Federal government core

Federal government core
29. Federal Government of the Second Republic of Austria
Chancellor	Christian Kern
choice	-
Legislative period	XXV.
Appointed by	Federal President Heinz Fischer
education	17th May 2016
The End	18th December 2017
Duration	1 year and 215 days
predecessor	Federal government Faymann II
successor	Federal Government Brief I
composition
Party (s)	SPÖ and ÖVP
representation
National Council	102/183

The federal government core was continuation of the second faymann government and legitimized like this from the results of national elections in 2013 , in which the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPO) to agree strongest group in the National Assembly was elected. Then the SPÖ and the second largest party, the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), formed a government coalition .

After the previous Chancellor Werner Faymann (SPÖ) announced his immediate resignation and withdrawal from all political functions on May 9, 2016 , Federal President Heinz Fischer entrusted Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner with the temporary continuation of the Chancellor's business on the same day .

As Faymann's successor, Christian Kern was appointed and sworn in by the Federal President as 13th head of government and 12th Federal Chancellor of the Second Republic on May 17, 2016 . The ministers and state secretaries of the Faymann II government initially remained unchanged in the federal government. At the suggestion of the new Federal Chancellor, three of the ministers appointed by the SPÖ and one State Secretary were dismissed by the Federal President and four new ones sworn in on the following day. The government reshuffle had no influence on the ÖVP government team, which underwent several changes during the period in office of the Faymann II cabinet.

On May 10, 2017, Mitterlehner announced that he would resign both as federal party leader of the ÖVP and from his offices as minister and vice chancellor. He mentioned May 15th as the date. His successor as the initially designated ÖVP chairman was Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz on May 14 , who immediately called for new elections but refused to take over the office of Vice Chancellor in the government. After a conversation with Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen , Mitterlehner agreed on May 15 that he would continue to exercise his government offices for the time being. Vice-Chancellor on May 17 was the non-party Justice Minister Wolfgang Brandstetter .

After the 2017 National Council election , the Federal President commissioned the government on October 17, 2017 to continue business until a new government was appointed. In the course of the appointment of the Federal Government Kurz I , the Federal Government Kern was relieved of its office on December 18, 2017.

prehistory

Werner Faymann announced his resignation as Federal Chancellor on May 9, 2016

On Monday, May 9, 2016, Werner Faymann resigned from his functions as Federal Chancellor and SPÖ Chairman. In contrast to earlier changes in government, he had not agreed to continue the business on behalf of the Federal President until the next cabinet was formed. The Federal President therefore commissioned Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner on the same day to continue the business of the Federal Chancellor .

The SPÖ elected Michael Häupl as interim SPÖ chairman. Häupl, Vienna's mayor, governor and regional chairman of the SPÖ Vienna , then held exploratory talks with potential Faymann successors. The SPÖ Vienna favored the media manager Gerhard Zeiler , all other regional organizations of the SPÖ pleaded for Christian Kern, chairman of the board of ÖBB -Holding AG.

On May 13, 2016, Christian Kern was presented to the public as Werner Faymann's successor .

On May 17, 2016, Kern was confirmed as future Federal Chancellor and designated SPÖ party leader by the responsible SPÖ party committee chaired by Michael Häupl . Häupl remained executive chairman of the Federal SPÖ until further notice. At the extraordinary SPÖ party congress on June 25, 2016, Kern was confirmed as party chairman with almost 97 percent of the delegate votes.

Appointment of the Federal Chancellor and reshuffle of the government

SPÖ government members of the federal government Kern (2016)

On the afternoon of May 17, 2016, Christian Kern was appointed and sworn in as Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria by Federal President Heinz Fischer .

On the morning of May 18, 2016, Federal Chancellor Kern headed the Council of Ministers, which had not changed for the time being, for the first time, to which the members of the Faymann II government gathered in parliament. Following this Council of Ministers, the new members appointed to the government at the suggestion of Chancellor Christian Kern, Sonja Hammerschmid , Jörg Leichtfried , Thomas Drozda and Muna Duzdar , were appointed and sworn in by Federal President Heinz Fischer.

Inauguration of the four new members of the government (May 18, 2016)

Chancellor Kern replaced four of the six members of the Faymann II government provided by the SPÖ: Minister Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek , Ministers Josef Ostermayer and Gerald Klug, and State Secretary Sonja Steßl left.

The new minister in the Federal Chancellery, Thomas Drozda, presented as government coordinator, who had not been competent until then, was given the task assigned to him by the Federal President on May 25, 2016 with a renewed commitment.

As part of the restructuring of the federal government, matters relating to women's and gender equality policy were transferred from the Ministry of Education to the Ministry of Health with effect from July 1, 2016. The initiative application for the corresponding amendment to the Federal Ministries Act was submitted to the National Council on May 18, 2016, which it passed on June 16. After the decision in the Federal Council on June 30, the change came into force on July 1, 2016 after it was announced.

