This is a list of governors of the Austrian federal state of Salzburg :
| № | Portrait | Name | Term | Period | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||
| Habsburg monarchy Governors of the Salzach district, subject to the Provincial governor of Upper Austria (1816–1849) |  (1860–1918) | ||||||
| Karl Graf Welsperg-Raitenau | 1816 | 1825 | |||||
| Johann Nepomuk Freiherr von Stiebar | 1825 | 1831 | |||||
| Albert Graf Montecuccoli | 1831 | 1838 | |||||
| Franz Graf Mercandiu | 1838 | 1838 | |||||
| Leopold Friedrich Graf Stolberg-Stolberg | 1838 | 9 August 1840 | |||||
| Gustav Ignaz Graf Chorinsky | 1840 | 1849 | |||||
| Presidents of the province of Salzburg (1850–1918), assisted by Provincial Governors (1861–1918) | |||||||
| Friedrich Graf Herberstein | 1850 | 1852 | |||||
| Karl Prinz Lobkowitz | 1852 | 1855 | |||||
| Otto Franz Graf Fünfkirchen | 1855 | 1859 | |||||
| Ernst Graf Gourcy-Droitaumont | 1860 | 1860 | |||||
| Franz Freiherr von Spiegelfeld | 1861 | 1863 | Provincial governors: Joseph Freiherr von Weiß (31 March 1861 – 20 September 1872) | ||||
| Eduard Viscount Taaffee | 1863 | 1867 | |||||
| Karl Graf Coronini-Cronberg | 1867 | 1869 | |||||
| Ernst Graf Gourcy-Droitaumont | 1869 | 1870 | |||||
| Prince Adolf of Auersperg | 1870 | 1871 | |||||
| Sigmund Graf Thun-Hohenstein | 1872 | 1897 | Hugo Raimund Reichsgraf Lamberg (30 September 1872 – 14 June 1880) | ||||
| Carl Graf Chorinsky (17 June 1880 – 30 October 1890) | |||||||
| Dr. Albert Schumacher (21 September 1890 – 17 January 1897) | |||||||
| Klemens Graf St. Julien-Wallsee | 1897 | 1908 | Fr. Alois Winkler (17 January 1897 – 29 December 1902) | ||||
| Dr. Albert Schumacher (29 December 1902 – 21 July 1909) | |||||||
| Levin Graf Schaffgotsch | 1908 | 1913 | |||||
| Fr. Alois Winkler (21 July 1909 – 23 April 1919) | |||||||
| Party | Took office | Left office | |||||
| Oskar Meyer | Christian Social | 23 April 1919 |  (1918–1934) | 4 May 1922 | |||
| Franz Rehrl | Christian Social Fatherland's Front | 4 May 1922 |  (1934–1938) | 12 March 1938 | |||
| (State governor and Gauleiter) |  (1938–1945) | ||||||
| Anton Wintersteiger | NSDAP | 13 March 1938 | 22 May 1938 | ||||
| Friedrich Rainer | NSDAP | 22 May 1938 | 29 November 1941 | ||||
| Gustav Adolf Scheel | NSDAP | 29 November 1941 | 4 May 1945 | ||||
| Adolf Schemel | People's Party (ÖVP) | 23 May 1945 |  (1945–present) | 12 December 1945 | |||
| Albert Hochleitner | ÖVP | 12 December 1945 | 4 December 1948 | ||||
| Josef Rehrl | ÖVP | 4 December 1948 | 1 December 1949 | ||||
| Josef Klaus | ÖVP | 1 December 1949 | 17 April 1961 | ||||
| Hans Lechner | ÖVP | 17 April 1961 | 20 April 1977 | ||||
| Wilfried Haslauer senior | ÖVP | 20 April 1977 | 2 May 1989 | ||||
| Hans Katschthaler | ÖVP | 2 May 1989 | 24 April 1996 | ||||
| Franz Schausberger | ÖVP | 24 April 1996 | 28 April 2004 | ||||
| Gabi Burgstaller | Social Democratic (SPÖ) | 28 April 2004 | 19 June 2013 | ||||
| Wilfried Haslauer | ÖVP | 19 June 2013 | 2 July 2025 | ||||
| Karoline Edtstadler | ÖVP | 2 July 2025 | Incumbent | ||||
