List of Presidents of the National Council of Austria

The President of the National Council is the presiding officer (speaker) of the National Council, the first chamber of the Austrian Parliament. The Second President is Karlheinz Kopf (ÖVP), following the death of Barbara Prammer (SPÖ). Norbert Hofer (FPÖ) is the Third President.

List of presidents

Presidents of the Provisional National Assembly of German-Austria:

Name	Entered office	Left office	Party
Karl Seitz	October 21, 1918	February 16, 1919	SDAP
Jodok Fink	October 21, 1918	October 30, 1918	CS
Johann Nepomuk Hauser	October 30, 1918	February 16, 1919	CS
Franz Dinghofer	October 21, 1918	February 16, 1919	GDVP

Presidents of the National Council in the First Austrian Republic:

Name	Entered office	Left office	Party
Karl Seitz^[1]	March 5, 1919	November 9, 1920	SDAP
Richard Weiskirchner	November 10, 1920	November 20, 1923	CS
Wilhelm Miklas	November 20, 1923	December 6, 1928	CS
Alfred Gürtler	December 13, 1928	December 4, 1930	CS
Matthias Eldersch	December 4, 1930	April 20, 1931	SDAP
Karl Renner	April 29, 1931	March 4, 1933	SDAP

¹ President of the Constitutional Assembly

Presidents of the National Council in the Second Republic:

Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
Leopold Kunschak	December 19, 1945	March 13, 1953	ÖVP
Felix Hurdes	March 18, 1953	June 9, 1959	ÖVP
Leopold Figl	June 9, 1959	February 5, 1962	ÖVP
Alfred Maleta	February 14, 1962	March 31, 1970	ÖVP
Karl Waldbrunner	March 31, 1970	November 4, 1971	SPÖ
Anton Benya	November 4, 1971	December 17, 1986	SPÖ
Leopold Gratz	December 17, 1986	February 23, 1989	SPÖ
Rudolf Pöder	February 28, 1989	November 5, 1990	SPÖ
Heinz Fischer	November 5, 1990	December 20, 2002	SPÖ
Andreas Khol	December 20, 2002	October 30, 2006	ÖVP
Barbara Prammer[1]	October 30, 2006	August 2, 2014	SPÖ
Doris Bures	September 2, 2014	present	SPÖ

Footnotes

1. Following the death of Barbara Prammer the Second President of the National Council, Karlheinz Kopf (ÖVP), was Acting President

See also

• Politics of Austria

Sources