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Vice-Chancellor of the
Republic of Austria
since 17 May 2017
AppointerPresident of Austria
Inaugural holderJodok Fink
Formation15 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 Austrian Republic (1919–1934)

Portrait Vice-Chancellor
(Birth–Death)
Term of Office Party
style="background:Template:Austrian People's Party/meta/color; color:white;" |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
style="background:Template:Austrian People's Party/meta/color; color:white;" |3 Eduard Heinl
(1880–1957)
22 October 1920 20 November 1920 Christian Social Party
style="background:Template:Austrian People's Party/meta/color; color:white;" |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
style="background:Template:Austrian People's Party/meta/color; color:white;" |10 Carl Vaugoin
(1873–1949)
26 September 1929 30 September 1930 Christian Social Party
style="background:Template:Austrian People's Party/meta/color; color:white;" |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
style="background:Template:Fatherland Front (Austria)/meta/color; color:white;" |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 Austrian Republic (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 Socialist Party
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Austria/meta/color; color:white;" |20 Bruno Pittermann
(1905–1983)
22 May 1957 19 April 1966 Socialist Party
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 Socialist Party
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Austria/meta/color; color:white;" |24 Hannes Androsch
(1938–)
1 October 1976 20 January 1981 Socialist Party
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Austria/meta/color; color:white;" |25 Fred Sinowatz
(1929–2008)
20 January 1981 24 May 1983 Socialist Party
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
(1934–2017)
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 17 May 2017 Austrian People's Party
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" |38 Wolfgang Brandstetter
(1957–)
17 May 2017 Incumbent Independent

See also