List of heads of government under Austrian Emperors


This is a list of heads of government under Austrian Emperors.

State Chancellors of the Archduchy of Austria (1527–1804)

From 1664/69 the Privy Conference, a committee of the Imperial Privy Council, provided advice to Emperor Leopold I whereby the Austrian Court Chancellor, responsible for the Habsburg 'Hereditary Lands', served as rapporteur and thereby gained increasing influence. The Habsburg diplomatic service was re-organised, when Emperor Charles VI by resolution of 1720 declared Court Chancellor Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf responsible for foreign policy issues. Upon Sinzendorf's death in February 1742, Archduchess Maria Theresa finally separated the central Habsburg State Chancellery responsible of Foreign Affairs from the domestic Austrian Court Chancellery.
PortraitNameBeganEnded
Philipp Ludwig Wenzel Graf von Sinzendorf
17158 February 1742
Anton Corfiz Graf von Uhlfeld
14 February 174213 May 1753
Wenzel Anton Graf von Kaunitz-Rietberg
13 May 175319 August 1792
Johann Philipp Graf von Cobenzl
19 August 179227 March 1793
Johann Amadeus Francis de Paula von Thugut
27 March 179328 September 1800
Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff
28 September 180011 August 1804

Francis I (1804–1835)

Ferdinand I (1835–1848)

Franz Joseph I (1848–1916)

This is a list of heads of government under Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Franz Joseph was born on 18 August 1830 and died on 21 November 1916, his imperial reign lasted from 2 December 1848 to 21 November 1916. His predecessor was Ferdinand I & V and his successor was Charles I & IV.
Franz Joseph ruled over the Austrian Empire which had a Minister-President and later a Chairman of the Ministers' Conference as head of government. After to the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 the joint monarchy of Austria-Hungary had their own heads of government; the Minister-President of Cisleithania for Cisleithania and the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary for Transleithania.
1 Minister-President of the Austrian Empire, 6 Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire, 22 Ministers-President of Cisleithania and 14 Prime Ministers of the Kingdom of Hungary have served under the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I.

Austrian Empire

Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs

PortraitNameBeganEnded
Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust
30 December 18678 November 1871
Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka
14 November 18718 October 1879
Baron Heinrich Karl von Haymerle
8 October 187910 October 1881
Count Gustav Kálnoky de Köröspatak
20 November 18812 May 1895
Count Agenor Maria Gołuchowski
16 May 189524 October 1906
Count Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal
24 October 190617 February 1912
Count Leopold Berchtold
17 February 191213 January 1915
Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz
13 January 191522 December 1916

Cisleithania

Transleithania

Charles I & IV (1916–1918)

This is a list of heads of government under Emperor Charles I of Austria. Charles was born on 17 August 1887 and died on 1 April 1922, his imperial reign lasted from 21 November 1916 to 11 November 1918. His predecessor was Franz Joseph I. Since the Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved and the monarchy abolished on 11 November 1918 Charles was the last Austrian Emperor and thus not succeeded.
5 Ministers-President of Cisleithania and 5 Prime Ministers of the Kingdom of Hungary have served under the reign of Emperor Charles I.

Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Common Affairs

PortraitNameBeganEnded
Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz
13 January 191522 December 1916
Count Ottokar Czernin von und zu Chudenitz
22 December 191616 April 1918
Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz
16 April 191824 October 1918
Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka
24 October 19182 November 1918

Cisleithania

Transleithania