Vice-Chancellor of Austria


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The vice-chancellor of Austria is a member of the Government of Austria and is the deputy to the Chancellor. It is functionally equivalent to a deputy prime minister in other countries with parliamentary systems.

Vice-Chancellor of the Republic of Austria
Vizekanzler der Republik Österreich

Incumbent
Werner Kogler

since 7 January 2020

Executive branch of the Government of Austria
StyleMr Vice-Chancellor
(informal)
His Excellency
(diplomatic)
Member ofCabinet
SeatVienna
NominatorChancellor of Austria
AppointerPresident of Austria
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Austria
Formation15 March 1919; 105 years ago
First holderJodok Fink
Websitewww.bmoeds.gv.at

The current vice-chancellor of Austria is Werner Kogler, since 7 January 2020.[1][2][3]

Description of the office

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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)

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No. Portrait Vice-Chancellor Took office Left office Time in office Party Chancellor
1Jodok Fink
(1853–1929)		15 March 191926 March 19201 year, 11 daysCSKarl Renner (SDAPÖ)
2Ferdinand Hanusch
(1866–1926)		7 July 192022 October 1920210 daysSPÖMichael Mayr (CS)
3Eduard Heinl
(1880–1957)		22 October 192020 November 192029 daysCSMichael Mayr (CS)
4Walter Breisky
(1871–1944)		20 November 192030 May 19221 year, 191 daysCSMichael Mayr (CS)
Johannes Schober (Ind)
Himself (CS)
Johannes Schober (Ind)
5Felix Frank
(1876–1957)		31 May 192220 November 19242 years, 173 daysGDVPIgnaz Seipel (CS)
6Leopold Waber
(1875–1945)		20 November 192420 October 19261 year, 334 daysGDVPRudolf Ramek (CS)
7Franz Dinghofer
(1873–1956)		20 October 192619 May 1927211 daysGDVPIgnaz Seipel (CS)
8Karl Hartleb [de]
(1886–1965)		19 May 19274 May 19291 year, 350 daysLandbundIgnaz Seipel (CS)
9Vinzenz Schumy [de]
(1878–1962)		4 May 192926 September 1929145 daysLandbundErnst Streeruwitz (CS)
10Carl Vaugoin
(1873–1949)		26 September 192930 September 19301 year, 4 daysCSJohannes Schober (Ind)
11Richard Schmitz
(1885–1954)		30 September 19304 December 193065 daysCSCarl Vaugoin (CS)
12Johannes Schober
(1874–1932)
(Beamter)		4 December 193029 January 19321 year, 56 daysNonpartisanOtto Ender (CS)
Karl Buresch (CS)
13Franz Winkler [de]
(1890–1945)		29 January 193221 September 19331 year, 235 daysLandbundKarl Buresch (CS)
Engelbert Dollfuss (CS)
14Emil Fey
(1886–1938)		21 September 19331 May 1934222 daysHeimatblockEngelbert Dollfuss (VF)
15Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg
(1899–1956)		1 May 193414 May 19362 years, 13 daysHeimatblockKurt Schuschnigg (act.) (VF)
Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (act.) (VF)
Kurt Schuschnigg (VF)
16Eduard Baar-Baarenfels [de]
(1885–1967)		14 May 19363 November 1936173 daysHeimatblockKurt Schuschnigg (VF)
17Ludwig Hülgerth
(1875–1939)		3 November 193611 March 19381 year, 128 daysVFKurt Schuschnigg (VF)
18Edmund Glaise-Horstenau
(1882–1946)		11 March 193813 March 19382 daysNSDAPArthur Seyss-Inquart (NSDAP)

Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938 (see Austria under National Socialism for details). Independence was restored in 1945.

