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

Federal Presidents of the First Austrian Republic (1918-1938)
#	Name (Lifespan)	Portrait	Term of office		Party
1	Karl Seitz (1869–1950)		5 March 1919	9 December 1920	SDAPÖ
2	Michael Hainisch (1858–1940)		9 December 1920	10 December 1928	Non-partisan
3	Wilhelm Miklas (1872–1956)		10 December 1928	13 March 1938	CS
Austria annexed by the Third Reich 1938-1945
Federal Presidents of the Second Austrian Republic (since 1945)
#	Name (Lifespan)	Portrait	Term of office		Party
4	Karl Renner (1870–1950)		29 April 1945	31 December 1950	SPÖ
5	Theodor Körner (1873–1957)		21 June 1951	4 January 1957	SPÖ
6	Adolf Schärf (1890–1965)		22 May 1957	28 February 1965	SPÖ
7	Franz Jonas (1899–1974)		9 June 1965	24 April 1974	SPÖ
8	Rudolf Kirchschläger (1915–2000)		8 July 1974	8 July 1986	Non-partisan
9	Kurt Waldheim (1918–2007)		8 July 1986	8 July 1992	ÖVP
10	Thomas Klestil (1932–2004)		8 July 1992	6 July 2004	ÖVP
11	Heinz Fischer (born 1938)		8 July 2004	Incumbent	SPÖ
^Note 1 In 1998 Klestil was supported by SPÖ, ÖVP and FPÖ.

List of Acting Federal Presidents of Austria

Name	Portrait	Term of office	Party
Federal Chancellor Arthur Seyss-Inquart		13 March 1938	NSDAP
Federal Chancellor Leopold Figl		31 December 1950-21 June 1951	ÖVP
Federal Chancellor Julius Raab		4 January 1957-22 January 1957	ÖVP
Federal Chancellor Bruno Kreisky		27 April 1974-8 July 1974	SPÖ
First President of the Federal Council Andreas Khol Second President of the Federal Council Barbara Prammer Third President of the Federal Council Thomas Prinzhorn		6 July 2004-8 July 2004	ÖVP SPÖ FPÖ

See also

• History of Austria
• Politics of Austria
• President of Austria
• Chancellor of Austria
• List of Chancellors of Austria

External links

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