Michael Mayr

Michael Mayr
Chancellor of Austria
In office 7 July 1920 – 21 June 1921
President	Karl Seitz (1919-1920) Michael Hainisch (1920-1928)
Vice-Chancellor	Ferdinand Hanusch Eduard Heinl Walter Breisky
Preceded by	Karl Renner
Succeeded by	Johann Schober
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 22 October 1920 – 21 June 1921
Preceded by	Karl Renner
Succeeded by	Johann Schober
Minister without portofolio
In office 17 October 1919 – 24 June 1920
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Wilhelm Ellenbogen
Personal details
Born	(1864-04-10)10 April 1864 Aldwang, Austrian Empire
Died	(1922-05-21)21 May 1922 Waldneukirchen, Austria
Political party	Christian Social Party
Alma mater	University of Vienna

Michael Mayr (10 April 1864 – 21 May 1922) was an Austrian politician, who served as Chancellor of Austria in the Austria from July 1920 to June 1921. He was a member of the Christian Social Party, and by profession a Historian.^[1]

Michael Mayr was born on 10 April 1864 in Aldwang, Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was the son of a farmer. He studied history and geography, being passionate about them. After becoming director of the Tyrolean State Archives, and from 1907 he entered politics. He held several positions during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but after its fall in 1918, Austria gained its independence, and Mayr became a minister without portfolio. After the fall of the chancellorship of Karl Renner, Michael Mayr became chancellor in an interim government from 7 July 1920 to 21 June 1921. He died on 21 May 1922, of natural causes, leaving behind literary works about the Austrians and Germans, along with Italians.

• W. Lazius als Geschichtsschreiber Österreichs, 1894 (W. Lazius as Austrian Historian);
• Der Generallandtag der österreichschen Erbländer in Augsburg 1525/26, in: Zeitschrift des Ferdinandeums 3(38), 1894 (The General State Parliament of the Austrian Hereditary Lands in Augsburg, 1525-1526);
• Erinnerunger an A. Hoffer, 1899(Memories of A. Hoffer);
• Die Beziehunger Deutschlands zu Italien, 1901 (The Relations of Germany with Italy");
• Der italienische Irredentismus: Sein Entstehen unde seine Entwicklung vornehmlich în Tirol, 1917 ("Italian Irredentism: Its Origins and Development Primarily în Tyrol")

• List of members of the Austrian Parliament who died in office