# List of heads of government under Austrian emperors

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.
* 1527 Leonhard Freiherr von Harrach
* 1528–1539 Bernhard von Cles
* 1539–1544 Dr. Georg Gienger
* 1544–1558 Dr. Jakob Jonas
* 1558–1563 Dr. Georg Sigmund Seid
* 1563–1577 Dr. Johann Baptist Weber
* 1577–1587 Dr. Sigmund Viehäuser
* 1587–1594 Dr. Jacob Kurz von Senftenau
* 1594–1597 Johann Wolf Freymann von Oberhausen
* 1597–1606 Dr. Rudolf Coradutz
* 1606–1612 Leopold Freiherr von Stralendorf
* 1612–1620 Hans Ludwig von Ulm
* 1620–1637 Johann Baptist Verda von Verdenberg
* 1637–1656 Johann Mathias Prücklmayer
* 1656–1665 Hans Joachim Sinzendorf
* 1667–1683 Johann Paul Hocher von Hohengran
* 1683–1693 Theodor von Strattman
* 1694–1705 Julius Friedrich Bucellini
* 1705–1715 Johann Friedrich von Seilern
| Name | Began | Ended |
| Philipp Ludwig Wenzel Graf von Sinzendorf (1671–1742) | 1715 | 8 February 1742 |
| Anton Corfiz Graf von Uhlfeld (1699–1769) | 14 February 1742 | 13 May 1753 |
| Wenzel Anton Graf (from 1764, Fürst) von Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711–1794) | 13 May 1753 | 19 August 1792 |
| Johann Philipp Graf von Cobenzl (1741–1810) | 19 August 1792 | 27 March 1793 |
| Johann Amadeus Francis de Paula von Thugut (1736–1818) | 27 March 1793 | 28 September 1800 |
| Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff (1749–1827) | 28 September 1800 | 11 August 1804 |

## Francis I (1804–1835)

| Name (Birth–Death) | Post | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| Ludwig von Cobenzl (1753–1809) | State Chancellors of the Habsburg Monarchy | 11 August 1804 | 25 December 1805 | Nonpartisan |
| Johann Philipp Stadion, Count von Warthausen (1763–1824) | State Chancellors of the Habsburg Monarchy | 25 December 1805 | 4 October 1809 | Nonpartisan |
| Klemens von Metternich (1773–1859) | State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire | 8 October 1809 | 25 May 1821 | Nonpartisan |
| Klemens von Metternich (1773–1859) | State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire | 25 May 1821 | 13 March 1848 | Nonpartisan |

## Ferdinand I (1835–1848)

| Name (Birth–Death) | Post | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| Prince Klemens von Metternich (1773–1859) | State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire | 8 October 1809 | 25 May 1821 | Nonpartisan |
| Prince Klemens von Metternich (1773–1859) | State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire | 25 May 1821 | 13 March 1848 | Nonpartisan |
| Count Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky (1778–1861) | Minister-President of the Austrian Empire | 20 March 1848 | 19 April 1848 | Nonpartisan |
| Charles-Louis, Count of Ficquelmont (1777–1857) | Minister-President of the Austrian Empire | 19 April 1848 | 4 May 1848 | Nonpartisan |
| Baron Franz von Pillersdorf (1786–1862) | Minister-President of the Austrian Empire | 4 May 1848 | 8 July 1848 | Nonpartisan |
| Baron Anton von Doblhoff-Dier (1800–1872) | Minister-President of the Austrian Empire | 8 July 1848 | 18 July 1848 | Nonpartisan |
| Baron Johann von Wessenberg-Ampringen (1773–1858) | Minister-President of the Austrian Empire | 18 July 1848 | 21 November 1848 | Nonpartisan |
| Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg (1800–1852) | Minister-President of the Austrian Empire | 21 November 1848 | 5 April 1852 | Nonpartisan |

## Franz Joseph I (1848–1916)

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 minister-presidents of Cisleithania and fourteen prime ministers of the Kingdom of Hungary have served under the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I.

