List of heads of government under Austrian emperors explained

This is a list of heads of government under Austrian emperors.

State chancellors of the Archduchy of Austria (1527–1804)

From 1664/69 the Privy Conference (Geheime Konferenz), a committee of the Imperial Privy Council (Geheimer Rat), provided advice to Emperor Leopold I whereby the Austrian court chancellor, responsible for the Habsburg 'Hereditary Lands', served as rapporteur and thereby gained increasing influence. The Habsburg diplomatic service was re-organised, when Emperor Charles VI by resolution of 1720 declared Court Chancellor Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf responsible for foreign policy issues. Upon Sinzendorf's death in February 1742, Archduchess Maria Theresa finally separated the central Habsburg State Chancellery responsible of Foreign Affairs from the domestic Austrian Court Chancellery.

Portrait Name Began Ended
Philipp Ludwig Wenzel Graf von Sinzendorf
1715 8 February 1742
Anton Corfiz Graf von Uhlfeld
14 February 1742 13 May 1753
Wenzel Anton Graf (from 1764, Fürst) von Kaunitz-Rietberg
13 May 1753 19 August 1792
Johann Philipp Graf von Cobenzl
19 August 1792 27 March 1793
Johann Amadeus Francis de Paula von Thugut
27 March 1793 28 September 1800
Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff
28 September 1800 11 August 1804

Francis I (1804–1835)

See also: Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Ludwig von Cobenzl
(1753–1809)
State Chancellors of the Habsburg Monarchy11 August 180425 December 1805Nonpartisan
Johann Philipp Stadion, Count von Warthausen
(1763–1824)
State Chancellors of the Habsburg Monarchy25 December 18054 October 1809Nonpartisan
Klemens von Metternich
(1773–1859)
State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire8 October 180925 May 1821Nonpartisan
25 May 182113 March 1848

Ferdinand I (1835–1848)

See also: Ferdinand I of Austria.

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(Birth–Death)
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Prince Klemens von Metternich
(1773–1859)
State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire8 October 180925 May 1821Nonpartisan
25 May 182113 March 1848
Count Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky
(1778–1861)
Minister-President of the Austrian Empire20 March 184819 April 1848Nonpartisan
Charles-Louis,
Count of Ficquelmont

(1777–1857)
Minister-President of the Austrian Empire19 April 18484 May 1848Nonpartisan
Baron Franz von Pillersdorf
(1786–1862)
Minister-President of the Austrian Empire4 May 18488 July 1848Nonpartisan
Baron Anton von Doblhoff-Dier
(1800–1872)
Minister-President of the Austrian Empire8 July 184818 July 1848Nonpartisan
Baron Johann von Wessenberg-Ampringen
(1773–1858)
Minister-President of the Austrian Empire18 July 184821 November 1848Nonpartisan
Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg
(1800–1852)
Minister-President of the Austrian Empire21 November 18485 April 1852Nonpartisan

Franz Joseph I (1848–1916)

See also: Franz Joseph I of Austria. This is a list of heads of government under Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Franz Joseph was born on 18 August 1830 and died on 21 November 1916, his imperial reign lasted from 2 December 1848 to 21 November 1916. His predecessor was Ferdinand I & V and his successor was Charles I & IV.

Franz Joseph ruled over the Austrian Empire which had a minister-president and later a chairman of the Ministers' Conference as head of government. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 the joint monarchy of Austria-Hungary had their own heads of government: the minister-president of Cisleithania for Cisleithania (the Austrian part of the empire) and the prime minister of the Kingdom of Hungary for Transleithania (the Hungarian part of the empire).

One minister-president of the Austrian Empire, six chairmen of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire, twenty-two ministers-president of Cisleithania and fourteen prime ministers of the Kingdom of Hungary have served under the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I.

Austrian Empire

See also: Austrian Empire.

