Johann Schober
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| 3rd Chancellor of Austria | |
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In office 21 June 1921 – 26 January 1922 |
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| President | Michael Hainisch |
| Deputy | Walter Breisky |
| Preceded by | Michael Mayr |
| Succeeded by | Walter Breisky (acting) |
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In office 27 January 1922 – 31 May 1922 |
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| President | Michael Hainisch |
| Deputy | Walter Breisky |
| Preceded by | Walter Breisky (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Ignaz Seipel |
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In office 26 September 1929 – 30 September 1930 |
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| President | Wilhelm Miklas |
| Deputy | Carl Vaugoin |
| Preceded by | Ernst Streeruwitz |
| Succeeded by | Carl Vaugoin |
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14 November 1874 Perg, Upper Austria |
| Died | 19 August 1932 (aged 57) Baden bei Wien, Lower Austria |
| Political party | Non-partisan |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Profession | Public official |
Johann Schober (14 November 1874 – 19 August 1932) was an Austrian police official and politician who served as the 3rd Chancellor of Austria as well as Foreign Minister from 1921 to 1922 and again from 1929 to 1930 (his initial term being interrupted for two days in office by his deputy Walter Breisky).
Schober was born in the Upper Austrian town of Perg, the 10th child of an usher at the local district administration. From 1894 he studied law at the University of Vienna, and entered service with the Austrian police in 1898. As Assistant Commissioner in Vienna, he largely contributed to the clarification of espionage affaire around Alfred Redl, head of the Evidenzbureau intelligence agency, in May 1913.
In the late days of World War I, Schober was appointed Vienna Chief of Police by Emperor Charles I of Austria on the suggestion of the Cisleithanian minister-president Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg, and became Austrian Police President in 1918, immediately prior to the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Schober maintained loyalty to the German Austrian government of Chancellor Karl Renner after the breakup of the Habsburg empire, but also ensured safe passage for the royal family out of the country, winning praise for his moderation and his role in a smooth transfer of power into the bargain.
When Chancellor Michael Mayr resigned due to an intended referendum in Styria on the affiliation with Germany, the non-partisan Schober, largely considered a safe pair of hands by the Allies, was chosen by the Austrian National Council parliament to head a coalition government on 21 June 1921, with the support of the right-wing Christian Social Party (CS) and the Greater German People's Party. His cabinet mainly consisted of government officials, while Schober himself combined his head of government role with that of Foreign Minister of Austria.
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