List of governors of Carinthia

This is a list of governors of the Austrian state of Carinthia:

Governor of Carinthia
Landeshauptleute von Kärnten
Flag of Carinthia
Incumbent Peter Kaiser since 28 March 2013
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Austria

Austro-Hungarian Empire (1861–1918)

Presidents of the province of Carinthia, assisted by Provincial Governors

President	From	To	Provincial Governor
Franz Freiherr von Schluga	1861	1867	Georg Graf von Thurn-Valsassina (1861)
			Johann Anton Graf von Goëss (1861–1876)
Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart	1867	1868
Guido Graf von Kübeck	1868	1870
Kaspar Graf von Lodron-Laterano	1870	1870
Alois Freiherr von Ceschi a Santa Croce	1870	1872
Kaspar Graf von Lodron-Laterano	1873	1880
			Johann Stieger (1876–1884)
Franz Freiherr von Schmidt-Zabiérow	1880	1897
			Joseph Erwein (1884–1897)
Otto Ritter Fraydt von Fraydenegg	1897	1903	Zeno Graf von Goëss (1897–1909)
Robert Freiherr von Hein	1903	1912
			Leopold Freiherr von Aichelburg-Labia (1909–1918)

Austria

Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party
		Took office	Left office	Duration
First Republic
	Arthur Lemisch (1865–1953)	11 November 1918	22 July 1921	2 years, 253 days		Independent
	Florian Gröger (1871–1927)	22 July 1921	6 November 1923	2 years, 107 days		SPÖ
	Vinzenz Schumy (1878–1962)	6 November 1923	15 June 1927	3 years, 221 days		Landbund
	Arthur Lemisch (1865–1953)	15 June 1927	21 January 1931	3 years, 220 days		Independent
	Ferdinand Kernmaier (1884–1941)	22 January 1931	16 February 1934	3 years, 25 days		Landbund
	Sylvester Leer (1880–1957)	16 February 1934	7 March 1934	19 days		CS
Austrofascism
	Ludwig Hülgerth (1875–1939)	7 March 1934	3 November 1936	2 years, 241 days		Heimatblock VF
	Arnold Sucher (1898–1983)	3 November 1936	11 March 1938	1 year, 128 days		VF
Nazi Germany (Reichsstatthalter and Gauleiter of the Reichsgau of Carinthia)
	Wladimir von Pawlowski (1891–1961)	11 March 1938	1 June 1938	82 days		NSDAP
	Hubert Klausner (1892–1939)	1 June 1938	12 February 1939	256 days		NSDAP
	Wladimir von Pawlowski (1891–1961)	12 February 1939	1 December 1941	2 years, 292 days		NSDAP
	Friedrich Rainer (1903–1947)	1 December 1941	7 May 1945	3 years, 157 days		NSDAP
Second Republic
	Hans Piesch (1889–1966)	8 May 1945	25 April 1947	1 year, 352 days		SPÖ
	Ferdinand Wedenig (1896–1975)	25 April 1947	12 April 1965	17 years, 352 days		SPÖ
	Hans Sima (1918–2006)	12 April 1965	12 April 1974	9 years, 0 days		SPÖ
	Leopold Wagner (1927–2008)	19 April 1974	27 September 1988	14 years, 161 days		SPÖ
	Peter Ambrozy (born 1946)	27 September 1988	21 April 1989	206 days		SPÖ
	Jörg Haider (1950–2008)	21 April 1989	21 June 1991	2 years, 61 days		FPÖ
	Christof Zernatto (born 1949)	21 June 1991	8 April 1999	7 years, 291 days		ÖVP
	Jörg Haider (1950–2008)	8 April 1999	11 October 2008 †	9 years, 186 days		FPÖ BZÖ
	Gerhard Dörfler (born 1955)	23 October 2008	28 March 2013	4 years, 156 days		BZÖ FPK
	Peter Kaiser (born 1958)	28 March 2013	Incumbent	11 years, 242 days		SPÖ