### Austrian Empire

| Name (Birth–Death) | Post | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg (1800–1852) | Minister-President of the Austrian Empire | 21 November 1848 | 5 April 1852 | Nonpartisan |
| Count Karl Ferdinand von Buol (1797–1865) | Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire | 11 April 1852 | 21 August 1859 | Nonpartisan |
| Count Bernhard von Rechberg (1806–1899) | Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire | 21 August 1859 | 4 February 1861 | Nonpartisan |
| Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria (1827–1913) | Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire | 4 February 1861 | 26 June 1865 | Nonpartisan |
| Count Alexander de Mensdorff-Pouilly (1813–1871) | Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire | 26 June 1865 | 27 July 1865 | Nonpartisan |
| Count Richard Belcredi (1823–1902) | Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire | 27 July 1865 | 7 February 1867 | Nonpartisan |
| Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809–1886) | Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire | 7 February 1867 | 30 December 1867 | Nonpartisan |

### Chairmen of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs

| Name (Birth–Death) | Post | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809–1886) | Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs | 30 December 1867 | 8 November 1871 | Nonpartisan |
| Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (1823–1890) | Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs | 14 November 1871 | 8 October 1879 | Nonpartisan |
| Baron Heinrich Karl von Haymerle (1828–1881) | Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs | 8 October 1879 | 10 October 1881 | Nonpartisan |
| Count Gustav Kálnoky de Köröspatak (1832–1898) | Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs | 20 November 1881 | 2 May 1895 | Nonpartisan |
| Count Agenor Maria Gołuchowski (1849–1921) | Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs | 16 May 1895 | 24 October 1906 | Nonpartisan |
| Count Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal (1854–1912) | Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs | 24 October 1906 | 17 February 1912 | Nonpartisan |
| Count Leopold Berchtold (1863–1942) | Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs | 17 February 1912 | 13 January 1915 | Nonpartisan |
| Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz (1851–1922) | Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs | 13 January 1915 | 22 December 1916 | Nonpartisan |

#### Cisleithania

| Name (Birth–Death) | Post | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| Prince Karl of Auersperg (1814–1890) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 30 December 1867 | 24 September 1868 | Constitutional Party |
| Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe (1833–1895) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 24 September 1868 | 15 January 1870 | Constitutional Party |
| Baron Ignaz von Plener (1810–1908) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 15 January 1870 | 1 February 1870 | Constitutional Party |
| Leopold Hasner von Artha (1818–1891) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 1 February 1870 | 12 April 1870 | Constitutional Party |
| Alfred Józef Potocki (1817–1889) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 12 April 1870 | 6 February 1871 | Federalist Party |
| Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart (1824–1899) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 6 February 1871 | 30 October 1871 | Federalist Party |
| Ludwig Freiherr von Holzgethan (1800–1876) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 30 October 1871 | 25 November 1871 | Nonpartisan |
| Prince Adolf of Auersperg (1821–1885) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 25 November 1871 | 15 February 1879 | Constitutional Party |
| Karl Ritter von Stremayr (1823–1904) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 15 February 1879 | 12 August 1879 | Constitutional Party |
| Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe (1833–1895) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 12 August 1879 | 11 November 1893 | Constitutional Party |
| Alfred III, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1851–1927) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 11 November 1893 | 19 June 1895 | Federalist Party |
| Count Erich Kielmansegg (1847–1923) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 19 June 1895 | 30 September 1895 | Federalist Party |
| Count Kasimir Felix Badeni (1846–1909) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 30 September 1895 | 30 November 1897 | Federalist Party |
| Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn (1851–1918) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 30 November 1897 | 5 March 1898 | Christian Social Party |
| Franz, Prince of Thun and Hohenstein (1847–1916) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 5 March 1898 | 2 October 1899 | Federalist Party |
| Count Manfred von Clary-Aldringen (1852–1928) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 2 October 1899 | 21 December 1899 | Nonpartisan |
| Heinrich Ritter von Wittek (1844–1930) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 21 December 1899 | 18 January 1900 | Christian Social Party |
| Ernest von Koerber (1850–1919) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 18 January 1900 | 31 December 1904 | (Old) Constitutional Party |
| Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn (1851–1918) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 1 January 1904 | 2 May 1906 | Christian Social Party |
| Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1863–1918) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 2 May 1906 | 2 June 1906 | Nonpartisan |
| Baron Max Wladimir von Beck (1854–1943) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 2 June 1906 | 15 November 1908 | Nonpartisan |
| Count Richard von Bienerth-Schmerling (1863–1918) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 15 November 1908 | 28 June 1911 | Nonpartisan |
| Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn (1851–1918) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 28 June 1911 | 3 November 1911 | Christian Social Party |
| Karl von Stürgkh (1859–1916) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 3 November 1911 | 21 October 1916 | Nonpartisan (German National Association) |
| Ernest von Koerber (1850–1919) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 21 October 1916 | 20 December 1916 | (Old) Constitutional Party (German National Association) |