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(Birth–Death)
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Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg
(1800–1852)
Minister-President of the Austrian Empire21 November 18485 April 1852Nonpartisan
Count Karl Ferdinand von Buol
(1797–1865)
Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire11 April 185221 August 1859Nonpartisan
Count Bernhard von Rechberg
(1806–1899)
Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire21 August 18594 February 1861Nonpartisan
Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria
(1827–1913)
Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire4 February 186126 June 1865 Nonpartisan
Count Alexander de Mensdorff-Pouilly
(1813–1871)
Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire26 June 1865 27 July 1865Nonpartisan
Count Richard Belcredi
(1823–1902)
Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire27 July 18657 February 1867Nonpartisan
Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust
(1809–1886)
Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire7 February 186730 December 1867Nonpartisan

Chairmen of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs

See also: Austria-Hungary.

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(Birth–Death)
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Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs30 December 18678 November 1871Nonpartisan
Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs14 November 18718 October 1879Nonpartisan
Baron Heinrich Karl von Haymerle
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs8 October 187910 October 1881Nonpartisan
Count Gustav Kálnoky de Köröspatak
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs20 November 18812 May 1895Nonpartisan
Count Agenor Maria Gołuchowski
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs16 May 189524 October 1906Nonpartisan
Count Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs24 October 190617 February 1912Nonpartisan
Count Leopold Berchtold
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs17 February 191213 January 1915Nonpartisan
Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs13 January 191522 December 1916Nonpartisan

Cisleithania

See also: Cisleithania.

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(Birth–Death)
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Prince Karl of Auersperg
(1814–1890)
Minister-President of Cisleithania30 December 186724 September 1868Constitutional Party
Eduard Taaffe,
11th Viscount Taaffe

(1833–1895)
Minister-President of Cisleithania24 September 186815 January 1870Constitutional Party
Baron Ignaz von Plener
(1810–1908)
Minister-President of Cisleithania15 January 18701 February 1870Constitutional Party
Leopold Hasner von Artha
(1818–1891)
Minister-President of Cisleithania1 February 187012 April 1870Constitutional Party
Alfred Józef Potocki
(1817–1889)
Minister-President of Cisleithania12 April 18706 February 1871Federalist Party
Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart
(1824–1899)
Minister-President of Cisleithania6 February 187130 October 1871Federalist Party
Ludwig Freiherr von Holzgethan
(1800–1876)
Minister-President of Cisleithania30 October 187125 November 1871Nonpartisan
Prince Adolf of Auersperg
(1821–1885)
Minister-President of Cisleithania25 November 187115 February 1879Constitutional Party
Karl Ritter von Stremayr
(1823–1904)
Minister-President of Cisleithania15 February 187912 August 1879Constitutional Party
Eduard Taaffe,
11th Viscount Taaffe

(1833–1895)
Minister-President of Cisleithania12 August 187911 November 1893Constitutional Party
Alfred III,
Prince of Windisch-Grätz

(1851–1927)
Minister-President of Cisleithania11 November 189319 June 1895Federalist Party
Count Erich Kielmansegg
(1847–1923)
Minister-President of Cisleithania19 June 189530 September 1895Federalist Party
Count Kasimir Felix Badeni
(1846–1909)
Minister-President of Cisleithania30 September 189530 November 1897Federalist Party
Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn
(1851–1918)
Minister-President of Cisleithania30 November 18975 March 1898Christian Social Party
Franz, Prince of Thun and Hohenstein
(1847–1916)
Minister-President of Cisleithania5 March 18982 October 1899Federalist Party
Count Manfred von Clary-Aldringen
(1852–1928)
Minister-President of Cisleithania5 March 18982 October 1899Nonpartisan
Heinrich Ritter von Wittek
(1844–1930)
Minister-President of Cisleithania2 October 189918 January 1900Christian Social Party
Ernest von Koerber
(1850–1919)
Minister-President of Cisleithania18 January 190031 December 1904(Old) Constitutional Party
Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn
(1851–1918)
Minister-President of Cisleithania1 January 19042 May 1906Christian Social Party
Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
(1863–1918)
Minister-President of Cisleithania2 May 19062 June 1906Nonpartisan
Baron Max Wladimir von Beck
(1854–1943)
Minister-President of Cisleithania2 June 190615 November 1908Nonpartisan
Count Richard von Bienerth-Schmerling
(1863–1918)
Minister-President of Cisleithania15 November 190828 June 1911Nonpartisan
Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn
(1851–1918)
Minister-President of Cisleithania28 June 19113 November 1911Christian Social Party
Karl von Stürgkh
(1859–1916)
Minister-President of Cisleithania3 November 191121 October 1916Nonpartisan
(German National Association)
Ernest von Koerber
(1850–1919)
Minister-President of Cisleithania21 October 191620 December 1916(Old) Constitutional Party
(German National Association)

Transleithania

See also: Transleithania.

