For a similar list concerning Berlin, see List of Commandants of Berlin Sectors.
The following is a list of military commanders of divided and war torn Vienna between 1945 and 1955. Due to the allied division of post-World War II 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State Treaty, which re-established Austrian independence in 1955, when the respective occupying/protective forces were withdrawn.
.png){kind=link}
The occupied sectors of Vienna
Commandants[]
American zone[]
| Commandant[1] | In Office |
|---|---|
| Thomas Edward Lewis | July 1945 – December 1946 |
| Holmes Ely Dager | December 1946 – March 1947 |
| Alexander Oscar Gorder | March 1947 – May 1948 |
| Robert T. Frederick | May 1948 – November 1948 |
| Ira Platt Swift | December 1948 – January 1951 |
| William Thrower Fitts, Jr. | February 1951 – April 1954 |
| William Henry Nutter | May 1954 – September 1955 |
British zone[]
| Commandant[1] | In Office |
|---|---|
| Godfrey Vaughan Palmer | July 1945 – November 1945 |
| Gerald Lloyd Verney | November 1945 – May 1946 |
| Stephen Berthold Gordon-Smith | June 1946 – December 1946 |
| John Harold Hogshaw | December 1946 – November 1949 |
| Cyril Knowles | November 1949 – September 1952 |
| Ernest Arthur Howard | October 1952 – September 1955 |
French zone[]
| Commandant[1] | In Office |
|---|---|
| Henri Noël du Payrat | July 1945 – February 1946 |
| Henri Maurice Joppé | February 1946 – July 1949 |
| Pierre Masson | July 1949 – March 1950 |
| Robert Petetin | March 1950 – May 1951 |
| Raoul Daviron | May 1951 – March 1953 |
| Jacques Faure | April 1953 – November 1953 |
| Pierre Olle-Laprune | December 1953 – September 1955 |
Soviet zone[]
| Commandant[1] | In Office |
|---|---|
| Aleksey Blagodatov | 13 April 1945 – October 1945 |
| Nikita Lebedenko | October 1945 – May 1948 |
| Dmitry Abakumov | May 1948 – November 1949 |
| Arkady Boreyko | November 1949 – July 1953 |
| Nikolay Molotkov | July 1953 – September 1955 |
See also[]
References[]
The original article can be found at List of Commandants of Vienna Sectors and the edit history here.