Chairperson of the Social Democratic Party of Austria

This is a list of chairpersons of the Social Democratic Party of Austria.

Chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party Bundesparteiobfrau der Sozialdemokratischen Partei
Incumbent Pamela Rendi-Wagner since 24 November 2018
Presidium of the Social Democratic Party
Status	Party leader
Member of	Presidium Executive board
Reports to	Bundesparteitag
Seat	Haus Löwelstraße 18, Innere Stadt, Vienna
Appointer	Bundesparteitag
Constituting instrument	Party statutes
Precursor	Chairman of the SDAPÖ
First holder	Victor Adler as Chairman of the SDAPÖ (1 January 1889) Adolf Schärf as Chairman of the SPÖ (15 December 1945)
Website	spoe.at

Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAPÖ)

Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Notes	Chancellor
	Victor Adler	1 January 1889	November 1918		Karl Renner (SDAPÖ)
	Karl Seitz	November 1918	1934		Karl Renner (SDAPÖ) Michael Mayr (CSP) Johann Schober Ignaz Seipel (CSP) Rudolf Ramek (CSP) Ignaz Seipel (CSP) Ernst Streeruwitz (CSP) Johann Schober Carl Vaugoin (CSP) Otto Ender (CSP) Karl Buresch (CSP) Engelbert Dollfuss (CSP/VP)

Social Democratic Party (SPÖ)

Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Notes	Chancellor
	Adolf Schärf	15 December 1945	5 May 1957		Karl Renner (SPÖ) Leopold Figl (ÖVP) Julius Raab (ÖVP)
	Bruno Pittermann	8 May 1957	1967		Julius Raab Alfons Gorbach (ÖVP) Josef Klaus (ÖVP)
	Bruno Kreisky	1 February 1967	October 1983		Himself Fred Sinowatz (SPÖ)
	Fred Sinowatz	1983	11 May 1988		Himself Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ)
	Franz Vranitzky	11 May 1988	January 1997		Himself
	Viktor Klima	January 1997	2005		Himself Wolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP,)
	Alfred Gusenbauer	January 2005	8 August 2008		Wolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP) Himself
	Werner Faymann	8 August 2008	9 May 2016		Alfred Gusenbauer Himself
	Michael Häupl (Acting)	9 May 2016	25 June 2016		Reinhold Mitterlehner (ÖVP) Christian Kern (SPÖ)
	Christian Kern	25 June 2016	25 September 2018		Himself Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP)
	Pamela Rendi-Wagner	25 September 2018	Present		Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP)