Vice-Chancellor of Austria

Vice-Chancellor of the Republic of Austria
Vizekanzler der Republik Österreich
Coat of arms of Austria
Flag of Austria
Incumbent vacant
Executive branch of the Government of Austria
Style	Mr Vice-Chancellor (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Member of	Cabinet
Seat	Vienna
Nominator	Chancellor of Austria
Appointer	President of Austria
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Austria
Formation	15 March 1919 (1919-03-15)
First holder	Jodok Fink
Website	www.bmoeds.gv.at

The vice-chancellor of Austria is a member of the Government of Austria and is the deputy to the Chancellor. It is functionally equivalent to a deputy prime minister in other countries with parliamentary systems.

The latest vice-chancellor of Austria was Werner Kogler, since 7 January 2020 until 2 October 2024.

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 Austria during the Interwar period

Further information: Republic of German-Austria, First Austrian Republic, and Federal State of Austria

No.	Portrait	Vice-Chancellor	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Chancellor
1		Fink, JodokJodok Fink (1853–1929)	15 March 1919	26 March 1920	1 year, 11 days	CS	Renner, KarlKarl Renner (SDAPÖ)
2		Hanusch, FerdinandFerdinand Hanusch (1866–1926)	7 July 1920	22 October 1920	210 days	SPÖ	Mayr, MichaelMichael Mayr (CS)
3		Heinl, EduardEduard Heinl (1880–1957)	22 October 1920	20 November 1920	29 days	CS	Mayr, MichaelMichael Mayr (CS)
4		Breisky, WalterWalter Breisky (1871–1944)	20 November 1920	30 May 1922	1 year, 191 days	CS	Mayr, MichaelMichael Mayr (CS) Johannes Schober (Ind) Himself (CS) Johannes Schober (Ind)
5		Frank, FelixFelix Frank (1876–1957)	31 May 1922	20 November 1924	2 years, 173 days	GDVP	Seipel, IgnazIgnaz Seipel (CS)
6		Waber, LeopoldLeopold Waber (1875–1945)	20 November 1924	20 October 1926	1 year, 334 days	GDVP	Ramek, RudolfRudolf Ramek (CS)
7		Dinghofer, FranzFranz Dinghofer (1873–1956)	20 October 1926	19 May 1927	211 days	GDVP	Seipel, IgnazIgnaz Seipel (CS)
8		Hartleb, KarlKarl Hartleb (1886–1965)	19 May 1927	4 May 1929	1 year, 350 days	Landbund	Seipel, IgnazIgnaz Seipel (CS)
9		Schumy, VinzenzVinzenz Schumy (1878–1962)	4 May 1929	26 September 1929	145 days	Landbund	Streeruwitz, ErnstErnst Streeruwitz (CS)
10		Vaugoin, CarlCarl Vaugoin (1873–1949)	26 September 1929	30 September 1930	1 year, 4 days	CS	Schober, JohannesJohannes Schober (Ind)
11		Schmitz, RichardRichard Schmitz (1885–1954)	30 September 1930	4 December 1930	65 days	CS	Vaugoin, CarlCarl Vaugoin (CS)
12		Schober, JohannesJohannes Schober (1874–1932) (Beamter)	4 December 1930	29 January 1932	1 year, 56 days	Nonpartisan	Ender, OttoOtto Ender (CS) Karl Buresch (CS)
13		Winkler, FranzFranz Winkler (1890–1945)	29 January 1932	21 September 1933	1 year, 235 days	Landbund	Buresch, KarlKarl Buresch (CS) Engelbert Dollfuss (CS)
14		Fey, EmilEmil Fey (1886–1938)	21 September 1933	1 May 1934	222 days	Heimatblock	Dollfuss, EngelbertEngelbert Dollfuss (VF)
15		Starhemberg, ErnstErnst Rüdiger Starhemberg (1899–1956)	1 May 1934	14 May 1936	2 years, 13 days	Heimatblock	Schuschnigg, KurtKurt Schuschnigg (act.) (VF) Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (act.) (VF) Kurt Schuschnigg (VF)
16		Baar, EduardEduard Baar-Baarenfels (1885–1967)	14 May 1936	3 November 1936	173 days	Heimatblock	Schuschnigg, KurtKurt Schuschnigg (VF)
17		Hülgerth, LudwigLudwig Hülgerth (1875–1939)	3 November 1936	11 March 1938	1 year, 128 days	VF	Schuschnigg, KurtKurt Schuschnigg (VF)
18		Glaise, EdmundEdmund Glaise-Horstenau (1882–1946)	11 March 1938	13 March 1938	2 days	NSDAP	Seyss, ArthurArthur Seyss-Inquart (NSDAP)

Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938 (see Austria under National Socialism for details). Independence was restored in 1945.

