Engelbert Dollfuss

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	4 October 1892; Texing, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary
Died	25 July 1934 (aged 41); Vienna, Austria
Manner of death	Assassination by gunshot
Resting place	Hietzinger Cemetery, Vienna, Austria
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 (1914–1918); Federal State of Austria
Branch/service	Austro-Hungarian Army (1914–1918)
Years of service	1914–1918; 1934
Rank	Oberleutnant
Unit	Kaiserschützen (1914–1918)
Battles/wars	World War I Italian Front; ; Austrian Civil War; July Putsch X;
Awards	Military Merit Cross 3rd Class Bronze Military Merit Medal (2 times) Silver Medal for Bravery 1st Class Karl Troop Cross Wound Medal

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Engelbert Dollfuss (alternatively Dollfuß; 4 October 1892 – 25 July 1934) was an Austrian politician and dictator 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 and nationalist government. This crisis culminated in the self-elimination of the Austrian Parliament, a coup sparked by the 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 his rule 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.