List of the provincial governments of Styria

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The list of provincial governments of Styria lists all provincial governments of the second largest Austrian federal state, Styria . The first was formed after the monarchy in 1918.

The first governor was the conservative Wilhelm Kaan from the then Greater German People's Party (GDVP), the longest serving governor was Josef Krainer senior from the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), who held this office from July 6, 1948 to November 28, 1971.

The party that most frequently provided the governor is the ÖVP (15 times) including its predecessors (GDVP, once, and the Christian Social Party , five times). The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) was the party with the largest number of votes in the state parliament in 1945 and again since 2005 and provided Franz Voves as the governor from 2005 to 2015, while in 2015 it renounced this office. The Fatherland Front provided the governor twice .

Legend and list

No .: states the chronological order of the respective governor. If there were several terms of office, these were summarized in a number column.
Governor: States the governor's name.
Party: Names the party to which the governor belongs (has). Note: The logos of the ÖVP and SPÖ are linked, clicking on the logo takes you to the party's article.

GVDP: Greater German People's Party

CS: Christian Social Party

VF: Patriotic Front

NSDAP: National Socialist German Workers Party

SPÖ: Social Democratic Party of Austria

ÖVP: Austrian People's Party
Period: states the legislative period in which the respective governor was active.

Term of office: states the time during which the governor was active.

Deputy Governor : Names the deputy or the governor of the respective term of office.

State councils: Lists all the state councils, in alphabetical order, who held a state council office during the respective term of office.

