List of Chancellors of Austria
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This is a list of Chancellors of Austria since the establishment of that office in 1918.
List of officeholders (1918–present)
Political party: SDAPÖ/SPÖ CS / ÖVP VF NSDAP None
Chancellors of Austria during Interwar period
№ | Chancellor (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Term of Office | Political Party | Cabinet | |||
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№ | Coalition | |||||||
1 | Karl Renner (1870–1950) |
30 October 1918 | 7 July 1920 | Social Democratic Workers' Party | 1 2 3 |
SDAPÖ – CS – GDVP | ||
2 | Michael Mayr (1864–1922) |
7 July 1920 | 20 November 1920 | Christian Social Party | 1 | CS – SDAPÖ | ||
20 November 1920 | 21 June 1921 | 2 | ||||||
3 | Johann Schober (1874–1932) |
21 June 1921 | 27 January 1922 | non-partisan (Beamter) |
1 | CS – GDVP | ||
27 January 1922 | 31 May 1922 | 2 | ||||||
4 | Ignaz Seipel (1876–1932) |
31 May 1922 | 20 November 1924 | Christian Social Party | 1 2 3 |
CS – GDVP | ||
5 | Rudolf Ramek (1881–1941) |
20 November 1924 | 20 October 1926 | Christian Social Party | 1 2 |
CS – GDVP | ||
(4) | Ignaz Seipel (1876–1932) |
20 October 1926 | 4 May 1929 | Christian Social Party | 4 5 |
CS – GDVP – Landbund | ||
6 | Ernst Streeruwitz (1874–1952) |
4 May 1929 | 26 September 1929 | Christian Social Party | 1 | CS – Landbund | ||
(3) | Johann Schober (1874–1932) |
26 September 1929 | 30 September 1930 | non-partisan (Beamter) |
3 | CS | ||
7 | Carl Vaugoin (1873–1949) |
30 September 1930 | 4 December 1930 | Christian Social Party | 1 | CS | ||
8 | Otto Ender (1875–1960) |
4 December 1930 | 20 June 1931 | Christian Social Party | 1 | CS | ||
9 | Karl Buresch (1878–1936) |
20 June 1931 | 20 May 1932 | Christian Social Party | 1 2 |
CS – Landbund | ||
10 | Engelbert Dollfuss (1892–1934) |
20 May 1932 | 21 September 1933 | Christian Social Party | 1 | CS – Landbund – Heimatblock | ||
(10) | 21 September 1933 | 25 July 1934 | Fatherland Front | 2 | Austrofascist Dictatorship | |||
11 | Kurt Schuschnigg (1897–1977) |
29 July 1934 | 11 March 1938 | Fatherland Front | 1 2 3 4 |
Austrofascist Dictatorship | ||
12 | Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892–1946) |
11 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | National Socialist German Workers' Party | 1 | National-Socialist Dictatorship |
Austria annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938. Independence restored in 1945.
Chancellors of Austria after the end of World War II
№ | Chancellor (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Term of Office | Political Party | Cabinet | |||
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№ | Elected | Coalition | ||||||
(1) | Karl Renner (1870–1950) |
27 April 1945 | 20 December 1945 | Socialist Party | 4 | — | SPÖ – ÖVP – KPÖ | |
13 | Leopold Figl (1902–1965) |
20 December 1945 | 8 November 1949 | People's Party | 1 | 1945 | ÖVP – SPÖ | |
8 November 1949 | 28 October 1952 | 2 | 1949 | |||||
28 October 1952 | 2 April 1953 | 3 | — | |||||
14 | Julius Raab (1891–1964) |
