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This is a list of presidents of Austria since the establishment of that office in 1919. ... 1945: Leopold Figl (1902–1965) Acting [a] 31 December 1950:
Adolf Schärf, former Austrian president; Johannes Schober, Chancellor (First Republic) Georg Ritter von Schönerer, radical German-nationalistic politician in the Habsburg monarchy; Sophie Schulz, member of the Landtag of Lower Austria; Kurt Schuschnigg, dictator and Chancellor of Austria from 1934 to 1938; Wolfgang Schüssel, Chancellor of ...
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), leader of Nazi Germany 1933–1945, gained German citizenship in 1932, and became German Chancellor in 1933. In 1938, he annexed Austria with the Anschluß Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg (1781–1848), statesman and historian
Austria was part of Nazi Germany from 13 March 1938 to 27 April 1945 (1) Karl Renner [d] (1870–1950) 27 April 1945 20 December 1945 237 days SPÖ – Renner IV • SPÖ • ÖVP • KPÖ [33] [34] [35] 13 Leopold Figl (1902–1965) 20 December 1945 2 April 1953 7 years, 103 days ÖVP: 1945: Figl I–II–III • ÖVP • SPÖ [36] 1949: 14 ...
Following the liberation of Austria by the allied forces in 1945, the republican Constitution was restored and so was the office of the president. Though the president regained the tremendous power they held before the corporatist era, since the second republic, the president voluntarily chose to serve as a ceremonial and symbolic figurehead ...
Austria's head of state is the Federal President (Bundespräsident), elected by popular vote for a term of six years and limited to two consecutive terms of office. [3] Former president Heinz Fischer was elected for a second term on 25 April 2010. He was succeeded by President Alexander Van der Bellen, who was elected on 4 December 2016. The ...
Pages in category "Presidents of Austria" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Government of Austria (German: Bundesregierung der Republik Österreich) is the executive cabinet of the Republic of Austria. It consists of the chancellor , who is the head of government , the vice chancellor and the ministers .