Post: | Chairman |
Body: | the People's Party |
Flag: | Volkspartei Logo 2018.svg |
Flagsize: | 130 |
Flagcaption: | Logo of the People's Party |
Incumbent: | Karl Nehammer |
Incumbentsince: | 3 December 2021 |
Status: | Party leader |
Appointer: | Bundesparteitag |
Termlength: | No term limit |
Constituting Instrument: | Party statutes |
This is a list of chairpersons of the Austrian People's Party.[1]
Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Notes | Chancellor | Ref. | |
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Leopold Figl | 17 April 1945 | 2 April 1953 | Himself (ÖVP) | [2] [3] | |||
Julius Raab | 2 April 1953 | 11 April 1961 | Himself (ÖVP) | [4] | |||
Alfons Gorbach | 11 April 1961 | 2 April 1964 | Himself (ÖVP) | [5] | |||
Josef Klaus | 2 April 1964 | 21 April 1970 | Himself (ÖVP) | [6] | |||
Hermann Withalm | 21 April 1970 | 5 June 1971 | Bruno Kreisky (SPÖ) | ||||
Karl Schleinzer | 5 June 1971 | 19 July 1975 | |||||
Josef Taus | 19 July 1975 | 7 July 1979 | |||||
Alois Mock | 7 July 1979 | 24 April 1989 | Bruno Kreisky (SPÖ) Fred Sinowatz (SPÖ) Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ) | [7] | |||
Josef Riegler | 24 April 1989 | 2 July 1991 | Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ) | ||||
Erhard Busek | 2 July 1991 | 22 April 1995 | [8] | ||||
Wolfgang Schüssel | 22 April 1995 | 21 April 2007 | Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ) Viktor Klima (SPÖ) Himself (ÖVP) Alfred Gusenbauer (SPÖ) | [9] | |||
Wilhelm Molterer | 21 April 2007 | 28 November 2008 | Alfred Gusenbauer (SPÖ) | [10] | |||
Josef Pröll | 28 November 2008 | 20 May 2011 | Alfred Gusenbauer (SPÖ) Werner Faymann (SPÖ) | [11] | |||
Michael Spindelegger | 20 May 2011 | 26 August 2014 | Werner Faymann (SPÖ) | [12] | |||
Reinhold Mitterlehner | 8 November 2014 | 15 May 2017 | Werner Faymann (SPÖ) Himself (ÖVP) Christian Kern (SPÖ) | [13] | |||
Sebastian Kurz | 15 May 2017 | 3 December 2021 | Christian Kern (SPÖ) Himself (ÖVP) Brigitte Bierlein (Independent Bierlein Government) Himself (ÖVP) Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) | [14] | |||
Karl Nehammer | 3 December 2021 | Present | Himself (ÖVP) | [15] |