Karl Renner

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Karl Renner
Karl Renner in 1931
President of Austria
In office 20 December 1945 – 31 December 1950
Chancellor	Leopold Figl
Preceded by	Wilhelm Miklas (1938)
Succeeded by	Theodor Körner
Chancellor of Austria
In office 27 April 1945 – 20 December 1945
Vice-Chancellor	Leopold Figl Johann Koplenig Adolf Schärf
Preceded by	Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1938)
Succeeded by	Leopold Figl
In office 21 October 1919 – 7 July 1920
Vice-Chancellor	Jodok Fink
Preceded by	Himself as Chancellor of German-Austria
Succeeded by	Michael Mayr
Chancellor of German-Austria
In office 30 October 1918 – 21 October 1919
Appointed by	State Council
Vice-Chancellor	Jodok Fink
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Himself as Chancellor of Austria
President of the National Council
In office 29 April 1931 – 4 March 1933
Preceded by	Matthias Eldersch
Succeeded by	Leopold Kunschak (1945)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 26 July 1919 – 22 October 1920
Preceded by	Otto Bauer
Succeeded by	Michael Mayr
Minister of the Interior and Education
In office 15 March 1919 – 9 May 1919
Succeeded by	Matthias Eldersch
Preceded by	Heinrich Mataja (Interior) Raphael Pacher (Education)
Personal details
Born	14 December 1870 Unter-Tannowitz, Austria-Hungary (now Dolní Dunajovice, Czech Republic)
Died	31 December 1950 (aged 80) Vienna, Austria
Political party	Social Democratic Workers' Party
Spouse	Luise Renner
Occupation	Jurist

Karl Renner (14 December 1870 – 31 December 1950) was an Austrian politician and jurist of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria. He is often referred to as the "Father of the Republics" because he led the first government of the Republic of German-Austria and the First Austrian Republic in 1919 and 1920, and was once again decisive in establishing the present Second Republic after the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945, becoming its first President after World War II (and fourth overall).