Leopold Figl

Leopold Figl
Figl as Lower Austrian governor, about 1962
Chancellor of Austria
In office
20 December 1945 – 2 April 1953
PresidentKarl Renner
Theodor Körner
Vice-ChancellorAdolf Schärf
Preceded byKarl Renner
Succeeded byJulius Raab
Vice-Chancellor of Austria
In office
27 April 1945 – 20 December 1945
ChancellorKarl Renner
Preceded byEdmund Glaise-Horstenau (1938)
Succeeded byAdolf Schärf
Governor of Lower Austria
In office
14 January 1962 – 9 May 1965
Preceded byJohann Steinböck
Succeeded byEduard Hartmann
In office
25 May 1945 – 15 October 1945
Preceded byHugo Jury
Succeeded byJohann Steinböck
President of the National Council
In office
9 June 1959 – 5 February 1962
Preceded byFelix Hurdes
Succeeded byAlfred Maleta
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
26 November 1953 – 9 June 1959
ChancellorJulius Raab
Preceded byKarl Gruber
Succeeded byBruno Kreisky
Personal details
Born(1902-10-02)2 October 1902
Rust, Michelhausen,
Austria-Hungary
Died9 May 1965(1965-05-09) (aged 62)
Vienna, Austria
Political partyPeople's Party
Alma materUniversität für Bodenkultur Wien

Leopold Figl (2 October 1902 – 9 May 1965) was an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (Christian Democrats) and the first Federal Chancellor after World War II. He was also the youngest Federal Chancellor of Austria after the war before Sebastian Kurz.