List of chancellors of Austria

This is a list of Chancellors of Austria.

Chancellors

No. Portrait Name
(born–died)		 Term of office Party Elected Cabinet
coalition
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Portrait of Karl Renner (1920) Karl Renner[a][b]
(1870–1950)		 30 October 1918 7 July 1920 1 year, 251 days SDAPÖ 1919 Renner I–II–III
• SDAPÖ • CS • GDVP
2 Photograph of Mayr (before 1922) Michael Mayr[c]
(1864–1922)		 7 July 1920 21 June 1921 349 days CS 1920 Mayr I–II
• CS • SDAPÖ
3 Portrait of Schober (circa 1922) Johannes Schober
(1874–1932)		 21 June 1921 26 January 1922 344 days IND – Schober I
• CS • GDVP • Technocrats
4 Walter Breisky
(1871–1944)		 26 January 1922 27 January 1922 1 day CS – Breisky
• CS • GDVP
(3) Portrait of Schober (circa 1922) Johannes Schober
(1874–1932)		 27 January 1922 31 May 1922 124 days IND – Schober II
• CS • GDVP • Technocrats
5 Portrait of Seipel Ignaz Seipel
(1876–1932)		 31 May 1922 20 November 1924 2 years, 173 days CS 1923 Seipel I–II–III
• CS • GDVP • Technocrats
6 Portrait of Ramek (1924) Rudolf Ramek
(1881–1941)		 20 November 1924 20 October 1926 1 year, 334 days CS – Ramek I–II
• CS • GDVP
(5) Portrait of Seipel Ignaz Seipel
(1876–1932)		 20 October 1926 4 May 1929 2 years, 196 days CS 1927 Seipel IV–V
• CS • GDVP • LBd
7 Portrait of Streeruwitz (1929) Ernst Streeruwitz
(1874–1952)		 4 May 1929 26 September 1929 145 days CS – Streeruwitz
• CS • LBd
(3) Photograph of Johann Schober (1927) Johannes Schober
(1874–1932)		 26 September 1929 30 September 1930 1 year, 4 days IND – Schober III
• CS
8 Photograph of Vaugoin (1933) Carl Vaugoin
(1873–1949)		 30 September 1930 4 December 1930 65 days CS – Vaugoin
• CS
9 Photograph of Ender (1929) Otto Ender
(1875–1960)		 4 December 1930 20 June 1931 198 days CS 1930 Ender
• CS
10 Portrait of Buresch (1932) Karl Buresch
(1878–1936)		 20 June 1931 20 May 1932 335 days CS – Buresch I–II
• CS • LBd
11 Portrait of a man in a Three-piece suit Engelbert Dollfuss
(1892–1934)		 20 May 1932 25 July 1934 † 2 years, 66 days CS – Dollfuss I
• CS • LBd • Heimwehr
20 May 1932 – 1 May 1934

Dollfuss II
• VF
1 May 1934 – 25 July 1934
VF
– Photograph of Mitterlehner (2015) Prince
Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg
(1899–1956)
Acting		 25 July 1934 29 July 1934 4 days VF – Dollfuss II
• VF
12 Photograph of Schuschnigg (1936) Kurt Schuschnigg
(1897–1977)		 29 July 1934 11 March 1938 3 years, 225 days VF – Schuschnigg I–II–III–IV–V
• VF
13 Photograph of Seyss-Inquart Arthur Seyss-Inquart
(1892–1946)		 11 March 1938 13 March 1938 2 days NSDAP – Seyss-Inquart
• NSDAP
Austria was part of Nazi Germany from 13 March 1938 to 27 April 1945
(1) Portrait of Karl Renner (1931) Karl Renner[d]
(1870–1950)		 27 April 1945 20 December 1945 237 days SPÖ – Renner IV
• SPÖ • ÖVP • KPÖ
14 Photograph of Figl (after 1962) Leopold Figl
(1902–1965)		 20 December 1945 2 April 1953 7 years, 103 days ÖVP 1945 Figl I–II–III
• ÖVP • SPÖ
1949
15 Photograph of Raab (1961) Julius Raab
(1891–1964)		 2 April 1953 11 April 1961 8 years, 9 days ÖVP 1953 Raab I–II–III–IV
• ÖVP • SPÖ
1956
1959
16 Photograph of Gorbach (1965) Alfons Gorbach
(1898–1972)		 11 April 1961 2 April 1964 2 years, 357 days ÖVP 1962 Gorbach I–II
• ÖVP • SPÖ
17 Photograph of Klaus (1964) Josef Klaus
(1910–2001)		 2 April 1964 21 April 1970 6 years, 19 days ÖVP – Klaus I
• ÖVP • SPÖ
1966 Klaus II
• ÖVP
18 Photograph of Kreisky (1983) Bruno Kreisky
(1911–1990)		 21 April 1970 24 May 1983 13 years, 33 days SPÖ 1970 Kreisky I–II–III–IV
• SPÖ
1971
1975
1979
19 Photograph of Sinowatz Fred Sinowatz
(1929–2008)		 24 May 1983 16 June 1986 3 years, 23 days SPÖ 1983 Sinowatz
• SPÖ • FPÖ
20 Photograph of Vranitzky Franz Vranitzky
(born 1937)		 16 June 1986 28 January 1997 10 years, 226 days SPÖ 1986 Vranitzky I–II
• SPÖ • FPÖ
1990 Vranitzky III–IV–V
• SPÖ • ÖVP
1994
1995
21 Photograph of Klima (1988) Viktor Klima
(born 1947)		 28 January 1997 4 February 2000 3 years, 7 days SPÖ – Klima
• SPÖ • ÖVP
22 Photograph of Schüssel (2006) Wolfgang Schüssel
(born 1945)		 4 February 2000 11 January 2007 6 years, 341 days ÖVP 1999 Schüssel I
• ÖVP • FPÖ
4 February 2000 – 3 April 2005

