List of administrators of Allied-occupied Austria

For a similar list concerning Germany, see List of administrators of Allied-occupied Germany.

This article lists the administrators of Allied-occupied Austria, which represented the Allies of World War II in Allied-occupied Austria (German: Alliierten-besetztes Österreich) from the end of World War II in Europe in 1945 until the re-establishment of Austrian independence in 1955, in accordance with the Austrian State Treaty.

Allied occupation zones in Austria, 1945–1955.

Officeholders

Source:

American zone

High Commissioners

No.	Portrait	High Commissioner	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
1		Clark, MarkGeneral Mark W. Clark (1896–1984)	5 July 1945	16 May 1947	1 year, 315 days	United States Army
2		Keyes, GeoffreyLieutenant general Geoffrey Keyes (1888–1967)	17 May 1947	19 September 1950	3 years, 125 days	United States Army
3		Donnelly, WalterWalter J. Donnelly (1896–1970)	20 September 1950	17 July 1952	1 year, 301 days	none
4		Thompson, LlewellynLlewellyn Thompson (1904–1972)	17 July 1952	27 July 1955	3 years, 10 days	none

British zone

High Commissioners

No.	Portrait	High Commissioner	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
1		McCreery, RichardGeneral Sir Richard McCreery (1898–1967)	July 1945	March 1946	8 months	British Army
2		Steele, JamesGeneral Sir James Steele (1894–1975)	March 1946	October 1947	1 year, 7 months	British Army
3		Galloway, AlexanderLieutenant general Sir Alexander Galloway (1895–1977)	October 1947	1 January 1950	2 years, 3 months	British Army
4		Winterton, JohnMajor general Sir John Winterton (1898–1987)	1 January 1950	1 August 1950	212 days	British Army
5		Caccia, HaroldSir Harold Caccia (1905–1990)	1 August 1950	5 February 1954	3 years, 188 days	none
6		Wallinger, GeoffreySir Geoffrey Wallinger (1903–1979)	5 February 1954	27 July 1955	1 year, 172 days	none

French zone

High Commissioners

No.	Portrait	High Commissioner	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
1		Béthouart, AntoineArmy general Antoine Béthouart (1889–1982)	8 July 1945	September 1950	5 years, 1 month	French Army
2		Payart, JeanJean Payart (1892–1969)	September 1950	October 1954	4 years, 1 month	none
3		Chauvel, JeanJean Chauvel (1897–1979)	October 1954	February 1955	4 months	none
4		Lalouette, RogerRoger Lalouette (1904–1980)	February 1955	June 1955	4 months	none
5		Seydoux de Clausonne, FrançoisFrançois Seydoux de Clausonne (1905–1981)	3 June 1955	27 July 1955	54 days	none

Soviet zone

Military commander

No.	Portrait	Commander	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
N/A		Tolbukhin, FyodorMarshal of the Soviet Union Fyodor Tolbukhin (1894–1949) Commander of the 3rd Ukrainian Front (in Vienna)	13 April 1945	July 1945	2 months	Soviet Army

High Commissioners

No.	Portrait	High Commissioner	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
1		Konev, IvanMarshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Konev (1897–1973)	July 1945	25 April 1946	9 months	Soviet Army
2		Kurasov, VladimirArmy general Vladimir Kurasov (1897–1973)	10 May 1946	2 April 1949	2 years, 327 days	Soviet Army
3		Sviridov, VladimirLieutenant general Vladimir Petrovich Sviridov (1897–1963)	4 May 1949	7 June 1953	4 years, 34 days	Soviet Army
4		Ilyichev, IvanLieutenant general (Ret'd) Ivan Ilyichev (1905–1983)	7 June 1953	27 July 1955	2 years, 50 days	Soviet Army (Ret'd)

See also

• History of Austria § Allied occupation
• History of Vienna § Allied occupation
  • List of commandants of Vienna Sectors