Josef Klaus

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Josef Klaus
Klaus in 1964
Chancellor of Austria
In office 2 April 1964 – 21 April 1970
President	Adolf Schärf Franz Jonas
Vice-Chancellor	Bruno Pittermann Fritz Bock Hermann Withalm
Preceded by	Alfons Gorbach
Succeeded by	Bruno Kreisky
Minister of Finance
In office 11 April 1961 – 27 March 1963
Chancellor	Alfons Gorbach
Preceded by	Eduard Heilingsetzer
Succeeded by	Franz Korinek
Governor of Salzburg
In office 1 December 1949 – 17 April 1961
Preceded by	Josef Rehrl
Succeeded by	Hans Lechner
Personal details
Born	(1910-08-15)15 August 1910 Kötschach-Mauthen, Carinthia, Austria-Hungary
Died	25 July 2001(2001-07-25) (aged 90) Vienna, Austria
Political party	People's Party
Alma mater	University of Vienna

Josef Klaus (15 August 1910 – 25 July 2001) was an Austrian politician of the conservative People's Party (ÖVP). He served as State Governor (Landeshauptmann) of Salzburg from 1949 to 1961, as Minister of Finance from 1961 to 1963 and as Chancellor of Austria from 1964 to 1970.^[1][2]