Vice-Chancellor of Austria

Vice-Chancellor of the
Republic of Austria

Incumbent
Wolfgang Brandstetter
since 17 May 2017
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
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
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 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
Austria annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938. Independence restored in 1945.
№ Portrait Vice-Chancellor
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Party
19 Adolf Schärf
(1890–1965)		 20 December 1945 22 May 1957 Socialist Party
20 Bruno Pittermann
(1905–1983)		 22 May 1957 19 April 1966 Socialist Party
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 Socialist Party
24 Hannes Androsch
(1938–)		 1 October 1976 20 January 1981 Socialist Party
25 Fred Sinowatz
(1929–2008)		 20 January 1981 24 May 1983 Socialist Party
26 Norbert Steger
(1944–)		 24 May 1983 21 January 1987 Freedom Party of Austria
27 Alois Mock
(1934–2017)		 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 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 17 May 2017 Austrian People's Party
38 Wolfgang Brandstetter
(1957–)		 17 May 2017 Incumbent Independent

See also

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