Chair of the Austrian People's Party explained

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]

List of officeholders

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeNotesChancellorRef.
Leopold Figl17 April 19452 April 1953Himself (ÖVP)[2] [3]
Julius Raab2 April 195311 April 1961Himself (ÖVP)[4]
Alfons Gorbach11 April 19612 April 1964 Himself (ÖVP)[5]
Josef Klaus2 April 1964 21 April 1970Himself (ÖVP)[6]
Hermann Withalm21 April 1970 5 June 1971Bruno Kreisky (SPÖ)
Karl Schleinzer5 June 197119 July 1975
Josef Taus19 July 19757 July 1979
Alois Mock7 July 197924 April 1989Bruno Kreisky (SPÖ)
Fred Sinowatz (SPÖ)
Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ)		[7]
Josef Riegler24 April 19892 July 1991Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ)
Erhard Busek2 July 199122 April 1995[8]
Wolfgang Schüssel22 April 199521 April 2007Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ)
Viktor Klima (SPÖ)
Himself (ÖVP)
Alfred Gusenbauer (SPÖ)		[9]
Wilhelm Molterer21 April 200728 November 2008 Alfred Gusenbauer (SPÖ)[10]
Josef Pröll28 November 2008 20 May 2011Alfred Gusenbauer (SPÖ)
Werner Faymann (SPÖ)		[11]
Michael Spindelegger20 May 201126 August 2014 Werner Faymann (SPÖ)[12]
Reinhold Mitterlehner8 November 201415 May 2017Werner Faymann (SPÖ)
Himself (ÖVP)
Christian Kern (SPÖ)		[13]
Sebastian Kurz15 May 20173 December 2021Christian Kern (SPÖ)
Himself (ÖVP)
Brigitte Bierlein (Independent Bierlein Government)
Himself (ÖVP)
Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP)		[14]
Karl Nehammer3 December 2021PresentHimself (ÖVP)[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Die Geschichte der Volkspartei. . www.dieneuevolkspartei.at . de . 2018-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190929171903/https://www.dieneuevolkspartei.at/Die-Geschichte . 2019-09-29 . dead .
  2. Web site: Figl, Leopold. Austria-Forum. de. 2018-12-20.
  3. Web site: PK-Nr. 666/2002. www.parlament.gv.at. 2018-12-20.
  4. Web site: Raab, Julius. Austria-Forum. de. 2018-12-20.
  5. Web site: Wiener Zeitung - Alfons Gorbach. https://web.archive.org/web/20020211195252/http://www.wienerzeitung.at/linkmap/personen/gorbach.htm. dead. 2002-02-11. 2002-02-11. 2018-12-20.
  6. Web site: Klaus, Josef. Austria-Forum. de. 2018-12-20.
  7. Web site: Alois Mock dies; aided end of Iron Curtain. Newsday. en. 2018-12-20.
  8. Web site: Dr. Erhard Busek, Biografie. www.parlament.gv.at. 2018-12-20.
  9. Web site: Top drawer. 1998-07-22. Politico. 2018-12-20.
  10. Web site: Cablegate: Who's Who in the Gusenbauer Cabinet . www.scoop.co.nz. 2018-12-20.
  11. Web site: "Für meine Gesundheit": Pröll legt alle Ämter nieder. 2011-04-13. news.ORF.at. de. 2018-12-20.
  12. Web site: The quiet Austrian. 2011-05-11. Politico. 2018-12-20.
  13. News: Faymann quits as Austrian chancellor following far right's election victory. Connolly. Kate. 2016-05-09. The Guardian. 2018-12-20. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  14. News: Austria's New Government: A Mix of Far-Right, Pro-Europe and Youth. Eddy. Melissa. 2017-12-18. The New York Times. 2018-12-20. en-US. 0362-4331.
  15. News: Austria Gets Another Leader as Political Turmoil, Covid Rage. Eder. Marton. 2021-12-03. Bloomberg. 2021-12-14. en-US.

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