Nehammer government

Nehammer government
Nehammer government
; 35th Cabinet of Austria
	Karl Nehammer in 2020
Date formed	6 December 2021
Date dissolved	10 January 2025
People and organisations
President	Alexander Van der Bellen
Chancellor	Karl Nehammer
Vice-Chancellor	Werner Kogler
No. of ministers	15 (incl. Nehammer)
Member parties	People's Party; The Greens
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) ; 97 / 183 (53%) ; ; ;
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party; Freedom Party; NEOS
Opposition leader	Pamela Rendi-Wagner (until 3 June 2023); Andreas Babler (since 3 June 2023);
History
Election	2019 legislative election
Predecessor	Schallenberg government
Successor	Second Schallenberg government

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]

On 5 January 2025, after the end of negotiations with the SPO and NEOS, Nehammer resigned from his role as Chancellor of Austria and as leader of the Austrian People's Party. On the same day, the OVP appointed Christian Stocker as acting Party Leader, and on 10 January 2025, Alexander Schallenberg, the current Foreign Minister and former Chancellor, took over the provisional role of Chancellor until a government agreement between the FPO and the OVP can be reached.

Composition

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)	10 January 2025	ÖVP	Vienna
	Alexander Schallenberg	Acting Chancellor of Austria	10 January 2025		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 [edit]
	Susanne Raab	Chancellery minister for Women and Integration	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)		ÖVP	Upper Austria
	Susanne Raab	Minister for Women, Family, Integration and the Media	1 February 2021 (2021-02-01)		ÖVP	Upper Austria
	Karoline Edtstadler	Chancellery minister for 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)	20 November 2024	ÖVP	Vorarlberg
	Gunter Mayr	Minister of Finance	20 November 2024		Independent
	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)	18 May 2022 (2022-05-08)	ÖVP	Carinthia
	Norbert Totsching	Minister of Agriculture, Regions, and Tourism	18 May 2022		ÖVP
	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 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

Notes

^ The ministry also holds the agenda responsibilities of Infrastructure.

References

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

[fn2-3] The ministry also holds the agenda responsibilities of Infrastructure.

[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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First Republic	Renner I Renner II Renner III Mayr I Mayr II Schober I Breisky Schober II Seipel I Seipel II Seipel III Ramek I Ramek II Seipel IV Seipel V Streeruwitz Schober III Vaugoin Ender Buresch I Buresch II Dollfuss I Dollfuss II Schuschnigg I Schuschnigg II Schuschnigg III Schuschnigg IV Seyss-Inquart
Second Republic	Renner IV Figl I Figl II Figl III Raab I Raab II Raab III Raab IV Gorbach I Gorbach II Klaus I Klaus II Kreisky I Kreisky II Kreisky III Kreisky IV Sinowatz Vranitzky I Vranitzky II Vranitzky III Vranitzky IV Vranitzky V Klima Schüssel I Schüssel II Gusenbauer Faymann I Faymann II Kern Kurz I Bierlein Kurz II Schallenberg Nehammer

Composition

Chancellery

Chancellery ministers

Ministers

State secretaries

See also

Notes

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