Austrian Chancellors and Cabinets since

Austrian Cabinets since 1945 have been composed as follows:

Renner Cabinet – 27 April 1945 to 20 December 1945
Provisional government headed by Dr. Karl Renner. Composed of representatives of the ÖVP, SPÖ, and KPÖ in equal proportion.

Figl Cabinet I – 20 December 1945 to 8 November 1949
Federal Chancellor Leopold Figl (ÖVP), Vice-Chancellor Adolf Schärf (SPÖ), 7 ÖVP ministers, 5 SPÖ ministers (from 24 November 1947, 6 SPÖ ministers), 1 KPÖ minister (until 24 November 1947), 1 ÖVP state secretary, 1 SPÖ state secretary

Figl Cabinet II – 8 November 1949 to 28 October 1952
Federal Chancellor Leopold Figl (ÖVP), Vice-Chancellor Adolf Schärf (SPÖ), 5 ÖVP ministers, 4 SPÖ ministers, 2 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ state secretaries

Figl Cabinet III – 28 October 1952 to 2 April 1953
Federal Chancellor Leopold Figl (ÖVP), Vice-Chancellor Adolf Schärf (SPÖ), 5 ÖVP ministers, 4 SPÖ ministers, 2 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ state secretaries

Raab Cabinet I – 2 April 1953 to 29 June 1956
Federal Chancellor Julius Raab (ÖVP), Vice-Chancellor Adolf Schärf (SPÖ), 5 ÖVP ministers, 4 SPÖ ministers, 4 state secretaries of which 2 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ each

Raab Cabinet II – 29 June 1956 to 16 July 1959
Federal Chancellor Julius Raab (ÖVP), Vice-Chancellor Adolf Schärf, from 22 May 1957 Bruno Pittermann (SPÖ) acted as Vice-Chancellor after Schärf was elected Federal President, 6 ÖVP ministers, 4 SPÖ ministers, 6 state secretaries of which 3 ÖVP and 3 SPÖ each

Raab Cabinet III – 16 July 1959 to 3 November 1960
Federal Chancellor Julius Raab (ÖVP), Vice-Chancellor Bruno Pittermann (SPÖ), 5 ÖVP ministers, 5 SPÖ ministers, 4 state secretaries of which 2 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ each

Raab Cabinet IV – 3 November 1960 to 11 April 1961
Federal Chancellor Julius Raab (ÖVP), Vice-Chancellor Bruno Pittermann (SPÖ), 5 ÖVP ministers, 5 SPÖ ministers, 2 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ state secretaries

Gorbach Cabinet I – 11 April 1961 to 27 March 1963
Federal Chancellor Alfons Gorbach (ÖVP), Vice-Chancellor Bruno Pittermann (SPÖ), 5 ÖVP ministers, 5 SPÖ ministers, 2 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ state secretaries

Gorbach Cabinet II – 27 March 1963 to 2 April 1964
Federal Chancellor Alfons Gorbach (ÖVP), Vice-Chancellor Bruno Pittermann (SPÖ), 5 ÖVP ministers, 5 SPÖ ministers, 4 ÖVP state secretaries, 2 SPÖ state secretaries

Klaus Cabinet I – 2 April 1964 to 19 April 1966
Federal Chancellor Josef Klaus (ÖVP), Vice-Chancellor Bruno Pittermann (SPÖ), 5 ÖVP ministers, 5 SPÖ ministers, 6 state secretaries of which 4 ÖVP and 2 SPÖ

Klaus Cabinet II – 19 April 1966 to 21 April 1970 (ÖVP – sole party in power)
Federal Chancellor Josef Klaus (ÖVP), Vice-Chancellor Fritz Bock (ÖVP), from 19 January 1968 Hermann Withalm (ÖVP) acted as Vice-Chancellor, all ministers and state secretaries designated by the ÖVP

Kreisky Cabinet I – 21 April 1970 to 4 November 1971 (SPÖ – sole party in power)
Federal Chancellor Bruno Kreisky (SPÖ), Vice-Chancellor Rudolf Häuser (SPÖ), all ministers and state secretaries designated by the SPÖ

Kreisky Cabinet II – 4 November 1971 to 28 October 1975 (SPÖ – sole party in power) Federal Chancellor Bruno Kreisky (SPÖ), Vice-Chancellor Rudolf Häuser (SPÖ), all ministers and state secretaries designated by the SPÖ.

Kreisky Cabinet III – 28 October 1975 to 5 June 1979 (SPÖ – sole party in power)
Federal Chancellor Bruno Kreisky (SPÖ), Vice-Chancellor Rudolf Häuser (SPÖ) until 30 September 1976, from 1 October 1976 Hannes Androsch (SPÖ) acted as Vice-Chancellor, all ministers and state secretaries designated by the SPÖ

Kreisky Cabinet IV – 5 June 1979 to 24 May 1983 (SPÖ – sole party in power)
Federal Chancellor Bruno Kreisky (SPÖ), Vice-Chancellor Hannes Androsch (SPÖ) until 20 January 1981, from 20 January 1981 Fred Sinowatz (SPÖ) acted as Vice-Chancellor, all ministers and state secretaries designated by the SPÖ

Sinowatz Cabinet – 24 May 1983 to 16 June 1986
Federal Chancellor Fred Sinowatz (SPÖ), Vice-Chancellor Norbert Steger (FPÖ), 11 SPÖ ministers, 3 FPÖ ministers, 8 state secretaries of which 5 SPÖ and 3 FPÖ (at the beginning of the legislative term)

Vranitzky Cabinet I – 16 June 1986 to 21 January 1987
Federal Chancellor Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ), Vice-Chancellor Norbert Steger (FPÖ), 12 SPÖ ministers, 3 FPÖ ministers, 6 state secretaries of which 3 SPÖ and 3 FPÖ

Vranitzky Cabinet II – 21 January 1987 to 17 December 1990
Federal Chancellor Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ), Vice-Chancellor Alois Mock (ÖVP) until 23 April 1989, from 24 April 1989 Josef Riegler (ÖVP) acted as Vice-Chancellor, 6 SPÖ ministers, 6 ÖVP ministers, 1 neutral minister, 2 state secretaries of which 1 SPÖ and 1 ÖVP

Vranitzky Cabinet III – 17 December 1990 to 29 November 1994
Federal Chancellor Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ), Vice-Chancellor Josef Riegler (ÖVP) until 2 July 1991, from 2 July 1991 Erhard Busek (ÖVP), 7 SPÖ ministers, 7 ÖVP ministers, 1 neutral minister, 4 state secretaries of which 2 SPÖ and 2 ÖVP

Vranitzky Cabinet IV – 29 November 1994 to 12 March 1996
Federal Chancellor Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ), Vice-Chancellor Erhard Busek (ÖVP) until 4 May 1995, from 4 May 1995 Wolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP), 8 ÖVP ministers, 7 SPÖ ministers, 1 neutral minister, 5 state secretaries of which 2 SPÖ and 3 ÖVP

Vranitzky Cabinet V – 12 March 1996 to 28 January 1997
Federal Chancellor Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ), Vice-Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP), 7 SPÖ ministers, 6 ÖVP ministers, 1 neutral minister, 2 state secretaries of which 1 SPÖ and 1 ÖVP

Klima Cabinet I – 28 January 1997 to 4 February 2000
Federal Chancellor Viktor Klima (SPÖ), Vice-Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP), 6 SPÖ ministers, 6 ÖVP ministers, 1 neutral minister, 3 state secretaries of which 2 SPÖ and 1 ÖVP

Schüssel Cabinet I – 4 February 2000 to 28 February 2003
Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP), Vice-Chancellor Susanne Riess-Passer (FPÖ), 6 ÖVP ministers, 5 FPÖ ministers, 1 neutral minister, 4 state secretaries of which 2 ÖVP and 2 FPÖ

Schüssel Cabinet II – 28 February 2003 to 11 January 2007
Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP), Vice-Chancellor Herbert Haupt (FPÖ) until 20 October 2003; from 21 October 2003 Hubert Gorbach acted as Vice-Chancellor (since 17 April 2005 BZÖ, formerly FPÖ), 8 ÖVP ministers, 3 BZÖ ministers, 1 neutral minister, 6 state secretaries of which 3 ÖVP and 3 BZÖ, from 4 July 2005, one other neutral state secretary

Gusenbauer Cabinet I – 11 January 2007 to 2 December 2008
Federal Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer (SPÖ), Vice–Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer (ÖVP), 7 SPÖ ministers, 7 ÖVP ministers, 6 state secretaries of which 3 SPÖ and 3 ÖVP

Faymann Cabinet I - since 2 December 2008
Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann (SPÖ), Vice–Chancellor Josef Pröll (ÖVP), 7 SPÖ ministers, 6 ÖVP ministers, 4 state secretaries of which 2 SPÖ and 2 ÖVP

Political parties:

SPÖ

Social Democratic Party of Austria (since 15 June 1991); formerly known as Socialist Party of Austria (1945-91)

ÖVP

Austrian People’s Party

FPÖ

Austrian Freedom Party

BZÖ

Alliance for the Future of Austria

KPÖ

Communist Party of Austria