Austria under National Socialism 400,000 Jews – Simple way out; vote National Socialist". The Christian Social Party had ruled from 1932 and Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuß had led them from 1932. The Social Democrats were no longer their only threat. The previous chancellor and priest Ignaz Seipel had worked towards an authoritarian state. Seipel based this on the Papal Encyclicals, Rerum novarum (1891) and Quadragesimo anno (1931). Abolition of the parliamentary system was necessary for this. A crisis in the Austrian parliament on the May 4, 1933 gave Dollfuß the opportunity he wanted. Later in May 1933 the Christian Social Union was converted to the
Chancellor of Austria incapacitated. However, if the President remains incapacitated after twenty days, the role of Acting President is passed to the three Presidents of the National Council. There are six living former Austrian Chancellors: Chancellor of Austria The Chancellor of Austria () is the head of government of the Austrian Republic. The Chancellor chairs and leads the Government, which is composed of him, the Vice-Chancellor and the Ministers. Together with the President, who is head of state, the Government forms the country's executive leadership. Austria is a parliamentary republic, the system of government in which real power is vested in the head