This article lists the military commandants of divided Vienna between 1945 and 1955. Following the end of World War II in Europe, the Allies divided Vienna into distinct, occupied sectors, each had its own military governor, often referred to as commandant. This practice ended officially with the Austrian State Treaty, which re-established Austrian independence in 1955, when the respective occupying/protective forces were withdrawn.
| Commandant [1] | In Office |
|---|---|
| Thomas Edward Lewis | July 1945 – December 1946 |
| Holmes E. Dager | December 1946 – March 1947 |
| Alexander Oscar Gorder | March 1947 – May 1948 |
| Robert T. Frederick | May 1948 – November 1948 |
| Ira P. Swift | December 1948 – January 1951 |
| William Thrower Fitts, Jr. | February 1951 – April 1954 |
| William Henry Nutter | May 1954 – September 1955 |
| Commandant [1] | In Office |
|---|---|
| Godfrey Vaughan Palmer | July 1945 – November 1945 |
| Gerald Lloyd Verney | November 1945 – May 1946 |
| Stephen Berthold Gordon-Smith | June 1946 – December 1946 |
| John Hogshaw | December 1946 – November 1949 |
| Cyril Knowles | November 1949 – September 1952 |
| Ernest Arthur Howard | October 1952 – September 1955 |
| Commandant [1] | In Office |
|---|---|
| Henri Noël du Payrat | July 1945 – February 1946 |
| Henri Maurice Joppé | February 1946 – July 1949 |
| Pierre Masson | July 1949 – March 1950 |
| Robert Petetin | March 1950 – May 1951 |
| Raoul Daviron | May 1951 – March 1953 |
| Jacques Faure | April 1953 – November 1953 |
| Pierre Olle-Laprune | December 1953 – September 1955 |
| Commandant [1] | In Office |
|---|---|
| Aleksey Blagodatov | 13 April 1945 – October 1945 |
| Nikita Lebedenko | October 1945 – May 1948 |
| Dmitry Abakumov | May 1948 – November 1949 |
| Arkady Boreyko | November 1949 – July 1953 |
| Nikolay Molotkov | July 1953 – September 1955 |
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