List of governors of Carinthia

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Governor of Carinthia
Landeshauptleute von Kärnten
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Incumbent
Peter Kaiser
since 28 March 2013
Constituting instrument Constitution of Austria

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

Austro-Hungarian Empire (1861–1918)

Presidents of the province of Carinthia, assisted by Provincial Governors
PresidentFromToProvincial Governor
Franz Freiherr von Schluga18611867Georg Graf von Thurn-Valsassina (1861)
Johann Anton Graf von Goëss (1861–1876)
Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart 18671868
Guido Graf von Kübeck18681870
Kaspar Graf von Lodron-Laterano18701870
Alois Freiherr von Ceschi a Santa Croce18701872
Kaspar Graf von Lodron-Laterano18731880
Johann Stieger (1876–1884)
Franz Freiherr von Schmidt-Zabiérow18801897
Joseph Erwein (1884–1897)
Otto Ritter Fraydt von Fraydenegg18971903Zeno Graf von Goëss (1897–1909)
Robert Freiherr von Hein19031912
Leopold Freiherr von Aichelburg-Labia (1909–1918)

Austria

PortraitName
(Born-Died)
TermPolitical Party
Took officeLeft officeDuration
First Republic
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Arthur Lemisch  [ de ]
(1865–1953)
11 November 191822 July 19212 years, 253 days  Independent
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Florian Gröger  [ de ]
(1871–1927)
22 July 19216 November 19232 years, 107 days  SPÖ
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Vinzenz Schumy  [ de ]
(1878–1962)
6 November 192315 June 19273 years, 221 days  Landbund
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Arthur Lemisch  [ de ]
(1865–1953)
15 June 192721 January 19313 years, 220 days  Independent
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Ferdinand Kernmaier  [ de ]
(1884–1941)
22 January 193116 February 19343 years, 25 days  Landbund
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Sylvester Leer  [ de ]
(1880–1957)
16 February 19347 March 193419 days  CS
Austrofascism
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Ludwig Hülgerth
(1875–1939)
7 March 19343 November 19362 years, 241 days  Heimatblock
VF
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Arnold Sucher  [ de ]
(1898–1983)
3 November 193611 March 19381 year, 128 days  VF
Nazi Germany
( Reichsstatthalter and Gauleiter of the Reichsgau of Carinthia )
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Wladimir von Pawlowski
(1891–1961)
11 March 19381 June 193882 days  NSDAP
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Hubert Klausner
(1892–1939)
1 June 193812 February 1939256 days  NSDAP
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Wladimir von Pawlowski
(1891–1961)
12 February 19391 December 19412 years, 292 days  NSDAP
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Friedrich Rainer
(1903–1947)
1 December 19417 May 19453 years, 157 days  NSDAP
Second Republic
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Hans Piesch  [ de ]
(1889–1966)
8 May 194525 April 19471 year, 352 days  SPÖ
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Ferdinand Wedenig  [ de ]
(1896–1975)
25 April 194712 April 196517 years, 352 days  SPÖ
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Hans Sima
(1918–2006)
12 April 196512 April 19749 years, 0 days  SPÖ
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Leopold Wagner
(1927–2008)
19 April 197427 September 198814 years, 161 days  SPÖ
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Peter Ambrozy  [ de ]
(born 1946)
27 September 198821 April 1989206 days  SPÖ
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Jörg Haider
(1950–2008)
21 April 198921 June 19912 years, 61 days  FPÖ
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Christof Zernatto  [ de ]
(born 1949)
21 June 19918 April 19997 years, 291 days  ÖVP
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Jörg Haider
(1950–2008)
8 April 199911 October 2008 9 years, 186 days  FPÖ
BZÖ
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Gerhard Dörfler
(born 1955)
23 October 200828 March 20134 years, 156 days  BZÖ
FPK
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Peter Kaiser
(born 1958)
28 March 2013Incumbent11 years, 109 days  SPÖ

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