Nehammer 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]

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

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[lower-alpha 1] 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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