List of governors of Lower Austria

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This is a list of governors of the Austrian state of Lower Austria :

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Governors of the Archduchy of Austria below the Enns (1500–1749)

Source: [1]

Governors of the Archduchy of Austria below the Enns (1749–1809)

Source: [2]

Name and titlesBirth/deathTerm of officeOther office
Adam Philipp Losy Graf von Losymthal?–17811749–1750
Philipp Joseph Graf von Orsini-Rosenberg 1691–17651750–1753
Heinrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Haugwitz1711–17581753–1758
Franz Ferdinand Graf von Schrattenbach 1707–17851759–1770
Christian August Graf von Seilern-Aspang 1717–18011770–1779
Joseph Johann Nepomuk Graf von Herberstein1725–18091779–1782
Johann Anton Graf von Pergen1725–18141782–1790Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1775–1790)
Wenzel Graf Sauer von und zu Ankenstein1742–17991791–1795
Franz Josef Graf von Saurau 1760–18321795–1797Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1803–1805)
Jakob Reichsfreiherr von Wöber zu Hagenberg1797–1802
Joseph Thaddäus Vogt Freiherr von Sumerau 1749–18171802–1804
Joseph Karl Graf von Dietrichstein1763–18251804–1805Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1811–1825)
Ignaz Karl Graf von Chorinsky, Freiherr von Ledske1770–18231805–1807
Ferdinand Graf von Bissingen und Nippenburg 1749–18311807–1809

Governors (Statthalter) of the Archduchy of Austria below the Enns (1809–1918)

After 1918: Republic

No.PortraitNameTermPartyPeriod
Took officeLeft officeDuration
1 Leopold Steiner 5 November 191820 May 1919 Christian Social Austria Bundesadler 1919-1934.svg

First Republic (1918–1934)

2 Albert Sever 20 May 191910 November 1920 Social Democrat
3 Johann Mayer 10 November 19209 June 1922 Christian Social
4 Buresch, Karl, Chancellor of Austria, Agence Mondial, BNF Gallica.jpg Karl Buresch 9 June 192231 July 1931 Christian Social
5 Josef Reither 31 July 193119 May 1932 Christian Social
(4) Buresch, Karl, Chancellor of Austria, Agence Mondial, BNF Gallica.jpg Karl Buresch19 May 193218 May 1933 Christian Social
(5)Josef Reither18 May 193330 July 1934 Christian Social
Fatherland's Front
6 Eduard Baar-Baarenfels 30 July 193417 October 1935 Fatherland's Front Osterreich-Wappen (1934-1938).svg

Austrofascism (1934–1938)

(5)Josef Reither17 October 193512 March 1938 Fatherland's Front
(Reichsstatthalter and Gauleiter of the Reichsgau of Lower Danube) Reichsadler Deutsches Reich (1935-1945).svg

Nazi Germany (1938–1945)

7 Roman Jäger 12 March 193824 May 1938 NSDAP
8 Government of Seyss-Inquart (Hugo Jury).jpg Hugo Jury 24 May 19388 May 1945 NSDAP
9 Figl leopold 01b.jpg Leopold Figl 25 May 194515 October 1945 ÖVP Austria Bundesadler.svg

Second Republic (1945–present)

(5)Josef Reither15 October 19454 May 1949 ÖVP
10 Johann Steinböck 4 May 194914 January 1962 ÖVP
(9) Figl leopold 01b.jpg Leopold Figl14 January 19629 May 1965 ÖVP
11 Eduard Hartmann 16 June 196514 October 1966 ÖVP
12 Andreas Maurer 2005.jpg Andreas Maurer 24 November 196622 January 1981 ÖVP
13 Siegfried Ludwig.jpg Siegfried Ludwig 22 January 198120 October 1992 ÖVP
14 Erwin Proll - 2015.jpg Erwin Pröll 20 October 199219 April 2017 ÖVP
15 Johanna Mikl-Leitner - Eroffnung des Wasserbaulabors der BOKU.JPG Johanna Mikl-Leitner 19 April 2017Incumbent ÖVP

References

  1. Oberst Hauptmänn 1500–1521; Statthalter 1521–1749
  2. President 1749–1758 and 1782–1809; Statthalter 1759–1782