Vice-Chancellor of Austria
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| Appointer | President of Austria |
| Inaugural holder | Jodok Fink |
| Formation | 15 March 1919 |
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In Austrian politics, the Vice-Chancellor (German: Vizekanzler) is a member of the Federal Government acting as a deputy to the Federal Chancellor.
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 | |
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| 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 of Austria |
| 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 | .jpg) | 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 |
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| № | Portrait | Vice-Chancellor (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Party | |
| 19 | .JPG) | Adolf Schärf (1890–1965) | 20 December 1945 | 22 May 1957 | Social Democratic Party of Austria |
| 20 | | Bruno Pittermann (1905–1983) | 22 May 1957 | 19 April 1966 | Social Democratic Party of Austria |
| 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 | Social Democratic Party of Austria |
| 24 |  | Hannes Androsch (1938–) | 1 October 1976 | 20 January 1981 | Social Democratic Party of Austria |
| 25 |  | Fred Sinowatz (1929–2008) | 20 January 1981 | 24 May 1983 | Social Democratic Party of Austria |
| 26 | | Norbert Steger (1944–) | 24 May 1983 | 21 January 1987 | Freedom Party of Austria |
| 27 |  | Alois Mock (1934–) | 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 | .JPG) | 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 | Incumbent | Austrian People's Party |
See also
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