First Kurz government

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First Kurz government
Flag of Austria.svg
30th Cabinet of Austria
Sebastian Kurz (2018-02-28) (cropped).jpg
Date formed18 December 2017 (2017-12-18)
Date dissolved3 June 2019 (2019-06-03)
People and organisations
Appointed by Alexander Van der Bellen
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (2017–2019)
Hartwig Löger (Acting; 2019)
Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache (2017–2019)
Hartwig Löger (2019)
No. of ministers 13
Member parties   Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)
   Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) (2017–2019)
Status in legislature Majority coalition (2017–2019)
Semi-technocratic minority cabinet (2019)
Opposition parties   Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)
   Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) (2019)
   NEOS
   JETZT
Opposition leader Christian Kern (2017–2018)
Pamela Rendi-Wagner (2018–2019)
History
Election 2017 legislative election
Predecessor Kern government
Successor Bierlein government

The First Kurz government (German : Erste Bundesregierung Kurz or Kurz I for short) was the 30th Government of Austria in office from 18 December 2017 until 3 June 2019. It succeeded the Kern government formed after the 2017 legislative election. Sebastian Kurz, chairman of the centre-right Austrian People's Party, known by its initials in German as ÖVP, reached an agreement on a coalition with the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), setting the stage for Kurz to become chancellor of Austria—the youngest head of government in Europe—for the first time. [1]

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In the wake of the May 2019 Ibiza affair, Kurz terminated the coalition agreement and called for a snap election, which was ultimately held on 29 September 2019, after some disagreements over the timing. Kurz announced that his government would run as a minority technocratic caretaker government in the interim. [2] However, on 27 May 2019, his government was dismissed by the National Council through a motion of no confidence, the first successful parliamentary vote of no confidence in the Second Republic. [3] On 3 June 2019, President Alexander Van der Bellen swore in a technocratic caretaker government led by Brigitte Bierlein, which held office until the new coalition government between the ÖVP and The Greens was sworn in.

Composition

PortraitNameOfficeTook officeLeft officePartyFederal Home State

Leadership

Sebastian Kurz (2018-02-28) (cropped).jpg Sebastian Kurz Chancellor of Austria
(2017-2019)
18 December 201728 May 2019 ÖVP Flag of Wien (state).svg Vienna
2017 Finanzminister Hartwig Loger (39136614571) (cropped).jpg Hartwig Löger Acting Chancellor of Austria
(2019)
Vice Chancellor of Austria
(2019)
Minister of Finance
(2017-2019)
18 December 20173 June 2019 ÖVP Flag of Styria (state).svg Styria
Heinz-Christian Strache - Wahlkampfauftakt am 29. Aug. 2020 (1).JPG Heinz-Christian Strache Vice Chancellor of Austria
Minister of Civil Service and Sports
18 December 201722 May 2019 FPÖ Flag of Wien (state).svg Vienna

Ministers

Austria politic personality icon.svg Eckart Ratz Minister of the Interior 22 May 20193 June 2019IndependentFlag of Vorarlberg (state).svg Vorarlberg
Herbert Kickl - Pressekonferenz am 13. Marz 2020.JPG Herbert Kickl 18 December 201722 May 2019 FPÖ Flag of Carinthia (state).svg Carinthia
2018 Karin Kneissl Paul Richard Gallagher (16. Janner 2018) (24876263787) (cropped).jpg Karin Kneissl Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs 18 December 20173 June 2019Independent
(FPÖ nominated)
Flag of Wien (state).svg Vienna
Josef Moser (4741871116).jpg Josef Moser Minister of Constitutional Affairs, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice 18 December 20173 June 2019Independent
(ÖVP nominated)
Flag of Tirol (state).svg Tyrol
Austria politic personality icon.svg Johann Luif Minister of Defence 22 May 20193 June 2019IndependentFlag of Burgenland (state).svg Burgenland
16-07-05-Mario Kunasek-KG 6051.JPG Mario Kunasek 18 December 201722 May 2019 FPÖ Flag of Styria (state).svg Styria
Heinz Fassmann 01.JPG Heinz Faßmann Minister of Education, Science and Research 18 December 20173 June 2019Independent
(ÖVP nominated)
(Born abroad)
Austria politic personality icon.svg Walter Pöltner Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection 22 May 20193 June 2019IndependentFlag of Wien (state).svg Vienna
2018 Hartinger-Klein (41557839051) (cropped).jpg Beate Hartinger-Klein 18 December 201722 May 2019 FPÖ Flag of Styria (state).svg Styria
Austria politic personality icon.svg Valerie Hackl Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology 22 May 20193 June 2019IndependentFlag of Wien (state).svg Vienna
Norbert Hofer.jpg Norbert Hofer 18 December 201722 May 2019 FPÖ Flag of Styria (state).svg Styria
Elisabeth Kostinger (2014).jpg Elisabeth Köstinger Minister of Sustainability and Tourism 18 December 20173 June 2019 ÖVP Flag of Carinthia (state).svg Carinthia
2015 Margarete Schrambock (17126313616).jpg Margarete Schramböck Minister of Digital and Economic Affairs 8 January 20183 June 2019 ÖVP Flag of Tirol (state).svg Tyrol
2018 Juliane Bogner-Strauss (24909428237) (cropped).jpg Juliane Bogner-Strauß acting Minister of Civil Service and Sports 22 May 20193 June 2019 ÖVP Flag of Styria (state).svg Styria

Chancellery ministers

2018 Gernot Blumel (39502202725) (cropped).jpg Gernot Blümel Chancellery minister for the EU, Arts, Culture and Media18 December 20173 June 2019 ÖVP Flag of Wien (state).svg Vienna
2018 Juliane Bogner-Strauss (24909428237) (cropped).jpg Juliane Bogner-Strauß Chancellery minister for Women, Families and Youth18 December 20173 June 2019 ÖVP Flag of Styria (state).svg Styria

State secretaries

2017 Staatssekretar Hubert Fuchs (39136614571) (cropped).jpg Hubert Fuchs State secretary in the Ministry of Finance 18 December 201722 May 2019 FPÖ Flag of Salzburg (state).svg Salzburg
Karoline Edtstadler (cropped).jpg Karoline Edtstadler State secretary in the Ministry of the Interior 18 December 20173 June 2019 ÖVP Flag of Salzburg (state).svg Salzburg

Actions

See also

References

  1. "Kurz Set to Become Austrian Chancellor, Backed by Nationalists". Bloomberg. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  2. "Austria's Kurz Turns to Technocrat Cabinet as Populists Ousted". Bloomberg. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  3. "Kabinett Kurz verliert Misstrauensabstimmung". orf.at (in German). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.