2 April 1953 | 29 June 1956 | People's Party | 1 | 1953 | ÖVP – SPÖ | |
29 June 1956 | 16 July 1959 | 2 | 1956 | |||||
16 July 1959 | 3 November 1960 | 3 | 1959 | |||||
3 November 1960 | 11 April 1961 | 4 | — | |||||
15 | Alfons Gorbach (1898–1972) |
11 April 1961 | 27 March 1963 | People's Party | 1 | — | ÖVP – SPÖ | |
27 March 1963 | 2 April 1964 | 2 | 1962 | |||||
16 | Josef Klaus (1910–2001) |
2 April 1964 | 19 April 1966 | People's Party | 1 | — | ÖVP – SPÖ | |
19 April 1966 | 21 April 1970 | 2 | 1966 | ÖVP | ||||
17 | Bruno Kreisky (1911–1990) |
21 April 1970 | 4 November 1971 | Socialist Party | 1 | 1970 | SPÖ | |
4 November 1971 | 28 October 1975 | 2 | 1971 | |||||
28 October 1975 | 5 June 1979 | 3 | 1975 | |||||
5 June 1979 | 24 May 1983 | 4 | 1979 | |||||
18 | Fred Sinowatz (1929–2008) |
24 May 1983 | 16 June 1986 | Socialist Party | 1 | 1983 | SPÖ – FPÖ | |
19 | Franz Vranitzky (1937–) |
16 June 1986 | 21 January 1987 | Social Democratic Party | 1 | — | SPÖ – FPÖ | |
21 January 1987 | 17 December 1990 | 2 | 1986 | SPÖ – ÖVP | ||||
17 December 1990 | 29 November 1994 | 3 | 1990 | |||||
29 November 1994 | 12 March 1996 | 4 | 1994 | |||||
12 March 1996 | 28 January 1997 | 5 | 1995 | |||||
20 | Viktor Klima (1947–) |
28 January 1997 | 4 February 2000 | Social Democratic Party | 1 | — | SPÖ – ÖVP | |
21 | Wolfgang Schüssel (1945–) |
4 February 2000 | 28 February 2003 | People's Party | 1 | 1999 | ÖVP – FPÖ | |
28 February 2003 | 11 January 2007 | 2 | 2002 | ÖVP – FPÖ until 17 April 2005; ÖVP – BZÖ | ||||
22 | Alfred Gusenbauer (1960–) |
11 January 2007 | 2 December 2008 | Social Democratic Party | 1 | 2006 | SPÖ – ÖVP | |
23 | Werner Faymann (1960–) |
2 December 2008 | 16 December 2013 | Social Democratic Party | 1 | 2008 | SPÖ – ÖVP | |
16 December 2013 | 9 May 2016 | 2 | 2013 | |||||
— | Reinhold Mitterlehner (1955–) Acting Chancellor |
9 May 2016 | 17 May 2016 | People's Party | — | SPÖ – ÖVP | ||
24 | Christian Kern (1966–) |
17 May 2016 | 18 December 2017 | Social Democratic Party | 1 | — | SPÖ – ÖVP | |
25 | Sebastian Kurz (1986–) |
18 December 2017 | Present | People's Party | 1 | 2017 | ÖVP – FPÖ |
Statistics
The median age at which a Chancellor first takes office is roughly 50 years, which falls between Viktor Klima and Christian Kern. The youngest person to become Chancellor was the incumbent, Sebastian Kurz, who took office at the age of 31 years, 113 days. The oldest person to become Chancellor was Karl Renner at the age of 74 years, 134 days.
The oldest living Chancellor is Franz Vranitzky, born 4 October 1937 (aged 81 years, 9 days). The youngest living former Chancellor is Christian Kern, born 4 January 1966 (aged 52 years, 282 days). The youngest living Chancellor is the incumbent, Sebastian Kurz, born 27 August 1986 (aged 32 years, 47 days).
The longest lived Chancellor was Josef Klaus, who died 26 July 2001 at the age of 90 years, 345 days. Franz Vranitzky, the oldest living Chancellor, will tie Klaus if he lives to 14 September 2028. The shortest lived Chancellor was Engelbert Dollfuß, who died 25 July 1934 at the age of 41 years, 294 days.
