This is a list of governors of the Austrian state of Styria:

№ Portrait Term Party Period
Name Took office Left office Duration
1 Wilhelm Kaan [de] 6 November 1918 27 May 1919 Greater German

First Republic

(1918–1934)

2 Anton Rintelen 27 May 1919 25 June 1926 Christian Social
3 Franz Prisching [de] 25 June 1926 22 October 1926 Christian Social
4 Alfred Gürtler 22 October 1926 21 May 1927 Christian Social
5 Hans Paul [de] 21 May 1927 23 April 1928 Christian Social
(2) Anton Rintelen 23 April 1928 10 November 1933 Christian Social
6 Alois Dienstleder [de] 13 November 1933 2 November 1934 Christian Social
7 Karl Maria Stepan [de] 2 November 1934 2 March 1938 Fatherland's Front

Austrofascism

8 Rolph Trummer [de] 3 March 1938 12 March 1938 Fatherland's Front
(State governor and Gauleiter)

Nazi Germany

(1938–1945)

9 Sepp Helfrich 12 March 1938 22 May 1938 NSDAP
10 Siegfried Uiberreither 22 May 1938 8 May 1945 NSDAP
11 Reinhard Machold [de] 8 May 1945 28 December 1945 Social Democratic (SPÖ)

Second Republic

(1945–present)

12 Anton Pirchegger [de] 28 December 1945 6 July 1948 People's Party (ÖVP)
Deputy governor Reinhard Machold (SPÖ) filled in from 17 October 1947 to January 1948, when Pirchegger was incapacitated due to ill health.
13 Josef Krainer Sr [de] 6 July 1948 28 November 1971 ÖVP
14 Friedrich Niederl [de] 28 November 1971 4 July 1980 ÖVP
15 Josef Krainer junior 4 July 1980 23 January 1996 ÖVP
16 Waltraud Klasnic 23 January 1996 25 October 2005 ÖVP
17 Franz Voves 25 October 2005 16 June 2015 SPÖ
18 Hermann Schützenhöfer 16 June 2015 4 July 2022 ÖVP
19 Christopher Drexler 4 July 2022 Incumbent ÖVP

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