Vice-Chancellor of Austria

Vice-Chancellor of the Republic of Austria
Coat of arms
Incumbent Reinhold Mitterlehner since 1 September 2014
Appointer	President of Austria
Inaugural holder	Jodok Fink
Formation	15 March 1919

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)

Vice-Chancellors of the First Republic of Austria (1919–1934)
№	Portrait	Vice-Chancellor (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Party
1		Jodok Fink (1853–1929)	15 March 1919	26 March 1920	Christian Social Party
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Austria/meta/color; color:white;" | 2		Ferdinand Hanusch (1866–1926)	7 July 1920	22 October 1920	Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria
3		Eduard Heinl (1880–1957)	22 October 1920	20 November 1920	Christian Social Party
4	File:Walter Breisky.jpg	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	File:Karl Vaugoin.jpg	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
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | 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
Vice-Chancellors of the Federal State of Austria (1934–1938)
№	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
style="background:Template:Nazi Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 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.
Vice-Chancellors of the Second Republic of Austria (1945–present)
№	Portrait	Vice-Chancellor (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Party
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Austria/meta/color; color:white;" | 19		Adolf Schärf (1890–1965)	20 December 1945	22 May 1957	Social Democratic Party of Austria
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Austria/meta/color; color:white;" | 20		Bruno Pittermann (1905–1983)	22 May 1957	19 April 1966	Social Democratic Party of Austria
style="background:Template:Austrian People's Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 21		Fritz Bock (1911–1993)	19 April 1966	19 January 1968	Austrian People's Party
style="background:Template:Austrian People's Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 22		Hermann Withalm (1912–2003)	19 January 1968	21 April 1970	Austrian People's Party
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Austria/meta/color; color:white;" | 23		Rudolf Häuser (1909–2000)	21 April 1970	30 September 1976	Social Democratic Party of Austria
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Austria/meta/color; color:white;" | 24		Hannes Androsch (1938–)	1 October 1976	20 January 1981	Social Democratic Party of Austria
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Austria/meta/color; color:white;" | 25		Fred Sinowatz (1929–2008)	20 January 1981	24 May 1983	Social Democratic Party of Austria
style="background:Template:Freedom Party of Austria/meta/color; color:white;" | 26		Norbert Steger (1944–)	24 May 1983	21 January 1987	Freedom Party of Austria
style="background:Template:Austrian People's Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 27		Alois Mock (1934–)	21 January 1987	24 April 1989	Austrian People's Party
style="background:Template:Austrian People's Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 28		Josef Riegler (1938–)	24 April 1989	2 July 1991	Austrian People's Party
style="background:Template:Austrian People's Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 29		Erhard Busek (1941–)	2 July 1991	4 May 1995	Austrian People's Party
style="background:Template:Austrian People's Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 30		Wolfgang Schüssel (1945–)	4 May 1995	4 February 2000	Austrian People's Party
style="background:Template:Freedom Party of Austria/meta/color; color:white;" | 31		Susanne Riess-Passer (1961–)	4 February 2000	28 February 2003	Freedom Party of Austria
style="background:Template:Freedom Party of Austria/meta/color; color:white;" | 32		Herbert Haupt (1947–)	28 February 2003	21 October 2003	Freedom Party of Austria
style="background:Template:Freedom Party of Austria/meta/color; color:white;" | 33		Hubert Gorbach (1956–)	21 October 2003	11 January 2007	Freedom Party of Austria
style="background:Template:Alliance for the Future of Austria/meta/color; color:white;" | (33)					Alliance for the Future of Austria
style="background:Template:Austrian People's Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 34		Wilhelm Molterer (1955–)	11 January 2007	2 December 2008	Austrian People's Party
style="background:Template:Austrian People's Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 35		Josef Pröll (1968–)	2 December 2008	21 April 2011	Austrian People's Party
style="background:Template:Austrian People's Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 36		Michael Spindelegger (1959–)	21 April 2011	1 September 2014	Austrian People's Party
style="background:Template:Austrian People's Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 37		Reinhold Mitterlehner (1955–)	1 September 2014	Incumbent	Austrian People's Party

See also

• Chancellor of Austria