List of commandants of Vienna Sectors

This article lists the military commanders of divided Vienna between 1945 and 1955. Following the end of World War II in Europe, the Allies divided Vienna into distinct, occupied sectors, each had its own military governor, often referred to as commandant. This practice ended officially with the Austrian State Treaty, which re-established Austrian independence in 1955, when the respective occupying/protective forces were withdrawn.

The occupied sectors of Vienna.

Commandants[]

American sector[]

Commandant^[1]	In Office
	July 1945 – December 1946
	December 1946 – March 1947
	March 1947 – May 1948
Robert T. Frederick	May 1948 – November 1948
	December 1948 – January 1951
	February 1951 – April 1954
	May 1954 – September 1955

British sector[]

Commandant^[1]	In Office
	July 1945 – November 1945
	November 1945 – May 1946
	June 1946 – December 1946
John Harold Hogshaw	December 1946 – November 1949
	November 1949 – September 1952
	October 1952 – September 1955

French sector[]

Commandant^[1]	In Office
	July 1945 – February 1946
	February 1946 – July 1949
	July 1949 – March 1950
	March 1950 – May 1951
	May 1951 – March 1953
Jacques Faure	April 1953 – November 1953
	December 1953 – September 1955

Soviet sector[]

Commandant^[1]	In Office
	13 April 1945 – October 1945
Nikita Lebedenko	October 1945 – May 1948
[ru]	May 1948 – November 1949
[ru]	November 1949 – July 1953
	July 1953 – September 1955

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Austrian states after 1918

[Austrian_states_after_1918-1] Austrian states after 1918

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