In Austrian politics

Politics of Austria

The Politics of Austria take place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, with a Federal Chancellor as the head of government, and a Federal President as head of state. Executive power is exercised by the governments, both local and federal...

, the Vice-Chancellor (Vizekanzler) is a member of the federal government acting as a deputy to the Federal Chancellor

Chancellor of Austria

The Federal Chancellor is the head of government in Austria. Its deputy is the Vice-Chancellor. Before 1918, the equivalent office was the Minister-President of Austria. The Federal Chancellor is considered to be the most powerful political position in Austrian politics.-Appointment:The...

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Art. 69(2) of the Constitution of Austria

Constitution of Austria

The Constitution of Austria is the body of all constitutional law of the Republic of Austria on the federal level. It is split up over many different acts...

 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

President of Austria

The President of Austria is the federal head of state of Austria. Though theoretically entrusted with great power by the constitution, in practice the President acts, for the most part, merely as a ceremonial figurehead...

 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

Coalition government

A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...

, 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 Vice-Chancellors of Austria

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Vice-Chancellors of the First Austrian Republic

(1918-1938, here including the austro-fascist period

Austrofascism

Austrofascism is a term which is frequently used by historians to describe the authoritarian rule installed in Austria with the May Constitution of 1934, which ceased with the forcible incorporation of the newly-founded Federal State of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938...

 from 1934-1938) Name Assumption of office End of office period Party Jodok Fink March 15, 1919 April 26, 1920 CS Ferdinand Hanusch

Ferdinand Hanusch

Ferdinand Hanusch was an Austrian socialist politician....

July 7, 1920 October 22, 1920 SDAPÖ Eduard Heinl October 22, 1920 November 20, 1920 CS Walter Breisky

Walter Breisky

Walter Breisky was an Austrian Beamter and politician.A member of the Christian Social Party, he served as Vice-Chancellor of Austria and Minister of the Interior from 1920 to 1922...

November 20, 1920 May 30, 1922 Felix Frank May 31, 1922 November 20, 1924 GDVP

Greater German People's Party

The Greater German People's Party was a German nationalist and national liberal party during the First Republic of Austria.-Foundation:...

Leopold Waber November 20, 1924 October 20, 1926 GDVP Franz Dinghofer October 20, 1926 May 19, 1927 GDVP Karl Hartleb May 19, 1927 May 4, 1929 Landbund

Landbund

The Landbund was an Austrian political party during the period of the First Republic .-History:The Landbund was founded in 1919 as Deutsche Bauernpartei and represented liberal and protestant farmers in Styria, Carinthia and Upper Austria...

Vinzenz Schumy May 4, 1929 September 26, 1929 Landbund Carl Vaugoin September 26, 1929 September 30, 1930 CS Richard Schmitz

Richard Schmitz

Richard Schmitz was the last Social-Christian mayor of Vienna, Austria.Richard Schmitz served as Vice Chancellor of Austria, as well as its Minister of Social Welfare and of Education, and as Commissioner of Vienna...

September 30, 1930 December 4, 1930 CS Johann Schober

Johann Schober

Johann Schober was an Austrian police officer who served three times as Chancellor of Austria .-Early career:...

December 4, 1930 January 29, 1932 Franz Winkler January 29, 1932 September 21, 1933 Landbund Emil Fey

Emil Fey

Emil Fey was an Austrian officer in the Kaiserlich und königlich army, leader of the right-wing paramilitary Heimwehr, and Vice-Chancellor of Austria during the period of Austrofascism under Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss...

September 21, 1933 May 1, 1934 Heimatblock Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg

Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg

Ernst Rüdiger Camillo Starhemberg was an Austrian nationalist and conservative politician prior to World War II, a leader of the Heimwehr and later of the Christian Social Party/Fatherland's Front...

May 1, 1934 May 14, 1936 Heimatblock Eduard Baar-Baarenfels May 14, 1936 November 3, 1936 Heimatblock Ludwig Hülgerth November 3, 1936 March 11, 1938 VF Edmund Glaise-Horstenau

Edmund Glaise-Horstenau

Edmund Glaise-Horstenau was an Austrian officer in the Bundesheer, last Vice-Chancellor of Austria before the 1938 Anschluss, and general in the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War.- Life :Born in Braunau am Inn the son of an officer, Glaise-Horstenau attended the Theresian Military...

March 11, 1938 March 13, 1938 NSDAP

Vice-Chancellors of the Second Austrian Republic

(since 1945) Name Assumption of office End of office period Party Adolf Schärf

Adolf Schärf

Adolf Schärf was, from 1957 to his death, the sixth President of Austria. Born into a poor working class family, he put himself through law school working part time and with a scholarship granted for academic excellence...

December 20, 1945 May 22, 1957 SPÖ

SPO

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Bruno Pittermann

Bruno Pittermann

Dr. Bruno Pittermann was an Austrian social democrat politician. He served as both the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria from 1957 to 1967, and the Vice Chancellor of Austria from 1957 to 1966. From 1964 to 1976, he was president of the Socialist International....

