Federal Government Bowl II

Federal Government Bowl II
25. Federal Government of the Second Republic of Austria
Chancellor	Wolfgang bowl
choice	2002
Legislative period	XXII.
Appointed by	Federal President Thomas Klestil
education	February 28, 2003
The End	January 11, 2007
Duration	3 years and 317 days
predecessor	Federal Government Bowl I
successor	Federal Government Gusenbauer
composition
Party (s)	ÖVP and FPÖ (later BZÖ)
representation
National Council	97/183

The Austrian Federal Government Schüssel II , the second cabinet of Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel , was formed as the ÖVP - FPÖ coalition ( black-blue coalition ) after the National Council election on November 24, 2002 , continued with the BZÖ ( black-orange coalition ) and officiated from her appointment by Federal President Thomas Klestil on February 28  , 2003 to January 11  , 2007 . It replaced the previous Schüssel I cabinet, also an ÖVP-FPÖ coalition.

After the 2006 National Council elections , which took place on October 1, 2006 and which had not turned out favorably for the previous government coalition, the government announced its resignation on October 3  , 2006, according to tradition. She was entrusted by Federal President Heinz Fischer with the continuation of the official business until the formation of a new government. After the coalition negotiations, the official business was officially handed over to the Gusenbauer Federal Government , an SPÖ -ÖVP cabinet, appointed on January 11, 2007 .

Personal details

Federal Government Bowl II - February 28, 2003 to January 11, 2007

Office	photo	Surname	Political party		State Secretary	Political party
Chancellor		Wolfgang bowl		ÖVP	Maria Rauch-Kallat (BM without portfolio until April 30, 2003) Franz Morak Karl Schweitzer	ÖVP ÖVP FPÖ / BZÖ
Vice Chancellor		Herbert Haupt until October 21, 2003		FPÖ
		Hubert Gorbach from October 21, 2003		FPÖ
				BZÖ
Foreign Affairs		Benita Ferrero-Waldner until October 20, 2004		ÖVP	Hans Winkler	Non-party
		Ursula Plassnik from October 20, 2004		ÖVP
Interior		Ernst Strasser until December 11, 2004		ÖVP
		Günther Platter until December 22, 2004 (provisional)		ÖVP
		Liese Prokop until December 31, 2006 †		ÖVP
		Wolfgang Schüssel was entrusted with the task from December 31, 2006		ÖVP
Judiciary		Dieter Böhmdorfer until June 24, 2004		FPÖ
		Karin Miklautsch and Gastinger from June 24, 2004		BZÖ / non-party
Finances		Karl-Heinz Grasser		Non-party (nominated by the ÖVP)	Alfred Finz	ÖVP
Economy and work		Martin Bartenstein		ÖVP
Social Security and Generations through May 1st. 2003 Social security, generations and consumer protection		Herbert Haupt until January 25, 2005		FPÖ	Ursula Haubner until January 25, 2005 Sigisbert Dolinschek from January 25, 2005	FPÖ / BZÖ
		Ursula Haubner from January 25, 2005		FPÖ
				BZÖ
Agriculture, forestry, environment and water management		Josef Pröll		ÖVP
National defense		Günther Platter		ÖVP
Transport, innovation and technology		Hubert Gorbach		FPÖ	Helmut Kukacka Eduard Mainoni from June 24, 2004	ÖVP FPÖ / BZÖ
				BZÖ
Education, science and culture		Elisabeth Gehrer		ÖVP
public performance and sport dissolved on April 30, 2003		Wolfgang bowl		ÖVP
Health and Women from May 1, 2003		Maria Rauch-Kallat		ÖVP	Reinhart Waneck until June 24, 2004	FPÖ

About the occupation

While the government team had started to be very male-dominated, after the appointments in 2006 it achieved a ratio of five ministers to six women ministers with seven male to six female ministerial posts. With a female quota of 55% and 45% respectively, this was the first time in Austrian history that there was equal representation.

Literature and Sources

• Government declaration Federal Chancellor Dr. Wolfgang Schüssel , February 9, 2000 (pdf, austria.gv.at; 54 kB)

Web links

• Cabinet Bowl II , orfbury.net, accessed July 4, 2012 (on personal details)

Individual evidence

• Query in: Federal governments since 1920 , parlament.gv.at → Who is who → Federal government: Schüssel II - 02/28/2003 - 01/11/2007