# | Federal Chancellor | Date of birth | Age at ascension (first term) |
Time in office (total) |
Age at retirement (last term) |
Date of death | Longevity |
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1 | Karl Renner | 14 December 1870 | 47 years, 308 days | 2 years, 135 days | 75 years, 6 days | 31 December 1950 | 80 years, 17 days |
2 | Michael Mayr | 10 April 1864 | 56 years, 88 days | 349 days | 57 years, 72 days | 21 May 1922 | 58 years, 41 days |
3 | Johann Schober | 14 November 1874 | 46 years, 219 days | 1 year, 347 days | 55 years, 320 days | 19 August 1932 | 57 years, 279 days |
4 | Walter Breisky | 8 July 1871 | 50 years, 202 days | 1 day | 50 years, 203 days | 25 September 1944 | 73 years, 79 days |
5 | Ignaz Seipel | 19 July 1876 | 45 years, 316 days | 5 years, 6 days | 52 years, 289 days | 2 August 1932 | 56 years, 14 days |
6 | Rudolf Ramek | 12 April 1881 | 43 years, 222 days | 1 year, 334 days | 45 years, 191 days | 24 July 1941 | 60 years, 103 days |
7 | Ernst Streeruwitz | 23 September 1874 | 54 years, 223 days | 145 days | 55 years, 3 days | 19 October 1952 | 78 years, 26 days |
8 | Carl Vaugoin | 8 July 1873 | 57 years, 84 days | 65 days | 57 years, 149 days | 10 June 1949 | 75 years, 337 days |
9 | Otto Ender | 24 December 1875 | 54 years, 345 days | 199 days | 55 years, 179 days | 25 June 1960 | 84 years, 184 days |
10 | Karl Buresch | 12 October 1878 | 52 years, 252 days | 335 days | 53 years, 221 days | 16 September 1936 | 57 years, 340 days |
11 | Engelbert Dollfuß | 4 October 1892 | 39 years, 229 days | 2 years, 65 days | 41 years, 294 days | 25 July 1934 | 41 years, 294 days |
12 | Kurt Schuschnigg | 14 December 1897 | 36 years, 227 days | 3 years, 225 days | 40 years, 87 days | 18 November 1977 | 79 years, 339 days |
13 | Arthur Seyß-Inquart | 22 July 1892 | 45 years, 232 days | 2 days | 45 years, 234 days | 16 October 1946 | 54 years, 86 days |
14 | Leopold Figl | 2 October 1902 | 43 years, 79 days | 7 years, 103 days | 50 years, 182 days | 9 May 1965 | 62 years, 219 days |
15 | Julius Raab | 29 November 1891 | 61 years, 124 days | 8 years, 9 days | 69 years, 133 days | 8 January 1964 | 72 years, 40 days |
16 | Alfons Gorbach | 2 September 1898 | 62 years, 221 days | 2 years, 357 days | 65 years, 213 days | 31 July 1972 | 73 years, 333 days |
17 | Josef Klaus | 15 August 1910 | 53 years, 231 days | 6 years, 19 days | 59 years, 249 days | 25 July 2001 | 90 years, 344 days |
18 | Bruno Kreisky | 22 January 1911 | 59 years, 89 days | 13 years, 33 days | 72 years, 122 days | 29 July 1990 | 79 years, 188 days |
19 | Fred Sinowatz | 5 February 1929 | 54 years, 108 days | 3 year, 23 days | 57 years, 131 days | 11 August 2008 | 79 years, 188 days |
20 | Franz Vranitzky | 4 October 1937 | 48 years, 255 days | 10 years, 226 days | 59 years, 116 days | Living | 81 years, 9 days (Living) |
21 | Viktor Klima | 4 June 1947 | 49 years, 238 days | 3 years, 7 days | 52 years, 247 days | Living | 71 years, 131 days (Living) |
22 | Wolfgang Schüssel | 7 June 1945 | 54 years, 242 days | 6 years, 341 days | 61 years, 218 days | Living | 73 years, 128 days (Living) |
23 | Alfred Gusenbauer | 8 February 1960 | 46 years, 337 days | 1 year, 326 days | 48 years, 298 days | Living | 58 years, 247 days (Living) |
24 | Werner Faymann | 4 May 1960 | 48 years, 212 days | 7 years, 159 days | 56 years, 5 days | Living | 58 years, 162 days (Living) |
25 | Christian Kern | 4 January 1966 | 50 years, 134 days | 1 year, 215 days | 51 years, 348 days | Living | 52 years, 282 days (Living) |
26 | Sebastian Kurz | 27 August 1986 | 31 years, 113 days | 299 days (Ongoing) | Incumbent | Living | 32 years, 47 days (Living) |