Rulers: Austria
States after 1918
Note: The title of the "premiers" is Landeshauptmann (female Landeshauptfrau, plural Landeshauptleute), which may also be translated governor. From 1 May 1939 to 1945 the states were Reichsgaue.
Party abbreviations: BZÖ=Alliance for the Future of Austria; CS=Christian Social Party, DN=German National Movement, FPK=Freedom Party of Kärnten, FPÖ=Freedom Party of Austria, GV=Greater German People's Party, KPÖ=Communist Party of Austria, LB=Rural Association, NS=National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), ÖVP=Austrian People's Party, SDAP=Social Democratic Workers' Party, SPÖ=Socialist Party of Austria (from 15 Jun 1991, Social Democratic Party of Austria), VF=Patriotic Front
Burgenland
15 Oct 1938 - 30 Sep 1945 state partitioned between Niederösterreich and Steiermark
Administrators (Landesverweser)
10 Mar 1921 - 5 Mar 1922 Robert Davy -
5 Mar 1922 - 19 Jul 1922 Alfred Rausnitz - (b. 1876 - d. 19...)
Premiers
19 Jul 1922 - 14 Jul 1923 Alfred Rausnitz - (s.a.)
14 Jul 1923 - 4 Jan 1924 Alfred Walheim (1st time) GV (b. 1874 - d. 1945)
4 Jan 1924 - 10 Jan 1928 Josef Rauhofer CS (b. 1875 - d. 1939)
10 Jan 1928 - 24 Jul 1929 Anton Schreiner (1st time) CS (b. 1873 - d. 1932)
24 Jul 1929 - 10 Dec 1930 Johann Thullner CS (b. 1880 - d. 1937)
10 Dec 1930 - 25 Nov 1931 Anton Schreiner (2nd time) CS (s.a.)
25 Nov 1931 - 22 Feb 1934 Alfred Walheim (2nd time) LB (s.a.)
22 Feb 1934 - 11 Mar 1938 Hans Sylvester VF (b. 1897 - d. 1939)
11 Mar 1938 - 15 Oct 1938 Tobias Portschy NS (b. 1905 - d. 1996)
1 Oct 1945 - 4 Jan 1946 Ludwig Leser SPÖ (b. 1890 - d. 1946)
4 Jan 1946 - 22 Jun 1956 Lorenz Karall ÖVP (b. 1894 - d. 1965)
22 Jun 1956 - 8 Aug 1961 Johann Wagner ÖVP (b. 1897 - d. 1979)
8 Aug 1961 - 12 Jun 1964 Josef Lentsch ÖVP (b. 1909 - d. 1988)
12 Jun 1964 - 28 Jun 1966 Hans Bögl SPÖ (b. 1899 - d. 1974)
28 Jun 1966 - 30 Oct 1987 Theodor Kery SPÖ (b. 1918 - d. 2010)
30 Oct 1987 - 18 Jul 1991 Hans Sipötz SPÖ (b. 1941)
18 Jul 1991 - 28 Dec 2000 Karl Stix SPÖ (b. 1939 - d. 2003)
28 Dec 2000 - 28 Feb 2019 Hans Niessl SPÖ (b. 1951)
28 Feb 2019 - Hans Peter Doskozil SPÖ (b. 1970)
Kärnten
Administrator (Landesverweser)
11 Nov 1918 - 22 Jul 1921 Arthur Lemisch (b. 1865 - d. 1953)
Premiers
22 Jul 1921 - 6 Nov 1923 Florian Gröger SDAP (b. 1871 - d. 1927)
6 Nov 1923 - 15 Jun 1927 Vinzenz Schumy LB (b. 1878 - d. 1962)
15 Jun 1927 - 21 Jan 1931 Arthur Lemisch - (s.a.)
22 Jan 1931 - 16 Feb 1934 Ferdinand Kernmaier LB (b. 1884 - d. 1941)
16 Feb 1934 - 7 Mar 1934 Silvester Leer (acting) CS
7 Mar 1934 - 3 Nov 1936 Ludwig Hülgerth VF (b. 1875 - d. 1939)
3 Nov 1936 - 11 Mar 1938 Arnold Sucher VF (b. 1898 - d. 1983)
11 Mar 1938 - 1 Jun 1938 Wladimir von Pawlowski
(1st time) NS (b. 1891 - d. 1961)
1 Jun 1938 - 12 Feb 1939 Hubert Klausner NS (b. 1892 - d. 1939)
12 Feb 1939 - 1 Dec 1941 Wladimir von Pawlowski
(2nd time) NS (s.a.)
