# Vice-Chancellor of Austria

The vice-chancellor of Austria is a member of the Government of Austria and is the deputy to the Chancellor. It is functionally equivalent to a deputy prime minister in other countries with parliamentary systems.
The current vice-chancellor is Andreas Babler of the Social Democratic Party.

## Description of the office

Art. 69(2) of the Constitution of Austria states:
    The Vice-Chancellor stands in for the Federal Chancellor in his complete field of functions. If both Federal Chancellor and Vice Chancellor are hindered, the Federal President appoints a member of the government to represent the Federal Chancellor.
In practice, the Vice-Chancellor is normally the leading member of the junior party within the current coalition government, frequently the party chairman. If only one party is represented in the government, the Vice Chancellor is often the Chancellor's presumed successor.

## List of officeholders (1919–)
### Vice-chancellors of Austria during the Interwar period

| No. | Vice-Chancellor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Chancellor |
| 1 | Fink, JodokJodok Fink (1853–1929) | 15 March 1919 | 26 March 1920 | 1 year, 11 days | CS | Renner, KarlKarl Renner (SDAPÖ) |
| 2 | Hanusch, FerdinandFerdinand Hanusch (1866–1926) | 7 July 1920 | 22 October 1920 | 210 days | SPÖ | Mayr, MichaelMichael Mayr (CS) |
| 3 | Heinl, EduardEduard Heinl (1880–1957) | 22 October 1920 | 20 November 1920 | 29 days | CS | Mayr, MichaelMichael Mayr (CS) |
| 4 | Breisky, WalterWalter Breisky (1871–1944) | 20 November 1920 | 30 May 1922 | 1 year, 191 days | CS | Mayr, MichaelMichael Mayr (CS) Johannes Schober (Ind) Himself (CS) Johannes Schober (Ind) |
| 5 | Frank, FelixFelix Frank (1876–1957) | 31 May 1922 | 20 November 1924 | 2 years, 173 days | GDVP | Seipel, IgnazIgnaz Seipel (CS) |
| 6 | Waber, LeopoldLeopold Waber (1875–1945) | 20 November 1924 | 20 October 1926 | 1 year, 334 days | GDVP | Ramek, RudolfRudolf Ramek (CS) |
| 7 | Dinghofer, FranzFranz Dinghofer (1873–1956) | 20 October 1926 | 19 May 1927 | 211 days | GDVP | Seipel, IgnazIgnaz Seipel (CS) |
| 8 | Hartleb, KarlKarl Hartleb [de] (1886–1965) | 19 May 1927 | 4 May 1929 | 1 year, 350 days | Landbund | Seipel, IgnazIgnaz Seipel (CS) |
| 9 | Schumy, VinzenzVinzenz Schumy [de] (1878–1962) | 4 May 1929 | 26 September 1929 | 145 days | Landbund | Streeruwitz, ErnstErnst Streeruwitz (CS) |
| 10 | Vaugoin, CarlCarl Vaugoin (1873–1949) | 26 September 1929 | 30 September 1930 | 1 year, 4 days | CS | Schober, JohannesJohannes Schober (Ind) |
| 11 | Schmitz, RichardRichard Schmitz (1885–1954) | 30 September 1930 | 4 December 1930 | 65 days | CS | Vaugoin, CarlCarl Vaugoin (CS) |
| 12 | Schober, JohannesJohannes Schober (1874–1932) (Beamter) | 4 December 1930 | 29 January 1932 | 1 year, 56 days | Nonpartisan | Ender, OttoOtto Ender (CS) Karl Buresch (CS) |
| 13 | Winkler, FranzFranz Winkler [de] (1890–1945) | 29 January 1932 | 21 September 1933 | 1 year, 235 days | Landbund | Buresch, KarlKarl Buresch (CS) Engelbert Dollfuss (CS) |
| 14 | Fey, EmilEmil Fey (1886–1938) | 21 September 1933 | 1 May 1934 | 222 days | Heimatblock | Dollfuss, EngelbertEngelbert Dollfuss (VF) |
| 15 | Starhemberg, ErnstErnst Rüdiger Starhemberg (1899–1956) | 1 May 1934 | 14 May 1936 | 2 years, 13 days | Heimatblock | Schuschnigg, KurtKurt Schuschnigg (act.) (VF) Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (act.) (VF) Kurt Schuschnigg (VF) |
| 16 | Baar, EduardEduard Baar-Baarenfels [de] (1885–1967) | 14 May 1936 | 3 November 1936 | 173 days | Heimatblock | Schuschnigg, KurtKurt Schuschnigg (VF) |
| 17 | Hülgerth, LudwigLudwig Hülgerth (1875–1939) | 3 November 1936 | 11 March 1938 | 1 year, 128 days | VF | Schuschnigg, KurtKurt Schuschnigg (VF) |
| 18 | Glaise, EdmundEdmund Glaise-Horstenau (1882–1946) | 11 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | 2 days | NSDAP | Seyss, ArthurArthur Seyss-Inquart (NSDAP) |
Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938 (see Austria under National Socialism for details). Independence was restored in 1945.

