Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Arthur Seyss-Inquart Seyss-Inquart, 1940 16th Chancellor of Austria In office 11 March 1938 – 13 March 1938 President Wilhelm Miklas Preceded by Kurt Schuschnigg Succeeded by Anschluss (Adolf Hitler as Führer and Reich Chancellor of Nazi Germany) Karl Renner (1945) Reich Minister without portfolio Nazi Germany In office 1 May 1939 – 30 April 1945 Chancellor Adolf Hitler (Führer and Reich Chancellor) Reichskommissar for the Occupied Dutch Territories In office 29 May 1940 – 7 May 1945 Appointed by Adolf Hitler Preceded by Alexander von Falkenhausen (military governor) Succeeded by None Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs Nazi Germany In office 30 April 1945 – 2 May 1945 President Karl Dönitz Chancellor Joseph Goebbels Preceded by Joachim von Ribbentrop Succeeded by Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk Personal details Born 22 July 1892 (1892-07-22) Stannern, Moravia, Austria-Hungary Died 16 October 1946(1946-10-16) (aged 54) Nuremberg, Germany Political party Nazi Party (NSDAP) Spouse(s) Gertrud Maschka (m. 1916) Children 3 Profession Lawyer  Arthur Seyss-Inquart (help·info) (in German: Seyß-Inquart) (22 July 1892 – 16 October 1946) was an Austrian Nazi politician who served as Chancellor of Austria for two days – from March 11 until March 13, 1938 – before the Anschluss annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany, signing the constitutional law as acting head of state upon the resignation of President Wilhelm Miklas. During World War II, he served the Third Reich in the General Government of occupied Poland and as Reichskommissar in the Netherlands. At the Nuremberg Trials, he was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death.