The Greens –The Green Alternative is a green political party in Austria.
Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek is an Austrian politician of the Austrian Green Party,and its federal spokeswoman from 2008 until 2017. She was the plaintiff in the landmark case Eva Glawishnig-Piesczek v. Facebook Ireland,in which she sued Facebook for defamation to compel the social media company to globally censor the "defamatory and all equivalent" posts.
Alexander Van der Bellen is the current president of Austria. He previously served as a professor of economics at the University of Vienna,and after joining politics,as the spokesman of the Austrian Green Party.
Peuerbach is a town in Austria,in Grieskirchen (district) in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Doris Bures is an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) who serves as the Second President of the Austrian National Council. From September 2014 to November 2017,she was its President. She served as Minister of Transport,Innovation and Technology from 2008 to 2014.
Ernst Strasser is a former Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) politician and former Federal Minister of the Interior in Austria (2000–2004),Member of the European Parliament (2009–2011) and bearer of the "Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash". Since 2014,he works as an Entrepreneur in the Mergers and acquisitions sector and is also a hotel owner.
NEOS –The New Austria and Liberal Forum is a liberal political party in Austria. It was founded as NEOS –The New Austria in 2012. In 2014,NEOS merged with Liberal Forum and adopted its current name.
Sebastian Kurz is a former Austrian politician who twice served as chancellor of Austria,initially from December 2017 to May 2019 and then a second time from January 2020 to October 2021.
Presidential elections were held in Austria on 24 April 2016,with a second round run-off on 22 May 2016. However,the results of the second round were annulled and a re-vote took place on 4 December 2016.
Norbert Gerwald Hofer is an Austrian politician who served as Leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) from June 2019 to June 2021. He previously was Minister for Transport,Innovation and Technology from 2017 to 2019 under Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.
Irmgard Griss,also known as Irmgard Griss-Reiterer,is an Austrian politician,lawyer and judge who served as President of the Supreme Court of Justice from 2007 to 2011. She registered as an independent candidate at the 2016 presidential election and came in third position.
Karlheinz Kopf is an Austrian politician of the conservative People's Party (ÖVP).
First Lady of Austria is the title attributed to the wife of the president of Austria. The current first lady is Doris Schmidauer,wife of President Alexander Van der Bellen,who has held the position since 26 January 2017.
Legislative elections were held in Austria on 29 September 2019 to elect the 27th National Council,the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. The snap election was called in the wake of the Ibiza affair in May,which caused the resignation of Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache and the collapse of the governing coalition of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). The government subsequently lost a motion of no confidence in parliament,and ÖVP Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was replaced by non-partisan Brigitte Bierlein on an interim basis.
Karin Kneissl is an Austrian diplomat,journalist and independent politician,having served as Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2017 and 2019. She is an expert on the Middle East and was a lecturer before assuming the government position she was offered by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.
Brigitte Bierlein is an Austrian former jurist who served as Chancellor of Austria from June 2019 to January 2020. An Independent,she was the first female Chancellor of Austria.
Alexander Georg Nicolas Schallenberg is an Austrian diplomat,jurist and politician who has served as Austria's foreign minister since 6 December 2021. A member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP),he had previously served as foreign minister in the second government of Sebastian Kurz before serving as chancellor of Austria from 11 October to 6 December 2021.
The Second Kurz government was the 33rd Government of Austria. Led by Sebastian Kurz as chancellor and Werner Kogler as vice-chancellor,it was sworn in by President Alexander Van der Bellen on 7 January 2020. It was officially dissolved and succeeded by the Schallenberg government on 11 October 2021.
A presidential election is scheduled to be held in Austria on 9 October 2022. In case no candidate reaches a majority of valid votes cast,a runoff would be held four weeks later on 6 November 2022. Incumbent Alexander Van der Bellen is eligible for one more term. On 22 May 2022,he officially announced his re-election campaign. About 6.4 million voting-age citizens will be eligible to vote.
Claudia Plakolm is an Austrian politician of the People's Party (ÖVP) and State Secretary in the federal government of Nehammer. She was sworn in as a member of the National Council on November 9,2017. Since May 15,2021 she has been the federal chairman of the Young People's Party (JVP).
