Vice-Chancellor of Austria

Vice-Chancellor of Austria Vizekanzler der Republik Österreich
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Incumbent Heinz-Christian Strache since 18 December 2017
Executive branch in Austrian Politics
Style	Mr. Vice-Chancellor (formal)
Status	Deputy Head of Government
Member of	Federal Government Council of Ministers
Residence	If not Minister at the same time: Federal Chancellery; currently Ministry of Civil Service and Sports
Seat	Vienna
Nominator	Political parties
Appointer	The President on advice of the Chancellor
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Austria
Formation	Constitutionally: 1. October 1920 Became active: 10. November 1920
First holder	Jodok Fink in the First Republic (15 March 1919) Adolf Schärf in the Second Republic (20 December 1945)
Website	www.bmoeds.gv.at

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The Vice-Chancellor of Austria (German: Vizekanzler) is a member of the Federal Government and the deputy of the Chancellor.

The current Vice Chancellor of Austria is Heinz-Christian Strache, in office since 2017.

Description of the office

Art. 69(2) of the Constitution of Austria states:

The Vice-Chancellor stands in for the Federal Chancellor in his complete field of functions. If both Federal Chancellor and Vice Chancellor are hindered, the Federal President appoints a member of the government to represent the Federal Chancellor.

In practice, the Vice-Chancellor is normally the leading member of the junior party within the current coalition government, frequently the party chairman. If only one party is represented in the government, the Vice Chancellor is often the Chancellor's presumed successor.

List of officeholders (1919–present)

№	Portrait	Vice-Chancellor (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Party
1		Jodok Fink (1853–1929)	15 March 1919	26 March 1920	Christian Social Party
2		Ferdinand Hanusch (1866–1926)	7 July 1920	22 October 1920	Social Democratic Workers' Party
3		Eduard Heinl (1880–1957)	22 October 1920	20 November 1920	Christian Social Party
4		Walter Breisky (1871–1944)	20 November 1920	30 May 1922	Christian Social Party
5		Felix Frank (1876–1957)	31 May 1922	20 November 1924	Greater German People's Party
6		Leopold Waber (1875–1945)	20 November 1924	20 October 1926	Greater German People's Party
7		Franz Dinghofer (1873–1956)	20 October 1926	19 May 1927	Greater German People's Party
8		Karl Hartleb (1886–1965)	19 May 1927	4 May 1929	Landbund
9		Vinzenz Schumy (1878–1962)	4 May 1929	26 September 1929	Landbund
10		Carl Vaugoin (1873–1949)	26 September 1929	30 September 1930	Christian Social Party
11		Richard Schmitz (1885–1954)	30 September 1930	4 December 1930	Christian Social Party
12		Johann Schober (1874–1932)	4 December 1930	29 January 1932	Non-partisan (Beamter)
13		Franz Winkler (1890–1965)	29 January 1932	21 September 1933	Landbund
14		Emil Fey (1886–1938)	21 September 1933	1 May 1934	Heimatblock
№	Portrait	Vice-Chancellor (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Party
15		Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (1899–1956)	1 May 1934	14 May 1936	Heimatblock
16		Eduard Baar-Baarenfels (1885–1967)	14 May 1936	3 November 1936	Heimatblock
17		Ludwig Hülgerth (1875–1939)	3 November 1936	11 March 1938	Fatherland Front
18		Edmund Glaise-Horstenau (1882–1946)	11 March 1938	13 March 1938	National Socialist German Workers' Party
Austria annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938. Independence restored in 1945.
№	Portrait	Vice-Chancellor (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Party
19		Adolf Schärf (1890–1965)	20 December 1945	22 May 1957	Socialist Party
20		Bruno Pittermann (1905–1983)	22 May 1957	19 April 1966	Socialist Party
21		Fritz Bock (1911–1993)	19 April 1966	19 January 1968	Austrian People's Party
22		Hermann Withalm (1912–2003)	19 January 1968	21 April 1970	Austrian People's Party
23		Rudolf Häuser (1909–2000)	21 April 1970	30 September 1976	Socialist Party
24		Hannes Androsch (1938–)	1 October 1976	20 January 1981	Socialist Party
25		Fred Sinowatz (1929–2008)	20 January 1981	24 May 1983	Socialist Party
26		Norbert Steger (1944–)	24 May 1983	21 January 1987	Freedom Party of Austria
27		Alois Mock (1934–2017)	21 January 1987	24 April 1989	Austrian People's Party
28		Josef Riegler (1938–)	24 April 1989	2 July 1991	Austrian People's Party
29		Erhard Busek (1941–)	2 July 1991	4 May 1995	Austrian People's Party
30		Wolfgang Schüssel (1945–)	4 May 1995	4 February 2000	Austrian People's Party
31		Susanne Riess-Passer (1961–)	4 February 2000	28 February 2003	Freedom Party of Austria
32		Herbert Haupt (1947–)	28 February 2003	21 October 2003	Freedom Party of Austria
33		Hubert Gorbach (1956–)	21 October 2003	11 January 2007	Freedom Party of Austria
(33)					Alliance for the Future of Austria
34		Wilhelm Molterer (1955–)	11 January 2007	2 December 2008	Austrian People's Party
35		Josef Pröll (1968–)	2 December 2008	21 April 2011	Austrian People's Party
36		Michael Spindelegger (1959–)	21 April 2011	1 September 2014	Austrian People's Party
37		Reinhold Mitterlehner (1955–)	1 September 2014	17 May 2017	Austrian People's Party
38		Wolfgang Brandstetter (1957–)	17 May 2017	18 December 2017	Independent
39		Heinz-Christian Strache (1969–)	18 December 2017	Incumbent	Freedom Party of Austria

See also

• Chancellor of Austria