List of governors of Burgenland explained

This is a list of governors of the Austrian state of Burgenland:

No.PortraitNameTermPartyPeriod
Took officeLeft officeDuration
1Robert Davy
10 March 19215 March 1922Independent
First Republic
2Alfred Rausnitz5 March 192214 July 1923Independent
3Alfred Walheim14 July 19234 January 1924Greater German
4Josef Rauhofer4 January 192410 January 1928Christian Social
5Anton Schreiner10 January 192824 July 1929Christian Social
6Johann Thullner24 July 192910 December 1930Christian Social
(5)Anton Schreiner10 December 193025 November 1931Christian Social
(3)Alfred Walheim25 November 193122 February 1934Landbund
7Hans Sylvester22 February 193411 March 1938Fatherland's Front
Austrofascism
8Tobias Portschy11 March 193815 October 1938NSDAP
Nazi Germany
On 15 October 1938, Burgenland was dissolved and its territory divided among the
Reichsgaue of Lower Danube and Styria. Portschy was appointed Gauleiter of Styria.
9Ludwig Leser1 October 19454 January 1946SPÖ
Second Republic
10Lorenz Karall4 January 194622 June 1956ÖVP
11Johann Wagner22 June 19568 August 1961ÖVP
12Josef Lentsch8 August 196112 June 1964ÖVP
13Hans Bögl12 June 196428 June 1966SPÖ
14Theodor Kery28 June 196630 October 1987SPÖ
15Johann Sipötz30 October 198718 July 1991SPÖ
16Karl Stix18 July 199127 December 2000SPÖ
17Hans Niessl28 December 200028 February 2019SPÖ
18Hans Peter Doskozil28 February 2019IncumbentSPÖ