The Nehammer government (German: Bundesregierung Nehammer) was sworn in as the 35th and current Government of Austria on 6 December 2021. It is headed by Chancellor Karl Nehammer.[1]

Nehammer government

35th Cabinet of Austria
Karl Nehammer in 2020
Date formed6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)
People and organisations
PresidentAlexander 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 President Alexander Van der Bellen on 6 December 2021

Composition

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The cabinet consists of:[2]

Portrait Name Office Took office Left office Party Home State
  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
  Susanne Raab Chancellery minister for Women and Integration 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 minister for the EU and Constitution 7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) ÖVP   Salzburg
  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
(ÖVP nominated)
  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
(ÖVP nominated)
  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

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  Claudia Plakolm State secretary in the Chancellery for Youth and Generations 6 December 2021 (2021-12-06) ÖVP   Upper Austria
  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. ^ The ministry also holds the agenda responsibilities of Infrastructure.

References

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  1. ^ "Karl Nehammer sworn in as Austria's third chancellor in two months". Euronews. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Ministers and State Secretaries: Members of the Austrian Federal Government". bundeskanzleramt.gv.at. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.