(acting; from 12 Apr 1940 acting Reichsstatthalter)
1 Dec 1941 - 7 May 1945 Friedrich Rainer NS (b. 1903 - d. 1947)
(Reichsstatthalter)
8 May 1945 - 25 Apr 1947 Hans Piesch SPÖ (b. 1889 - d. 1966)
25 Apr 1947 - 12 Apr 1965 Ferdinand Wedenig SPÖ (b. 1896 - d. 1975)
12 Apr 1965 - 12 Apr 1974 Hans Sima SPÖ (b. 1918 - d. 2006)
19 Apr 1974 - 27 Sep 1988 Leopold Wagner SPÖ (b. 1927 - d. 2008)
27 Sep 1988 - 30 May 1989 Peter Ambrozy SPÖ (b. 1946)
30 May 1989 - 21 Jun 1991 Jörg Haider (1st time) FPÖ (b. 1950 - d. 2008)
25 Jun 1991 - 8 Apr 1999 Christof Zernatto ÖVP (b. 1949)
8 Apr 1999 - 11 Oct 2008 Jörg Haider (2nd time) FPÖ;
17 Apr 2005: BZÖ (s.a.)
11 Oct 2008 - 28 Mar 2013 Gerhard Dörfler BZÖ;
16 Dec 2009: FPK (b. 1955)
(acting to 23 Oct 2008)
28 Mar 2013 - Peter Kaiser SPÖ (b. 1958)
Niederösterreich
1939 - 1945 Niederdonau
Premiers
5 Nov 1918 - 20 May 1919 Leopold Steiner CS (b. 1858 - d. 1927)
20 May 1919 - 10 Nov 1920 Albert Sever SDAP (b. 1867 - d. 1942)
10 Nov 1920 - 9 Jun 1922 Johann Mayer CS (b. 1858 - d. 1941)
9 Jun 1922 - 31 Jul 1931 Karl Buresch (1st time) CS (b. 1878 - d. 1936)
31 Jul 1931 - 19 May 1932 Josef Reither (1st time) CS (b. 1880 - d. 1950)
19 May 1932 - 18 May 1933 Karl Buresch (2nd time) CS (s.a.)
18 May 1933 - 12 Mar 1938 Josef Reither (2nd time)
CS; 1934: VF (s.a.)
30 Jul 1934 - 17 Oct 1935 Eduard Baar-Baarenfels VF (b. 1885 - d. 1967)
(acting for Reither)
12 Mar 1938 - 24 May 1938 Roman Jäger NS (b. 1909 - d. 1943)
24 May 1938 - 8 May 1945 Hugo Jury NS (b. 1887 - d. 1945)
(from 12 Apr 1940 Reichsstatthalter)
25 May 1945 - 15 Oct 1945 Leopold Figl (1st time) ÖVP (b. 1902 - d. 1965)
15 Oct 1945 - 4 May 1949 Josef Reither (3rd time) ÖVP (s.a.)
4 May 1949 - 14 Jan 1962 Johann Steinböck ÖVP (b. 1894 - d. 1962)
31 Jan 1962 - 9 May 1965 Leopold Figl (2nd time) ÖVP (s.a.)
16 Jun 1965 - 14 Oct 1966 Eduard Hartmann ÖVP (b. 1904 - d. 1966)
24 Nov 1966 - 22 Jan 1981 Andreas Maurer ÖVP (b. 1919 - d. 2010)
22 Jan 1981 - 20 Oct 1992 Siegfried Ludwig ÖVP (b. 1926 - d. 2013)
20 Oct 1992 - 19 Apr 2017 Erwin Pröll ÖVP (b. 1946)
19 Apr 2017 - Johanna Mikl-Leitner (f) ÖVP (b. 1964)
Oberösterreich
1939 - 1945 Oberdonau
Premiers
4 May 1908 - 8 Feb 1927 Johann Nepomuk Hauser CS (b. 1866 - d. 1927)
23 Feb 1927 - 17 Feb 1934 Josef Schlegel CS (b. 1869 - d. 1955)
1 Mar 1934 - 12 Mar 1938 Heinrich Gleissner (1st time) VF (b. 1893 - d. 1984)
14 Mar 1938 - 5 May 1945 August Eigruber NS (b. 1907 - d. 1946)
(from 12 Apr 1940 Reichsstatthalter)
