Schallenberg government

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

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

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

Chancellery

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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

Chancellery ministers

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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

Ministers

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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.
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