Engelbert Dollfuss

Chancellor of Austria

4 October 1892 Texing, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary

25 July 1934(1934-07-25) (41) Vienna, Austria

20 May 1932 – 25 July 1934

20th-century Austrian politician; Chancellor/Austrofacist dictator from 1932-34 "Dollfuss" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Dollfus. Engelbert Dollfuss (German: Engelbert Dollfuß, IPA: ; 4 October 1892 – 25 July 1934) was an Austrian politician 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 government. In early 1933, he dissolved parliament and assumed dictatorial powers. Suppressing the Socialist movement in February 1934 during the Austrian Civil War and later banning the Austrian Nazi Party, he cemented the rule of "Austrofascism" through the authoritarian First of May Constitution. Dollfuss was assassinated as part of a failed coup attempt by Nazi agents in 1934. His successor Kurt Schuschnigg maintained the regime until Adolf Hitler's annexation of Austria in 1938.