List of governors of Vorarlberg explained

Post:Governor
Body:Vorarlberg
Insignia:Vorarlberg CoA.svg
Insigniasize:100px
Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of Vorarlberg
Flag:Flag of Vorarlberg (state).svg
Flagsize:150px
Flagcaption:Flag of Vorarlberg
Incumbent:Markus Wallner
Incumbentsince:7 December 2011
Style:Mr. Governor
Status:Landeshauptmann
Member Of:Vorarlberger Landtag
Nominator:Political Parties
Appointer:Landtag
Termlength:five years (no term limit)
Constituting Instrument:Federal Constitutional Law
Formation:1860
First:Sebastian Ritter von Froschauer
Website:vorarlberg.at

This is a list of governors of Vorarlberg, a state in Austria.

List of officeholders

PortraitNameTermPartyPeriod
Took officeLeft officeDuration
1Sebastian Ritter von Froschauer18606 April 1873 
Habsburg monarchy
2Anton Jussel27 June 187323 July 1878Liberal
3Karl Graf von Belrupt-Tissac21 September 187821 September 1890 
4Adolf Rhomberg21 September 18903 November 1918Catholic-Conservative
5Otto Ender3 November 19189 December 1930Christian Social
First Republic
6Ferdinand Redler9 December 193014 July 1931Christian Social
(5)Otto Ender14 July 193124 July 1934Christian Social
7Ernst Winsauer24 July 193413 March 1938Fatherland Front
Austrofascism
8Anton Plankensteiner
13 March 19381 February 1940NSDAP
Nazi Germany
On 1 February 1940, the territory of Vorarlberg was merged into the Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg under Franz Hofer.
9Ulrich Ilg24 May 194528 October 1964ÖVP
Second Republic
10Herbert Keßler29 October 19649 July 1987ÖVP
11Martin Purtscher9 July 19872 April 1997ÖVP
12Herbert Sausgruber2 April 19977 December 2011ÖVP
13Markus Wallner7 December 2011IncumbentÖVP