDAP | March 11, 1938 | March 13, 1938 |
Josef Bürckel (Reich Governor) | NSDAP | May 1, 1938 | August 7, 1940 |
Baldur von Schirach (Reich Governor) | NSDAP | August 7, 1940 | April 13, 1945 |
Rudolf Prikryl (mayor only) | - | April 13, 1945 | April 17, 1945 |
Theodor Körner | SPÖ | April 17, 1945 (LH from June 10, 1945) | June 18, 1951 |
Franz Jonas | SPÖ | June 18, 1951 | June 9, 1965 |
Bruno Marek | SPÖ | June 10, 1965 | 17th December 1970 |
Felix Slavik | SPÖ | December 21, 1970 | 5th July 1973 |
Leopold Gratz | SPÖ | 5th July 1973 | September 10, 1984 |
Helmut Zilk | SPÖ | September 10, 1984 | November 7, 1994 |
Michael Häupl | SPÖ | November 7, 1994 | May 24, 2018 |
Michael Ludwig | SPÖ | May 24, 2018 | officiating |
- From May 1, 1938 to April 13, 1945 only Reichsstatthalter given; During this time, the office of mayor in NS Vienna was separated from that of his superior Reich governor for the Reichsgau Vienna.
See also
List of governors of South Tyrol
Web links
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