List of Federal Presidents of Austria

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This is a list of Presidents of Austria since the establishment of that office in 1919.

List of officeholders (1919–present)

Political Party:   SDAPÖ/SPÖ   CS/ÖVP   VF   NSDAP   FPÖ   DG–DGA   None

Key: † Died in office

№ President
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Term of office Party Presidential mandate
№ Elected
1 Karl Seitz
(1869–1950)		 5 March 1919 21 October 1919 Social Democratic Workers' Party 1 —
№ President
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Term of office Party Presidential mandate
№ Elected
(1) Karl Seitz
(1869–1950)		 21 October 1919 9 December 1920 Social Democratic Workers' Party 1 —
2 Michael Hainisch
(1858–1940)		 9 December 1920 9 December 1924 Non-partisan 1 1920
9 December 1924 10 December 1928 2 1924
3 Wilhelm Miklas
(1872–1956)		 10 December 1928 1 May 1934 Christian Social Party 1 1928
(3) Fatherland Front
№ President
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Term of office Party Presidential mandate
№ Elected
(3) Wilhelm Miklas
(1872–1956)		 1 May 1934 10 December 1934 Fatherland Front 1 —
10 December 1934 13 March 1938 2 1934
— Arthur Seyss-Inquart
(1892–1946)
Acting President, as
Chancellor[1]		 13 March 1938 National Socialist German Workers' Party —
Austria annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938. Independence restored in 1945.
№ President
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Term of office Party Presidential mandate
№ Elected
4 Karl Renner
(1870–1950)		 20 December 1945 31 December 1950† Socialist Party 1 1945
— Leopold Figl
(1902–1965)
Acting President, as
Chancellor		 31 December 1950 21 June 1951 Austrian People's Party —
5 Theodor Körner
(1873–1957)		 21 June 1951 4 January 1957† Socialist Party 1 1951 — 52.06%
2,178,631
— Julius Raab
(1891–1964)
Acting President, as
Chancellor		 4 January 1957 22 May 1957 Austrian People's Party —
6 Adolf Schärf
(1890–1965)		 22 May 1957 22 May 1963 Socialist Party 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		 28 February 1965 9 June 1965 Austrian People's Party —
7 Franz Jonas
(1899–1974)		 9 June 1965 9 June 1971 Socialist Party 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		 24 April 1974 8 July 1974 Socialist Party —
8 Rudolf Kirchschläger
(1915–2000)		 8 July 1974 8 July 1980 Non-partisan[2] 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)		 8 July 1986 8 July 1992 Austrian People's Party 1 1986 — 53.9%
2,464,787
10 Thomas Klestil
(1932–2004)		 8 July 1992 8 July 1998 Austrian People's Party[3] 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		 6 July 2004 8 July 2004 Austrian People's Party —
— Barbara Prammer
(1954–2014)
Joint Acting President, as
Second President of the National Council		 Social Democratic Party
— Thomas Prinzhorn
(1943–)
Joint Acting President, as
Third President of the National Council		 Freedom Party of Austria
11 Heinz Fischer
(1938–)		 8 July 2004 8 July 2010 Social Democratic Party 1 2004 — 52.4%
2,166,690
8 July 2010 8 July 2016 2 2010 — 79.33%
2,508,373
— Doris Bures
(1962–)
Joint Acting President, as
President of the National Council		 8 July 2016 26 January 2017 Social Democratic Party —
— Karlheinz Kopf
(1957–)
Joint Acting President, as
Second President of the National Council		 Austrian People's Party
— Norbert Hofer
(1971–)
Joint Acting President, as
Third President of the National Council		 Freedom Party of Austria
12 Alexander Van der Bellen
(1944–)		 26 January 2017 Elect The Greens – The Green Alternative
(nominally elected as independent)		 1 2016 —
51.7%
2,062,920

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ It was Seyss-Inquart in his capacity of Acting Federal President who signed the Anschluss into law.
  2. ↑ Endorsed by the Socialist Party in 1974.
  3. ↑ In 1998 Klestil was supported by Social Democratic Party of Austria, Austrian People's Party and Freedom Party of Austria.

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