PictureName
(Birth–Death)
PostTerm of OfficePolitical party
Gyula Andrássy
(1823–1890)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary17 February 186714 November 1871Deák Party
Menyhért Lónyay
(1822–1884)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary14 November 18714 December 1872Deák Party
József Szlávy
(1818–1900)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary4 December 187221 March 1874Deák Party
István Bittó
(1822–1903)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary21 March 18742 March 1875Deák Party
Béla Wenckheim
(1811–1879)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary2 March 187520 October 1875Liberal Party
Kálmán Tisza
(1830–1902)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary20 October 187513 March 1890Liberal Party
Gyula Szapáry
(1832–1905)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary13 March 189017 November 1892Liberal Party
Sándor Wekerle
(1848–1921)
1st term
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary17 November 189214 January 1895Liberal Party
Dezső Bánffy
(1843–1911)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary14 January 189526 February 1899Liberal Party
Kálmán Széll
(1843–1915)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary26 February 189927 June 1903Liberal Party
Károly Khuen-Héderváry
(1849–1918)
1st term
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary27 June 19033 November 1903Liberal Party
István Tisza
(1861–1918)
1st term
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary3 November 190318 June 1905Liberal Party
Géza Fejérváry
(1833–1914)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary18 June 19058 April 1906Independent
Sándor Wekerle
(1848–1921)
2nd term
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary8 April 190617 January 1910National Constitution Party
Károly Khuen-Héderváry
(1849–1918)
2nd term
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary17 January 191022 April 1912National Party of Work
László Lukács
(1850–1932)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary22 April 191210 June 1913National Party of Work
István Tisza
(1861–1918)
2nd term
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary10 June 191315 June 1917National Party of Work

Charles I & IV (1916–1918)

See also: Charles I of Austria. This is a list of heads of government under Emperor Charles I of Austria. Charles was born on 17 August 1887 and died on 1 April 1922, his imperial reign lasted from 21 November 1916 to 11 November 1918. His predecessor was Franz Joseph I. Since the Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved and the monarchy abolished on 11 November 1918 Charles was the last Austrian emperor and thus not succeeded.

Five ministers-president of Cisleithania and five prime Ministers of the Kingdom of Hungary have served under the reign of Emperor Charles I.

Chairmen of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs

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(Birth–Death)
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Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs13 January 191522 December 1916Nonpartisan
Count Ottokar Czernin von und zu Chudenitz
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs22 December 191616 April 1918Nonpartisan
Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs16 April 191824 October 1918Nonpartisan
Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (the Younger)
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs24 October 19182 November 1918Nonpartisan

Cisleithania

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(Birth–Death)
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Ernest von Koerber
(1850–1919)
Minister-President of Cisleithania21 October 191620 December 1916(Old) Constitutional Party
(German National Association)
Heinrich Clam-Martinic
(1863–1932)
Minister-President of Cisleithania20 December 191623 June 1917Nonpartisan
(German National Association)
Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg
(1862–1931)
Minister-President of Cisleithania23 June 191727 July 1918Nonpartisan
Baron Max Hussarek von Heinlein
(1865–1935)
Minister-President of Cisleithania27 July 191827 October 1918Christian Social Party
Heinrich Lammasch
(1853–1920)
Minister-President of Cisleithania27 October 191811 November 1918Christian Social Party

Transleithania

PictureName
(Birth–Death)
PostTerm of OfficePolitical party
István Tisza
(1861–1918)
2nd term
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary10 June 191315 June 1917National Party of Work
Móric Esterházy
(1881–1960)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary15 June 191720 August 1917Independent
Sándor Wekerle
(1848–1921)
3rd term
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary20 August 191730 October 1918National Constitution Party
'48 Constitution Party
János Hadik
(1863–1933)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary30 October 191831 October 1918National Constitution Party
Mihály Károlyi
(1875–1955)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary31 October 191816 November 1918F48P–Károlyi

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