Johannes Schober

Johannes Schober
Chancellor of Austria
In office 26 September 1929 – 30 September 1930
President	Wilhelm Miklas
Vice-Chancellor	Carl Vaugoin
Preceded by	Ernst Streeruwitz
Succeeded by	Carl Vaugoin
In office 21 June 1921 – 31 May 1922
President	Michael Hainisch
Vice-Chancellor	Walter Breisky
Preceded by	Michael Mayr
Succeeded by	Ignaz Seipel
Vice-Chancellor of Austria
In office 4 December 1930 – 29 January 1932
Chancellor	Otto Ender Karl Buresch
Preceded by	Richard Schmitz
Succeeded by	Franz Winkler
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 4 December 1930 – 29 January 1932
Preceded by	Ignaz Seipel
Succeeded by	Karl Buresch
In office 26 September 1929 – 30 September 1930
Preceded by	Ernst Streeruwitz
Succeeded by	Ignaz Seipel
In office 21 June 1921 – 26 January 1922
Preceded by	Michael Mayr
Succeeded by	Walter Breisky
Head of the Vienna Police Department
In office 11 June 1918 – 19 August 1932
Preceded by	Edmund von Gayer
Succeeded by	Franz Brandl
Personal details
Born	(1874-11-14)14 November 1874 Perg, Lower Austria
Died	19 August 1932(1932-08-19) (aged 57) Baden bei Wien, Austria
Political party	Independent
Parents	Franz Lorenz Schober (father) Clara Schober (mother)
Alma mater	University of Vienna
Profession	Police executive

Johannes "Johann" Schober (14 November 1874 in Perg – 19 August 1932 in Baden bei Wien) was an Austrian jurist, law enforcement official, and politician. Schober was appointed Vienna Chief of Police in 1918 and became the founding president of Interpol in 1923, holding both positions until his death. He served as the chancellor of Austria from June 1921 to May 1922 and again from September 1929 to September 1930. He also served ten stints as an acting minister, variously leading the ministries of education, finance, commerce, foreign affairs, justice, and the interior, sometimes just for a few days or weeks at a time. Although Schober was elected to the National Council as the leader of a loose coalition of Greater German People's Party and Landbund near the end of his career, he never formally joined any political party. Schober remained the only chancellor in Austrian history with no official ideological affiliation until 2019, when Brigitte Bierlein was appointed, becoming the first woman to take office.