List of governors of Salzburg (state)

This is a list of governors of the Austrian state of Salzburg:

№PortraitNameTermPeriodNote Took office Left officeDurationHabsburg monarchyGovernors of the Salzach district, subject to the Provincial governor of Upper Austria (1816–1849)Habsburg monarchyKarl Graf Welsperg-Raitenau 1816 1825 Johann Nepomuk Freiherr von Stiebar 1825 1831 Albert Graf Montecuccoli 1831 1838 Franz Graf Mercandiu 1838 1838 Leopold Friedrich Graf Stolberg-Stolberg 1838 9 August 1840 Gustav Ignaz Graf Chorinsky 1840 1849 Presidents of the province of Salzburg (1850–1918), assisted by Provincial Governors (1861–1918)Friedrich Graf Herberstein 1850 1852 Karl Prinz Lobkowitz 1852 1855 Otto Franz Graf Fünfkirchen 1855 1859 Ernst Graf Gourcy-Droitaumont 1860 1860 Franz Freiherr von Spiegelfeld 1861 1863 Provincial governors:Joseph Freiherr von Weiß(31 March 1861 – 20 September 1872)Eduard Viscount Taaffee 1863 1867Karl Graf Coronini-Cronberg 1867 1869Ernst Graf Gourcy-Droitaumont 1869 1870Prince Adolf of Auersperg 1870 1871 Sigmund Graf Thun-Hohenstein 1872 1897 Hugo Raimund Reichsgraf Lamberg(30 September 1872 – 14 June 1880)Carl Graf Chorinsky(17 June 1880 – 30 October 1890)Dr. Albert Schumacher(21 September 1890 – 17 January 1897) Klemens Graf St. Julien-Wallsee 1897 1908 Fr. Alois Winkler(17 January 1897 – 29 December 1902)Dr. Albert Schumacher(29 December 1902 – 21 July 1909) Levin Graf Schaffgotsch 1908 1913 Fr. Alois Winkler(21 July 1909 – 23 April 1919) Party Took office Left officeOskar Meyer Christian Social 23 April 1919 First Republic 4 May 1922Franz Rehrl Christian SocialFatherland's Front 4 May 1922 Austrofascism 12 March 1938(State governor and Gauleiter)Nazi Germany Anton Wintersteiger NSDAP 13 March 1938 22 May 1938Friedrich Rainer NSDAP 22 May 1938 29 November 1941Gustav Adolf Scheel NSDAP 29 November 1941 4 May 1945Adolf Schemel People's Party (ÖVP) 23 May 1945 Second Republic 12 December 1945Albert Hochleitner ÖVP 12 December 1945 4 December 1948Josef Rehrl ÖVP 4 December 1948 1 December 1949Josef Klaus ÖVP 1 December 1949 17 April 1961Hans Lechner ÖVP 17 April 1961 20 April 1977Wilfried Haslauer senior ÖVP 20 April 1977 2 May 1989Hans Katschthaler ÖVP 2 May 1989 24 April 1996Franz Schausberger ÖVP 24 April 1996 28 April 2004Gabi Burgstaller Social Democratic (SPÖ) 28 April 2004 19 June 2013Wilfried Haslauer ÖVP 19 June 2013 2 July 2025Karoline Edtstadler ÖVP 2 July 2025 Incumbent

See also Salzburg