This is a list of heads of government under Austrian Emperors .
This is a list of heads of government under Austrian Emperors .
From 1664/69 the Privy Conference (Geheime Konferenz), a committee of the Imperial Privy Council ( Geheimer Rat ), provided advice to Emperor Leopold I whereby the Austrian Court Chancellor, responsible for the Habsburg 'Hereditary Lands', served as rapporteur and thereby gained increasing influence. The Habsburg diplomatic service was re-organised, when Emperor Charles VI by resolution of 1720 declared Court Chancellor Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf responsible for foreign policy issues. Upon Sinzendorf's death in February 1742, Archduchess Maria Theresa finally separated the central Habsburg State Chancellery responsible of Foreign Affairs from the domestic Austrian Court Chancellery.
| Portrait | Name | Began | Ended |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Philipp Ludwig Wenzel Graf von Sinzendorf (1671 – 1742) | 1715 | 8 February 1742 |
 | Anton Corfiz Graf von Uhlfeld (1699 – 1769) | 14 February 1742 | 13 May 1753 |
 | Wenzel Anton Graf (from 1764, Fürst) von Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711 – 1794) | 13 May 1753 | 19 August 1792 |
 | Johann Philipp Graf von Cobenzl (1741 – 1810) | 19 August 1792 | 27 March 1793 |
 | Johann Amadeus Francis de Paula von Thugut (1736 – 1818) | 27 March 1793 | 28 September 1800 |
 | Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff (1749 – 1827) | 28 September 1800 | 11 August 1804 |
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Post | Term of office | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ludwig von Cobenzl (1753–1809) | State Chancellors of the Habsburg Monarchy | 11 August 1804 | 25 December 1805 | Nonpartisan |
 | Johann Philipp Stadion, Count von Warthausen (1763–1824) | State Chancellors of the Habsburg Monarchy | 25 December 1805 | 4 October 1809 | Nonpartisan |
 | Klemens von Metternich (1773–1859) | State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire | 8 October 1809 | 25 May 1821 | Nonpartisan |
| 25 May 1821 | 13 March 1848 | ||||
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Post | Term of office | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Prince Klemens von Metternich (1773–1859) | State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire | 8 October 1809 | 25 May 1821 | Nonpartisan |
| 25 May 1821 | 13 March 1848 | ||||
 | Count Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky (1778–1861) | Minister-President of the Austrian Empire | 20 March 1848 | 19 April 1848 | Nonpartisan |
 | Charles-Louis, Count of Ficquelmont (1777–1857) | Minister-President of the Austrian Empire | 19 April 1848 | 4 May 1848 | Nonpartisan |
 | Baron Franz von Pillersdorf (1786–1862) | Minister-President of the Austrian Empire | 4 May 1848 | 8 July 1848 | Nonpartisan |
 | Baron Anton von Doblhoff-Dier (1800–1872) | Minister-President of the Austrian Empire | 8 July 1848 | 18 July 1848 | Nonpartisan |
 | Baron Johann von Wessenberg-Ampringen (1773–1858) | Minister-President of the Austrian Empire | 18 July 1848 | 21 November 1848 | Nonpartisan |
 | Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg (1800–1852) | Minister-President of the Austrian Empire | 21 November 1848 | 5 April 1852 | Nonpartisan |
This is a list of heads of government under Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria . Franz Joseph was born on 18 August 1830 and died on 21 November 1916, his imperial reign lasted from 2 December 1848 to 21 November 1916. His predecessor was Ferdinand I & V and his successor was Charles I & IV.
Franz Joseph ruled over the Austrian Empire which had a Minister-President and later a Chairman of the Ministers' Conference as head of government. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 the joint monarchy of Austria-Hungary had their own heads of government; the Minister-President of Cisleithania for Cisleithania (the Austrian part of the empire) and the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary for Transleithania (the Hungarian part of the empire).
1 Minister-President of the Austrian Empire, 6 Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire, 22 Ministers-President of Cisleithania and 14 Prime Ministers of the Kingdom of Hungary have served under the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I.
This is a list of heads of government under Emperor Charles I of Austria . Charles was born on 17 August 1887 and died on 1 April 1922, his imperial reign lasted from 21 November 1916 to 11 November 1918. His predecessor was Franz Joseph I. Since the Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved and the monarchy abolished on 11 November 1918 Charles was the last Austrian Emperor and thus not succeeded.
5 Ministers-President of Cisleithania and 5 Prime Ministers of the Kingdom of Hungary have served under the reign of Emperor Charles I.
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Post | Term of office | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz (1851–1922) | Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs | 13 January 1915 | 22 December 1916 | Nonpartisan |
 | Count Ottokar Czernin von und zu Chudenitz (1872–1932) | Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs | 22 December 1916 | 16 April 1918 | Nonpartisan |
| | Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz (1851–1922) | Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs | 16 April 1918 | 24 October 1918 | Nonpartisan |
 | Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (the Younger) (1860–1929) | Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs | 24 October 1918 | 2 November 1918 | Nonpartisan |
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Post | Term of office | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ernest von Koerber (1850–1919) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 21 October 1916 | 20 December 1916 | (Old) Constitutional Party (German National Association) |
 | Heinrich Clam-Martinic (1863–1932) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 20 December 1916 | 23 June 1917 | Nonpartisan (German National Association) |
 | Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg (1862–1931) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 23 June 1917 | 27 July 1918 | Nonpartisan |
 | Baron Max Hussarek von Heinlein (1865–1935) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 27 July 1918 | 27 October 1918 | Christian Social Party |
 | Heinrich Lammasch (1853–1920) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 27 October 1918 | 11 November 1918 | Christian Social Party |
| Picture | Name (Birth–Death) | Post | Term of Office | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | István Tisza (1861–1918) 2nd term | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 10 June 1913 | 15 June 1917 | National Party of Work |
 | Móric Esterházy (1881–1960) | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 15 June 1917 | 20 August 1917 | Independent |
 | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 3rd term | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 20 August 1917 | 30 October 1918 | National Constitution Party → '48 Constitution Party |
 | János Hadik (1863–1933) | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 30 October 1918 | 31 October 1918 | National Constitution Party |
 | Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 31 October 1918 | 16 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi |
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 2 December 1848 until his death. From 1 May 1850 to 24 August 1866 he was also President of the German Confederation. He was the longest-reigning ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as well as the longest-reigning emperor and seventh-longest-reigning monarch of any country in history.
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