Vice-chancellors of Austria after the end of World War II

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No. Portrait Vice-Chancellor Took office Left office Time in office Party Chancellor
—Johann Koplenig
(1891–1968)		27 April 194520 December 1945237 daysKPÖKarl Renner (SPÖ)
19Adolf Schärf
(1890–1965)		20 December 194522 May 195711 years, 153 daysSPÖKarl Renner (SPÖ)
Leopold Figl (ÖVP)
Julius Raab (ÖVP)
20Bruno Pittermann
(1905–1983)		22 May 195719 April 19668 years, 332 daysSPÖJulius Raab (ÖVP)
Alfons Gorbach (ÖVP)
Josef Klaus (ÖVP)
21Fritz Bock
(1911–1993)		19 April 196619 January 19681 year, 275 daysÖVPJosef Klaus (ÖVP)
22Hermann Withalm [de]
(1912–2003)		19 January 196821 April 19702 years, 92 daysÖVPJosef Klaus (ÖVP)
23Rudolf Häuser [de]
(1909–2000)		21 April 197030 September 19766 years, 162 daysSPÖBruno Kreisky (SPÖ)
24Hannes Androsch
(born 1938)		1 October 197620 January 19814 years, 111 daysSPÖBruno Kreisky (SPÖ)
25Fred Sinowatz
(1929–2008)		20 January 198124 May 19832 years, 124 daysSPÖBruno Kreisky (SPÖ)
26Norbert Steger
(born 1944)		24 May 198321 January 19873 years, 242 daysFPÖFred Sinowatz (SPÖ)
Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ)
27Alois Mock
(1934–2017)		21 January 198724 April 19892 years, 93 daysÖVPFranz Vranitzky (SPÖ)
28Josef Riegler [de]
(born 1938)		24 April 19892 July 19912 years, 69 daysÖVPFranz Vranitzky (SPÖ)
29Erhard Busek
(1941–2022)		2 July 19914 May 19953 years, 306 daysÖVPFranz Vranitzky (SPÖ)
30Wolfgang Schüssel
(born 1945)		4 May 19954 February 20004 years, 276 daysÖVPFranz Vranitzky (SPÖ)
Viktor Klima (SPÖ)
31Susanne Riess-Passer
(born 1961)		4 February 200028 February 20033 years, 24 daysFPÖWolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP)
32Herbert Haupt
(born 1947)		28 February 200321 October 2003235 daysFPÖWolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP)
33Hubert Gorbach
(born 1956)		21 October 200311 January 20073 years, 81 daysBZÖWolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP)
34Wilhelm Molterer
(born 1955)		11 January 20072 December 20081 year, 326 daysÖVPAlfred Gusenbauer (SPÖ)
35Josef Pröll
(born 1968)		2 December 200821 April 20112 years, 140 daysÖVPWerner Faymann (SPÖ)
36Michael Spindelegger
(born 1959)		21 April 20111 September 20143 years, 133 daysÖVPWerner Faymann (SPÖ)
37Reinhold Mitterlehner
(born 1955)		1 September 201417 May 20172 years, 258 daysÖVPWerner Faymann (SPÖ)
Himself (act.) (ÖVP)
Christian Kern (SPÖ)
38Wolfgang Brandstetter
(born 1957)		17 May 201718 December 2017215 daysIndependentChristian Kern (SPÖ)
39Heinz-Christian Strache
(born 1969)		18 December 201722 May 20191 year, 155 daysFPÖSebastian Kurz (ÖVP)
40Hartwig Löger
(born 1965)		22 May 201928 May 20197 daysÖVPSebastian Kurz (ÖVP)
41Clemens Jabloner
(born 1948)		3 June 20197 January 2020218 daysNonpartisanBrigitte Bierlein (Ind)
42Werner Kogler
(born 1961)		7 January 2020Incumbent4 years, 269 daysGreensSebastian Kurz (ÖVP)
Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP)
Karl Nehammer (ÖVP)
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  2. ^ "Die Grünen - Die Grünen" (in German). Gruene.at. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  3. ^ "Austria's conservative People's Party forms coalition with the Greens". Euronews. Lyon. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.