Chair of the Social Democratic Party of Austria

Chair of the Social Democratic Party
Bundesparteivorsitzender der Sozialdemokratischen Partei
Incumbent Andreas Babler since 3 June 2023
Presidium of the Social Democratic Party
Status	Party leader
Member of	Presidium Executive board
Reports to	Bundesparteitag
Seat	Haus Löwelstraße 18, Innere Stadt, Vienna
Appointer	Bundesparteitag
Constituting instrument	Party statutes
Precursor	Chairman of the SDAPÖ
First holder	Victor Adler as Chairman of the SDAPÖ (1 January 1889) Adolf Schärf as Chairman of the SPÖ (15 December 1945)
Website	spoe.at

This is a list of chairpersons of the Social Democratic Party of Austria in chronological order.

Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAPÖ)

Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Chancellor
	Victor Adler	1 January 1889	1918	Karl Renner (SDAPÖ)
	Karl Seitz	1920	1934	Karl Renner (SDAPÖ) Michael Mayr (CSP) Johann Schober Ignaz Seipel (CSP) Rudolf Ramek (CSP) Ignaz Seipel (CSP) Ernst Streeruwitz (CSP) Johann Schober Carl Vaugoin (CSP) Otto Ender (CSP) Karl Buresch (CSP) Engelbert Dollfuss (CSP/VP)

Social Democratic Party (SPÖ)

Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Chancellor
	Adolf Schärf	14 April 1945	8 May 1957	Karl Renner (SPÖ) Leopold Figl (ÖVP) Julius Raab (ÖVP)
	Bruno Pittermann	8 May 1957	1 February 1967	Julius Raab (ÖVP) Alfons Gorbach (ÖVP) Josef Klaus (ÖVP)
	Bruno Kreisky	1 February 1967	27 October 1983	Himself Fred Sinowatz (SPÖ)
	Fred Sinowatz	27 October 1983	11 May 1988	Himself Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ)
	Franz Vranitzky	11 May 1988	9 April 1997	Himself
	Viktor Klima	9 April 1997	28 April 2000	Himself Wolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP)
	Alfred Gusenbauer	28 April 2000	8 August 2008	Wolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP) Himself
	Werner Faymann	8 August 2008	9 May 2016	Alfred Gusenbauer (SPÖ) Himself
	Michael Häupl Acting Chair	9 May 2016	25 June 2016	Reinhold Mitterlehner (ÖVP) Christian Kern (SPÖ)
	Christian Kern	25 June 2016	25 September 2018	Himself Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP)
	Pamela Rendi-Wagner	25 September 2018	3 June 2023	Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) Brigitte Bierlein (Independent Bierlein Government) Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) Karl Nehammer (ÖVP)
	Andreas Babler	3 June 2023 [1] [2]	present	Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) Christian Stocker (ÖVP)

References

1. "Fehler bei Auszählung: Babler doch neuer SPÖ-Parteichef". kurier.at (in German). 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
2. "Babler ist nach Auszählungs-Panne statt Doskozil Chef der SPÖ". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2023-06-05.