The Greens –The Green Alternative is a green political party in Austria. The Greens are in a coalition with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) in the Nehammer government. Before they were part of the Schallenberg government and the Second Kurz government. The current President of Austria,Alexander Van der Bellen,is from the Green Party.
Alexander "Sascha" Van der Bellen,also referred to by the abbreviation VDB,is an Austrian politician serving as the twelfth president of Austria since 2017. 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.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBTQ) rights in Austria have advanced significantly in the 21st century,and are now considered generally progressive. Both male and female forms of same-sex sexual activity are legal in Austria. Registered partnerships were introduced in 2010,giving same-sex couples some of the rights of marriage. Stepchild adoption was legalised in 2013,while full joint adoption was legalised by the Constitutional Court of Austria in 2016. On 5 December 2017,the Austrian Constitutional Court decided to legalise same-sex marriage,and the ruling went into effect on 1 January 2019.
Legislative elections were held in Austria on 1 October 2006 to elect the 23rd National Council,the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament.
Presidential elections were held in Austria on 25 April 2010,the twelfth election of an Austrian head of state since 1951. The candidates were President Heinz Fischer,Barbara Rosenkranz (FPÖ) and Rudolf Gehring (CPÖ). Heinz Fischer won with just under 80% of the valid votes. Voter turnout was a historic low of 54%.
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.
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.
Legislative elections were held in Austria on 15 October 2017 to elect the 26th National Council,the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. The snap election was called when the coalition government between the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) was dissolved in May by the latter party's new leader Sebastian Kurz.
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.
Herbert Kickl is an Austrian politician who has been leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) since June 2021. He previously served as Minister for the Interior from 2017 to 2019 and general-secretary of the FPÖfrom 2005 to 2018. He has been described as a far-right politician. Kickl calls himself Volkskanzler and advocates a Fortress Austria and Remigration.
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,before ÖVP Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was replaced by non-partisan Brigitte Bierlein on an interim basis.
Karin Kneissl is an Austrian diplomat,journalist,and politician. She served as Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2017 and 2019. Prior to assuming her government position,she was a lecturer.
Mario Kunasek is an Austrian politician and noncommissioned officer,who was the Minister of Defense from December 2017 to May 2019.
Martha Bißmann is an Austrian politician. She served in the National Council from 2017 to 2019,entering as a member of the Peter Pilz List after its leader Peter Pilz withdrew. She was expelled from the party in July 2018,and thereafter served as an independent deputy. She did not seek re-election in the 2019 election. Prior to this,she was campaign manager for independent candidate Irmgard Griss during her 2016 presidential bid.
Legislative elections were held in Austria on 29 September 2024 to elect the 28th National Council,the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament.
Presidential elections were held in Austria on 9 October 2022. Incumbent Alexander Van der Bellen from the Greens was eligible for one more term and ran for re-election. About 6.36 million voting-age citizens were eligible to vote.
The Social Austria of the Future is a small Austrian party that ran for the first time in the 2020 Viennese state and municipal elections.
Tassilo Wallentin is an Austrian author,columnist,and lawyer. He was an independent candidate for President of Austria in the 2022 election.
Gerald Grosz is an Austrian author,commentator,and politician. Formerly a member of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ),he joined the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) in 2005 and was elected to the National Council in the 2008 Austrian legislative election. He left office in 2013. The same year,he was elected federal chairman of the BZÖ,serving until 2015. Grosz was an independent candidate for President of Austria in the 2022 election.
