Chancellor of Austria

The Chancellor of Austria (in German: Bundeskanzler) is the head of government in Austria. The chancellor's deputy is the Vice Chancellor. Before 1918, the equivalent office was the Minister-President of Austria.

Appointment

The Chancellor is appointed by the President of Austria who is theoretically totally free in his choice. The Chancellor assumes his office immediately after the appointment and swear in by the president. Thus, a confirmation by the National Council (the Lower House of the Austrian parliament is not necessary. However, since the National Council has the right to pass a motion of no confidence at any time, the president has to take the majority opinion of the National Council into account.

First Republic (1918-1938)

1) In 1933 Austria's democratic institutions were overthrown and replaced by a dictatorial government, the so-called Austrian-fascist regime, of which Engelbert Dollfuß and Kurt Schuschnigg were dominating figures.

2) Due to pressure of National-Socialist Germany, the last Austrian president, Wilhelm Miklas, relunctantly appointed Seyß-Inquart as chancellor. Seyß-Inquart's only task was to prepare the Anschluss.

Name	Birth-Death	Term of office	Party
Chancellors of the First Republic
Karl Renner	1870–1950	1918–1920	SDAPÖ
Michael Mayr	1864–1922	1920–1921	CS
Johann Schober	1874–1932	1921–1922	civil servant
Walter Breisky	1871–1944	1922	civil servant
Johann Schober	1874–1932	1922	civil servant
Ignaz Seipel	1876–1932	1922–1924	CS
Rudolf Ramek	1881–1941	1924–1926	CS
Ignaz Seipel	1876–1932	1926–1929	CS
Ernst Streeruwitz	1874–1952	1929	CS
Johann Schober	1874–1932	1929–1930	civil servant
Carl Vaugoin	1873–1949	1930	CS
Otto Ender	1875–1960	1930–1931	CS
Karl Buresch	1878–1936	1931–1932	CS
Engelbert Dollfuß¹⁾	1892–1934	1932–1934	CS/VF
Kurt Schuschnigg¹⁾	1897–1977	1934–1938	VF
Arthur Seyß-Inquart²⁾	1892–1946	1938	NSDAP

Second Republic (since 1945)

Name	Birth-Death	Term of office	Party
Chancellors of the Second Republic
Karl Renner	1870–1950	1945	SDAPÖ/SPÖ
Leopold Figl	1902–1965	1945–1953	ÖVP
Julius Raab	1891–1964	1953–1961	ÖVP
Alfons Gorbach	1898–1972	1961-1964	ÖVP
Josef Klaus	1910–2001	1964–1970	ÖVP
Bruno Kreisky	1911–1990	1970–1983	SPÖ
Fred Sinowatz	1929–	1983–1986	SPÖ
Franz Vranitzky	1937–	1986–1997	SPÖ
Viktor Klima	1947–	1997–2000	SPÖ
Wolfgang Schüssel	1945-	since 2000	ÖVP

External links

Official site of the Austrian Bundeskanzler

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Appointment

First Republic (1918-1938)

Second Republic (since 1945)

See also

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