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Karl Renner | |
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![]() Karl Renner in 1931 | |
President of Austria | |
In office 20 December 1945 – 31 December 1950 | |
Chancellor | Leopold Figl |
Preceded by | Wilhelm Miklas (1938) |
Succeeded by | Theodor Körner |
Chancellor of Austria | |
In office 27 April 1945 – 20 December 1945 | |
Vice-Chancellor | Leopold Figl Johann Koplenig Adolf Schärf |
Preceded by | Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1938) |
Succeeded by | Leopold Figl |
In office 21 October 1919 – 7 July 1920 | |
Vice-Chancellor | Jodok Fink |
Preceded by | Himself as Chancellor of German-Austria |
Succeeded by | Michael Mayr |
Chancellor of German-Austria | |
In office 30 October 1918 – 21 October 1919 | |
Appointed by | State Council |
Vice-Chancellor | Jodok Fink |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Himself as Chancellor of Austria |
President of the National Council | |
In office 29 April 1931 – 4 March 1933 | |
Preceded by | Matthias Eldersch |
Succeeded by | Leopold Kunschak (1945) |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 26 July 1919 – 22 October 1920 | |
Preceded by | Otto Bauer |
Succeeded by | Michael Mayr |
Minister of the Interior and Education | |
In office 15 March 1919 – 9 May 1919 | |
Succeeded by | Matthias Eldersch |
Preceded by | Heinrich Mataja (Interior) Raphael Pacher (Education) |
Personal details | |
Born | 14 December 1870 Unter-Tannowitz, Austria-Hungary (now Dolní Dunajovice, Czech Republic) |
Died | 31 December 1950 (aged 80) Vienna, Austria |
Political party | Social Democratic Workers' Party |
Spouse | Luise Renner |
Occupation | Jurist |
Karl Renner (14 December 1870 – 31 December 1950) was an Austrian politician and jurist of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria. He is often referred to as the "Father of the Republic" because he led the first government of the Republic of German-Austria and the First Austrian Republic in 1919 and 1920, and was once again decisive in establishing the present Second Republic after the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945, becoming its first President after World War II (and fourth overall).