Leopold Figl

Servant of God Leopold Figl
Figl as Lower Austrian governor, about 1962
Chancellor of Austria
In office 20 December 1945 – 2 April 1953
President	Karl Renner Theodor Körner
Vice-Chancellor	Adolf Schärf
Preceded by	Karl Renner
Succeeded by	Julius Raab
Vice-Chancellor of Austria
In office 27 April 1945 – 20 December 1945 Serving with Johann Koplenig, Adolf Schärf
Chancellor	Karl Renner
Preceded by	Edmund Glaise-Horstenau (1938)
Succeeded by	Adolf Schärf
Governor of Lower Austria
In office 14 January 1962 – 9 May 1965
Preceded by	Johann Steinböck
Succeeded by	Eduard Hartmann
In office 25 May 1945 – 15 October 1945
Preceded by	Hugo Jury
Succeeded by	Johann Steinböck
President of the National Council
In office 9 June 1959 – 5 February 1962
Preceded by	Felix Hurdes
Succeeded by	Alfred Maleta
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 26 November 1953 – 9 June 1959
Chancellor	Julius Raab
Preceded by	Karl Gruber
Succeeded by	Bruno Kreisky
Personal details
Born	(1902-10-02)2 October 1902 Rust, Michelhausen, Austria-Hungary
Died	9 May 1965(1965-05-09) (aged 62) Vienna, Austria
Political party	People's Party
Alma mater	Universität für Bodenkultur Wien

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Leopold Figl (2 October 1902 – 9 May 1965) was an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (Christian Democrats) and the first Federal Chancellor after World War II. He was also the youngest Federal Chancellor of Austria after the war before Sebastian Kurz.