Nehammer government

Nehammer government

35th Cabinet 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
Opposition partiesSocial Democratic Party
Freedom Party
NEOS
Opposition leaderPamela Rendi-Wagner
History
Election(s)2019 legislative election
PredecessorSchallenberg government
Swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet members by Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on 6 December 2021

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]

Composition

The cabinet consists of:[2]

Portrait Name Office Took office Left office Party Home State

Chancellery

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

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

Ministers

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) 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

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

Notes

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

References

  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.
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