| Post: | Minister-President |
| Body: | the Austrian Empire |
| Insignia: | Imperial Coat of Arms of the Empire of Austria.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 130 |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms |
| Status: | Head of Government |
| Seat: | Vienna |
| Precursor: | State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire |
| Formation: | 20 March 1848 |
| First: | Franz Anton |
| Last: | Heinrich Lammasch |
| Abolished: | 11 November 1918 |
| Succession: | Chancellor of Austria |
The minister-president of Austria was the head of government of the Austrian Empire from 1848, when the office was created in the course of the March Revolution. Previously, executive power rested with an Austrian State Council, headed by the emperor himself, from 1821 under the chairmanship of State Chancellor Prince Klemens von Metternich. The office of minister-president was not refilled from 1852, when Emperor Franz Joseph resumed control of the government affairs, and was replaced by a coordinating chairman of the Austrian Minister's Conference.
According to the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, executive powers were divided between the emperor-king, the minister of the Imperial and Royal House and of Foreign Affairs as chairman of the k. u. k. Ministers' Council for Common Affairs, and the ministers-president of the Cisleithanian (Austrian) and Hungarian halves of the Empire. After the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in November 1918, the head of government in the Austrian Republic since 1920 has been the federal chancellor.
See main article: Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire, Pillersdorf Constitution and Stadion Constitution.
| width=70 colspan=2 | Portrait | width=25% | Name (Birth–Death) | Ethnicity | width=30% colspan=2 | Term of office | width=25% | Political Party | width=7% | Legislature (Election) | Emperor (Reign) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky (1778–1861) | Bohemian | 20 March 1848 | 19 April 1848 | Nonpartisan | None | Ferdinand I (1835–1848) | |||||
| Charles-Louis, Count of Ficquelmont (1777–1857) | French | 19 April 1848 | 4 May 1848 | Nonpartisan | |||||||
| Baron Franz von Pillersdorf (1786–1862) | German | 4 May 1848 | 8 July 1848 | Nonpartisan | I (1848) | ||||||
| Baron Anton von Doblhoff-Dier (1800–1872) | German | 8 July 1848 | 18 July 1848 | Nonpartisan | |||||||
| Baron Johann von Wessenberg-Ampringen (1773–1858) | German | 18 July 1848 | 21 November 1848 | Nonpartisan | |||||||
| Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg (1800–1852) | Bohemian | 21 November 1848 | 5 April 1852 | Nonpartisan | None | Francis Joseph I (1848–1916) |
See main article: October Diploma and February Patent.
| width=70 colspan=2 | Portrait | width=25% | Name (Birth–Death) | Ethnicity | width=30% colspan=2 | Term of office | width=25% | Political Party | Emperor (Reign) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count Karl Ferdinand von Buol (1797–1865) | German | 11 April 1852 | 21 August 1859 | Nonpartisan | Francis Joseph I (1848–1916) | ||||
| Count Bernhard von Rechberg (1806–1899) | German | 21 August 1859 | 4 February 1861 | Nonpartisan | |||||
| Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria (1827–1913) | German | 4 February 1861 | 26 June 1865 | Nonpartisan | |||||
| Count Alexander de Mensdorff-Pouilly (1813–1871) | French | 26 June 1865 | 27 July 1865 | Nonpartisan | |||||
| Count Richard Belcredi (1823–1902) | Italian | 27 July 1865 | 7 February 1867 | Nonpartisan | |||||
| Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809–1886) | German | 7 February 1867 | 30 December 1867 | Nonpartisan |
See main article: Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 and December Constitution.
