List of governors of Burgenland

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This is a list of governors of the Austrian state of Burgenland :

No.PortraitNameTermPartyPeriod
Took officeLeft officeDuration
1 Robert Davy
as Landesverwalter
10 March 19215 March 1922Independent Austria Bundesadler 1919-1934.svg
First Republic
(1921–1934)
2 Alfred Rausnitz 5 March 192214 July 1923Independent
3 Alfred Walheim 14 July 19234 January 1924 Greater German
4 Josef Rauhofer 4 January 192410 January 1928 Christian Social
5 Anton-Schreiner-(1873-1932).jpg Anton Schreiner 10 January 192824 July 1929 Christian Social
6 Johann Thullner 24 July 192910 December 1930 Christian Social
(5) Anton-Schreiner-(1873-1932).jpg Anton Schreiner 10 December 193025 November 1931 Christian Social
(3) Alfred Walheim 25 November 193122 February 1934 Landbund
7 Hans Sylvester 22 February 193411 March 1938 Fatherland's Front Osterreich-Wappen (1934-1938).svg
Austrofascism
(1934–1938)
8 Tobias Portschy 11 March 193815 October 1938 NSDAP Reichsadler Deutsches Reich (1935-1945).svg
Nazi Germany
(1938–1945)
On 15 October 1938, Burgenland was dissolved and its territory divided among the
Reichsgaue of Lower Danube and Styria. Portschy was appointed Gauleiter of Styria.
9 Ludwig Leser 1 October 19454 January 1946 SPÖ Coat of arms of Austria.svg
Second Republic
(1945–present)
10 Lorenz Karall 4 January 194622 June 1956 ÖVP
11 Johann Wagner 22 June 19568 August 1961 ÖVP
12 Josef Lentsch 8 August 196112 June 1964 ÖVP
13 Hans Bögl 12 June 196428 June 1966 SPÖ
14 Theodor Kery 28 June 196630 October 1987 SPÖ
15 Johann Sipötz 30 October 198718 July 1991 SPÖ
16 Karl Stix, Ehrenburgertafel in Rohrbach bei Mattersburg.jpg Karl Stix 18 July 199127 December 2000 SPÖ
17 Hans Niessl. 2015.jpg Hans Niessl 28 December 200028 February 2019 SPÖ
18 Hans Peter Doskozil 2016-01-27.jpg Hans Peter Doskozil 28 February 2019Incumbent SPÖ