Vice-chancellors of Austria after the end of World War II

No.	Portrait	Vice-Chancellor	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Chancellor
—		Koplenig, JohannJohann Koplenig (1891–1968)	27 April 1945	20 December 1945	237 days	KPÖ	Renner, KarlKarl Renner (SPÖ)
19		Schärf, AdolfAdolf Schärf (1890–1965)	20 December 1945	22 May 1957	11 years, 153 days	SPÖ	Renner, KarlKarl Renner (SPÖ) Leopold Figl (ÖVP) Julius Raab (ÖVP)
20		Pittermann, BrunoBruno Pittermann (1905–1983)	22 May 1957	19 April 1966	8 years, 332 days	SPÖ	Raab, JuliusJulius Raab (ÖVP) Alfons Gorbach (ÖVP) Josef Klaus (ÖVP)
21		Bock, FritzFritz Bock (1911–1993)	19 April 1966	19 January 1968	1 year, 275 days	ÖVP	Klaus, JosefJosef Klaus (ÖVP)
22		Withalm, HermannHermann Withalm (1912–2003)	19 January 1968	21 April 1970	2 years, 92 days	ÖVP	Klaus, JosefJosef Klaus (ÖVP)
23		Häuser, RudolfRudolf Häuser (1909–2000)	21 April 1970	30 September 1976	6 years, 162 days	SPÖ	Kreisky, BrunoBruno Kreisky (SPÖ)
24		Androsch, HannesHannes Androsch (1938–2024)	1 October 1976	20 January 1981	4 years, 111 days	SPÖ	Kreisky, BrunoBruno Kreisky (SPÖ)
25		Sinowatz, FredFred Sinowatz (1929–2008)	20 January 1981	24 May 1983	2 years, 124 days	SPÖ	Kreisky, BrunoBruno Kreisky (SPÖ)
26		Steger, NorbertNorbert Steger (born 1944)	24 May 1983	21 January 1987	3 years, 242 days	FPÖ	Sinowatz, FredFred Sinowatz (SPÖ) Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ)
27		Mock, AloisAlois Mock (1934–2017)	21 January 1987	24 April 1989	2 years, 93 days	ÖVP	Vranitzky, FranzFranz Vranitzky (SPÖ)
28		Riegler, JosefJosef Riegler (born 1938)	24 April 1989	2 July 1991	2 years, 69 days	ÖVP	Vranitzky, FranzFranz Vranitzky (SPÖ)
29		Busek, ErhardErhard Busek (1941–2022)	2 July 1991	4 May 1995	3 years, 306 days	ÖVP	Vranitzky, FranzFranz Vranitzky (SPÖ)
30		Schüssel, WolfgangWolfgang Schüssel (born 1945)	4 May 1995	4 February 2000	4 years, 276 days	ÖVP	Vranitzky, FranzFranz Vranitzky (SPÖ) Viktor Klima (SPÖ)
31		Riess, SusanneSusanne Riess-Passer (born 1961)	4 February 2000	28 February 2003	3 years, 24 days	FPÖ	Schüssel, WolfgangWolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP)
32		Haupt, HerbertHerbert Haupt (born 1947)	28 February 2003	21 October 2003	235 days	FPÖ	Schüssel, WolfgangWolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP)
33		Gorbach, HubertHubert Gorbach (born 1956)	21 October 2003	11 January 2007	3 years, 81 days	BZÖ	Schüssel, WolfgangWolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP)
34		Molterer, WilhelmWilhelm Molterer (born 1955)	11 January 2007	2 December 2008	1 year, 326 days	ÖVP	Gusenbauer, AlfredAlfred Gusenbauer (SPÖ)
35		Pröll, JosefJosef Pröll (born 1968)	2 December 2008	21 April 2011	2 years, 140 days	ÖVP	Faymann, WernerWerner Faymann (SPÖ)
36		Spindelegger, MichaelMichael Spindelegger (born 1959)	21 April 2011	1 September 2014	3 years, 133 days	ÖVP	Faymann, WernerWerner Faymann (SPÖ)
37		Mitterlehner, ReinholdReinhold Mitterlehner (born 1955)	1 September 2014	17 May 2017	2 years, 258 days	ÖVP	Faymann, WernerWerner Faymann (SPÖ) Himself (act.) (ÖVP) Christian Kern (SPÖ)
38		Brandstetter, WolfgangWolfgang Brandstetter (born 1957)	17 May 2017	18 December 2017	215 days	Independent	Kern, ChristianChristian Kern (SPÖ)
39		Strache, HeinzHeinz-Christian Strache (born 1969)	18 December 2017	22 May 2019	1 year, 155 days	FPÖ	Kurz, SebastianSebastian Kurz (ÖVP)
40		Löger, HartwigHartwig Löger (born 1965)	22 May 2019	28 May 2019	7 days	ÖVP	Kurz, SebastianSebastian Kurz (ÖVP)
41		Jabloner, ClemensClemens Jabloner (born 1948)	3 June 2019	7 January 2020	218 days	Nonpartisan	Bierlein, BrigitteBrigitte Bierlein (Ind)
42		Kogler, WernerWerner Kogler (born 1961)	7 January 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 352 days	Greens	Kurz, SebastianSebastian Kurz (ÖVP) Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) Karl Nehammer (ÖVP)

See also

• List of chancellors of Austria