Friedrich Rainer

Friedrich Rainer
Reichsstatthalter of Salzburg
In office
15 March 1940 – 27 November 1941
Preceded byAnton Wintersteiger
Succeeded byGustav Adolf Scheel
Gauleiter of Reichsgau Salzburg
In office
22 May 1938 – 27 November 1941
Preceded byAnton Wintersteiger
Succeeded byGustav Adolf Scheel
Reichsstatthalter of Carinthia
In office
27 November 1941 – 7 May 1945
Preceded byWladimir von Pawlowski
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Gauleiter of Reichsgau Carinthia
In office
27 November 1941 – 7 May 1945
Preceded byFranz Kutschera
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born(1903-07-28)28 July 1903
Sankt Veit an der Glan, Carinthia, Austria-Hungary
DiedNovember 1950 (aged 47)[1]
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Political partyNSDAP
ProfessionNotary

Friedrich W. Rainer (28 July 1903  –  November 1950)[2] was an Austrian Nazi politician, Gauleiter as well as a Reichsstatthalter of Salzburg and Carinthia. He is the only Austrian governor who has ever held the same office in two separate states.

  1. ^ Miller, Michael & Andreas Schulz, (2017). Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies, 1925-1945, Volume II (Georg Joel - Dr. Bernhard Rust). R. James Bender Publishing; ISBN 978-1-932970-32-6, page 382.
  2. ^ Miller, Michael & Andreas Schulz, (2017). Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies, 1925-1945, Volume II (Georg Joel - Dr. Bernhard Rust). R. James Bender Publishing; ISBN 978-1-932970-32-6, page 382.

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