This is a list of governors of the Austrian state of Lower Austria :
Source: [1]
Source: [2]
| Name and titles | Birth/death | Term of office | Other office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Philipp Losy Graf von Losymthal | ?–1781 | 1749–1750 | |
| Philipp Joseph Graf von Orsini-Rosenberg | 1691–1765 | 1750–1753 | |
| Heinrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Haugwitz | 1711–1758 | 1753–1758 | |
| Franz Ferdinand Graf von Schrattenbach | 1707–1785 | 1759–1770 | |
| Christian August Graf von Seilern-Aspang | 1717–1801 | 1770–1779 | |
| Joseph Johann Nepomuk Graf von Herberstein | 1725–1809 | 1779–1782 | |
| Johann Anton Graf von Pergen | 1725–1814 | 1782–1790 | Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1775–1790) |
| Wenzel Graf Sauer von und zu Ankenstein | 1742–1799 | 1791–1795 | |
| Franz Josef Graf von Saurau | 1760–1832 | 1795–1797 | Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1803–1805) |
| Jakob Reichsfreiherr von Wöber zu Hagenberg | 1797–1802 | ||
| Joseph Thaddäus Vogt Freiherr von Sumerau | 1749–1817 | 1802–1804 | |
| Joseph Karl Graf von Dietrichstein | 1763–1825 | 1804–1805 | Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1811–1825) |
| Ignaz Karl Graf von Chorinsky, Freiherr von Ledske | 1770–1823 | 1805–1807 | |
| Ferdinand Graf von Bissingen und Nippenburg | 1749–1831 | 1807–1809 |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term | Party | Period | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||
| 1 | Leopold Steiner | 5 November 1918 | 20 May 1919 | Christian Social | First Republic (1918–1934) | ||
| 2 | Albert Sever | 20 May 1919 | 10 November 1920 | Social Democrat | |||
| 3 | Johann Mayer | 10 November 1920 | 9 June 1922 | Christian Social | |||
| 4 | | Karl Buresch | 9 June 1922 | 31 July 1931 | Christian Social | ||
| 5 | Josef Reither | 31 July 1931 | 19 May 1932 | Christian Social | |||
| (4) | | Karl Buresch | 19 May 1932 | 18 May 1933 | Christian Social | ||
| (5) | Josef Reither | 18 May 1933 | 30 July 1934 | Christian Social Fatherland's Front | |||
| 6 | Eduard Baar-Baarenfels | 30 July 1934 | 17 October 1935 | Fatherland's Front | Austrofascism (1934–1938) | ||
| (5) | Josef Reither | 17 October 1935 | 12 March 1938 | Fatherland's Front | |||
| (Reichsstatthalter and Gauleiter of the Reichsgau of Lower Danube) | Nazi Germany (1938–1945) | ||||||
| 7 | Roman Jäger | 12 March 1938 | 24 May 1938 | NSDAP | |||
| 8 | | Hugo Jury | 24 May 1938 | 8 May 1945 | NSDAP | ||
| 9 | | Leopold Figl | 25 May 1945 | 15 October 1945 | ÖVP | Second Republic (1945–present) | |
| (5) | Josef Reither | 15 October 1945 | 4 May 1949 | ÖVP | |||
| 10 | Johann Steinböck | 4 May 1949 | 14 January 1962 | ÖVP | |||
| (9) | | Leopold Figl | 14 January 1962 | 9 May 1965 | ÖVP | ||
| 11 | Eduard Hartmann | 16 June 1965 | 14 October 1966 | ÖVP | |||
| 12 | | Andreas Maurer | 24 November 1966 | 22 January 1981 | ÖVP | ||
| 13 | | Siegfried Ludwig | 22 January 1981 | 20 October 1992 | ÖVP | ||
| 14 | | Erwin Pröll | 20 October 1992 | 19 April 2017 | ÖVP | ||
| 15 | | Johanna Mikl-Leitner | 19 April 2017 | Incumbent | ÖVP | ||