List of Federal Presidents of Austria
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This is a list of Federal Presidents of Austria since the establishment of that office in 1919.
List of officeholders (since 1919)
Political Party: SDAPÖ/SPÖ CS/ÖVP VF NSDAP FPÖ None
Key: † Died in office
| № | President (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Term of office | Party | Presidential mandate | ||
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| № | Elected | ||||||
| 1 | Karl Seitz (1869–1950) |
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5 March 1919 | 21 October 1919 | SDAPÖ Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria |
1 | — |
| № | President (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Term of office | Party | Presidential mandate | ||
| № | Elected | ||||||
| (1) | Karl Seitz (1869–1950) |
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21 October 1919 | 9 December 1920 | SDAPÖ Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria |
1 | — |
| 2 | Michael Hainisch (1858–1940) |
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9 December 1920 | 9 December 1924 | Non-partisan | 1 | 1920 |
| 9 December 1924 | 10 December 1928 | 2 | 1924 | ||||
| 3 | Wilhelm Miklas (1872–1956) |
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10 December 1928 | 4 March 1933 | CS Christian Social Party |
1 | 1928 |
| (3) | 4 March 1933 | 1 May 1934 | VF Fatherland Front | ||||
| № | President (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Term of office | Party | Presidential mandate | ||
| № | Elected | ||||||
| (3) | Wilhelm Miklas (1872–1956) |
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1 May 1934 | 10 December 1934 | VF Fatherland Front |
1 | — |
| 10 December 1934 | 13 March 1938 | 2 | 1934 | ||||
| — | Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892–1946) Acting President, as Chancellor[1] |
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13 March 1938 | NSDAP National Socialist German Workers' Party |
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| № | President (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Term of office | Party | Presidential mandate | ||
| № | Elected | ||||||
| 4 | Karl Renner (1870–1950) |
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20 December 1945 | 31 December 1950† | SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria |
1 | 1945 |
| — | Leopold Figl (1902–1965) Acting President, as Chancellor |
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31 December 1950 | 21 June 1951 | ÖVP Austrian People's Party |
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| 5 | Theodor Körner (1873–1957) |
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21 June 1951 | 4 January 1957† | SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria |
1 | 1951 — 52.06% 2,178,631 |
| — | Julius Raab (1891–1964) Acting President, as Chancellor |
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4 January 1957 | 22 May 1957 | ÖVP Austrian People's Party |
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| 6 | Adolf Schärf (1890–1965) |
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22 May 1957 | 22 May 1963 | SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria |
1 | 1957 — 51.1% 2,258,255 |
| 22 May 1963 | 28 February 1965† | 2 | 1963 — 55.4% 2,473,349 | ||||
| — | Josef Klaus (1910–2001) Acting President, as Chancellor |
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28 February 1965 | 9 June 1965 | ÖVP Austrian People's Party |
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| 7 | Franz Jonas (1899–1974) |
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9 June 1965 | 9 June 1971 | SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria |
1 | 1965 — 50.7% 2,324,436 |
| 9 June 1971 | 24 April 1974† | 2 | 1971 — 52.8% 2,487,239 | ||||
| — | Bruno Kreisky (1911–1990) Acting President, as Chancellor |
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24 April 1974 | 8 July 1974 | SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria |
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| 8 | Rudolf Kirchschläger (1915–2000) |
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8 July 1974 | 8 July 1980 | Non-partisan | 1 | 1974 — 51.7% 2,392,367 |
| 8 July 1980 | 8 July 1986 | 2 | 1980 — 79.9% 3,538,748 | ||||
| 9 | Kurt Waldheim (1918–2007) |
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8 July 1986 | 8 July 1992 | ÖVP Austrian People's Party |
1 | 1986 — 53.9% 2,464,787 |
| 10 | Thomas Klestil (1932–2004) |
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8 July 1992 | 8 July 1998 | ÖVP Austrian People's Party[2] |
1 | 1992 — 56.9% 2,528,006 |
| 8 July 1998 | 6 July 2004† | 2 | 1998 — 63.42% 2,644,034 | ||||
| — | Andreas Khol (1941–) Joint Acting President, as President of the National Council |
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6 July 2004 | 8 July 2004 | ÖVP Austrian People's Party |
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| — | Barbara Prammer (1954–2014) Joint Acting President, as Second President of the National Council |
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SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria | ||||
| — | Thomas Prinzhorn (1943–) Joint Acting President, as Third President of the National Concil |
FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria | |||||
| 11 | Heinz Fischer (1938–) |
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8 July 2004 | 8 July 2010 | SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria |
1 | 2004 — 52.4% 2,166,690 |
| 8 July 2010 | Incumbent | 2 | 2010 — 79.33% 2,508,373 | ||||
See also
- History of Austria
- Politics of Austria
- President of Austria
- Chancellor of Austria
- List of Chancellors of Austria
Footnotes and references
- ↑ It was Seyss-Inquart in his capacity of Acting Federal President who signed the Anschluss into law.
- ↑ In 1998 Klestil was supported by SPÖ (Social Democratic Party of Austria), ÖVP (Austrian People's Party) and FPÖ (Freedom Party of Austria).
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