List of party chairmen of the Freedom Party of Austria

This list of party leaders of the Freedom Party of Austria lists all federal and state party leaders of the Freedom Party of Austria since the party was founded in 1956.

Federal party leaders

• Anton Reinthaller (1956–1958)
• Friedrich Peter (1958–1978)
• Alexander Götz (1978–1980)
• Norbert Steger (1980–1986)
• Jörg Haider (1986-2000)
• Susanne Riess-Passer (2000-2002)
• Mathias Reichhold (2002)
• Herbert Haupt (2002-2004)
• Ursula Haubner (2004-2005)
• Hilmar Kabas (2005)
• Heinz-Christian Strache (2005-2019)
• Norbert Hofer (from 2019)

State party leaders

Burgenland

• Emil Neubauer (1956 - January 5, 1958)
• Eduard Nicka (January 5, 1958 - August 31, 1958)
• Richard Rezar (August 31, 1958 - April 16, 1978)
• Hans Bucher (April 16, 1978 - November 25, 1979)
• Wolfgang Pelikan (November 25, 1979 - March 9, 1983)
• Paul Schiessler (March 10, 1983 - May 29, 1988)
• Wolfgang Rauter (May 29, 1988 - April 2, 2000)
• Stefan Salzl (April 2, 2000 - January 16, 2005)
• Johann Tschürtz (from January 16, 2005 - 2020)
• Alexander Petschnig (interim, 2020)
• Norbert Hofer (since 2020)

Carinthia

• Reinhold Huber (1956 - September 25, 1965)
• Hanns Rader (September 25, 1965 - November 1, 1965)
• Helmuth Geringer (June 5, 1966 - April 15, 1972)
• Oscar Hubner (April 15, 1972 - May 24, 1975)
• Mario Ferrari-Brunnenfeld (May 24, 1975 - September 26, 1983)
• Jörg Haider (September 26, 1983 - 1998)
• Jörg Freunschlag (1998 - 2001)
• Martin Strutz (2001-2005)
• Franz Schwager (2005 - 2009; re-establishment of the FPÖ regional group)
• Harald Jannach ( 2009-2010 )
• Christian Leyroutz (2010 - 2013)
• Christian Ragger (April 2013 - June 2016)
• Gernot Darmann (since June 2016)

Lower Austria

• Wilhelm Kindl (1956 - June 28, 1970)
• Fritz Rotter le Beau (June 28, 1970 - June 13, 1978)
• Harald Ofner (July 13, 1978-1986)
• Bernhard Gratzer (1992–1998)
• Hans Jörg Schimanek (1998–2000)
• Ernest Windholz (2000-2003)
• Barbara Rosenkranz (2003-2013)
• Walter Rosenkranz (2013-2019)
• Udo Landbauer (from 2019)

Upper Austria

• Friedrich Peter (1956 - October 22, 1972)
• Horst Schender (October 22, 1972-1989 )
• Norbert Gugerbauer (1989–1992)
• Hans Achatz (April 4, 1992 - September 27, 2002)
• Günther Steinkellner (September 27, 2002 - January 17, 2006)
• Lutz Weinzinger (January 17, 2006 - April 10, 2010)
• Manfred Haimbuchner (from April 10, 2010)

Salzburg

• Gustav Zeillinger (1956 - January 13, 1965)
• Walter Leitner (January 13, 1965 - November 23, 1975)
• Waldemar Steiner (from November 23, 1975 - 1982)
• Sepp Wiesner (1982–1985)
• Friedhelm Frischenschlager (1985–1987)
• Volker Winkler (1987-1992)
• Karl Schnell (from 1992 - November 16, 2013 with a short break in 1998)
• Rupert Doppler (November 16, 2013 - June 9, 2015)
• Andreas Schöppl (from June 9, 2015)
• Marlene Svazek (since June 9, 2016)

Styria

• Alexander Götz (1956 - October 13, 1963)
• Jörg Kandutsch (October 13, 1963 - November 28, 1964)
• Alexander Götz (from November 28, 1964 - 1983)
• Ludwig Rader (1985–1988)
• Michael Schmid (1989-2000)
• Leopold Schöggl (2000-2006)
• Gerhard Kurzmann (2006-2015)
• Mario Kunasek (from 2015)

Tyrol

• Anton Schöpfer (1956 - May 19, 1957)
• Otto Gamper (May 19, 1957 - November 9, 1959)
• Klaus Mahnert (November 9, 1959 - June 17, 1973)
• Gerulf Stix (June 17, 1973-1985)
• Hermann Eigenler
• Siegfried Dillersberger (1988–1989)
• Johannes Lugger
• Franz Linser
• Christian Eberharter (until October 20, 2001)
• Willi Tilg (November 25, 2001 - September 25, 2004)
• Gerald Hauser (September 25, 2004 - July 12, 2013)
• Markus Abwerzger (from July 12, 2013)

Vorarlberg

• Ernst Seebacher (1956 - May 4, 1967)
• Fritz Franke (May 4, 1967 - March 26, 1972)
• Hans Sperger (March 26, 1972 - May 16, 1976)
• Robert Bösch (May 16, 1976 - May 16, 1982)
• Hans-Dieter Grabher (May 16, 1982 - 1992)
• Hubert Gorbach (1992-2004)
• Dieter Egger (2004-2016)
• Reinhard Eugen Bösch (July 1, 2016 - June 8, 2018)
• Christof Bitschi (since June 8, 2018)

Vienna

• Tassilo Broesigke (1956 - March 20, 1977)
• Norbert Steger (March 20, 1977 - 1986)
• Erwin Hirnschall (1986–1991)
• Rainer Pawkowicz (1991–1998)
• Hilmar Kabas (1998-2004)
• Heinz-Christian Strache (2004-2019)
• Dominik Nepp (nominated, from 2019)

Individual evidence

The list of state party leaders up to 1982 is based on the work "The History of the Freedom" by Kurt Piringer.

1. ↑ ORF Burgenland
2. ↑ ^{a b} FPÖ Burgenland boss Tschürtz resigns. In: ORF.at . January 28, 2020, accessed January 28, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Hofer elected as FPÖ state party leader. In: ORF.at . March 7, 2020, accessed March 7, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Knut Lehmann-Horn: Die Kärntner FPÖ 1955–1983, p. 211
5. ↑ parliament.gv.at biography of Jörg Haider
6. ↑ orf.at - FPÖ: Darmann wants to become governor . Article dated June 4, 2016, accessed April 1, 2017.
7. ↑ parliament.gv.at biography of Bernhard Gratzer
8. ^ ORF Vienna
9. ↑ parlament.gv.at biography Ernest Windholz
10. ^ Landbauer becomes FPÖ state party chairman. Retrieved June 28, 2019 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b c d} Politician database of the state of Upper Austria
12. ↑ orf.at - Svazek elected as the new Salzburg FPÖ regional chairwoman . Article dated June 10, 2016, accessed April 1, 2017.
13. ^ Wiener Zeitung ( Memento from October 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
14. ↑ parliament.gv.at biography of Siegfried Dillersberger
15. ^ Die Presse Online Revolte in the Tyrolean FPÖ, October 22, 2008
16. ↑ The Free Party of Tyrol ( Memento of the original from November 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
17. ↑ ^{a b} Bösch elected the new FPÖ chairman with 97.5 percent. vorarlberg.ORF.at , July 1, 2016, accessed on July 1, 2016 . 
18. ↑ Bitschi elected FPÖ state party chairman. In: vorarlberg.ORF.at . June 8, 2018, accessed June 8, 2018 . 
19. ↑ orf.at: Dominik Nepp becomes the new FPÖ boss in Vienna . Article dated May 20, 2019, accessed May 21, 2019.

literature

Kurt Piringer: The story of the freedom. Contribution of the Third Force to Austrian politics. Orac publishing house, Vienna 1982