First Schüssel government

The first Schüssel government of Austria was formed after the 1999 Austrian legislative election under Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel. It was replaced shortly after the 2002 election. It was the first ÖVP-FPÖ coalition in Austria at federal level.

First Schüssel government
25th Government of Austria
Wolfgang Schüssel
Date formed	4 February 2000 (2000-02-04)
Date dissolved	28 February 2003 (2003-02-28)
People and organisations
President of Austria	Thomas Klestil
Chancellor	Wolfgang Schüssel
Vice Chancellor	Susanne Riess-Passer
No. of ministers	12
Member parties	Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)   Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)
Status in legislature	Majority coalition
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)   The Greens (GRÜNE)
Opposition leader	Viktor Klima (2000) Alfred Gusenbauer (2000-2003)
History
Election	1999
Predecessor	Klima
Successor	Schüssel II

Composition

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Federal Chancellor	Wolfgang Schüssel	4 February 2000	28 February 2003		ÖVP
Vice-Chancellor Minister for Public Service and Sports	Susanne Riess-Passer	4 February 2000	28 February 2003		FPÖ
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Benita Ferrero-Waldner	4 February 2000	28 February 2003		ÖVP
Minister of the Interior	Ernst Strasser	4 February 2000	28 February 2003		ÖVP
Minister of Justice	Michael Krüger [de]	4 February 2000	2 March 2000		FPÖ
	Dieter Böhmdorfer [de]	2 March 2000	28 February 2003		FPÖ
Minister of Finance	Karl-Heinz Grasser	4 February 2000	28 February 2003		FPÖ
Minister for Economy and Labour	Martin Bartenstein	4 February 2000	28 February 2003		ÖVP
Minister for Social Security and Generations	Elisabeth Sickl	4 February 2000	24 October 2000		FPÖ
	Herbert Haupt	24 October 2000	28 February 2003		FPÖ
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management	Wilhelm Molterer	4 February 2000	28 February 2003		ÖVP
Minister for Defence	Herbert Scheibner [de]	4 February 2000	28 February 2003		FPÖ
Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology	Michael Schmid [de]	4 February 2000	13 November 2000		FPÖ
	Monika Forstinger	13 November 2000	18 February 2002		FPÖ
	Mathias Reichhold [de]	18 February 2002	28 February 2003		FPÖ
Minister for Education, Science and Culture	Elisabeth Gehrer	4 February 2000	28 February 2003		ÖVP