16 May 1945 - 25 Oct 1945 Adolf Eigl - (b. 1883 - d. 1958)
26 Oct 1945 - 2 May 1971 Heinrich Gleissner (2nd time) ÖVP (s.a.)
2 May 1971 - 19 Oct 1977 Erwin Wenzl ÖVP (b. 1921 - d. 2005)
19 Oct 1977 - 2 Mar 1995 Josef Ratzenböck ÖVP (b. 1929)
2 Mar 1995 - 6 Apr 2017 Josef Pühringer ÖVP (b. 1949)
6 Apr 2017 - Thomas Stelzer ÖVP (b. 1967)
Salzburg
Premiers
21 Jul 1909 - 23 Apr 1919 Alois Winkler (2nd time) CS (b. 1838 - d. 1925)
23 Apr 1919 - 4 May 1922 Oskar Meyer CS (b. 1858 - d. 1943)
4 May 1922 - 12 Mar 1938 Franz Rehrl CS; 1934: VF (b. 1890 - d. 1947)
13 Mar 1938 - 22 May 1938 Anton Wintersteiger NS (b. 1900 - d. 1991)
22 May 1938 - 29 Nov 1941 Friedrich Rainer NS (b. 1903 - d. 1947)
(from 12 Apr 1940 Reichsstatthalter)
29 Nov 1941 - 4 May 1945 Gustav Adolf Scheel NS (b. 1907 - d. 1979)
(Reichsstatthalter)
