in 1920s and 1930s. After the 1930 legislative election, Ender became Chancellor of Austria on 4 December, however, his cabinet was brought down soon after upon the collapse of the Creditanstalt bank in May 1931. From 1934 to 1938, he was President of the Austrian Court of Audit. In March 1938, his political career ended with the Anschluss annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany. He was imprisoned by the Gestapo in March 1938, and remained as such till September 1938. He was forced to retire by Nazi government in 1939 and was expelled from the country. Death and legacy Otto Ender died on 25 June 1960 and was buried in the municipal cemetery in Bregenz. To this day, the State of Vorarlberg awards scholarships to the students through the Dr. Otto Ender Foundation. His achievements are as founder and designer of the province of Vorarlberg, in terms of economic policy such as the establishment of the agricultural district authority, by beginning of the expansion of road network in the 1920s, establishing an agricultural school, expanding of the Vorarlberg water power with the purchase of Vorarlberg's power plants, and the establishment of the Vorarlberg Illwerke and by co-operating with the democratic constitutions of 1920 and 1923. References External links Otto Ender 1875-1960 - Landeshauptmann, Bundeskanzler, Minister. Untersuchungen zum Innenleben eines Politikers, Peter Melichar - 1875 births 1960 deaths 20th-century Chancellors of Austria People from Feldkirch District Chancellors of Austria Christian Social Party (Austria) politicians Governors of Vorarlberg Presidents of the Austrian Federal Council Members of the Federal Council (Austria)