Austrian Chancellors and Presidents

This list is comprised of Austrian Chancellors and Presidents. The positions were established in 1919 upon the formation of the First Austrian Republic. The Chancellor (German Bundeskanzler) is the head of the government, while the President (Bundespräsident) is the official head of state.
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Karl Renner1918-1920; 1945; 1945-1950chancellor; president
Karl Seitz1919-1920president
Michael Mayr1920-1921chancellor
Michael Hainisch1920-1928president
Johann Schober1921-1922; 1922; 1929-1930chancellor
Walter Breisky1922chancellor
Ignaz Seipel1922-1924; 1926-1929chancellor
Rudolf Ramek1924-1926chancellor
Wilhelm Miklas1928-1938president
Ernst Streeruwitz1929chancellor
Carl Vaugoin1930chancellor
Otto Ender1930-1931chancellor
Karl Buresch1931-1932chancellor
Engelbert Dollfuss1932-1934chancellor
Kurt Schuschnigg1934-1938chancellor
Arthur Seyss-Inquart1938chancellor
Leopold Figl1945-1953chancellor
Theodor Körner1951-1957president
Julius Raab1953-1961chancellor
Adolf Schärf1957-1965president
Alfons Gorbach1961-1964chancellor
Josef Klaus1964-1970chancellor
Franz Jonas1965-1974president
Bruno Kreisky1970-1983chancellor
Rudolf Kirchschläger1974-1986president
Fred Sinowatz1983-1986chancellor
Franz Vranitzky1986-1997chancellor
Kurt Waldheim1986-1992president
Thomas Klestil1992-2004president
Viktor Klima1997-2000chancellor
Wolfgang Schüssel2000-2007chancellor
Heinz Fischer2004-2016president
Alfred Gusenbauer2007-2008chancellor
Werner Faymann2008-2016chancellor
Reinhold Mitterlehner2016chancellor
Christian Kern2016-2017chancellor
Alexander Van der Bellen2017-president
Sebastian Kurz2017-2019; 2020-2021chancellor
Brigitte Bierlein2019-2020chancellor
Alexander Schallenberg2021chancellor
Karl Nehammer2021-chancellor