Schüssel II
• ÖVP • BZÖ
3 April 2005 – 11 January 2007
2002
23 Photograph of Gusenbauer (2008) Alfred Gusenbauer
(born 1960)		 11 January 2007 2 December 2008 1 year, 326 days SPÖ 2006 Gusenbauer
• SPÖ • ÖVP
24 Portrait of Faymann (2008) Werner Faymann
(born 1960)		 2 December 2008 9 May 2016 7 years, 159 days SPÖ 2008 Faymann I–II
• SPÖ • ÖVP
2013
– Photograph of Mitterlehner (2016) Reinhold Mitterlehner
(born 1955)
Acting		 9 May 2016 17 May 2016 8 days ÖVP – Faymann II
• SPÖ • ÖVP
25 Portrait of Kern (2016) Christian Kern
(born 1966)		 17 May 2016 18 December 2017 1 year, 215 days SPÖ – Kern
• SPÖ • ÖVP
26 Sebastian Kurz
(born 1986)		 18 December 2017 28 May 2019 1 year, 161 days ÖVP 2017 Kurz I
• ÖVP • FPÖ
18 December 2017 – 22 May 2019

• ÖVP
22 May 2019 – 28 May 2019
– Hartwig Löger
(born 1965)
Acting		 28 May 2019 3 June 2019 6 days ÖVP – Kurz I
• ÖVP
27 Brigitte Bierlein
(1949–2024)		 3 June 2019 7 January 2020 218 days IND – Bierlein
• Technocrats
(26) Kurz with Russian President Putin in the Kremlin (2018) Sebastian Kurz
(born 1986)		 7 January 2020 11 October 2021 1 year, 277 days ÖVP 2019 Kurz II
• ÖVP • Greens
28 Alexander Schallenberg
(born 1969)		 11 October 2021 6 December 2021 56 days ÖVP – Schallenberg
• ÖVP • Greens
29 Karl Nehammer
(born 1972)		 6 December 2021 8 January 2025 3 years, 33 days ÖVP – Nehammer
• ÖVP • Greens
(28) Alexander Schallenberg
(born 1969)
Acting		 8 January 2025 3 March 2025 54 days ÖVP – Nehammer
• ÖVP • Greens
30 Christian Stocker
(born 1960)		 3 March 2025 Incumbent 1 year, 118 days ÖVP 2024 Stocker

• ÖVP• SPÖ

References

  1. ↑ Renner initially served as State Chancellor of the Republic of German-Austria until 21 October 1919, and thereafter as State Chancellor of the Republic of Austria.
  2. ↑ The chancellor is appointed by the president of Austria. However, since the office of president was only established in 1920, Renner was instead appointed by the State Council.
  3. ↑ Office renamed from "State Chancellor" to "Federal Chancellor" on 10 November 1920.
  4. ↑ After the Red Army freed Vienna from the Nazi Regime, Renner formed a cabinet under Soviet rule. The cabinet was accepted by the Soviets on 27 April 1945 and recognized by all states of Austria as well as the Allied Control Council in September 1945.
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