May 22, 1957 April 19, 1966 SPÖ Fritz Bock

Fritz Bock

Fritz Bock was an Austrian politician notable for having co-founded the Austrian People's Party in 1945 and having been Vice-Chancellor of Austria from 1966 to 1968.- Notes and references :...

April 19, 1966 January 19, 1968 ÖVP

OVP

OVP is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to:*The Office of the Vice President of the United States*The Office of the Vice President of the Philippines*OVP , a light sub-machine gun developed in Italy...

Hermann Withalm January 19, 1968 April 21, 1970 ÖVP Rudolf Häuser April 21, 1970 September 30, 1976 SPÖ Hannes Androsch

Hannes Androsch

Johannes Androsch is an Austrian entrepreneur and consultant; a former Social Democrat top politician who served as an Austrian Minister of Finance from 1970 to 1981 and additionally as Vice Chancellor from 1976–1981; and a former banker who from 1981-1988 was the General Director of the...

October 1, 1976 January 20, 1981 SPÖ Fred Sinowatz

Fred Sinowatz

Alfred "Fred" Sinowatz was born in Neufeld an der Leitha, Burgenland, Austria. He was an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party of Austria , and was Chancellor of Austria from 1983 to 1986.- Career until 1983 :Sinowatz, educated as a historian, was Minister of Education and Art in the...

January 20, 1981 May 24, 1983 SPÖ Norbert Steger

Norbert Steger

Norbert Steger is an Austrian lawyer and former politician for the Freedom Party of Austria . He was the FPÖ party leader from 1980 to 1986, and Vice Chancellor and Minister of Commerce of Austria from 1983 to 1987....

May 24, 1983 January 21, 1987 FPÖ

FPO

FPO may refer to:*Fleet Post Office, a "city" designation in military mail *Field post office, a term for military post offices in military mail systems *For position only, a designation for placeholder graphics...

Alois Mock

Alois Mock

Alois Mock is a politician and member of the Austrian People's Party . He was Vice Chancellor of Austria from 1987 to 1989. As foreign minister he helped take Austria into the European Union....

January 21, 1987 April 24, 1989 ÖVP Josef Riegler April 24, 1989 July 2, 1991 ÖVP Erhard Busek

Erhard Busek

Erhard Busek is a politician from the Christian-conservative People's Party . At present he is Coordinator of the South-Eastern Cooperative Initiative and Chairman of the Institute for Danube Region and Central Europe among other things.Busek was chief of the party and Vice-Chancellor of Austria...

July 2, 1991 May 4, 1995 ÖVP Wolfgang Schüssel

Wolfgang Schüssel

Wolfgang Schüssel is an Austrian People's Party politician. He was Chancellor of Austria for two consecutive terms from February 2000 to January 2007...

May 4, 1995 February 4, 2000 ÖVP Susanne Riess-Passer

Susanne Riess-Passer

Susanne Riess-Passer is a former Austrian politician of the Freedom Party of Austria .In the first government headed by Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, which was inaugurated in 2000, she became Vice Chancellor and minister of public services and sports, representing her party in the coalition with...

February 4, 2000 February 28, 2003 FPÖ Herbert Haupt

Herbert Haupt

----Herbert Haupt is an Austrian politician and former party chairman of the Austrian Freedom Party. Born in Seeboden, Carinthia, and a veterinarian by training, he was federal Minister of Social Services from 2000 till 2005 in a coalition government headed by Wolfgang Schüssel...

February 28, 2003 October 21, 2003 FPÖ Hubert Gorbach

Hubert Gorbach

Hubert Gorbach is an Austrian politician and a member of the Alliance for the Future of Austria . Until April 2005, he was a leading member in the Freedom Party. Born in Vorarlberg, he was vice-governor of Vorarlberg until 2003.In 2003, he succeeded Herbert Haupt as Vice-Chancellor of Austria...

October 21, 2003 January 11, 2007 FPÖ / BZÖ

BZO

BZO can mean:* Bolzano Airport, with IATA code BZO* Alliance for the Future of Austria, abbreviated BZÖ...

Wilhelm Molterer

Wilhelm Molterer

Wilhelm Molterer is Vice-President and member of the Management Committee of the European Investment Bank . Before joining the EIB, he was Member of the Austrian Parliament...

January 11, 2007 2 December 2008 ÖVP Josef Pröll

Josef Pröll

Josef Pröll is a former Austrian politician and was the chairman of the Austrian People's Party from 2008 until 2011. He served as Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance....

2 December 2008 21 April 2011 ÖVP Michael Spindelegger

Michael Spindelegger

Michael Spindelegger is an Austrian lawyer and politician. He is the current Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Austria in the cabinet of Werner Faymann. Since 2011, Spindelegger is the current leader of the Austrian People's Party .- Early and personal life :Spindelegger was born in Mödling,...

21 April 2011 present ÖVP