List of governors of Upper Austria

This is a list of governors of the Austrian state of Upper Austria:

Portrait Name

(Born-Died)

Term Party Period
Took office Left office Duration
1 Johann Nepomuk Hauser 4 May 1908 8 February 1927 Christian Social

First Republic

(1918–1934)

2 Josef Schlegel 23 February 1927 17 February 1934 Christian Social
3 Heinrich Gleißner 1 March 1934 12 March 1938 Fatherland's Front

Austrofascism

(1934–1938)

(Reichsstatthalter and Gauleiter of the Reichsgau of Upper Danube)

Nazi Germany

(1938–1945)

4 August Eigruber 14 March 1938 5 May 1945 NSDAP
5 Adolf Eigl 16 May 1945 25 October 1945 Independent

Second Republic

(1945–present)

6 Heinrich Gleißner 26 October 1945 2 May 1971 ÖVP
7 Erwin Wenzl 3 May 1971 19 October 1977 ÖVP
8 Josef Ratzenböck 19 October 1977 2 March 1995 ÖVP
9 Josef Pühringer 2 March 1995 5 April 2017 ÖVP
10 Thomas Stelzer 6 April 2017 Incumbent ÖVP

See also