List of members of the Austrian Parliament who died in office

The following is a list of members of the Parliament of Austria who died in office.

Federal Council Member Party State Date of death Age at death (years) Cause Otto Steinwender Carinthia 20 March 1921 74 Josef Schraffl Tyrol 11 January 1922 66 Anton Lanner Styria 9 November 1924 41 Road accident Ludo Moritz Hartmann Vienna 14 November 1924 59 Jakob Reumann Vienna 29 July 1925 71 Franz Reinprecht Carinthia 30 August 1929 42 Alois Dienstleder Styria 31 January 1946 60 Karl Tolde Vienna 25 June 1946 58 Rudolf Kait Vienna 20 February 1947 58 Josef Mayer Upper Austria 6 January 1948 49 Friedrich Langthaler Upper Austria 16 February 1949 55 Hans Hladnik Styria 17 September 1951 50 Hans Menzl Lower Austria 31 December 1951 57 Georg Resch Styria 7 November 1952 60 Eugen Fleischacker Vienna 31 March 1953 53 Franz Schulz Vienna 25 March 1956 64 Adalbert Duschek Vienna 7 June 1957 61 Karl Etlinger Lower Austria 14 April 1959 63 Leopold Babitsch Styria 15 June 1960 56 Reinhard Machold Styria 6 February 1961 81 Rudolf Appel Lower Austria 1 June 1967 51 Herbert Guglberger Tyrol 25 September 1971 62 Josef Preindl Tyrol 3 November 1972 51 Franz Walzer Vienna 2 December 1975 56 Johann Wagner Vienna 10 December 1976 59 Josef Schweiger Vienna 24 February 1977 56 Rudolf Schwaiger Tyrol 10 March 1986 65 Paul Raab Upper Austria 17 April 1986 65 Anton Berger Burgenland 17 August 1986 58 Engelbert Schaufler Lower Austria 20 November 2000 59 Harald Reisenberger Vienna 16 December 2009 53 Gerhard Leitner Carinthia 19 May 2020 69

National Council Member Party Date of death Age at death (years) Cause Victor Adler 11 November 1918 66 Rudolf Sommer 20 January 1919 46 Kamill Kuranda 1 February 1919 67 Michael Mayr 21 May 1922 58 Kidney failure Hans Laimer 23 November 1922 42 Theodor Scheffauer 20 March 1923 44 Friedrich Waneck 18 April 1923 42 Josef Siegl 20 August 1923 36 Robert Kleißl 21 August 1923 35 Ferdinand Hanusch 28 September 1923 56 Josef Wiedenhofer 4 November 1924 51 Fritz Reiner 13 November 1925 45 Emmy Stradal 21 November 1925 48 Hermann Schulz 18 February 1926 51 Julie Rauscha 19 February 1926 47 Pneumonia Rudolf Gruber 13 October 1926 45 Karl Niedrist 9 November 1926 63 Peritonitis Laurenz Widholz 19 November 1926 65 Johann Nepomuk Hauser 8 February 1927 61 Heinrich Zwenk 16 April 1927 51 Josef Eisenhut 29 February 1928 63 Friedrich Schönsteiner 2 April 1928 48 Colon cancer Franz Odehnal 24 December 1928 57 Karl Volkert 24 February 1929 61 Jodok Fink 1 July 1929 76 Franz Domes 11 July 1930 67 Simon Geisler 11 April 1931 62 Matthias Eldersch 20 April 1931 62 Franz Birbaumer 17 September 1931 59 Josef Wiesmaier 21 December 1931 60 Johannes Schober 19 August 1932 57 Heart disease Johann Janecek 24 October 1932 51 August von Wotawa 23 May 1933 56 Hermann Hermann 21 July 1933 62 Hermann Fischer 6 September 1933 56 Franz Ertl 9 December 1933 61 Josef Stemberger 8 July 1947 57 Josef Ninaus 22 September 1947 68 Paul Speiser 8 November 1947 70 Franz Lach 15 September 1948 61 Hilde Krones 16 December 1948 38 Suicide by drug overdose Hans Lagger 12 April 1949 66 Complications from a bladder operation Otto Steinegger 17 January 1950 61 Karl Seitz 3 February 1950 80 Heart failure Victor Petschnik 8 July 1951 51 Karl Gföller 6 August 1952 61 Anton Gasselich 9 February 1953 64 Georg Franz 4 March 1953 53 Leopold Kunschak 13 March 1953 81 Josef Böck-Greissau 21 April 1953 60 Hans Draxler 5 July 1953 61 Josef Hummer 7 October 1954 53 Franz Stoll 15 November 1956 54 Heart attack Andreas Stampler 12 January 1958 60 Leo Geiger 5 February 1958 58 Anton Haller 15 April 1958 50 Heart attack Karl Gruber 16 September 1958 49 Alfred Horn 10 March 1959 60 Heart disease Johann Böhm 13 May 1959 73 Peter Strasser 6 June 1962 44 Cancer Julius Raab 8 January 1964 72 Josef Afritsch 25 August 1964 63 Heart attack Leopold Figl 9 May 1965 62 Kidney cancer Barthold Stürgkh 22 June 1965 66 Josef Matejcek 4 October 1965 61 Erwin Steinmaßl 29 April 1967 42 Rosa Weber 24 July 1967 47 Accident Karl Kummer 15 August 1967 63 Wilhelm Liwanec 17 June 1968 54 Franz Prinke 4 January 1969 70 Otto Kranzlmayr 4 May 1972 60 Franz Horr 6 January 1974 60 Hermann Wielandner 21 November 1974 54 Ernst Ulbrich 5 December 1974 59 Karl Schleinzer 19 July 1975 51 Road accident Josef Ofenböck 16 November 1975 56 Karl Kinzl 4 August 1977 60 Karl Troll 17 August 1977 54 Karl Czernetz 3 August 1978 68 Otto Probst 22 December 1978 66 Michael Maderthaner 14 August 1981 56 Josef Hirscher 24 April 1983 52 Johann Gassner 5 July 1985 52 Roland Minkowitsch 22 January 1986 66 Jakob Brandstätter 25 February 1987 58 Walter Heinzinger 27 January 1993 58 Jakob Pistotnig 24 July 2001 56 Workplace accident Brunhilde Plank 31 July 2001 45 Accident Josef Trinkl 26 April 2004 52 Barbara Prammer 2 August 2014 60 Pancreatic cancer Sabine Oberhauser 23 February 2017 53 Abdominal cancer Barbara Wolfgang-Krenn 3 February 2019 49 Cancer

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