Ignaz Seipel

The Reverend Ignaz Seipel
Chancellor of Austria
In office 20 October 1926 – 4 May 1929
President	Michael Hainisch Wilhelm Miklas
Vice-Chancellor	Franz Dinghofer Karl Hartleb
Preceded by	Rudolf Ramek
Succeeded by	Ernst Streeruwitz
In office 31 May 1922 – 20 November 1924
President	Michael Hainisch
Vice-Chancellor	Felix Frank
Preceded by	Johannes Schober
Succeeded by	Rudolf Ramek
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 30 September 1930 – 4 December 1930
Preceded by	Johannes Schober
Succeeded by	Johannes Schober
In office 20 October 1926 – 4 May 1929
Preceded by	Rudolf Ramek
Succeeded by	Ernst Streeruwitz
Minister of Social Welfare
In office 27 October 1918 – 11 November 1918
Prime Minister	Heinrich Lammasch
Preceded by	Viktor Mataja
Succeeded by	Ferdinand Hanusch
Personal details
Born	(1876-07-19)19 July 1876 Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died	2 August 1932(1932-08-02) (aged 56) Pernitz, Austria
Resting place	Vienna Central Cemetery
Political party	Christian Social Party
Alma mater	University of Vienna

Ignaz Seipel (19 July 1876 – 2 August 1932) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest, theologian and politician of the Christian Social Party. He was its chairman from 1921 to 1930 and served as Austria's federal chancellor twice, from 1922 to 1924 and 1926 to 1929. Seipel's terms in office saw the reorganization of the state's finances and passage of the 1929 amendment to the federal constitution that strengthened the role of the Austrian President. As chancellor he opposed the Social Democratic Party of Austria and Austromarxism and supported paramilitary militias such as the Heimwehr (Home Guard), an organization similar to the German Freikorps.