List of governors of Burgenland
Appearance
This is a list of governors of the Austrian state of Burgenland:
No. | Portrait | Name | Term | Party | Period | |||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
1 | Robert Davy as Landesverwalter |
10 March 1921 | 5 March 1922 | Independent | First Republic (1921–1934) | |||
2 | Alfred Rausnitz | 5 March 1922 | 14 July 1923 | Independent | ||||
3 | Alfred Walheim | 14 July 1923 | 4 January 1924 | Greater German | ||||
4 | Josef Rauhofer | 4 January 1924 | 10 January 1928 | Christian Social | ||||
5 | Anton Schreiner | 10 January 1928 | 24 July 1929 | Christian Social | ||||
6 | Johann Thullner | 24 July 1929 | 10 December 1930 | Christian Social | ||||
(5) | Anton Schreiner | 10 December 1930 | 25 November 1931 | Christian Social | ||||
(3) | Alfred Walheim | 25 November 1931 | 22 February 1934 | Landbund | ||||
7 | Hans Sylvester | 22 February 1934 | 11 March 1938 | Fatherland's Front | Austrofascism (1934–1938) | |||
8 | Tobias Portschy | 11 March 1938 | 15 October 1938 | NSDAP | Nazi Germany (1938–1945) | |||
On 15 October 1938, Burgenland was dissolved and its territory divided among the Reichsgaue of Lower Danube and Styria. Portschy was appointed Gauleiter of Styria. | ||||||||
9 | Ludwig Leser | 1 October 1945 | 4 January 1946 | SPÖ | Second Republic (1945–present) | |||
10 | Lorenz Karall | 4 January 1946 | 22 June 1956 | ÖVP | ||||
11 | Johann Wagner | 22 June 1956 | 8 August 1961 | ÖVP | ||||
12 | Josef Lentsch | 8 August 1961 | 12 June 1964 | ÖVP | ||||
13 | Hans Bögl | 12 June 1964 | 28 June 1966 | SPÖ | ||||
14 | Theodor Kery | 28 June 1966 | 30 October 1987 | SPÖ | ||||
15 | Johann Sipötz | 30 October 1987 | 18 July 1991 | SPÖ | ||||
16 | Karl Stix | 18 July 1991 | 27 December 2000 | SPÖ | ||||
17 | Hans Niessl | 28 December 2000 | 28 February 2019 | SPÖ | ||||
18 | Hans Peter Doskozil | 28 February 2019 | Incumbent | SPÖ |