Schallenberg government

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The Schallenberg government (German: Bundesregierung Schallenberg) was sworn in as 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

The cabinet consists of:

PortraitNameOfficeTook officeLeft officePartyFederal Home State

Chancellery

Alexander SchallenbergChancellor of Austria[a]11 October 2021 (2021-10-11)6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)ÖVP(Born abroad)
Werner KoglerVice-Chancellor of Austria
Minister for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport
7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)Greens  Styria

Chancellery ministers

Susanne RaabChancellery minister for Women and Integration7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)ÖVP  Upper Austria
Minister for Women, Family, Youth and Integration1 February 2021 (2021-02-01)
Karoline EdtstadlerChancellery minister for the EU and Constitution7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)ÖVP  Salzburg

Ministers

Gernot BlümelMinister of Finance7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)ÖVP  Vienna
Heinz FaßmannMinister of Education, Science, and Research7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)Independent
(ÖVP nominated)
(Born abroad)
Leonore GewesslerMinister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology[b]7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)Greens  Styria
Martin KocherMinister of Labour11 January 2021 (2021-01-11)ÖVP  Salzburg
Elisabeth KöstingerMinister of Agriculture, Regions, and Tourism7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)ÖVP  Carinthia
Michael LinhartMinister for European and International Affairs11 October 2021 (2021-10-11)6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)ÖVP(Born abroad)
Wolfgang MücksteinMinister of Social Affairs, Health, Care, and Consumer Protection19 April 2021 (2021-04-19)Greens  Vienna
Karl NehammerMinister of the Interior7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)ÖVP  Vienna
Margarete SchramböckMinister of Digital and Economic Affairs7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)ÖVP  Tyrol
Klaudia TannerMinister of Defence7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)ÖVP  Lower Austria
Alma ZadićMinister of Justice7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)Greens(Born abroad)

State secretaries

Magnus BrunnerState 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 MayerState secretary in the Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport20 May 2020 (2020-05-20)Independent
(Greens nominated)
 Lower Austria

See also

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