Schallenberg government

The Schallenberg government (German: Bundesregierung Schallenberg) was sworn in as the 34th Government of Austria on 11 October 2021.

Schallenberg government
34th Cabinet of Austria
Schallenberg in 2021
Date formed	11 October 2021 (2021-10-11)
Date dissolved	6 December 2021
People and organisations
Appointed by	Alexander Van der Bellen
Chancellor	Alexander Schallenberg
Vice-Chancellor	Werner Kogler
Member parties	Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)   The Greens
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) 97 / 183 (53%)
No. of ministers	15
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)   Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)   NEOS
Opposition leader	Pamela Rendi-Wagner
History
Election(s)	2019 legislative election
Predecessor	Second Kurz government
Successor	Nehammer government

When Sebastian Kurz announced his resignation on 9 October 2021, the Austrian People's Party proposed to continue the coalition with The Greens with Alexander Schallenberg as chancellor. The Schallenberg government was sworn in by the president Alexander Van der Bellen on 11 October 2021.^[1]

Composition

The cabinet consisted of:

Portrait	Name	Office	Took office	Left office		Party	Federal Home State
Chancellery
	Alexander Schallenberg	Chancellor of Austria[a]	11 October 2021 (2021-10-11)	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)		ÖVP	(Born abroad)
	Werner Kogler	Vice-Chancellor of Austria Minister for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)			Greens	Styria
Chancellery ministers
	Susanne Raab	Chancellery minister for Women and Integration	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)			ÖVP	Upper Austria
		Minister for Women, Family, Youth and Integration	1 February 2021 (2021-02-01)
	Karoline Edtstadler	Chancellery minister for the EU and Constitution	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)			ÖVP	Salzburg
Ministers
	Gernot Blümel	Minister of Finance	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)		ÖVP	Vienna
	Heinz Faßmann	Minister of Education, Science, and Research	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)		Independent (ÖVP nominated)	(Born abroad)
	Leonore Gewessler	Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology[b]	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)			Greens	Styria
	Martin Kocher	Minister of Labour	11 January 2021 (2021-01-11)			ÖVP	Salzburg
	Elisabeth Köstinger	Minister of Agriculture, Regions, and Tourism	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)			ÖVP	Carinthia
	Michael Linhart	Minister for European and International Affairs	11 October 2021 (2021-10-11)	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)		ÖVP	(Born abroad)
	Wolfgang Mückstein	Minister of Social Affairs, Health, Care, and Consumer Protection	19 April 2021 (2021-04-19)			Greens	Vienna
	Karl Nehammer	Minister of the Interior	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)		ÖVP	Vienna
	Margarete Schramböck	Minister of Digital and Economic Affairs	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)			ÖVP	Tyrol
	Klaudia Tanner	Minister of Defence	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)			ÖVP	Lower Austria
	Alma Zadić	Minister of Justice	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)			Greens	(Born abroad)
State secretaries
	Magnus Brunner	State secretary in the Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology[b]	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)		ÖVP	Vorarlberg
	Andrea Mayer	State secretary in the Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport	20 May 2020 (2020-05-20)			Independent (Greens nominated)	Lower Austria

See also

• Politics of Austria

Notes

1. Also responsible for Media agendas
2. The ministry also holds the agenda responsibilities of Infrastructure.