23 May 1945 - 12 Dec 1945 Adolf Schemel ÖVP (b. 1880 - d. 1961)
12 Dec 1945 - 4 Dec 1947 Albert Hochleitner ÖVP (b. 1893 - d. 1964)
4 Dec 1947 - 1 Dec 1949 Josef Rehrl ÖVP (b. 1895 - d. 1960)
1 Dec 1949 - 17 Apr 1961 Josef Klaus ÖVP (b. 1910 - d. 2001)
17 Apr 1961 - 20 Apr 1977 Hans Lechner ÖVP (b. 1913 - d. 1994)
20 Apr 1977 - 2 May 1989 Wilfried Haslauer ÖVP (b. 1926 - d. 1992)
2 May 1989 - 24 Apr 1996 Hans Katschthaler ÖVP (b. 1933 - d. 2012)
24 Apr 1996 - 28 Apr 2004 Franz Schausberger ÖVP (b. 1950)
28 Apr 2004 - 19 Jun 2013 Gabi Burgstaller (f) SPÖ (b. 1963)
19 Jun 2013 - Wilfried Haslauer ÖVP (b. 1956)
Steiermark
Premiers
6 Nov 1918 - 27 May 1919 Wilhelm Edler von Kaan DN (b. 1865 - d. 1945)
27 May 1919 - 25 Jun 1926 Anton Rintelen (1st time) CS (b. 1876 - d. 1946)
25 Jun 1926 - 22 Oct 1926 Franz Prisching CS (b. 1866 - d. 1935)
22 Oct 1926 - 21 May 1927 Alfred Gürtler CS (b. 1875 - d. 1933)
21 May 1927 - 23 Apr 1928 Hans Paul CS (b. 1871 - d. 1948)
23 Apr 1928 - 10 Nov 1933 Anton Rintelen (2nd time) CS (s.a.)
10 Nov 1933 - 2 Nov 1934 Alois Dienstleder CS (b. 1885 - d. 1946)
2 Nov 1934 - 2 Mar 1938 Karl Maria Stepan VF (b. 1894 - d. 1972)
3 Mar 1938 - 12 Mar 1938 Rolph Trummer VF (b. ... - d. 1954)
12 Mar 1938 - 22 May 1938 Sepp Helfrich NS (b. 1900 - d. 1963)
22 May 1938 - 8 May 1945 Sigfried Uiberreither NS (b. 1908 - d. 1984)
(from 12 Apr 1940 Reichsstatthalter)
8 May 1945 - 28 Dec 1945 Reinhard Machold SPÖ (b. 1879 - d. 1960)
28 Dec 1945 - 6 Jul 1948 Anton Pirchegger ÖVP (b. 1885 - d. 1949)
6 Jul 1948 - 28 Nov 1971 Josef Krainer ÖVP (b. 1903 - d. 1971)
28 Nov 1971 - 4 Jul 1980 Friedrich Niederl ÖVP (b. 1920 - d. 2012)
4 Jul 1980 - 23 Jan 1996 Josef Krainer ÖVP (b. 1930 - d. 2016)
23 Jan 1996 - 25 Oct 2005 Waltraud Klasnic (f) ÖVP (b. 1945)
25 Oct 2005 - 16 Jun 2015 Franz Voves SPÖ (b. 1953)
16 Jun 2015 - 4 Jul 2022 Hermann Schützenhöfer ÖVP (b. 1952)
4 Jul 2022 - Christopher Drexler ÖVP (b. 1971)
Tirol
Premiers
1917 - 6 Jun 1921 Josef Schraffl CS (b. 1855 - d. 1922)
7 Jun 1921 - 28 Feb 1935 Franz Stumpf CS; 1934: VF (b. 1876 - d. 1935)
21 Mar 1935 - 12 Mar 1938 Josef Schumacher VF (b. 1894 - d. 1971)
13 Mar 1938 - 24 May 1938 Edmund Christoph NS (b. 1901 - d. 1961)
24 May 1938 - 3 May 1945 Franz Hofer NS (b. 1902 - d. 1975)
(from 12 Apr 1940 Reichsstatthalter)
