Landeshauptmann (German for "state captain", plural Landeshauptmänner or Landeshauptleute, female form: Landeshauptfrau) is a former German gubernatorial title equivalent to that of a governor of a province or a state.

The title originally referred to the governor of a principality or province in the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian Empire. It is still used in modern Austria and in South Tyrol, an autonomous province in Italy with strong linguistic and cultural ties to the neighbouring Austrian state of Tyrol. In the Czech Republic, a hejtman (German hauptmann) represents each of the 13 self-governing regions (Czech kraj, pl. kraje).

The title was also used by the German empire for governors during the early stages of its colonial rule over South West Africa (1893-1898), Togoland (1893-1898) and German New Guinea (1886-1889, 1892-1899)

In modern Austria, the title is used for the head of the executive of the nine Austrian states, equivalent to the position of a Minister-President in German states. The Landeshauptmann is elected by the Landtag, the state parliament of the respective state.

Franz Voves (born February 28, 1953 in Graz, Styria, Austria) is an Austrian politician of the SPÖ and a former player in the Austrian ice hockey national team. Since October 25, 2005, he has been Governor of Styria (Landeshauptmann der Steiermark). He was vice-governor of Styria from March 12, 2002 to October 24, 2005. March, 2nd 2002 he was elected as the chairman of the SPÖ Styria (Steiermark).

Since 1995, Voves has been a member of the board of the SPÖ in Styria. On 2 March 2002, he became president of the SPÖ Styria and on the 12th of March he became vice-governor of Styria. In the 2005 elections for the Styrian government, Voves and his party got a majority with 41% of the votes, which was the first time since the Second World War that the SPÖ got a majority in an Austrian state election. On the 25nd of October 2005, 45 of the 56 members of the Styrian Landtag voted him governor of Styria.

Günther Platter is an Austrian politician (ÖVP) and is the current Governor of Tyrol after his predecessor Herwig van Staa lost more almost 10% of the votes in the regional elections. Before becoming Governor, Platter served as Interior Minister and as Minister of Defence in the cabinets of Gusenbauer and Schüssel.

Herwig van Staa (born 10 June 1942) was the governor of Tyrol from 2002 to 2008.

Van Staa was born in Linz, Upper Austria (German: 'Oberösterreich'). His father, who came from the Rhine area, worked as a technician in the steelworks in Linz and died in a sick bay in 1943 after military action on the Eastern Front. His mother came from an Austrian family and worked as a midwife. Van Staa attended primary school in Bad Leonfelden (Mühlviertel) and completed his secondary school studies in Wels, where he passed his 'A' levels in 1960.

Van Staa has been living in Innsbruck since 1960. He studied law, social and economic science, folklore, sociology and medicine. He completed his studies with the following titles: Ph.D., LL.D., Mag.rer.soc.oec. During his studies, he was an active member in Catholic organisations and held a mandate of the Austrian Students´ Association. He also took an active part in social and environmental issues. He was co-founder and first chairman of the Association for Construction and Promotion of Health and Social Districts in Tyrol.

Dr. Josef Pühringer (born 30 October 1949 in Traun) is an Austrian politician. Since 2 March 1995 he has been the governor (Landeshauptmann) of Upper Austria. He is a member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP).

He is a member of several Catholic student fraternities that belong to the ÖCV and the MKV.