#### Transleithania

| Name (Birth–Death) | Post | Term of Office | Term of Office | Political party |
| Gyula Andrássy (1823–1890) | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 17 February 1867 | 14 November 1871 | Deák Party |
| Menyhért Lónyay (1822–1884) | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 | Deák Party |
| József Szlávy (1818–1900) | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 4 December 1872 | 21 March 1874 | Deák Party |
| István Bittó (1822–1903) | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 21 March 1874 | 2 March 1875 | Deák Party |
| Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879) | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 2 March 1875 | 20 October 1875 | Liberal Party |
| Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902) | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 20 October 1875 | 13 March 1890 | Liberal Party |
| Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905) | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 13 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 | Liberal Party |
| Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 1st term | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 17 November 1892 | 14 January 1895 | Liberal Party |
| Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911) | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 14 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 | Liberal Party |
| Kálmán Széll (1843–1915) | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Liberal Party |
| Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 1st term | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 | Liberal Party |
| István Tisza (1861–1918) 1st term | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 | Liberal Party |
| Géza Fejérváry (1833–1914) | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 18 June 1905 | 8 April 1906 | Independent |
| Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 2nd term | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 8 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 | National Constitution Party |
| Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) 2nd term | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work |
| László Lukács (1850–1932) | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 22 April 1912 | 10 June 1913 | National Party of Work |
| István Tisza (1861–1918) 2nd term | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 10 June 1913 | 15 June 1917 | National Party of Work |

## Charles I & IV (1916–1918)

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 minister-presidents 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

| Name (Birth–Death) | Post | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz (1851–1922) | Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs | 13 January 1915 | 22 December 1916 | Nonpartisan |
| Count Ottokar Czernin von und zu Chudenitz (1872–1932) | Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs | 22 December 1916 | 16 April 1918 | Nonpartisan |
| Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz (1851–1922) | Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs | 16 April 1918 | 24 October 1918 | Nonpartisan |
| Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (the Younger) (1860–1929) | Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs | 24 October 1918 | 2 November 1918 | Nonpartisan |

#### Cisleithania

| Name (Birth–Death) | Post | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| Ernest von Koerber (1850–1919) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 21 October 1916 | 20 December 1916 | (Old) Constitutional Party (German National Association) |
| Heinrich Clam-Martinic (1863–1932) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 20 December 1916 | 23 June 1917 | Nonpartisan (German National Association) |
| Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg (1862–1931) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 23 June 1917 | 27 July 1918 | Nonpartisan |
| Baron Max Hussarek von Heinlein (1865–1935) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 27 July 1918 | 27 October 1918 | Christian Social Party |
| Heinrich Lammasch (1853–1920) | Minister-President of Cisleithania | 27 October 1918 | 11 November 1918 | Christian Social Party |

#### Transleithania

| Name (Birth–Death) | Post | Term of Office | Term of Office | Political party |
| István Tisza (1861–1918) 2nd term | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 10 June 1913 | 15 June 1917 | National Party of Work |
| Móric Esterházy (1881–1960) | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 15 June 1917 | 20 August 1917 | Independent |
| Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) 3rd term | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 20 August 1917 | 30 October 1918 | National Constitution Party → '48 Constitution Party |
| János Hadik (1863–1933) | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 30 October 1918 | 31 October 1918 | National Constitution Party |
| Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955) | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | 31 October 1918 | 16 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi |