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List of heads of government under Austrian emperors

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Imperial coat of arms of the Austrian Empire

This is a list of heads of government under Austrian emperors.

State chancellors of the Archduchy of Austria (1527–1804)

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From 1664/69 the Privy Conference (Geheime Konferenz), a committee of the Imperial Privy Council (Geheimer Rat), provided advice to Emperor Leopold I whereby the Austrian court chancellor, responsible for the Habsburg 'Hereditary Lands', served as rapporteur and thereby gained increasing influence. The Habsburg diplomatic service was re-organised, when Emperor Charles VI by resolution of 1720 declared Court Chancellor Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf responsible for foreign policy issues. Upon Sinzendorf's death in February 1742, Archduchess Maria Theresa finally separated the central Habsburg State Chancellery responsible of Foreign Affairs from the domestic Austrian Court Chancellery.

  • 1527 Leonhard Freiherr von Harrach
  • 1528–1539 Bernhard von Cles
  • 1539–1544 Dr. Georg Gienger
  • 1544–1558 Dr. Jakob Jonas
  • 1558–1563 Dr. Georg Sigmund Seid
  • 1563–1577 Dr. Johann Baptist Weber
  • 1577–1587 Dr. Sigmund Viehäuser
  • 1587–1594 Dr. Jacob Kurz von Senftenau
  • 1594–1597 Johann Wolf Freymann von Oberhausen
  • 1597–1606 Dr. Rudolf Coradutz
  • 1606–1612 Leopold Freiherr von Stralendorf
  • 1612–1620 Hans Ludwig von Ulm
  • 1620–1637 Johann Baptist Verda von Verdenberg
  • 1637–1656 Johann Mathias Prücklmayer
  • 1656–1665 Hans Joachim Sinzendorf
  • 1667–1683 Johann Paul Hocher von Hohengran
  • 1683–1693 Theodor von Strattman
  • 1694–1705 Julius Friedrich Bucellini
  • 1705–1715 Johann Friedrich von Seilern
Portrait Name Began Ended
Philipp Ludwig Wenzel Graf von Sinzendorf
(1671–1742)
1715 8 February 1742
Anton Corfiz Graf von Uhlfeld
(1699–1769)
14 February 1742 13 May 1753
Wenzel Anton Graf (from 1764, Fürst) von Kaunitz-Rietberg
(1711–1794)
13 May 1753 19 August 1792
Johann Philipp Graf von Cobenzl
(1741–1810)
19 August 1792 27 March 1793
Johann Amadeus Francis de Paula von Thugut
(1736–1818)
27 March 1793 28 September 1800
Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff
(1749–1827)
28 September 1800 11 August 1804

Francis I (1804–1835)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Post Term of office Political party
Ludwig von Cobenzl
(1753–1809)
State Chancellors of the Habsburg Monarchy 11 August 1804 25 December 1805 Nonpartisan
Johann Philipp Stadion, Count von Warthausen
(1763–1824)
State Chancellors of the Habsburg Monarchy 25 December 1805 4 October 1809 Nonpartisan
Klemens von Metternich
(1773–1859)
State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire 8 October 1809 25 May 1821 Nonpartisan
25 May 1821 13 March 1848

Ferdinand I (1835–1848)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Post Term of office Political party
Prince Klemens von Metternich
(1773–1859)
State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire 8 October 1809 25 May 1821 Nonpartisan
25 May 1821 13 March 1848
Count Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky
(1778–1861)
Minister-President of the Austrian Empire 20 March 1848 19 April 1848 Nonpartisan
Charles-Louis,
Count of Ficquelmont

(1777–1857)
Minister-President of the Austrian Empire 19 April 1848 4 May 1848 Nonpartisan
Baron Franz von Pillersdorf
(1786–1862)
Minister-President of the Austrian Empire 4 May 1848 8 July 1848 Nonpartisan
Baron Anton von Doblhoff-Dier
(1800–1872)
Minister-President of the Austrian Empire 8 July 1848 18 July 1848 Nonpartisan
Baron Johann von Wessenberg-Ampringen
(1773–1858)
Minister-President of the Austrian Empire 18 July 1848 21 November 1848 Nonpartisan
Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg
(1800–1852)
Minister-President of the Austrian Empire 21 November 1848 5 April 1852 Nonpartisan

Franz Joseph I (1848–1916)

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This is a list of heads of government under Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Franz Joseph was born on 18 August 1830 and died on 21 November 1916, his imperial reign lasted from 2 December 1848 to 21 November 1916. His predecessor was Ferdinand I & V and his successor was Charles I & IV.

Franz Joseph ruled over the Austrian Empire which had a minister-president and later a chairman of the Ministers' Conference as head of government. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 the joint monarchy of Austria-Hungary had their own heads of government: the minister-president of Cisleithania for Cisleithania (the Austrian part of the empire) and the prime minister of the Kingdom of Hungary for Transleithania (the Hungarian part of the empire).

One minister-president of the Austrian Empire, six chairmen of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire, twenty-two minister-presidents of Cisleithania and fourteen prime ministers of the Kingdom of Hungary have served under the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I.

Austrian Empire

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Post Term of office Political party
Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg
(1800–1852)
Minister-President of the Austrian Empire 21 November 1848 5 April 1852 Nonpartisan
Count Karl Ferdinand von Buol
(1797–1865)
Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire 11 April 1852 21 August 1859 Nonpartisan
Count Bernhard von Rechberg
(1806–1899)
Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire 21 August 1859 4 February 1861 Nonpartisan
Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria
(1827–1913)
Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire 4 February 1861 26 June 1865 Nonpartisan
Count Alexander de Mensdorff-Pouilly
(1813–1871)
Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire 26 June 1865 27 July 1865 Nonpartisan
Count Richard Belcredi
(1823–1902)
Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire 27 July 1865 7 February 1867 Nonpartisan
Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust
(1809–1886)
Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire 7 February 1867 30 December 1867 Nonpartisan

Chairmen of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Post Term of office Political party
Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust
(1809–1886)
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs 30 December 1867 8 November 1871 Nonpartisan
Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka
(1823–1890)
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs 14 November 1871 8 October 1879 Nonpartisan
Baron Heinrich Karl von Haymerle
(1828–1881)
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs 8 October 1879 10 October 1881 Nonpartisan
Count Gustav Kálnoky de Köröspatak
(1832–1898)
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs 20 November 1881 2 May 1895 Nonpartisan
Count Agenor Maria Gołuchowski
(1849–1921)
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs 16 May 1895 24 October 1906 Nonpartisan
Count Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal
(1854–1912)
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs 24 October 1906 17 February 1912 Nonpartisan
Count Leopold Berchtold
(1863–1942)
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs 17 February 1912 13 January 1915 Nonpartisan
Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz
(1851–1922)
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs 13 January 1915 22 December 1916 Nonpartisan

Cisleithania

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Post Term of office Political party
Prince Karl of Auersperg
(1814–1890)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 30 December 1867 24 September 1868 Constitutional Party
Eduard Taaffe,
11th Viscount Taaffe

(1833–1895)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 24 September 1868 15 January 1870 Constitutional Party
Baron Ignaz von Plener
(1810–1908)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 15 January 1870 1 February 1870 Constitutional Party
Leopold Hasner von Artha
(1818–1891)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 1 February 1870 12 April 1870 Constitutional Party
Alfred Józef Potocki
(1817–1889)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 12 April 1870 6 February 1871 Federalist Party
Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart
(1824–1899)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 6 February 1871 30 October 1871 Federalist Party
Ludwig Freiherr von Holzgethan
(1800–1876)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 30 October 1871 25 November 1871 Nonpartisan
Prince Adolf of Auersperg
(1821–1885)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 25 November 1871 15 February 1879 Constitutional Party
Karl Ritter von Stremayr
(1823–1904)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 15 February 1879 12 August 1879 Constitutional Party
Eduard Taaffe,
11th Viscount Taaffe

(1833–1895)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 12 August 1879 11 November 1893 Constitutional Party
Alfred III,
Prince of Windisch-Grätz

(1851–1927)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 11 November 1893 19 June 1895 Federalist Party
Count Erich Kielmansegg
(1847–1923)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 19 June 1895 30 September 1895 Federalist Party
Count Kasimir Felix Badeni
(1846–1909)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 30 September 1895 30 November 1897 Federalist Party
Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn
(1851–1918)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 30 November 1897 5 March 1898 Christian Social Party
Franz, Prince of Thun and Hohenstein
(1847–1916)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 5 March 1898 2 October 1899 Federalist Party
Count Manfred von Clary-Aldringen
(1852–1928)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 5 March 1898 2 October 1899 Nonpartisan
Heinrich Ritter von Wittek
(1844–1930)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 2 October 1899 18 January 1900 Christian Social Party
Ernest von Koerber
(1850–1919)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 18 January 1900 31 December 1904 (Old) Constitutional Party
Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn
(1851–1918)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 1 January 1904 2 May 1906 Christian Social Party
Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
(1863–1918)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 2 May 1906 2 June 1906 Nonpartisan
Baron Max Wladimir von Beck
(1854–1943)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 2 June 1906 15 November 1908 Nonpartisan
Count Richard von Bienerth-Schmerling
(1863–1918)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 15 November 1908 28 June 1911 Nonpartisan
Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn
(1851–1918)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 28 June 1911 3 November 1911 Christian Social Party
Karl von Stürgkh
(1859–1916)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 3 November 1911 21 October 1916 Nonpartisan
(German National Association)
Ernest von Koerber
(1850–1919)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 21 October 1916 20 December 1916 (Old) Constitutional Party
(German National Association)

Transleithania

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Picture Name
(Birth–Death)
Post Term of Office Political party
Gyula Andrássy
(1823–1890)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 17 February 1867 14 November 1871 Deák Party
Menyhért Lónyay
(1822–1884)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 14 November 1871 4 December 1872 Deák Party
József Szlávy
(1818–1900)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 4 December 1872 21 March 1874 Deák Party
István Bittó
(1822–1903)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 21 March 1874 2 March 1875 Deák Party
Béla Wenckheim
(1811–1879)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 2 March 1875 20 October 1875 Liberal Party
Kálmán Tisza
(1830–1902)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 20 October 1875 13 March 1890 Liberal Party
Gyula Szapáry
(1832–1905)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 13 March 1890 17 November 1892 Liberal Party
Sándor Wekerle
(1848–1921)
1st term
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 17 November 1892 14 January 1895 Liberal Party
Dezső Bánffy
(1843–1911)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 14 January 1895 26 February 1899 Liberal Party
Kálmán Széll
(1843–1915)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 26 February 1899 27 June 1903 Liberal Party
Károly Khuen-Héderváry
(1849–1918)
1st term
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 27 June 1903 3 November 1903 Liberal Party
István Tisza
(1861–1918)
1st term
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 3 November 1903 18 June 1905 Liberal Party
Géza Fejérváry
(1833–1914)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 18 June 1905 8 April 1906 Independent
Sándor Wekerle
(1848–1921)
2nd term
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 8 April 1906 17 January 1910 National Constitution Party
Károly Khuen-Héderváry
(1849–1918)
2nd term
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 17 January 1910 22 April 1912 National Party of Work
László Lukács
(1850–1932)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 22 April 1912 10 June 1913 National Party of Work
István Tisza
(1861–1918)
2nd term
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 10 June 1913 15 June 1917 National Party of Work

Charles I & IV (1916–1918)

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This is a list of heads of government under Emperor Charles I of Austria. Charles was born on 17 August 1887 and died on 1 April 1922, his imperial reign lasted from 21 November 1916 to 11 November 1918. His predecessor was Franz Joseph I. Since the Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved and the monarchy abolished on 11 November 1918 Charles was the last Austrian emperor and thus not succeeded.

Five minister-presidents of Cisleithania and five prime ministers of the Kingdom of Hungary have served under the reign of Emperor Charles I.

Chairmen of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Post Term of office Political party
Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz
(1851–1922)
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs 13 January 1915 22 December 1916 Nonpartisan
Count Ottokar Czernin von und zu Chudenitz
(1872–1932)
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs 22 December 1916 16 April 1918 Nonpartisan
Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz
(1851–1922)
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs 16 April 1918 24 October 1918 Nonpartisan
Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (the Younger)
(1860–1929)
Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs 24 October 1918 2 November 1918 Nonpartisan

Cisleithania

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Post Term of office Political party
Ernest von Koerber
(1850–1919)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 21 October 1916 20 December 1916 (Old) Constitutional Party
(German National Association)
Heinrich Clam-Martinic
(1863–1932)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 20 December 1916 23 June 1917 Nonpartisan
(German National Association)
Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg
(1862–1931)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 23 June 1917 27 July 1918 Nonpartisan
Baron Max Hussarek von Heinlein
(1865–1935)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 27 July 1918 27 October 1918 Christian Social Party
Heinrich Lammasch
(1853–1920)
Minister-President of Cisleithania 27 October 1918 11 November 1918 Christian Social Party

Transleithania

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Picture Name
(Birth–Death)
Post Term of Office Political party
István Tisza
(1861–1918)
2nd term
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 10 June 1913 15 June 1917 National Party of Work
Móric Esterházy
(1881–1960)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 15 June 1917 20 August 1917 Independent
Sándor Wekerle
(1848–1921)
3rd term
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 20 August 1917 30 October 1918 National Constitution Party
'48 Constitution Party
János Hadik
(1863–1933)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 30 October 1918 31 October 1918 National Constitution Party
Mihály Károlyi
(1875–1955)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary 31 October 1918 16 November 1918 F48P–Károlyi

See also

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