No.	Governor	Political party	period	Term of office	Landeshauptmann- deputy	Regional councils
First Republic (1918–1938)
1	Wilhelm Kaan	GDVP	1.	November 6, 1918 - May 27, 1919	Anton Rintelen	Jakob Ahrer , August Einspinner , Arnold Eisler , Franz Hagenhofer , Michael Schacherl , Reinhard Machold , Michael Schoiswohl , Franz Prisching , Hans Resel , Viktor Wutte
1	Wilhelm Kaan was the first Styrian governor of the First Republic. In addition to the office of governor, he was also a lawyer .
2	Anton Rintelen	CS	2.	May 27, 1919 - November 26, 1920	Josef Pongratz (until July 7, 1920 and from July 13, 1920) Jakob Ahrer	Arnold Eisler , Franz Hagenhofer , Erich Klusemann , Reinhard Machold , Franz Prisching , Hans Resel , Alois Riegler , Franz Tauschmann , Heinrich Wastian
			3.	November 26, 1920 - November 20, 1923	Jakob Ahrer Josef Pongratz	Georg Gass , Rudolf Hübler , Reinhard Machold , Ludwig Oberzaucher , Hans Paul , Franz Prisching , Hans Resel , Alois Riegler , Franz Winkler
			4th	November 20, 1923 - June 25, 1926	Jakob Ahrer (until December 1, 1924) Franz Prisching (December 1, 1924 to June 25, 1926) Josef Pongratz	Adolf Enge , Georg Gaß , Rudolf Hübler , Reinhard Machold , Ludwig Oberzaucher , Hans Paul , Franz Prisching , Hans Resel , Alois Riegler , Franz Winkler
	Anton Rintelen became the second governor of Styria in 1919 and initially held this office for seven years. He was part of the conservative Christian Social Party, which provided the Styrian regional chief from 1919 to 1934. Its successor party, the ÖVP, was the dominant party in Styria after the Second World War until 2005.
3	Franz Prisching	CS	5.	June 25, 1926 - October 22, 1926	Josef Pongratz	Adolf Enge , Georg Gaß , Rudolf Hübler , Reinhard Machold , Ludwig Oberzaucher , Hans Paul , Franz Prisching , Hans Resel , Franz Winkler , Leopold Zenz
3	Franz Prisching took over the office from Rintelen in 1926. The pastor only held this office for four months.
4th	Alfred Gürtler	CS	6th	October 22, 1926 - May 21, 1927	Josef Pongratz	Adolf Enge , Georg Gaß , Rudolf Hübler , Reinhard Machold , Ludwig Oberzaucher , Hans Paul , Franz Prisching , Hans Resel , Franz Winkler , Leopold Zenz
4th	Alfred Gürtler took over from Prisching in October 1926 and was Governor of Styria until May 1927. Gürtler was a member of the Austrian delegation to the peace negotiations in St. Germain . From 1919 to 1920 Alfred Gürtler was a member of the Constituent National Assembly .
5	Hans Paul	CS	7th	May 21, 1927 - April 23, 1928	Alois Riegler Josef Pongratz	Rudolf Huebler , Reinhard Machold , Ludwig Oberzaucher , Hans Resel , Franz Winkler , Leopold Zenz
5	Hans Paul was a full-time engineer and headed the Styrian state government from May 1927 to April 1928.
6th	Anton Rintelen	CS	8th.	April 23, 1928 - December 4, 1930	Alois Riegler Josef Pongratz	Rudolf Huebler , Reinhard Machold , Ludwig Oberzaucher , Anton Regner , Hans Resel , Franz Winkler , Leopold Zenz
	Anton Rintelen	CS	9.	December 4, 1930 - November 10, 1933	Reinhard Machold Josef Pichler	Anton Höpfl , Johann Leichin , Ludwig Oberzaucher , Anton Regner , Rudolf Hübler , Leopold Zenz
	In April 1928 Rintelen took over the office of the Styrian governor again, this time for five years.
7th	Alois Dienstleder	CS	10.	November 13, 1933 - November 2, 1934	Reinhard Machold (until February 12, 1934) Josef Pichler (until March 15, 1934) Egon Berger-Waldenegg (April 10 to July 10, 1934) Josef Hollersbacher (from April 10, 1934)	Josef Hollersbacher , Anton Höpfl , Viktor Kollars , Peter Krenn , Johann Leichin , Ludwig Oberzaucher , Friedrich Pribitzer , Anton Regner , Rudolf Hübler , Leopold Zenz
7th	Alois Dienstleder was the last Christian Social Governor of Styria. He was this for a year until November 1934.
8th	Karl Maria Stepan	VF	11.	November 2, 1934 - March 3, 1938	Josef Hollersbacher	Alfons Gorbach , Viktor Kollars , Peter Krauland , Peter Krenn , Friedrich Pribitzer
8th	Stepan was initially a member of the CS. Shortly after Engelbert Dollfuss proclaimed the corporate state in Vienna in 1933 , Stepan moved to Vienna and played a key role in building up the Fatherland Front, for which he also became the first governor of Styria in 1934.
9	Rolph Trummer	VF	12.	March 3, 1938 - March 11, 1938	Josef Hollersbacher	Alfons Gorbach , Viktor Kollars , Peter Krauland , Peter Krenn , Friedrich Pribitzer
9	Almost a week before Austria was annexed to the German Reich, Trummer took over the governing body of Styria for VF. After the National Socialists came to power, he was deposed on March 12, 1938.