All members of the Faymann II government last appointed by the ÖVP remained in their functions and are also office holders in the new Kern government.

On February 23, 2017, the Federal Minister for Health and Women Sabine Oberhauser died of cancer. Until a successor was found, Minister of Social Affairs Alois Stöger took over the deceased minister's agenda on an interim basis. On March 8, 2017, Pamela Rendi-Wagner was sworn in by Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen as the successor to Sabine Oberhauser as Federal Minister for Health and Women.

On May 10, 2017, Vice Chancellor and Research Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner announced his resignation with effect from Monday, May 15. His successor was his previous State Secretary Harald Mahrer as Research Minister and Justice Minister Wolfgang Brandstetter as Vice Chancellor.

Government members

Federal Government Kern - May 17, 2016 to December 18, 2017

Office	photo	Surname	Political party		State Secretary	Political party
Chancellor		Christian Kern		SPÖ	Sonja Steßl until May 18, 2016		SPÖ
					Muna Duzdar from May 18, 2016		SPÖ
Vice Chancellor		Reinhold Mitterlehner until May 17, 2017		ÖVP
		Wolfgang Brandstetter from May 17, 2017		Non-party (nominated by the ÖVP)
Europe, integration and the outside world		Sebastian Kurz		ÖVP
Interior		Wolfgang Sobotka		ÖVP
Judiciary		Wolfgang Brandstetter		Non-party (nominated by the ÖVP)
Finances		Hans Jörg Schelling		ÖVP
Families and youth		Sophie Karmasin		Non-party (nominated by the ÖVP)
Labor, social and consumer protection		Alois Stöger		SPÖ
Agriculture, forestry, environment and water management		Andrä Rupprechte		ÖVP
National defense and sport		Hans Peter Doskozil		SPÖ
Transport, innovation and technology		Jörg Leichtfried		SPÖ
education		Sonja Hammerschmid		SPÖ
Economy, science and research		Reinhold Mitterlehner until May 17, 2017		ÖVP	Harald Mahrer until May 17, 2017		ÖVP
		Harald Mahrer from May 17, 2017		ÖVP
Health and women		Sabine Oberhauser until February 23, 2017 †		SPÖ
		Alois Stöger until March 8, 2017 (provisional)		SPÖ
		Pamela Rendi-Wagner from March 8, 2017		SPÖ
Chancellery Minister for Art, Culture, Constitution and Media		Thomas Drozda		SPÖ

Resigned immediately after Kern took office

With the reshuffle of the previous federal government Faymann II on May 18, 2016, the following members of the government resigned:

Function in the federal government	portrait	Office holder Federal Minister	Political party
Chancellery Minister (as " Chancellery Minister " responsible for art, culture, constitution and media)		Josef Ostermayer (March 1, 2014 to May 18, 2016)		SPÖ
Transport, innovation and technology		Gerald Klug (26 Jan. 2016 to 18 May 2016th resort of Alois Stoeger taken; on May 19, 2016, he joined the National Council)		SPÖ
Education and women		Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek (March 1, 2014 to May 18, 2016; returned to the National Council on May 19, 2016)		SPÖ

See also

• Federal Government (Austria)
• Political system of Austria

Web links

Commons : Inauguration Ministers  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Portrait of the new members of the government. In: Austria. ORF .at, May 17, 2016, accessed on May 17, 2016.
• Sonja Hammerschmid becomes Minister of Education. Biography in: ooe.ORF.at, May 17, 2016, accessed on May 17, 2016.
• Leichtfried becomes Minister of Infrastructure. Biography in: steiermark.ORF.at, May 17, 2016, accessed on May 17, 2016.
• Thomas Drozda new Minister of Culture. Biography in: ooe.ORF.at, May 17, 2016, accessed on May 17, 2016.
• Muna Duzdar: Into the government with criticism of the Chancellor. Biography in: wien.ORF.at, May 17, 2016, accessed on May 17, 2016.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Note: The government function of the first head of government of the Second Republic, Karl Renner ( Provisional State Government Renner 1945 , also: Federal Government Renner IV), was then still referred to as State Chancellor .
2. ↑ Salzburger Nachrichten : [1] , May 10, 2017
3. ↑ Michael Häupl: SPÖ is unanimously behind Christian Kern. In: Press release from the SPÖ federal party.
4. ↑ The further timetable. In: derStandard.at . May 17, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Mitterlehner is not planning any restructuring. In: derStandard.at , May 17, 2016, accessed on May 17, 2016.
6. ↑ juergen.klatzer, stefan.hofer, daniela.wahl, raffaela.lindorfer: Health Minister Sabine Oberhauser is dead . ( kurier.at [accessed on February 25, 2017]).
7. ^ Minister of Health: Who will succeed Oberhauser? In: www.kleinezeitung.at . ( kleinezeitung.at [accessed on February 25, 2017]).
8. ↑ Salzburger Nachrichten on May 10, 2017: ÖVP crisis: Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner resigns
9. ↑ ORF on May 17, 2017: [2]