Friedrich Rainer

Friedrich Rainer
Rainer in 1944
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)
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Political partyNazi Party
ProfessionNotary

Friedrich W. Rainer (28 July 1903 – November 1950) 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.