Seyss-Inquart government
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Seyss-Inquart government | |
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.svg){kind=small} 28th Cabinet of Austria | |
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| Date formed | 11 March 1938 |
| Date dissolved | 13 March 1938 |
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| Appointed by | Wilhelm Miklas |
| Chancellor | Arthur Seyss-Inquart |
| Member party | Nazi Party |
| History | |
| Election | None |
| Predecessor | Schuschnigg IV |
| Successor | Renner 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
[edit]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
[edit]The composition of the government were as such:[2]
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | ||||||
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| Federal Chancellery | |||||||||
| Chancellor & acting Minister of National Defence | 11 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | |||||||
| State Secretary to the Chancellor of Public Security | 11 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | |||||||
| State Secretary to the Chancellor of Formation of Political Will | 11 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | |||||||
| Vice-Chancellor | 11 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | |||||||
| Ministers | |||||||||
| Minister of Justice | 11 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | |||||||
| Minister of Finance | 11 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | |||||||
| Minister of Agriculture and Forestry | 11 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | |||||||
| Minister of Trade and Transport | 11 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | |||||||
| Minister of Social Affairs | 11 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | |||||||
| Minister of Education | 11 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | |||||||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | 11 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | |||||||
| State Secretaries | |||||||||
| State Secretary of Security Forces | 11 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | |||||||
| State Secretary | 13 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | |||||||
| State Secretary | Maximilian de AngelisCITEREFWiener_Zeitung1938 | 13 March 1938 | 13 March 1938 | ||||||
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Gulick 1948, pp. 1851–1852.
- ^ a b Gulick 1948, p. 1852.
- ^ Wiener Zeitung 1938, p. 2.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.
