Engelbert Dollfuss

Engelbert Dollfuss
Portrait by Tom von Dreger, 1934
Chancellor of Austria
In office 20 May 1932 – 25 July 1934
President	Wilhelm Miklas
Vice-Chancellor	Franz Winkler Emil Fey Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg
Preceded by	Karl Buresch
Succeeded by	Kurt Schuschnigg
Leader of the Fatherland Front
In office 20 May 1933 – 25 July 1934
Preceded by	Party established
Succeeded by	Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 20 May 1932 – 10 July 1934
Preceded by	Karl Buresch
Succeeded by	Stephan Tauschitz
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
In office 18 March 1931 – 25 June 1934
Preceded by	Andreas Thaler
Succeeded by	Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg
Personal details
Born	(1892-10-04)4 October 1892 Texing, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary
Died	25 July 1934(1934-07-25) (aged 41) Vienna, Austria
Manner of death	Assassination by gunshot
Resting place	Hietzinger Cemetery, Vienna, Austria
Political party	Fatherland Front (1933–1934)
Other political affiliations	Christian Social Party (until 1933)
Spouse	Alwine Glienke
Children	Hannerl Eva Rudolf
Parents	Josef Wenninger (father) Josepha Dollfuss (mother)
Alma mater	University of Vienna
Cabinet	Dollfuss I–II
Military service
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary
Branch/service	Austro-Hungarian Army
Years of service	1914–1918
Rank	Oberleutnant
Unit	Kaiserschützen
Battles/wars	World War I Italian Front
Awards	Military Merit Cross 3rd Class Military Merit Medal (2 times) Medal for Bravery Karl Troop Cross (2 times) Wound Medal

Engelbert Dollfuß (alternatively: Dolfuss, German: [ˈɛŋəlbɛɐ̯t ˈdɔlfuːs]; 4 October 1892 – 25 July 1934) was an Austrian politician who served as Chancellor of Austria between 1932 and 1934. Having served as Minister for Forests and Agriculture, he ascended to Federal Chancellor in 1932 in the midst of a crisis for the conservative government. This crisis culminated in the Self-elimination of the Austrian Parliament, a coup sparked by resignation of the presiding officers of the National Council. Suppressing the Socialist movement in the Austrian Civil War and later banning the Austrian Nazi Party, he cemented the rule of Austrofascism through the First of May Constitution in 1934. Later that year, Dollfuss was assassinated as part of a failed coup attempt by Nazi agents. His successor Kurt Schuschnigg maintained the regime until Adolf Hitler's Anschluss in 1938.