Chancellor of Germany (1949–present) German chancellor until the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 while the Archbishop of Cologne was Chancellor of Italy and the Archbishop of Trier of Burgundy. These three Archbishops were also Prince-electors of the empire. Already in medieval times the chancellor had political power like Willigis of Mainz (Archchancellor 975–1011, regent for Otto III 991–994) or Rainald von Dassel (chancellor 1156–1162 and 1166–1167) under Frederick I. The modern office of chancellor was established with the North German Confederation, of which Otto von Bismarck became chancellor of the Confederation (official German title: "Bundeskanzler") in 1867. After unification of Germany
Chancellor of Austria The official residence and executive office of the Chancellor is the Chancellery, which is located at the Ballhausplatz in the center of Vienna. Both, the Chancellor as well as the Government are appointed by the President, who also holds the right to dismiss them. The current officeholder is Sebastian Kurz, who was sworn in on 18 December 2017 by Alexander Van der Bellen. The use of the term Chancellor ("Kanzler", derived from ) as head of the chancery writing office can be traced back as far as the ninth century, when under King Louis the German the office of the