caption chancellor deputy predecessor successor death_date birth_place president death_place religion party birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
dollfuss . pictured in '' kaiserschützen '' uniform , 1933 himself franz starhemberg winkler emil fey ernst rüdiger starhemberg ernst rüdiger karl buresch karl buresch '' none '' kurt schuschnigg stephan tauschitz ernst rüdiger starhemberg july 25 , 1934 -lrb- aged 41 -rrb- texingtal , austro-hungary wilhelm miklas vienna , austria roman catholic christian social party fatherland front october 4 , 1892 11th of austria foreign minister of austria federal leader of the chancellor fatherland front of austria first austrian republic federal state 20 may 1932 20 may 1932 20 may 1933 engelbert dollfuss.png engelbert dollfuss
 25 july 1934 10 july 1934 25 july 1934 engelbert dollfuss
engelbert dollfuss

engelbert dollfuss -lrb- ; october 4 , 1892 -- july 25 , 1934 -rrb- was an austrian christian social and patriotic front statesman .
having served as minister for forests and agriculture , he ascended to federal chancellor in 1932 in the midst of a crisis for the conservative government .
in early 1933 , he shut down parliament , banned the austrian nazi party and assumed dictatorial powers .
suppressing the socialist movement in february 1934 , he cemented the rule of `` austrofascism '' through the authoritarian `` first of may constitution '' .
dollfuss was assassinated as part of a failed coup attempt by nazi agents in 1934 .
his successor kurt schuschnigg maintained his regime until adolf hitler 's annexing of austria in 1938 .
