Austrian People's Party

The **Austrian People's Party** is one of the biggest parties in Austria. It was founded in 1945. Its name roughly translates to Austrian People's party. It has about 630,000 members. Its views are often center-right. It opposes moderate socialism, which is embodied by the other big party SPÖ. Former Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel is a member of this party. Former Minister of the Interior Liese Prokop (d. 2006) was also a member.

## Leaders

|style="width:100px;"|Portrait|Name|Took office|Left office|Chancellor|Ref.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Leopold Figl|17 April 1945|2 April 1953|Himself (ÖVP)|||
||Julius Raab|2 April 1953|11 April 1961|Himself (ÖVP)|||
||Alfons Gorbach|11 April 1961|2 April 1964|Himself (ÖVP)|||
||Josef Klaus|2 April 1964|21 April 1970|Himself (ÖVP)|||
||Hermann Withalm|21 April 1970|5 June 1971|rowspan="3"|Bruno Kreisky (SPÖ)||
||Karl Schleinzer|5 June 1971|19 July 1975||||
||Josef Taus|19 July 1975|7 July 1979||||
||Alois Mock|7 July 1979|24 April 1989|Bruno Kreisky (SPÖ) Fred Sinowatz (SPÖ) Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ)|||
||Josef Riegler|24 April 1989|2 July 1991|rowspan="2"|Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ)||
||Erhard Busek|2 July 1991|22 April 1995||||
||Wolfgang Schüssel|22 April 1995|21 April 2007|Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ) Viktor Klima (SPÖ) Himself (ÖVP) Alfred Gusenbauer (SPÖ)|||
||Wilhelm Molterer|21 April 2007|28 November 2008|Alfred Gusenbauer (SPÖ)|||
||Josef Pröll|28 November 2008|20 May 2011|Alfred Gusenbauer (SPÖ) Werner Faymann (SPÖ)|||
||Michael Spindelegger|20 May 2011|26 August 2014|Werner Faymann (SPÖ)|||
||Reinhold Mitterlehner|8 November 2014|15 May 2017|Werner Faymann (SPÖ) Himself (ÖVP) Christian Kern (SPÖ)|||
||Sebastian Kurz|15 May 2017|3 December 2021|Christian Kern (SPÖ) Himself (ÖVP) Brigitte Bierlein (Independent Bierlein Government) Himself (ÖVP) Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP)|||
||Karl Nehammer|3 December 2021|5 January 2025|Himself (ÖVP)|||
||Christian Stocker|5 January 2025|_Incumbent_|Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) Himself (ÖVP)|||

### National Council

|Election year|# of total votes|% of overall vote|# of seats|Government|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1,602,227 (**1st**)|49.8%|85 (**1st**)|ÖVP-SPÖ-KPÖ Majority||
|1,846,581 (**1st**)|44.0%|77 (**1st**)|ÖVP-SPÖ Majority||
|1,781,777 (2nd)|41.3%|74 (**1st**)|SPÖ-ÖVP Majority||
|1,999,986 (**1st**)|46.0|82 (**1st**)|ÖVP-SPÖ Majority||
|1,928,043 (2nd)|44.2%|79 (**1st**)|ÖVP-SPÖ Majority||
|2,024,501 (**1st**)|45.4%|81 (**1st**)|ÖVP-SPÖ Majority||
|2,191,109 (**1st**)|48.3%|85 (**1st**)|ÖVP Majority||
|2,051,012 (2nd)|44.7%|78 (2nd)|in opposition||
|1,964,713 (2nd)|43.1%|80 (2nd)|in opposition||
|1,981,291 (2nd)|42.9%|80 (2nd)|in opposition||
|1,981,739 (2nd)|41.9%|77 (2nd)|in opposition||
|2,097,808 (2nd)|43.2%|81 (2nd)|in opposition||
|2,003,663 (2nd)|41.3%|77 (2nd)|SPÖ-ÖVP Majority||
|1,508,600 (2nd)|32.1%|60 (2nd)|SPÖ-ÖVP Majority||
|1,281,846 (2nd)|27.7%|52 (2nd)|SPÖ-ÖVP Majority||
|1,370,510 (2nd)|28.3%|52 (2nd)|SPÖ-ÖVP Majority||
|1,243,672 (3rd)|26.9%|52 (2nd)|ÖVP-FPÖ Majority||
|2,076,833 (**1st**)|42.3%|79 (**1st**)|ÖVP-FPÖ Majority||
|1,616,493 (2nd)|34.3%|66 (2nd)|SPÖ-ÖVP Majority||
|1,269,656 (2nd)|26.0%|51 (2nd)|SPÖ-ÖVP Majority||
|1,125,876 (2nd)|24.0%|47 (2nd)|SPÖ-ÖVP Majority||
|1,341,930 (1st)|31.4%|62 (1st)|ÖVP-FPÖ Majority||

### European Parliament

|Election year|# of total votes|% of overall vote|# of seats|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1,124,921 (**1st**)|29.7%|7||
|859,175 (2nd)|30.7%|7||
|817,716 (2nd)|32.7%|6||
|858,921 (**1st**)|30.0%|6||
|761,896 (**1st**)|27.0%|5||

## Infobox (political party)

- **name**: Austrian People's Party
- **native name**: Österreichische Volkspartei
- **logo**: Volkspartei Logo 2022.svgclass=skin-invert
- **logo size**: 225px
- **abbreviation**: ÖVP
- **leader1 title**: List of chairpersons of the Austrian People's Party, Chairperson
- **leader1 name**: Christian Stocker
- **leader2 title**: Secretary General
- **leader2 name**: Alexander Pröll
- **leader3 title**: Parliamentary leader
- **leader3 name**: August Wöginger
- **youth wing**: Young People's Party
- **wing1 title**: Party academy
- **wing1**: Political Academy of the Austrian People's Party
- **headquarters**: Lichtenfelsgasse 7, 1010
First District, Vienna
- **membership year**: 2017
- **membership**: 600,000
- **position**: Centre-right politics, Centre-right
- **european**: European People's Party
- **international**: International Democracy Union
- **europarl**: European People's Party Group
- **seats1 title**: National Council
- **seats2 title**: Federal Council of Austria, Federal Council
- **seats3 title**: Landeshauptmann#Austria, Governorships
- **seats5 title**: Distribution of seats in the Austrian Landtage, Landtag Seats
- **seats6 title**: List of members of the European Parliament for Austria, 2024-2029, European Parliament
- **flag**:
- **country**: Austria
- **leader4 name**: Reinhold Lopatka
- **leader4 title**: Leader in the European Parliament