Government of Austria from 2021–2025
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 Government of Austria on 6 December 2021. It was headed by Chancellor Karl Nehammer .[ 1]
On 5 January 2025, after the end of negotiations with the SPÖ 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 ÖVP appointed Christian Stocker as acting Party Leader, and on 10 January 2025, Alexander Schallenberg , the incumbent Foreign Minister and former Chancellor, took over the role of caretaker Chancellor until a government agreement was reached and Stocker was sworn in on 3 March.
Composition
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 )
10 January 2025
ÖVP
Vienna
Alexander Schallenberg
Acting Chancellor of Austria
10 January 2025
3 March 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 )
2 October 2024 (2024-10-02 ) (as vice-chancellor)
Greens
Styria
Susanne Raab
Chancellery minister for Women and Integration
7 January 2020 (2020-01-07 )
3 March 2025
ÖVP
Upper Austria
Minister for Women, Family, Integration and the Media
1 February 2021 (2021-02-01 )
3 March 2025
Karoline Edtstadler
Chancellery minister for the EU and Constitution
7 January 2020 (2020-01-07 )
3 March 2025
ÖVP
Salzburg
Magnus Brunner
Minister of Finance
6 December 2021 (2021-12-06 )
20 November 2024
ÖVP
Vorarlberg
Gunter Mayr
20 November 2024
3 March 2025
Independent
Martin Polaschek
Minister of Education, Science and Research
6 December 2021 (2021-12-06 )
3 March 2025
Independent (ÖVP nominated)
Styria
Leonore Gewessler
Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology [ b]
7 January 2020 (2020-01-07 )
3 March 2025
Greens
Styria
Martin Kocher
Minister of Labour
11 January 2021 (2021-01-11 )
3 March 2025
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
18 May 2022
3 March 2025
ÖVP
3 March 2025
Alexander Schallenberg
Minister for European and International Affairs
6 December 2021 (2021-12-06 )
3 March 2025
ÖVP
(Born abroad)
Johannes Rauch
Minister of Social Affairs, Health, Care, and Consumer Protection
8 March 2022 (2022-03-08 )
3 March 2025
Greens
Vorarlberg
Gerhard Karner
Minister of the Interior
6 December 2021 (2021-12-06 )
3 March 2025
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 )
3 March 2025
ÖVP
Lower Austria
Alma Zadić
Minister of Justice
7 January 2020 (2020-01-07 )
3 March 2025
Greens
(Born abroad)
State secretaries
Claudia Plakolm
State secretary in the Chancellery for Youth and Generations
6 December 2021 (2021-12-06 )
3 March 2025
ÖVP
Upper Austria
Andrea Mayer
State secretary in the Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport
20 May 2020 (2020-05-20 )
October 2, 2024 (2024-10-02 )
Independent (Greens nominated)
Lower Austria
See also
Notes
^ Alexander Schallenberg briefly led a caretaker government between Nehammer's resignation and Stocker's inauguration.
^ The ministry also holds the agenda responsibilities of Infrastructure.
References
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