Seyss-Inquart government

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.

Seyss-Inquart government

28th Cabinet of Austria
Date formed11 March 1938 (1938-03-11)
Date dissolved13 March 1938 (1938-03-13)
People and organisations
Appointed byWilhelm Miklas
ChancellorArthur Seyss-Inquart
Member partyNazi Party
History
ElectionNone
PredecessorSchuschnigg IV
SuccessorRenner IV (1945)

Background

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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

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The composition of the government were as such:[2]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office
Federal Chancellery
Chancellor & acting Minister of National Defence11 March 193813 March 1938
State Secretary to the Chancellor of Public Security11 March 193813 March 1938
State Secretary to the Chancellor of Formation of Political Will11 March 193813 March 1938
Vice-Chancellor11 March 193813 March 1938
Ministers
Minister of Justice11 March 193813 March 1938
Minister of Finance11 March 193813 March 1938
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry11 March 193813 March 1938
Minister of Trade and Transport11 March 193813 March 1938
Minister of Social Affairs11 March 193813 March 1938
Minister of Education11 March 193813 March 1938
Minister of Foreign Affairs11 March 193813 March 1938
State Secretaries
State Secretary of Security Forces11 March 193813 March 1938
State Secretary13 March 193813 March 1938
State Secretary
Maximilian de AngelisCITEREFWiener_Zeitung1938
13 March 193813 March 1938

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Gulick 1948, pp. 1851–1852.
  2. ^ a b Gulick 1948, p. 1852.
  3. ^ Wiener Zeitung 1938, p. 2.

Bibliography

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  • 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.