For a similar list concerning Germany, see List of administrators of Allied-occupied Germany.
This article lists the administrators of Allied-occupied Austria, which represented the Allies of World War II in Allied-occupied Austria (German: Alliierten-besetztes Österreich) from the end of World War II in Europe in 1945 until the re-establishment of Austrian independence in 1955, in accordance with the Austrian State Treaty.
Officeholders
Source:
American zone
- High Commissioners
No. | Portrait | High Commissioner | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 | Clark, MarkGeneral Mark W. Clark (1896–1984) | 5 July 1945 | 16 May 1947 | 1 year, 315 days | United States Army | |
2 | Keyes, GeoffreyLieutenant general Geoffrey Keyes (1888–1967) | 17 May 1947 | 19 September 1950 | 3 years, 125 days | United States Army | |
3 | Donnelly, WalterWalter J. Donnelly (1896–1970) | 20 September 1950 | 17 July 1952 | 1 year, 301 days | none | |
4 | Thompson, LlewellynLlewellyn Thompson (1904–1972) | 17 July 1952 | 27 July 1955 | 3 years, 10 days | none |
British zone
- High Commissioners
No. | Portrait | High Commissioner | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | McCreery, RichardGeneral Sir Richard McCreery (1898–1967) | July 1945 | March 1946 | 8 months | British Army | |
2 | Steele, JamesGeneral Sir James Steele (1894–1975) | March 1946 | October 1947 | 1 year, 7 months | British Army | |
3 | Galloway, AlexanderLieutenant general Sir Alexander Galloway (1895–1977) | October 1947 | 1 January 1950 | 2 years, 3 months | British Army | |
4 | Winterton, JohnMajor general Sir John Winterton (1898–1987) | 1 January 1950 | 1 August 1950 | 212 days | British Army | |
5 | Caccia, HaroldSir Harold Caccia (1905–1990) | 1 August 1950 | 5 February 1954 | 3 years, 188 days | none | |
6 | Wallinger, GeoffreySir Geoffrey Wallinger (1903–1979) | 5 February 1954 | 27 July 1955 | 1 year, 172 days | none |
French zone
- High Commissioners
No. | Portrait | High Commissioner | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Béthouart, AntoineArmy general Antoine Béthouart (1889–1982) | 8 July 1945 | September 1950 | 5 years, 1 month | French Army | |
2 | Payart, JeanJean Payart [de] (1892–1969) | September 1950 | October 1954 | 4 years, 1 month | none | |
3 | Chauvel, JeanJean Chauvel [fr] (1897–1979) | October 1954 | February 1955 | 4 months | none | |
4 | Lalouette, RogerRoger Lalouette [de] (1904–1980) | February 1955 | June 1955 | 4 months | none | |
5 | Seydoux de Clausonne, FrançoisFrançois Seydoux de Clausonne (1905–1981) | 3 June 1955 | 27 July 1955 | 54 days | none |
Soviet zone
- Military commander
No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N/A | Tolbukhin, FyodorMarshal of the Soviet Union Fyodor Tolbukhin (1894–1949) Commander of the 3rd Ukrainian Front (in Vienna) | 13 April 1945 | July 1945 | 2 months | Soviet Army |
- High Commissioners
No. | Portrait | High Commissioner | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Konev, IvanMarshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Konev (1897–1973) | July 1945 | 25 April 1946 | 9 months | Soviet Army | |
2 | Kurasov, VladimirArmy general Vladimir Kurasov (1897–1973) | 10 May 1946 | 2 April 1949 | 2 years, 327 days | Soviet Army | |
3 | Sviridov, VladimirLieutenant general Vladimir Sviridov (1897–1963) | 4 May 1949 | 7 June 1953 | 4 years, 34 days | Soviet Army | |
4 | Ilyichev, IvanLieutenant general (Ret'd) Ivan Ilyichev (1905–1983) | 7 June 1953 | 27 July 1955 | 2 years, 50 days | Soviet Army (Ret'd) |
See also
References
- "The German Surrender Documents – WWII". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2005.
- Declaration Regarding the Defeat of Germany Archived 18 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine, The Avalon Project, Yale Law School, Retrieved 14 September 2008
- The Churchill Centre: The End of the War in Europe Archived 19 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- "Austrian State Treaty, 1955". 2001-2009.state.gov. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- "Allied Military Government of Austria". worldstatesmen.org. B. Cahoon. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- Olsen, Matthew (2003). "Records of the German External Assets Branch of the U.S. Allied Commission for Austria (USACA) Section, 1945–1950" (PDF). National Archives. M1928. Retrieved May 10, 2018.