List of Federal Presidents of Austria

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

List of officeholders (since 1919)

№	President (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of office		Party	Presidential mandate		Notes
						№	Elected
1	Karl Seitz (1869–1950)		5 March 1919	21 October 1919	SDAPÖ Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria	1	—
№	President (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of office		Party	Presidential mandate		Notes
						№	Elected
(1)	Karl Seitz (1869–1950)		21 October 1919	9 December 1920	SDAPÖ Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria	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	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		Notes
						№	Elected
(3)	Wilhelm Miklas (1872–1956)		1 May 1934	10 December 1934	VF Fatherland Front	1	—
			10 December 1934	13 March 1938		2	1934
—	Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892–1946)[1]		13 March 1938		NSDAP 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		Notes
						№	Elected
4	Karl Renner (1870–1950)		20 December 1945	31 December 1950	SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria	1	1945	Died in office
—	Leopold Figl (1902–1965)		31 December 1950	21 June 1951	ÖVP Austrian People's Party		—
5	Theodor Körner (1873–1957)		21 June 1951	4 January 1957	SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria	1	1951 — 52.06% 2,178,631	Died in office
—	Julius Raab (1891–1964)		4 January 1957	22 May 1957	ÖVP Austrian People's Party		—
6	Adolf Schärf (1890–1965)		22 May 1957	22 May 1963	SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria	1	1957 — 51.1% 2,258,255	Died in office
			22 May 1963	28 February 1965		2	1963 — 55.4% 2,473,349
—	Josef Klaus (1910–2001)		28 February 1965	9 June 1965	ÖVP Austrian People's Party		—
7	Franz Jonas (1899–1974)		9 June 1965	9 June 1971	SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria	1	1965 — 50.7% 2,324,436	Died in office
			9 June 1971	24 April 1974		2	1971 — 52.8% 2,487,239
—	Bruno Kreisky (1911–1990)		24 April 1974	8 July 1974	SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria		—
8	Rudolf Kirchschläger (1915–2000)		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)		8 July 1986	8 July 1992	ÖVP Austrian People's Party	1	1986 — 53.9% 2,464,787
10	Thomas Klestil (1932–2004)		8 July 1992	8 July 1998	ÖVP Austrian People's Party[2]	1	1992 — 56.9% 2,528,006	Died in office two days before the expiration of his second term
			8 July 1998	6 July 2004		2	1998 — 63.42% 2,644,034
—	Andreas Khol (1941–)		6 July 2004	8 July 2004	ÖVP Austrian People's Party		—
—	Barbara Prammer (1954–2014)				SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria
—	Thomas Prinzhorn (1943–)				FPÖ Freedom Party of Austria
11	Heinz Fischer (1938–)		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

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

External links

• Official Website of the Austrian President
• Austria: Heads of State: 1918-1938