Ministry of the Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport (Austria)

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Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport
Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport
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Ministry overview
Formed2020;4 years ago (2020)
Jurisdiction Austria
Headquarters1030, Radetzkystraße 2
Vienna
Minister responsible
Website bmkoes.gv.at

The Ministry of the Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport (German: Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport or BMKÖDS) is the government ministry of Austria in charge of the arts and sport as well as public administration and personnel questions that do not fall within the jurisdiction of another ministry. It bears responsibility for the management of museums and theatres, the maintenance of landmarks and historical sites, and the promotion of Austrian cinema. [1]

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History

Even though the Republic of Austria has always had a large public sector and a considerable number of career civil servants, the country does not usually maintain a dedicated civil service ministry. Traditionally, the interest of Austria's civil servants (Beamte) were protected by their strong union (the Beamtengewerkschaft) and by the fact that civil servants were overrepresented among the upper ranks of every major political party. Public employment policy was set, and public employment law written, by the Chancellery and the Ministry of Finance.

A precursor of the current Ministry called the Ministry of Public Services and Sports (Bundesministerium für öffentliche Leistungen und Sport) was established by the Schüssel I cabinet in 2000, then unceremoniously disestablished by the Schüssel II cabinet in 2003. Its responsibilities were attached to the Chancellery. The Ministry was resurrected by the First Kurz cabinet in 2018 as Federal Ministry of the Civil Service and Sport. [2] On 29 January 2020, it was renamed Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport by the Second Kurz government. [1]

Responsibilities

Structure

Since January 2020, the ministry consists of the Minister and his or her personal staff (Kabinett), the office of the general secretary, and four departments: [5]

The Minister and his or her staff are political appointees; the general secretary and the section heads are career civil servants.

Ministers

No.PortraitName
(Born-Died)
TermPolitical PartyGovernment
Took officeLeft officeDuration
Ministry of the Civil Service and Sport
(Bundesministerium für öffentlichen Dienst und Sport)
1
Heinz-Christian Strache - Wahlkampfauftakt am 29. Aug. 2020 (2).JPG
Strache, Heinz Heinz-Christian Strache
(born 1969)
8 January 201822 May 20191 year, 155 days FPÖ Kurz I Cabinet
2
2018 Juliane Bogner-Strauss (24909428237) (cropped).jpg
Bogner, Juliane Juliane Bogner-Strauß
(born 1971)
22 May 20193 June 201912 days ÖVP Kurz I Cabinet
3
2019 Eduard Muller (47255403262).jpg
Müller, Eduard Eduard Müller
(born 1962)
3 June 20197 January 2020218 days Independent Bierlein Cabinet
Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport
(Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport)
4
2020 Werner Kogler (50670439058).jpg
Kogler, Werner Werner Kogler
(born 1961)
7 January 2020Incumbent4 years, 302 days Greens Nehammer Cabinet

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References

  1. 1 2 Bundesministeriengesetz-Novelle 2020 (BGBl. I 8/2020) (in German). 28 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. Bundesministeriengesetz-Novelle 2017 (BGBl. I 164/2017) (in German). December 28, 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. 1 2 3 "Topics". BMKÖS. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  4. "Österreichischer Verwaltungspreis" (in German). BMKÖS. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  5. "Geschäftseinteilung" (in German). BMKÖS. Retrieved 27 February 2020.