List of administrators of Allied-occupied Austria

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[1][2][3] until the re-establishment of Austrian independence in 1955, in accordance with the Austrian State Treaty.[4]

For a similar list concerning Germany, see List of administrators of Allied-occupied Germany.

Allied occupation zones in Austria, 1945–1955.

Officeholders

Source: [5]

American zone
High Commissioners
No. Portrait High Commissioner[6]Took officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branch
1
Clark, MarkGeneral
Mark W. Clark
(1896–1984)		5 July 194516 May 19471 year, 315 days United States Army
2
Keyes, GeoffreyLieutenant general
Geoffrey Keyes
(1888–1967)		17 May 194719 September 19503 years, 125 days United States Army
3
Donnelly, WalterWalter J. Donnelly
(1896–1970)		20 September 195017 July 19521 year, 301 daysnone
4
Thompson, LlewellynLlewellyn Thompson
(1904–1972)		17 July 195227 July 19553 years, 10 daysnone

British zone
High Commissioners
No. Portrait High CommissionerTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branch
1
McCreery, RichardGeneral
Sir Richard McCreery
(1898–1967)		July 1945March 1946243 days British Army
2
Steele, JamesGeneral
Sir James Steele
(1894–1975)		March 1946October 19471 year, 214 days British Army
3
Galloway, AlexanderLieutenant general
Sir Alexander Galloway
(1895–1977)		October 19471 January 19502 years, 92 days British Army
4
Winterton, JohnMajor general
Sir John Winterton
(1898–1987)		1 January 19501 August 1950212 days British Army
5
Caccia, HaroldSir Harold Caccia
(1905–1990)		1 August 19505 February 19543 years, 188 daysnone
6
Wallinger, GeoffreySir Geoffrey Wallinger
(1903–1979)		5 February 195427 July 19551 year, 172 daysnone

French zone
High Commissioners
No. Portrait High CommissionerTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branch
1
Béthouart, AntoineArmy general
Antoine Béthouart
(1889–1982)		8 July 1945September 19555 years, 55 days French Army
2
Payart, JeanJean Payart
(1892–1969)		September 1950October 19544 years, 30 daysnone
3
Chauvel, JeanJean Chauvel
(1897–1979)		October 1954February 1955123 daysnone
4
Lalouette, RogerRoger Lalouette
(1904–1980)		February 1955June 1955120 daysnone
5
Seydoux de Clausonne, FrançoisFrançois Seydoux de Clausonne
(1905–1981)		3 June 195527 July 195554 daysnone

Soviet zone
Military commander
No. Portrait CommanderTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branch
N/A
Tolbukhin, FyodorMarshal of the Soviet Union
Fyodor Tolbukhin
(1894–1949)
Commander of the 3rd Ukrainian Front
(in Vienna)		13 April 1945July 194579 days Soviet Army
High Commissioners
No. Portrait High CommissionerTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branch
1
Konev, IvanMarshal of the Soviet Union
Ivan Konev
(1897–1973)		July 194525 April 1946298 days Soviet Army
2
Kurasov, VladimirArmy general
Vladimir Kurasov
(1897–1973)		10 May 19462 April 19492 years, 327 days Soviet Army
3
Sviridov, VladimirLieutenant general
Vladimir Petrovich Sviridov
(1897–1963)		4 May 19497 June 19534 years, 34 days Soviet Army
4
Ilyichev, IvanLieutenant general (Ret'd)
Ivan Ilyichev
(1905–1983)		7 June 195327 July 19552 years, 50 days Soviet Army
(Ret'd)

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "The German Surrender Documents – WWII". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2005.
    2. Declaration Regarding the Defeat of Germany Archived 18 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine, The Avalon Project, Yale Law School, Retrieved 14 September 2008
    3. The Churchill Centre: The End of the War in Europe Archived 19 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
    4. "Austrian State Treaty, 1955". 2001-2009.state.gov. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
    5. "Allied Military Government of Austria". worldstatesmen.org. B. Cahoon. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
    6. 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.
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