Seyss-Inquart government

Historical government of Austria
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Seyss-Inquart government

28th Cabinet of Austria
Date formed11 March 1938 (1938-03-11)
Date dissolved13 March 1938 (1938-03-13)
People and organisations
Appointed byWilhelm Miklas
ChancellorArthur Seyss-Inquart
Member partyNazi Party
History
Election(s)None
PredecessorSchuschnigg IV
SuccessorRenner IV (1945)

The Seyss-Inquart Government (also called the Anschluss government) was the last federal government of Austria before the annexation of Austria into the German Reich, and existed only from 11 to 13 March 1938.

Background

Between 23:00 and 24:00 on 11 March, President Wilhelm Miklas appointed Seyss-Inquart Chancellor.[1] At 1:30 on 12 March, Hugo Jury announced the new government from the balcony of the Federal Chancellery.[2]

Composition

The composition of the government were as such:[2]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office
Federal Chancellery
Chancellor & acting Minister of National Defence
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
11 March 193813 March 1938
State Secretary to the Chancellor of Public Security
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
11 March 193813 March 1938
State Secretary to the Chancellor of Formation of Political Will
Hubert Klausner
11 March 193813 March 1938
Vice-Chancellor
Edmund Glaise-Horstenau
11 March 193813 March 1938
Ministers
Minister of Justice
Franz Hueber [de]
11 March 193813 March 1938
Minister of Finance
Rudolf Neumayer [de]
11 March 193813 March 1938
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
Anton Reinthaller
11 March 193813 March 1938
Minister of Trade and Transport11 March 193813 March 1938
Minister of Social Affairs11 March 193813 March 1938
Minister of Education11 March 193813 March 1938
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Wilhelm Wolf [de]
11 March 193813 March 1938
State Secretaries
State Secretary of Security Forces
Michael Skubl [de]
11 March 193813 March 1938
State Secretary
Friedrich Wimmer [de][3]
13 March 193813 March 1938
State Secretary13 March 193813 March 1938

References

Citations

  1. ^ Gulick 1948, pp. 1851–1852.
  2. ^ a b Gulick 1948, p. 1852.
  3. ^ a b Editors 1938, p. 2. sfn error: no target: CITEREFEditors1938 (help)

Bibliography

  • Gulick, Charles A. (1948). Austria; From Habsburg to Hitler. California: University of California Press. ASIN B002C0SU9Y.
  • "Veränderungen in der Bundesregierung" (in German). Austrian National Library. Wiener Zeitung. 14 March 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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