Michael Hainisch

Michael Hainisch
President of Austria
In office
9 December 1920 – 10 December 1928
ChancellorMichael Mayr
Johann Schober
Walter Breisky
Ignaz Seipel
Rudolf Ramek
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byWilhelm Miklas
Minister of Commerce and Transport
In office
26 September 1929 – 17 June 1930
ChancellorJohannes Schober
Preceded byHans Schürff
Succeeded byFriedrich Schuster
Personal details
Born(1858-08-15)15 August 1858
Aue bei Schottwien, Lower Austria, Austrian Empire
Died26 February 1940(1940-02-26) (aged 81)
Vienna, Nazi Germany
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Social Political Party
Centrist Democrats
Alma materLeipzig University
University of Vienna

Michael Arthur Josef Jakob Hainisch (German: [ˈhaɪnɪʃ] ; 15 August 1858 – 26 February 1940) was an Austrian politician who served as the first President of Austria from 1920 to 1928, after the fall of the monarchy at the end of World War I.