Schallenberg government

The Schallenberg government (German: Bundesregierung Schallenberg) was sworn in as the 34th Government of Austria on 11 October 2021.

Schallenberg government

34th Cabinet of Austria
Schallenberg in 2021
Date formed11 October 2021 (2021-10-11)
Date dissolved6 December 2021
People and organisations
Appointed byAlexander Van der Bellen
ChancellorAlexander Schallenberg
Vice-ChancellorWerner Kogler
Member partiesPeople's Party
The Greens
Status in legislatureMajority (coalition)
97 / 183(53%)




No. of ministers15
Opposition partiesSocial Democratic Party
Freedom Party
NEOS
Opposition leaderPamela Rendi-Wagner
History
Election(s)2019 legislative election
PredecessorSecond Kurz government
SuccessorNehammer government

When Sebastian Kurz announced his resignation on 9 October 2021, the Austrian People's Party proposed to continue the coalition with The Greens with Alexander Schallenberg as chancellor. The Schallenberg government was sworn in by the president Alexander Van der Bellen on 11 October 2021.[1]

Composition

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The cabinet consisted of:

Portrait Name Office Took office Left office Party Federal Home State
  Alexander Schallenberg Chancellor of Austria[a] 11 October 2021 (2021-10-11) 6 December 2021 (2021-12-06) ÖVP (Born abroad)
  Werner Kogler Vice-Chancellor of Austria
Minister for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport
7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) Greens   Styria
  Susanne Raab Chancellery minister for Women and Integration 7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) ÖVP   Upper Austria
Minister for Women, Family, Youth and Integration 1 February 2021 (2021-02-01)
  Karoline Edtstadler Chancellery minister for the EU and Constitution 7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) ÖVP   Salzburg
  Gernot Blümel Minister of Finance 7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) 6 December 2021 (2021-12-06) ÖVP   Vienna
  Heinz Faßmann Minister of Education, Science, and Research 7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) 6 December 2021 (2021-12-06) Independent
(ÖVP nominated)
(Born abroad)
  Leonore Gewessler Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology[b] 7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) Greens   Styria
  Martin Kocher Minister of Labour 11 January 2021 (2021-01-11) ÖVP   Salzburg
  Elisabeth Köstinger Minister of Agriculture, Regions, and Tourism 7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) ÖVP   Carinthia
  Michael Linhart Minister for European and International Affairs 11 October 2021 (2021-10-11) 6 December 2021 (2021-12-06) ÖVP (Born abroad)
  Wolfgang Mückstein Minister of Social Affairs, Health, Care, and Consumer Protection 19 April 2021 (2021-04-19) Greens   Vienna
  Karl Nehammer Minister of the Interior 7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) 6 December 2021 (2021-12-06) ÖVP   Vienna
  Margarete Schramböck Minister of Digital and Economic Affairs 7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) ÖVP   Tyrol
  Klaudia Tanner Minister of Defence 7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) ÖVP   Lower Austria
  Alma Zadić Minister of Justice 7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) Greens (Born abroad)

State secretaries

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  Magnus Brunner State secretary in the Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology[b] 7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) 6 December 2021 (2021-12-06) ÖVP   Vorarlberg
  Andrea Mayer State secretary in the Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport 20 May 2020 (2020-05-20) Independent
(Greens nominated)
  Lower Austria

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Also responsible for Media agendas
  2. ^ a b The ministry also holds the agenda responsibilities of Infrastructure.

References

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  1. ^ "AVISO: Morgen, 13:00 Uhr: Ernennung und Angelobung von Bundeskanzler Alexander Schallenberg durch Bundespräsident Alexander Van der Bellen". ots.at (in German). 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.