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| width=70 colspan=2 | Portrait | width=25% | Name (Birth–Death) | width=30% colspan=3 | Term of office | width=25% | Political Party | width=7% | Legislature (Election) | Emperor (Reign) |
| Prince Karl von Auersperg (1814–1890) | • | 30 December 1867 | 24 September 1868 | Constitutional Party | I (1867) | Francis Joseph I (1848–1916) | ||||
| Count Eduard von Taafe (1833–1895) | 1 | 24 September 1868 | 15 January 1870 | Constitutional Party | ||||||
| Baron Ignaz von Plener (1810–1908) | • | 15 January 1870 | 1 February 1870 | Constitutional Party | ||||||
| Leopold Hasner von Artha (1818–1891) | • | 1 February 1870 | 12 April 1870 | Constitutional Party | ||||||
| Count Alfred Józef Potocki (1817–1889) | • | 12 April 1870 | 6 February 1871 | Federalist Party | ||||||
| Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart (1824–1899) | • | 6 February 1871 | 30 October 1871 | Federalist Party | ||||||
| Baron Ludwig Holzgethan (1800–1876) | • | 30 October 1871 | 25 November 1871 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
| Prince Adolf von Auersperg (1821–1885) | • | 25 November 1871 | 15 February 1879 | Constitutional Party | II (1871–72) | |||||
| III (1873) | ||||||||||
| Ritter Karl von Stremayr (1823–1904) | • | 15 February 1879 | 12 August 1879 | Constitutional Party | ||||||
| Count Eduard von Taafe (1833–1895) | 2 | 12 August 1879 | 11 November 1893 | Constitutional Party | IV (1879) | |||||
| Federalist Party | V (1885) | |||||||||
| VI (1891) | ||||||||||
| Alfred III, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1851–1927) | • | 11 November 1893 | 19 June 1895 | Federalist Party | ||||||
| Count Erich von Kielmansegg (1847–1923) | • | 19 June 1895 | 30 September 1895 | Federalist Party | ||||||
| Count Count Kasimir Felix Badeni (1846–1909) | • | 30 September 1895 | 30 November 1897 | Federalist Party | ||||||
| Baron Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn (1851–1918) | 1 | 30 November 1897 | 5 March 1898 | Christian Social Party | VII (1897) | |||||
| Prince Franz von Thun (1847–1916) | • | 5 March 1898 | 2 October 1899 | Federalist Party | ||||||
| Count Manfred von Clary-Aldringen (1852–1928) | • | 2 October 1899 | 21 December 1899 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
| Ritter Heinrich von Wittek (1844–1930) | • | 21 December 1899 | 18 January 1900 | Christian Social Party | ||||||
| Ernest von Koerber (1850–1919) | 1 | 18 January 1900 | 31 December 1904 | (Old) Constitutional Party | VIII (1900–01) | |||||
| Baron Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn (1851–1918) | 2 | 1 January 1904 | 2 May 1906 | Christian Social Party | ||||||
| Prince Konrad Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1863–1918) | • | 2 May 1906 | 2 June 1906 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
| Baron Max Wladimir von Beck (1854–1943) | • | 2 June 1906 | 15 November 1908 | Nonpartisan | IX (1907) | |||||
| Count Richard von Bienerth-Schmerling (1863–1918) | • | 15 November 1908 | 28 June 1911 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
| Baron Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn (1851–1918) | 3 | 28 June 1911 | 3 November 1911 | Christian Social Party | X (1911) | |||||
| Karl von Stürgkh (1859–1916) | • | 3 November 1911 | 21 October 1916 | Nonpartisan (German National Association) | ||||||
| Ernest von Koerber (1850–1919) | 2 | 21 October 1916 | 20 December 1916 | (Old) Constitutional Party (German National Association) | ||||||
| Count Heinrich Clam-Martinic (1863–1932) | • | 20 December 1916 | 23 June 1917 | Nonpartisan (German National Association) | Charles I (1916–1918) | |||||
| Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg (1862–1931) | • | 23 June 1917 | 27 July 1918 | Nonpartisan | ||||||
| Baron Max Hussarek von Heinlein (1865–1935) | • | 27 July 1918 | 27 October 1918 | Christian Social Party | ||||||
| Heinrich Lammasch (1853–1920) | • | 27 October 1918 | 11 November 1918 | Christian Social Party | ||||||