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Nehammer government

35thCabinet of Austria
Karl Nehammer in 2020
Date formed6 December 2021(2021-12-06)
People and organisations
Appointed byAlexander Van der Bellen
ChancellorKarl Nehammer
Vice-ChancellorWerner Kogler
No.of ministers15 (incl. Nehammer)
Member partiesPeople's Party
The Greens
Status in legislatureMajority(coalition)
97 / 183(53%)




Opposition partiesSocial Democratic Party
Freedom Party
NEOS
Opposition leaderPamela Rendi-Wagner
History
Election2019 legislative election
PredecessorSchallenberg government
Swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet members by Austrian PresidentAlexander Van der Bellenon 6 December 2021

TheNehammer government(German:Bundesregierung Nehammer) was sworn in as the 35th and currentGovernment of Austriaon 6 December 2021. It is headed byChancellorKarl Nehammer.[1]

Composition[edit]

The cabinet consists of:[2]

Portrait Name Office Took office Left office Party Home State

Chancellery[edit]

Karl Nehammer Chancellor of Austria 6 December 2021(2021-12-06) ÖVP Vienna
Werner Kogler Vice-Chancellor of Austria
Minister for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport
7 January 2020(2020-01-07) Greens Styria

Chancellery ministers[edit]

Susanne Raab Chancellery ministerfor Women andIntegration 7 January 2020(2020-01-07) ÖVP Upper Austria
Minister for Women, Family, Integration and the Media 1 February 2021(2021-02-01)
Karoline Edtstadler Chancellery ministerfor the EU and Constitution 7 January 2020(2020-01-07) ÖVP Salzburg

Ministers[edit]

Magnus Brunner Minister of Finance 6 December 2021(2021-12-06) ÖVP Vorarlberg
Martin Polaschek Minister of Education, Science and Research 6 December 2021(2021-12-06) Independent
(ÖVPnominated)
Styria
Leonore Gewessler Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology[a] 7 January 2020(2020-01-07) Greens Styria
Martin Kocher Minister of Labour 11 January 2021(2021-01-11) Independent
(ÖVPnominated)
Salzburg
Elisabeth Köstinger Minister of Agriculture, Regions, and Tourism 7 January 2020(2020-01-07) 8 May 2022(2022-05-08) ÖVP Carinthia
Alexander Schallenberg Minister for European and International Affairs 6 December 2021(2021-12-06) ÖVP (Born abroad)
Johannes Rauch Minister of Social Affairs, Health, Care, and Consumer Protection 8 March 2022(2022-03-08) Greens Vorarlberg
Gerhard Karner Minister of the Interior 6 December 2021(2021-12-06) ÖVP Lower Austria
Margarete Schramböck Minister of Digital and Economic Affairs 7 January 2020(2020-01-07) 11 May 2022(2022-05-11) 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[edit]

Claudia Plakolm State secretary in theChancelleryfor Youth and Generations 6 December 2021(2021-12-06) ÖVP Upper Austria
Andrea Mayer State secretary in theMinistry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport 20 May 2020(2020-05-20) Independent
(Greensnominated)
Lower Austria

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^The ministry also holds the agenda responsibilities of Infrastructure.

References[edit]

  1. ^"Karl Nehammer sworn in as Austria's third chancellor in two months".Euronews.6 December 2021.Retrieved6 December2021.
  2. ^"Ministers and State Secretaries: Members of the Austrian Federal Government".bundeskanzleramt.gv.at.6 December 2021.Retrieved8 December2021.