10	Sepp Helfrich	NSDAP	13.	March 12, 1938 - May 22, 1938	not known	not known
10	After the annexation of Austria, Helfrich became the new governor of Styria (at that time still the official title of governor ). However, he only held this office for two months.
11	Sigfried Uiberreither	NSDAP	14th	May 22, 1938 - May 20, 1945	not known	not known
11	Uiberreither was Reich Governor in Styria for the entire Second World War . Immediately after the war he surrendered to the Allies and appeared as a witness before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg . Afterwards, the native of Salzburg fled to evade the Yugoslav judiciary.
Second Republic (since 1945)
12	Reinhard Machold	SPÖ	15th	May 20, 1945 - December 28, 1945	Alois Dienstleder Viktor Elser	Raimund Bachmann , Norbert Horvatek , Fritz Matzner , Anton Pirchegger , Ditto Pölzl , Josef Schneeberger , Ferdinand Wultsch
12	Reinhard Machold initiated a provisional state government with representatives of the SPÖ, ÖVP and the KPÖ, of which he became governor. This was recognized by both the Soviet occupying power and the subsequent British. After the first state election after the war, he was again deputy governor, as before.
13	Anton Pirchegger	ÖVP	16.	December 28, 1945 - July 6, 1948	Reinhard Machold Tobias Udier	Josef Hollersbacher , Josef Krainer senior , Udo Illig , Norbert Horvatek , Fritz Matzner , Ludwig Oberzaucher , Engelbert Rückl
13	Pirchegger was the first elected regional chief of Styria after the Second World War. Due to massive heart problems, which forced him to take a break in 1947, he finally resigned in 1948.
14th	Josef Krainer senior	ÖVP	17th	July 6, 1948 - November 12, 1949	Reinhard Machold Tobias Udier	Josef Krainer senior , Udo Illig , Norbert Horvatek , Fritz Matzner , Ludwig Oberzaucher , Ferdinand Prirsch , Engelbert Rückl , Franz Thoma
			18th	November 12, 1949 - April 15, 1953 (→ Krainer regional government see II )	Reinhard Machold Tobias Udier	Josef Elsnitz , Norbert Horvatek , Udo Illig , Fritz Matzner , Maria Matzner , Ludwig Oberzaucher , Ferdinand Prirsch
			19th	April 15, 1953 - April 9, 1957 (→ Krainer Regional Government see III )	Reinhard Machold (until January 21, 1954) Norbert Horvatek (from January 30, 1954) Tobias Udier	Karl Brunner , Norbert Horvatek , Udo Illig , Fritz Matzner , Maria Matzner , Ferdinand Prirsch , Alfred Schachner-Blazizek , Anton Stepan
			20th	April 9, 1957 - April 11, 1961	Norbert Horvatek (April 15, 1957 to June 15, 1960) Fritz Matzner (from June 15, 1960) Tobias Udier (from April 15, 1957)	Karl Brunner , Hanns Koren , Fritz Matzner , Maria Matzner , Ferdinand Prirsch , Adalbert Sebastian , Alfred Schachner-Blazizek
			21st	April 11, 1961 - April 7, 1965	Fritz Matzner (until December 31, 1963) Tobias Udier (until May 31, 1963) Hanns Koren (from June 5, 1963) Alfred Schachner-Blazizek (from January 2, 1964)	Maria Matzner , Josef Gruber , Hanns Koren , Anton Peltzmann , Ferdinand Prirsch , Friedrich Niederl , Adalbert Sebastian , Alfred Schachner-Blazizek , Hans Bammer , Franz Wegart
			22nd	April 7, 1965 - April 6, 1970	Hanns Koren Alfred Schachner-Blazizek Friedrich Niederl (from May 14, 1970)	Hans Bammer , Josef Gruber , Friedrich Niederl , Anton Peltzmann , Adalbert Sebastian , Franz Wegart
			23.	April 6, 1970 - November 28, 1971	Alfred Schachner-Blazizek (until September 17, 1970) Adalbert Sebastian (from September 28, 1970) Friedrich Niederl	Hans Bammer , Josef Gruber , Christoph Klauser , Friedrich Niederl , Anton Peltzmann , Adalbert Sebastian , Franz Wegart
	Josef Krainer senior took over the post of governor from the sick Anton Pirchegger in 1948. He held this office until 1971, making him the longest serving governor of Styria at the age of 23. He was also instrumental in the dominance of the ÖVP, which was only ended by the SPÖ in 2005.
15th	Friedrich Niederl	ÖVP	24.	December 10, 1971 - November 12, 1974	Adalbert Sebastian Franz Wegart	Hans Bammer , Josef Gruber , Christoph Klauser , Josef Krainer junior , Anton Peltzmann
			25th	November 12, 1974 - November 15, 1978	Adalbert Sebastian Franz Wegart	Hans Bammer , Josef Gruber , Kurt Jungwirth , Christoph Klauser , Josef Krainer junior , Anton Peltzmann
			26th	November 15, 1978 - July 4, 1980	Adalbert Sebastian Franz Wegart	Hans Bammer , Josef Gruber , Kurt Jungwirth , Christoph Klauser , Josef Krainer junior , Anton Peltzmann
