Seyss-Inquart government

Historical government of Austria

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Seyss-Inquart government

28th Cabinet of Austria
Date formed| 11 March 1938 (1938-03-11)
Date dissolved| 13 March 1938 (1938-03-13)
People and organisations
Appointed by| Wilhelm Miklas
Chancellor| Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Member party| Nazi Party
History
Election(s)| None
Predecessor| Schuschnigg IV
Successor| Renner IV (1945)

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.

## Background[edit]

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[edit]

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

Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office

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Federal Chancellery
Chancellor & acting Minister of National Defence|

Arthur Seyss-Inquart

| 11 March 1938| 13 March 1938
State Secretary to the Chancellor of Public Security|

Ernst Kaltenbrunner

| 11 March 1938| 13 March 1938
State Secretary to the Chancellor of Formation of Political Will|

Hubert Klausner

| 11 March 1938| 13 March 1938
Vice-Chancellor|

Edmund Glaise-Horstenau

| 11 March 1938| 13 March 1938
Ministers
Minister of Justice|

Franz Hueber [de]

| 11 March 1938| 13 March 1938
Minister of Finance|

Rudolf Neumayer [de]

| 11 March 1938| 13 March 1938
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry|

Anton Reinthaller

| 11 March 1938| 13 March 1938
Minister of Trade and Transport|

Hans Fischböck

| 11 March 1938| 13 March 1938
Minister of Social Affairs|

Hugo Jury

| 11 March 1938| 13 March 1938
Minister of Education|

Oswald Menghin

| 11 March 1938| 13 March 1938
Minister of Foreign Affairs|

Wilhelm Wolf [de]

| 11 March 1938| 13 March 1938
State Secretaries
State Secretary of Security Forces|

Michael Skubl [de]

| 11 March 1938| 13 March 1938
State Secretary|

Friedrich Wimmer [de][3]

| 13 March 1938| 13 March 1938
State Secretary|

Maximilian de Angelis[3]

| 13 March 1938| 13 March 1938

## References[edit]

### Citations[edit]

1. ^ Gulick 1948, pp. 1851–1852.
2. ^ a b Gulick 1948, p. 1852.
3. ^ a b Editors 1938, p. 2. sfn error: no target: CITEREFEditors1938 (help)

### Bibliography[edit]

* 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.

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