### Vice-chancellors of Austria after the end of World War II

| No. | Vice-Chancellor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Chancellor |
| — | Koplenig, JohannJohann Koplenig (1891–1968) | 27 April 1945 | 20 December 1945 | 237 days | KPÖ | Renner, KarlKarl Renner (SPÖ) |
| 19 | Schärf, AdolfAdolf Schärf (1890–1965) | 20 December 1945 | 22 May 1957 | 11 years, 153 days | SPÖ | Renner, KarlKarl Renner (SPÖ) Leopold Figl (ÖVP) Julius Raab (ÖVP) |
| 20 | Pittermann, BrunoBruno Pittermann (1905–1983) | 22 May 1957 | 19 April 1966 | 8 years, 332 days | SPÖ | Raab, JuliusJulius Raab (ÖVP) Alfons Gorbach (ÖVP) Josef Klaus (ÖVP) |
| 21 | Bock, FritzFritz Bock (1911–1993) | 19 April 1966 | 19 January 1968 | 1 year, 275 days | ÖVP | Klaus, JosefJosef Klaus (ÖVP) |
| 22 | Withalm, HermannHermann Withalm [de] (1912–2003) | 19 January 1968 | 21 April 1970 | 2 years, 92 days | ÖVP | Klaus, JosefJosef Klaus (ÖVP) |
| 23 | Häuser, RudolfRudolf Häuser [de] (1909–2000) | 21 April 1970 | 30 September 1976 | 6 years, 162 days | SPÖ | Kreisky, BrunoBruno Kreisky (SPÖ) |
| 24 | Androsch, HannesHannes Androsch (1938–2024) | 1 October 1976 | 20 January 1981 | 4 years, 111 days | SPÖ | Kreisky, BrunoBruno Kreisky (SPÖ) |
| 25 | Sinowatz, FredFred Sinowatz (1929–2008) | 20 January 1981 | 24 May 1983 | 2 years, 124 days | SPÖ | Kreisky, BrunoBruno Kreisky (SPÖ) |
| 26 | Steger, NorbertNorbert Steger (born 1944) | 24 May 1983 | 21 January 1987 | 3 years, 242 days | FPÖ | Sinowatz, FredFred Sinowatz (SPÖ) Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ) |
| 27 | Mock, AloisAlois Mock (1934–2017) | 21 January 1987 | 24 April 1989 | 2 years, 93 days | ÖVP | Vranitzky, FranzFranz Vranitzky (SPÖ) |
| 28 | Riegler, JosefJosef Riegler [de] (born 1938) | 24 April 1989 | 2 July 1991 | 2 years, 69 days | ÖVP | Vranitzky, FranzFranz Vranitzky (SPÖ) |
| 29 | Busek, ErhardErhard Busek (1941–2022) | 2 July 1991 | 4 May 1995 | 3 years, 306 days | ÖVP | Vranitzky, FranzFranz Vranitzky (SPÖ) |
| 30 | Schüssel, WolfgangWolfgang Schüssel (born 1945) | 4 May 1995 | 4 February 2000 | 4 years, 276 days | ÖVP | Vranitzky, FranzFranz Vranitzky (SPÖ) Viktor Klima (SPÖ) |
| 31 | Riess, SusanneSusanne Riess-Passer (born 1961) | 4 February 2000 | 28 February 2003 | 3 years, 24 days | FPÖ | Schüssel, WolfgangWolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP) |
| 32 | Haupt, HerbertHerbert Haupt (born 1947) | 28 February 2003 | 21 October 2003 | 235 days | FPÖ | Schüssel, WolfgangWolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP) |
| 33 | Gorbach, HubertHubert Gorbach (born 1956) | 21 October 2003 | 11 January 2007 | 3 years, 81 days | BZÖ | Schüssel, WolfgangWolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP) |
| 34 | Molterer, WilhelmWilhelm Molterer (born 1955) | 11 January 2007 | 2 December 2008 | 1 year, 326 days | ÖVP | Gusenbauer, AlfredAlfred Gusenbauer (SPÖ) |
| 35 | Pröll, JosefJosef Pröll (born 1968) | 2 December 2008 | 21 April 2011 | 2 years, 140 days | ÖVP | Faymann, WernerWerner Faymann (SPÖ) |
| 36 | Spindelegger, MichaelMichael Spindelegger (born 1959) | 21 April 2011 | 1 September 2014 | 3 years, 133 days | ÖVP | Faymann, WernerWerner Faymann (SPÖ) |
| 37 | Mitterlehner, ReinholdReinhold Mitterlehner (born 1955) | 1 September 2014 | 17 May 2017 | 2 years, 258 days | ÖVP | Faymann, WernerWerner Faymann (SPÖ) Himself (act.) (ÖVP) Christian Kern (SPÖ) |
| 38 | Brandstetter, WolfgangWolfgang Brandstetter (born 1957) | 17 May 2017 | 18 December 2017 | 215 days | Independent | Kern, ChristianChristian Kern (SPÖ) |
| 39 | Strache, HeinzHeinz-Christian Strache (born 1969) | 18 December 2017 | 22 May 2019 | 1 year, 155 days | FPÖ | Kurz, SebastianSebastian Kurz (ÖVP) |
| 40 | Löger, HartwigHartwig Löger (born 1965) | 22 May 2019 | 28 May 2019 | 7 days | ÖVP | Kurz, SebastianSebastian Kurz (ÖVP) |
| 41 | Jabloner, ClemensClemens Jabloner (born 1948) | 3 June 2019 | 2 October 2019 | 120 days | Nonpartisan | Bierlein, BrigitteBrigitte Bierlein (Ind) |
| 42 | Kogler, WernerWerner Kogler (born 1961) | 7 January 2020 | 2 October 2024 | 4 years, 269 days | Greens | Kurz, SebastianSebastian Kurz (ÖVP) Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) |
| 43 | Babler, AndreasAndreas Babler (born 1973) | 3 March 2025 | Incumbent | 13 days | SPÖ | Stocker, ChristianChristian Stocker (ÖVP) |