	In 1971, Friedrich Niederl took over from Josef Krainer sen. The institution. The lawyer was appointed district captain of Feldbach by the state government in 1960. In 1980 he resigned from the office of governor and became chairman of Raiffeisen Zentralbank Steiermark .
16	Josef Krainer junior	ÖVP	27.	July 4, 1980 - October 21, 1981	Hans Gross Franz Wegart	Hans Georg Fuchs , Josef Gruber , Gerhard Heidinger , Kurt Jungwirth , Christoph Klauser , Simon Koiner , Anton Peltzmann
			28.	October 21, 1981 - October 18, 1986	Hans Gross Franz Wegart Kurt Jungwirth (from January 11, 1985)	Hans Georg Fuchs , Josef Gruber , Gerhard Heidinger , Kurt Jungwirth , Christoph Klauser , Simon Koiner , Helmut Heidinger , Josef Riegler ,
			29	October 18, 1986 - October 18, 1991	Hans Gross (until April 3, 1990) Peter Schachner-Blazizek (from April 3, 1990) Kurt Jungwirth	Josef Gruber , Franz Hasiba , Gerhard Heidinger , Helmut Heidinger , Waltraud Klasnic , Christoph Klauser , Hermann Schaller , Dieter Strenitz , Erich Tschernitz
			30th	October 18, 1991 - January 23, 1996	Peter Schachner-Blazizek Franz Hasiba (until October 19, 1993) Waltraud Klasnic (from October 19, 1993)	Gerhard Hirschmann , Erich Pöltl , Hans-Joachim Ressel , Michael Schmid , Erich Tschernitz , Anna Rieder , Günter Dörflinger , Dieter Strenitz
	Like his father, Josef Krainer junior was a member of the ÖVP and continued the power of the conservatives in Styria. In contrast to his father, he held the office of governor for only 16 years. After a rather narrow election victory in 1996, he handed over his office to Waltraud Klasnic.
17th	Waltraud Klasnic	ÖVP	31.	23 January 1996 - 15 October 2000 (→ State Government Klasnic I )	Peter Schachner-Blazizek	Günter Dörflinger , Gerhard Hirschmann , Herbert Paierl , Erich Pöltl , Hans-Joachim Ressel , Anna Rieder , Michael Schmid
	Waltraud Klasnic	ÖVP	32.	October 15, 2000 - October 25, 2005 (→ Land government Klasnic II )	Peter Schachner-Blazizek (until March 12, 2002) Franz Voves (from March 12, 2002) Leopold Schöggl (from November 7, 2000)	Günter Dörflinger , Gerhard Hirschmann , Magda Bleckmann , Herbert Paierl , Erich Pöltl , Hans-Joachim Ressel , Anna Rieder , Hermann Schützenhöfer , Kurt Flecker , Kristina Edlinger-Ploder , Wolfgang Erlitz , Johann Seitinger , Gerald Schöpfer
	Klasnic was the first woman in the office of governor. However, unlike other national bosses did not want the country's principal wife, but with female governor be called. She was the first woman in Austria to hold this office after Gerhard Hirschmann, who had actually been proposed for it, renounced it in her favor.
18th	Franz Voves	SPÖ	33.	October 25, 2005 - October 21, 2010 (→ State Government Voves I )	Hermann Schützenhöfer Kurt Flecker	Kristina Edlinger-Ploder , Johann Seitinger , Christian Buchmann , Manfred Wegscheider , Helmut Hirt , Bettina Vollath
	Franz Voves	SPÖ	34.	October 21, 2010 - June 16, 2015 (→ State Government Voves II )	Hermann Schützenhöfer Siegfried Stepwieser	Kristina Edlinger-Ploder , Johann Seitinger , Christian Buchmann , Bettina Vollath , Elisabeth Grossmann until January 21, 2013 , Michael Schickhofer from January 21, 2013 , Gerhard Kurzmann
	Franz Voves, a former ice hockey player of the ATSE Graz, took over the governor's chair of Styria from Waltraud Klasnic for the first time since 1945 for the Social Democrats. He was also the first elected social democratic governor of Styria at all. In 2010 he was re-elected as governor.
19th	Hermann Schützenhöfer	ÖVP	35.	June 16, 2015 - December 17, 2019 (→ State Government Schützenhöfer I )	Michael Schickhofer	Christopher Drexler , Johann Seitinger , Ursula Lackner , Jörg Leichtfried (until May 18, 2016), Doris Kampus , Christian Buchmann , Anton Lang (from May 18, 2016)
19th			36.	from December 17, 2019 (→ State Government Schützenhöfer II )	Anton Lang	Juliane Bogner-Strauss , Christopher Drexler , Johann Seitinger , Ursula Lackner , Doris Kampus , Barbara Eibinger-Miedl

Web links

Administration of Styria
All state governments since 1918 on verwaltung.steiermark.at ( Memento from June 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Current state government at administration.steiermark.at

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d All state governments since 1918 on verwaltung.steiermark.at ( Memento from June 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

This version was included in the selection of informative lists and portals on May 10, 2009 .

[STMK-1] All state governments since 1918 on verwaltung.steiermark.at ( Memento from June 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive )