# List of governors of Lower Austria

This is a list of governors of the Austrian state of Lower Austria:

## Before 1918
### Governors of the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns (1500–1749)

Source:
* Wolfgang Freiherr von Polheim (1458–1512) 1501–1512
* Georg von Rottal zu Thalberg (see Rottal) (?–1525) 1513–1521; also President of the Lower Austrian Chamber (1523–1525)
* Pietro Bonomo, Bischof von Triest (d. i. Giovanni Antonio Bonomo; 1458–1546) 1521–1523
* Sigismund Freiherr von Dietrichstein (1484–1533) 1523–1524
* Leonhard von Harrach zu Rohrau (1481–1527) 1524–1525
* Cyriak Freiherr von Polheim und Wartenburg (1495–1533) 1526–1527
* Georg Freiherr von Puchheim zu Raabs und Krumbach (?–1531) 1528–1531
* Christoph von Rauber (from 1533: Fürst) (1466–1536) 1532–1536
* Trojan von Auersperg (1495–1541) 1537–1541
* Hans (III.) Ungnad Freiherr von Sonneck (1493–1564) 1542–1544
* Christoph von Eyczing (1501–1563) 1544–1551, außerdem 1542 bis 1544 Landmarschall der Niederösterreichischen Landstände
* Gabriel Ritter von Kreuzer (?–1565) 1552–1564
* Joachim Freiherr von Schönkirchen (1517–1572) 1565–1572, außerdem 1560 bis 1563 Landmarschall der Niederösterreichischen Landstände
* Oswald Philipp von Eyczing (1512–1587) 1572–1587
* Seifried Freiherr von Breuner (1538–1594) 1587–1591
* Ruprecht Freiherr von Stotzingen (c. 1542–1600) 22 June 1592 – 1600
* Wolfgang Freiherr von Hofkirchen (1555–1611) 1600–1601
* Ernst Mollard Freiherr von Reinegg und Drosendorf (before 1576–1621) 1601–1608
* Paul Sixtus Trautson Graf zu Falkenstein (1548–1621) 1608–1621
* Leonhard Helfried Graf von Meggau, Freiherr von Creuzen (1577–1644) 1621–1626
* Seifried Christoph Breuner Freiherr von Stübing, Fladnitz und Rabenstein (1569–1651) 1626–1640, also President of the Lower Austrian Chamber (1600–1609) and Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1620–1626)
* Georg Freiherr von Teufel auf Gundersdorf, Eckartsau und Esslingen (c. 1580–1642) 1640–1642
* Johann Franz Trautson Graf zu Falkenstein (1609–1663) 1642–1663, also Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1637–1642)
* Konrad Balthasar von Starhemberg (1612–1687, from 1643: Graf) 1663–1687
* Johann Quintin Freiherr von Jörger (see Jörger von Tollet) (1624–1705, from 1658: Graf) 1687–1705
* Ferdinand Karl Graf und Herr von Weltz, Freiherr von Ebenstein und Spiegelfeld (1653–1711) 1705–1711
* Sigismund Friedrich Graf von Khevenhüller (1666–1742, from 1725: Reichsgraf) 1711–1742
* Leopold Johann Victorin Wilhelm Graf von Windisch-Graetz (1686–1746) 1742–1746
* Johann Ferdinand Graf von Kuefstein (1686–1755) 1747–1749

### Governors of the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns (1749–1809)

Source:
* Adam Philipp Losy Graf von Losymthal (?–1781) 1749–1750
* Philipp Joseph Graf von Orsini-Rosenberg (1691–1765) 1750–1753
* Heinrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Haugwitz (1711–1758) 1753–1758
* Franz Ferdinand Graf von Schrattenbach (1707–1785) 1759–1770
* Christian August Graf von Seilern-Aspang (1717–1801) 1770–1779
* Joseph Johann Nepomuk Graf von Herberstein (1725–1809) 1779–1782
* Johann Anton Graf von Pergen (1725–1814) 1782–1790, also Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1775–1790)
* Wenzel Graf Sauer von und zu Ankenstein (1742–1799) 1791–1795
* Franz Josef Graf von Saurau (1760–1832) 1795–1797, also Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1803–1805)
* Jakob Reichsfreiherr von Wöber zu Hagenberg 1797–1802
* Joseph Thaddäus Vogt Freiherr von Sumerau (1749–1817) 1802–1804
* Joseph Karl Graf von Dietrichstein (1763–1825) 1804–1805, also Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1811–1825)
* Ignaz Karl Graf von Chorinsky, Freiherr von Ledske (1770–1823) 1805–1807
* Ferdinand Graf von Bissingen und Nippenburg (1749–1831) 1807–1809

### Governors (Statthalter) of the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns (1809–1918)

* Franz Josef Graf von Saurau (1760–1832) 1809–1814, also Land Marshal of the Lower Austrian Estates (1803–1805)
* Ignaz Karl Graf von Chorinsky, Freiherr von Ledske (1770–1823) 1815–1816
* Augustin Freiherr Reichmann von Hochkirchen (1755–1828, until 1817: Augustin Reichmann) 1817–1828
* Alois Graf von Ugarte (1784–1845) 1828–1829
* Franz Graf von Klebelsberg, Freiherr zu Thumburg (1774–1857) 1829–1830
* Johann Adam Freiherr Talatzko von Gestieticz (1778–1858, until 1834: Johann Adam Talatzko) 1830–1848
* Anton Raimund Graf von Lamberg (1795–1869) 1848–1848
* Joseph Wilhelm von Eminger (1801–1858, from 1856: Freiherr von) 1849–1858
* Karl Johann Joseph Prinz von Lobkowitz (1814–1879) 1858–1860
* Anton Halbhuber Freiherr von Festwill (1809–1886, from 1854 Freiherr) 1860–1862
* Gustav Ignaz Graf von Chorinsky, Freiherr von Ledske (1806–1873) 1862–1868
* Philipp Weber von Ebenhof (1818–1900, from 1853: Ritter, from 1880 Freiherr) 1868–1872
* Sigmund Conrad von Eybesfeld (1821–1898, from 1854: Edler. from 1870 Freiherr) 1872–1880
* Ludwig Freiherr Possinger (1823–1899, from 1860: Ritter, from 1870 Freiherr von Choborski) 1880–1889
* Erich Graf von Kielmansegg (1847–1923) 1889–1895
* Friedrich Freiherr Bourguignon von Baumberg (1846–1907) 1895–1895
* Erich Graf von Kielmansegg (1847–1923) 1895–1911
* Richard Graf von Bienerth-Schmerling (1863–1918, Ritter von, ab 1868: Freiherr, ab 1915: Graf) 1911–1915
* Oktavian Freiherr Regner von Bleyleben (1866–1945, 1911–1919: Freiherr von Bleyleben, from 1919: Oktavian Regner-Bleyleben) 1915–1918

## After 1918

| No. | Portrait | Name | Term | Term | Term | Party | Period |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | Period |
| 1 | | Leopold Steiner | 5 November 1918 | 20 May 1919 | | Christian Social | First Republic (1918–1934) |
| 2 | | Albert Sever | 20 May 1919 | 10 November 1920 | | Social Democrat | First Republic (1918–1934) |
| 3 | | Johann Mayer | 10 November 1920 | 9 June 1922 | | Christian Social | First Republic (1918–1934) |
| 4 | | Karl Buresch | 9 June 1922 | 31 July 1931 | | Christian Social | First Republic (1918–1934) |
| 5 | | Josef Reither | 31 July 1931 | 19 May 1932 | | Christian Social | First Republic (1918–1934) |
| (4) | | Karl Buresch | 19 May 1932 | 18 May 1933 | | Christian Social | First Republic (1918–1934) |
| (5) | | Josef Reither | 18 May 1933 | 30 July 1934 | | Christian Social Fatherland's Front | First Republic (1918–1934) |
| 6 | | Eduard Baar-Baarenfels | 30 July 1934 | 17 October 1935 | | Fatherland's Front | Austrofascism (1934–1938) |
| (5) | | Josef Reither | 17 October 1935 | 12 March 1938 | | Fatherland's Front | Austrofascism (1934–1938) |
| (Reichsstatthalter and Gauleiter of the Reichsgau of Lower Danube) | (Reichsstatthalter and Gauleiter of the Reichsgau of Lower Danube) | (Reichsstatthalter and Gauleiter of the Reichsgau of Lower Danube) | (Reichsstatthalter and Gauleiter of the Reichsgau of Lower Danube) | (Reichsstatthalter and Gauleiter of the Reichsgau of Lower Danube) | (Reichsstatthalter and Gauleiter of the Reichsgau of Lower Danube) | (Reichsstatthalter and Gauleiter of the Reichsgau of Lower Danube) | Nazi Germany (1938–1945) |
| 7 | | Roman Jäger | 12 March 1938 | 24 May 1938 | | NSDAP | Nazi Germany (1938–1945) |
| 8 | | Hugo Jury | 24 May 1938 | 8 May 1945 | | NSDAP | Nazi Germany (1938–1945) |
| 9 | | Leopold Figl | 25 May 1945 | 15 October 1945 | | ÖVP | Second Republic (1945–present) |
| (5) | | Josef Reither | 15 October 1945 | 4 May 1949 | | ÖVP | Second Republic (1945–present) |
| 10 | | Johann Steinböck | 4 May 1949 | 14 January 1962 | | ÖVP | Second Republic (1945–present) |
| (9) | | Leopold Figl | 14 January 1962 | 9 May 1965 | | ÖVP | Second Republic (1945–present) |
| 11 | | Eduard Hartmann | 16 June 1965 | 14 October 1966 | | ÖVP | Second Republic (1945–present) |
| 12 | | Andreas Maurer | 24 November 1966 | 22 January 1981 | | ÖVP | Second Republic (1945–present) |
| 13 | | Siegfried Ludwig | 22 January 1981 | 20 October 1992 | | ÖVP | Second Republic (1945–present) |
| 14 | | Erwin Pröll | 20 October 1992 | 19 April 2017 | | ÖVP | Second Republic (1945–present) |
| 15 | | Johanna Mikl-Leitner | 19 April 2017 | Incumbent | | ÖVP | Second Republic (1945–present) |