| Name | From | To | Note |
|---|
Habsburg monarchy
Governors of the Salzach district, subject to the Provincial governor of Upper Austria (1816–1849) |
| Karl Graf Welsperg-Raitenau | 1816 | 1825 |
| Johann Nepomuk Freiherr von Stiebar | 1825 | 1831 |
| Albert Graf Montecuccoli | 1831 | 1838 |
| Franz Graf Mercandiu | 1838 | 1838 |
| Leopold Friedrich Graf Stolberg-Stolberg | 1838 | 9 August 1840 |
| Gustav Ignaz Graf Chorinsky | 1840 | 1849 |
| Presidents of the province of Salzburg (1850–1918), assisted by Provincial Governors (1861–1918) |
| Friedrich Graf Herberstein | 1850 | 1852 |
| Karl Prinz Lobkowitz | 1852 | 1855 |
| Otto Franz Graf Fünfkirchen | 1855 | 1859 |
| Ernst Graf Gourcy-Droitaumont | 1860 | 1860 |
| Franz Freiherr von Spiegelfeld | 1861 | 1863 | Provincial governors:
Joseph Freiherr von Weiß
(31 March 1861 - 20. September 1872) |
| Eduard Viscount Taaffee | 1863 | 1867 |
| Karl Graf Coronini-Cronberg | 1867 | 1869 |
| Ernst Graf Gourcy-Droitaumont | 1869 | 1870 |
| Prince Adolf of Auersperg | 1870 | 1871 |
| Sigmund Graf Thun-Hohenstein | 1872 | 1897 | Hugo Raimund Reichsgraf Lamberg
(30 September 1872 - 14 June 1880) |
Carl Graf Chorinsky
(17 June 1880 - 30 October 1890) |
Dr. Albert Schumacher
(21 September 1890 - 17 January 1897) |
| Klemens Graf St. Julien-Wallsee | 1897 | 1908 | Fr. Alois Winkler
(17 January 1897 - 29 December 1902) |
Dr. Albert Schumacher
(29 December 1902 - 21 July 1909) |
| Levin Graf Schaffgotsch | 1908 | 1913 |
Fr. Alois Winkler
(21 July 1909 - 23 April 1919) |
| Name | Party | From | To |
|---|
| First Republic |
| Oskar Meyer | Christian Social | 23 April 1919 | 4 May 1922 |
| Franz Rehrl | Christian Social
Fatherland's Front | 4 May 1922 | 12 March 1938 |
Nazi Germany
(State governor and Gauleiter) |
| Anton Wintersteiger | NSDAP | 13 March 1938 | 22 May 1938 |
| Friedrich Rainer | NSDAP | 22 May 1938 | 29 November 1941 |
| Gustav Adolf Scheel | NSDAP | 29 November 1941 | 4 May 1945 |
| Second Republic |
| Adolf Schemel | People's Party (ÖVP) | 23 May 1945 | 12 December 1945 |
| Albert Hochleitner | ÖVP | 12 December 1945 | 4 December 1948 |
| Josef Rehrl | ÖVP | 4 December 1948 | 1 December 1949 |
| Josef Klaus | ÖVP | 1 December 1949 | 17 April 1961 |
| Hans Lechner | ÖVP | 17 April 1961 | 20 April 1977 |
| Wilfried Haslauer senior | ÖVP | 20 April 1977 | 2 May 1989 |
| Hans Katschthaler | ÖVP | 2 May 1989 | 24 April 1996 |
| Franz Schausberger | ÖVP | 24 April 1996 | 28 April 2004 |
| Gabi Burgstaller | Social Democratic (SPÖ) | 28 April 2004 | 19 June 2013 |
| Wilfried Haslauer Jr. | ÖVP | 19 June 2013 | Incumbent |