# List of governors of Carinthia

This is a list of governors of the Austrian state of Carinthia:

## Austro-Hungarian Empire (1861–1918)
### Presidents of the province of Carinthia, assisted by Provincial Governors

| President | From | To | Provincial Governor |
| Franz Freiherr von Schluga | 1861 | 1867 | Georg Graf von Thurn-Valsassina (1861) |
| Franz Freiherr von Schluga | 1861 | 1867 | Johann Anton Graf von Goëss (1861–1876) |
| Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart | 1867 | 1868 | Johann Anton Graf von Goëss (1861–1876) |
| Guido Graf von Kübeck | 1868 | 1870 | Johann Anton Graf von Goëss (1861–1876) |
| Kaspar Graf von Lodron-Laterano | 1870 | 1870 | Johann Anton Graf von Goëss (1861–1876) |
| Alois Freiherr von Ceschi a Santa Croce | 1870 | 1872 | Johann Anton Graf von Goëss (1861–1876) |
| Kaspar Graf von Lodron-Laterano | 1873 | 1880 | Johann Anton Graf von Goëss (1861–1876) |
| Kaspar Graf von Lodron-Laterano | 1873 | 1880 | Johann Stieger (1876–1884) |
| Franz Freiherr von Schmidt-Zabiérow | 1880 | 1897 | Johann Stieger (1876–1884) |
| Franz Freiherr von Schmidt-Zabiérow | 1880 | 1897 | Joseph Erwein (1884–1897) |
| Otto Ritter Fraydt von Fraydenegg | 1897 | 1903 | Zeno Graf von Goëss (1897–1909) |
| Robert Freiherr von Hein | 1903 | 1912 | Zeno Graf von Goëss (1897–1909) |
| Robert Freiherr von Hein | 1903 | 1912 | Leopold Freiherr von Aichelburg-Labia (1909–1918) |

## Austria

| Portrait | Name (Born-Died) | Term | Term | Term | Political Party | Political Party |
| Portrait | Name (Born-Died) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Political Party | Political Party |
| First Republic |||||||
| | Arthur Lemisch [de] (1865–1953) | 11 November 1918 | 22 July 1921 | 2 years, 253 days | | Independent |
| | Florian Gröger [de] (1871–1927) | 22 July 1921 | 6 November 1923 | 2 years, 107 days | | SPÖ |
| | Vinzenz Schumy [de] (1878–1962) | 6 November 1923 | 15 June 1927 | 3 years, 221 days | | Landbund |
| | Arthur Lemisch [de] (1865–1953) | 15 June 1927 | 21 January 1931 | 3 years, 220 days | | Independent |
| | Ferdinand Kernmaier [de] (1884–1941) | 22 January 1931 | 16 February 1934 | 3 years, 25 days | | Landbund |
| | Sylvester Leer [de] (1880–1957) | 16 February 1934 | 7 March 1934 | 19 days | | CS |
| Austrofascism |||||||
| | Ludwig Hülgerth (1875–1939) | 7 March 1934 | 3 November 1936 | 2 years, 241 days | | Heimatblock VF |
| | Arnold Sucher [de] (1898–1983) | 3 November 1936 | 11 March 1938 | 1 year, 128 days | | VF |
| Nazi Germany (Reichsstatthalter and Gauleiter of the Reichsgau of Carinthia) |||||||
| | Wladimir von Pawlowski (1891–1961) | 11 March 1938 | 1 June 1938 | 82 days | | NSDAP |
| | Hubert Klausner (1892–1939) | 1 June 1938 | 12 February 1939 | 256 days | | NSDAP |
| | Wladimir von Pawlowski (1891–1961) | 12 February 1939 | 1 December 1941 | 2 years, 292 days | | NSDAP |
| | Friedrich Rainer (1903–1947) | 1 December 1941 | 7 May 1945 | 3 years, 157 days | | NSDAP |
| Second Republic |||||||
| | Hans Piesch [de] (1889–1966) | 8 May 1945 | 25 April 1947 | 1 year, 352 days | | SPÖ |
| | Ferdinand Wedenig [de] (1896–1975) | 25 April 1947 | 12 April 1965 | 17 years, 352 days | | SPÖ |
| | Hans Sima (1918–2006) | 12 April 1965 | 12 April 1974 | 9 years, 0 days | | SPÖ |
| | Leopold Wagner (1927–2008) | 19 April 1974 | 27 September 1988 | 14 years, 161 days | | SPÖ |
| | Peter Ambrozy [de] (born 1946) | 27 September 1988 | 21 April 1989 | 206 days | | SPÖ |
| | Jörg Haider (1950–2008) | 21 April 1989 | 21 June 1991 | 2 years, 61 days | | FPÖ |
| | Christof Zernatto [de] (born 1949) | 21 June 1991 | 8 April 1999 | 7 years, 291 days | | ÖVP |
| | Jörg Haider (1950–2008) | 8 April 1999 | 11 October 2008 † | 9 years, 186 days | | FPÖ BZÖ |
| | Gerhard Dörfler (born 1955) | 23 October 2008 | 28 March 2013 | 4 years, 156 days | | BZÖ FPK |
| | Peter Kaiser (born 1958) | 28 March 2013 | Incumbent | 11 years, 195 days | | SPÖ |