List of Presidents of the National Council of Austria
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List of Presidents of the National Council of Austria.
Below is a list of office-holders in the First Republic:
Below is a list of office-holders in the Second Republic:
Below is a list of office-holders in the First Republic:
| Name | Entered office | Left office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franz Dinghofer (President of the Provisional National Assembly) | October 21, 1918 | February 16, 1919 | Dnp |
| Jodok Fink (President of the Provisional National Assembly) | October 21, 1918 | October 30, 1918 | CS |
| Karl Seitz Karl Seitz Karl Seitz was an Austrian politician and the first President of Austria.Karl Seitz was born in Vienna, then capital of the Austro-Hungarian empire, as the son of a struggling small-time coal trader. Following the premature death of his father in 1875, the family was thrown into abject poverty,... (President of the Provisional National Assembly) |
October 21, 1918 | February 16, 1919 | SDAPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved... |
| Johann Nepomuk Hauser (President of the Provisional National Assembly) | October 30, 1918 | February 16, 1919 | CS |
| Karl Seitz Karl Seitz Karl Seitz was an Austrian politician and the first President of Austria.Karl Seitz was born in Vienna, then capital of the Austro-Hungarian empire, as the son of a struggling small-time coal trader. Following the premature death of his father in 1875, the family was thrown into abject poverty,... (President of Constituent National Assembly) |
March 5, 1919 | November 9, 1920 | SDAPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved... |
| Richard Weiskirchner | November 10, 1920 | November 20, 1923 | CS |
| Wilhelm Miklas Wilhelm Miklas Wilhelm Miklas was an Austrian politician who served as the third President of Austria, from 1928 until its annexation by Nazi Germany in the Anschluss 1938.-Early life:... |
November 20, 1923 | December 6, 1928 | CS |
| Alfred Gürtler Alfred Gürtler Alfred Gürtler was an Austrian statistician, economist and politician who served as Austrian Finance Minister from 1921 to 1922. Before becoming a politician, Gürtler was a professor of statistics at the University of Graz.... |
December 13, 1928 | December 4, 1930 | CS |
| Matthias Eldersch | December 4, 1930 | April 20, 1931 | SDAPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved... |
| Karl Renner Karl Renner Karl Renner was an Austrian politician. He was born in Untertannowitz in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and died in Vienna... |
April 29, 1931 | March 4, 1933 | SDAPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved... |
Below is a list of office-holders in the Second Republic:
| Name | Entered Office | Left Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leopold Kunschak | December 19, 1945 | March 13, 1953 | ÖVP Austrian People's Party The Austrian People's Party is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Austria. A successor to the Christian Social Party of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is similar to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in terms of ideology... |
| Felix Hurdes | March 18, 1953 | June 9, 1959 | ÖVP Austrian People's Party The Austrian People's Party is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Austria. A successor to the Christian Social Party of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is similar to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in terms of ideology... |
| Leopold Figl Leopold Figl Leopold Figl was an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party and the first Federal Chancellor after World War II... |
June 9, 1959 | February 5, 1962 | ÖVP Austrian People's Party The Austrian People's Party is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Austria. A successor to the Christian Social Party of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is similar to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in terms of ideology... |
| Alfred Maleta | February 14, 1962 | March 31, 1970 | ÖVP Austrian People's Party The Austrian People's Party is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Austria. A successor to the Christian Social Party of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is similar to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in terms of ideology... |
| Karl Waldbrunner | March 31, 1970 | November 4, 1971 | SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved... |
| Anton Benya | November 4, 1971 | December 17, 1986 | SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved... |
| Leopold Gratz Leopold Gratz ----Leopold Gratz was an Austrian politician.Born in Vienna, Gratz was a law graduate and a member of the Austrian Social Democratic Party . From 1963 to 1966 he was a member of the Bundesrat, from 1970 to 1971 Federal Minister of Education and the Arts... |
December 17, 1986 | February 23, 1989 | SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved... |
| Rudolf Pöder | February 28, 1989 | November 5, 1990 | SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved... |
| Heinz Fischer Heinz Fischer Heinz Fischer GColIH is the President of Austria. He took office on 8 July 2004 and was re-elected for a second and last term on 25 April 2010. Before he took office, Fischer was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria... |
November 5, 1990 | December 20, 2002 | SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved... |
| Andreas Khol Andreas Khol Andreas Khol is an Austrian politician of the center-conservative Austrian People's Party, President of the Nation Council from 2002 to 2006.... |
December 20, 2002 | October 30, 2006 | ÖVP Austrian People's Party The Austrian People's Party is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Austria. A successor to the Christian Social Party of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is similar to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in terms of ideology... |
| Barbara Prammer Barbara Prammer Barbara Prammer is an Austrian politician for the Social Democratic Party of Austria. She has been serving as President of the National Council of Austria since 30 October 2006. She served as its Vice President from 2004 to 2006... |
October 30, 2006 | Present | SPÖ Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved... |