Hermann Schützenhöfer (pronounced [ˈhɛʁman ˈʃʏtsn̩ˌhøːfɐ]; born 29 February 1952) is an Austrian politician who served as the governor of Styria from 2015 until 2022 and chairman of the Styrian People's Party (StVP/ÖVP) from 2006 until 2022.

He became an apprentice in a grocery store and wrote articles as a local journalist for the Kleine Zeitung, the Sonntagspost and the Styrian youth magazine Horizont (= "Horizon" - a media organ of the Junge Volkspartei).

After the Styrian State elections in 2010, Hermann Schützenhöfer and governor Franz Voves of the SPÖ formed the as called "reform partnership coalition" (Reformpartnerschaft).

[1] In June 2015 Schützenhöfer finally became Styrian governor – even though the STVP again had fallen behind the Socialist Party SPÖ by view votes.

Schützenhöfers most ambitious project was to reshape the structure administration within Styria ("Gemeindestrukturreform") which significantly reduced the numbers of communities and districts.