4 May 1945 - 20 Oct 1945 Karl Gruber ÖVP (b. 1909 - d. 1995)
20 Oct 1945 - 31 Jan 1951 Alfons Weissgatterer ÖVP (b. 1898 - d. 1951)
27 Feb 1951 - 29 Nov 1957 Alois Grauss ÖVP (b. 1890 - d. 1957)
29 Nov 1957 - 30 Jun 1963 Hans Tschiggfrey ÖVP (b. 1904 - d. 1963)
13 Jul 1963 - 5 Mar 1987 Eduard Wallnöfer ÖVP (b. 1913 - d. 1989)
5 Mar 1987 - 13 Mar 1993 Alois Partl ÖVP (b. 1929)
14 Mar 1993 - 26 Oct 2002 Wendelin Weingartner ÖVP (b. 1937)
26 Oct 2002 - 1 Jul 2008 Herwig van Staa ÖVP (b. 1942)
1 Jul 2008 - 25 Oct 2022 Günther Platter ÖVP (b. 1954)
25 Oct 2022 - Anton Mattle ÖVP (b. 1963)
Vorarlberg
1 Feb 1940 - 24 May 1945 part of Tirol
Premiers
3 Nov 1918 - 9 Dec 1930 Otto Ender (1st time) CS (b. 1875 - d. 1960)
9 Dec 1930 - 14 Jul 1931 Ferdinand Redler CS (b. 1876 - d. 1936)
14 Jul 1931 - 24 Jul 1934 Otto Ender (2nd time) CS (s.a.)
24 Jul 1934 - 13 Mar 1938 Ernst Winsauer VF (b. 1890 - d. 1962)
13 Mar 1938 - 1 Feb 1940 Anton Plankensteiner NS (b. 1890 - d. 1969)
24 May 1945 - 28 Oct 1964 Ulrich Ilg ÖVP (b. 1905 - d. 1986)
28 Oct 1964 - 9 Jul 1987 Herbert Kessler ÖVP (b. 1925 - d. 2018)
9 Jul 1987 - 2 Apr 1997 Martin Purtscher ÖVP (b. 1928 - d. 2023)
2 Apr 1997 - 7 Dec 2011 Herbert Sausgruber ÖVP (b. 1946)
7 Dec 2011 - Markus Wallner ÖVP (b. 1967)
Wien
1 Jan 1922 state (formerly part of Niederösterreich)
Premiers and mayors
1 Jan 1922 - 13 Nov 1923 Jakob Reumann SDAP (b. 1853 - d. 1925)
13 Nov 1923 - 12 Feb 1934 Karl Seitz SDAP (b. 1869 - d. 1950)
13 Feb 1934 - 12 Mar 1938 Richard Schmitz VF (b. 1885 - d. 1954)
13 Mar 1938 - 14 Dec 1940 Hermann Neubacher NS (b. 1893 - d. 1960)
1 May 1939 - 7 Aug 1940 Josef Bürckel NS (b. 1895 - d. 1944)
(Reichskommissar; from 12 Apr 1940, Reichsstatthalter)
7 Aug 1940 - 13 Apr 1945 Baldur von Schirach NS (b. 1907 - d. 1974)
(Reichsstatthalter)
14 Dec 1940 - 30 Dec 1943 Philipp Wilhelm Jung NS (b. 1884 - d. 1965)
30 Dec 1943 - 6 Apr 1945 Hanns Blaschke NS (b. 1896 - d. 1971)
13 Apr 1945 - 16 Apr 1945 Rudolf Prikryl KPÖ (b. 1896 - d. 1965)
17 Apr 1945 - 18 Jun 1951 Theodor Körner SPÖ (b. 1873 - d. 1957)
18 Jun 1951 - 9 Jun 1965 Franz Jonas SPÖ (b. 1899 - d. 1974)
10 Jun 1965 - 17 Dec 1970 Bruno Marek SPÖ (b. 1900 - d. 1991)
21 Dec 1970 - 5 Jul 1973 Felix Slavik SPÖ (b. 1912 - d. 1980)
5 Jul 1973 - 10 Sep 1984 Leopold Gratz SPÖ (b. 1929 - d. 2006)
10 Sep 1984 - 7 Nov 1994 Helmut Zilk SPÖ (b. 1927 - d. 2008)
7 Nov 1994 - 24 May 2018 Michael Häupl SPÖ (b. 1949)
24 May 2018 - Michael Ludwig SPÖ (b. 1961)
Allied occupation
City commandants
- British sector -
Jul 1945 - Nov 1945 Godfrey Vaughan Palmer (b. 1900 - d. 1972)
Nov 1945 - May 1946 Gerald Lloyd Verney (b. 1900 - d. 1957)
Jun 1946 - Dec 1946 Stephen Berthold Gordon-Smith (b. 1890 - d. 19...)
Dec 1946 - Nov 1949 John Harold Hogshaw (b. 1896 - d. 1968)
Nov 1949 - Sep 1952* Cyril Knowles (b. 1899 - d. 1970)
*Oct 1952 - Sep 1955 Ernest Arthur Howard
- French sector -
Jul 1945 - Feb 1946 Henri Noël du Payrat (b. 1894 - d. 1982)
Feb 1946 - Jul 1949 Henri Maurice Joppé (b. 1892 - d. 1954)
Jul 1949 - Mar 1950 Pierre Masson (b. 1904 - d. ...)
Mar 1950 - May 1951 Robert Petetin
May 1951 - Mar 1953* Raoul Daviron (b. 1902 - d. ...)
*Apr 1953 - Nov 1953* Jacques Faure (b. 1904 - d. 1988)
*Dec 1953 - Sep 1955 Pierre Olle-Laprune (b. 1901 - d. 1970)
- U.S. sector -
Jul 1945 - Dec 1946 Thomas Edward Lewis (b. 1898 - d. 1976)
Dec 1946 - Mar 1947 Holmes Ely Dager (b. 1893 - d. 1973)
Mar 1947 - May 1948 Alexander Oscar Gorder (b. 1893 - d. 1973)
May 1948 - Nov 1948 Robert T. Frederick (b. 1907 - d. 1970)
Dec 1948 - Jan 1951 Ira Platt Swift (b. 1882 - d. 1952)
Feb 1951 - Apr 1954 William Thrower Fitts, Jr. (b. 1897 - d. 1979)
May 1954 - Sep 1955 William Henry Nutter (b. 1902 - d. 1987)
- Soviet sector -
13 Apr 1945 - Oct 1945 Aleksey Vasilyevich Blagodatov (b. 1902 - d. 1987)
Oct 1945 - May 1948 Nikita Fedotovich Lebedenko (b. 1899 - d. 1956)
May 1948 - Nov 1949 Dmitry Lvovich Abakumov (b. 1901 - d. 1962)
Nov 1949 - Jul 1953 Arkady Aleksandrovich Boreyko (b. 1898 - d. 1955)
Jul 1953 - Sep 1955 Nikolay Matveyevich Molotkov (b. 1900 - d. 1973)