State government Schützenhöfer II

State government Schützenhöfer
Governor	Hermann Schützenhöfer
choice	2019
Legislative period	XVIII.
Appointed by	State Parliament of Styria
education	17th December 2019
Duration	0 years and 259 days
predecessor	State government Schützenhöfer I
composition
Party (s)	ÖVP and SPÖ
representation
State Parliament of Styria	30/48

Distribution of seats in the state government Schützenhöfer

5

3

5 3 

A total of 8 seats

• ÖVP : 5
• SPÖ : 3

The state government Schützenhöfer II is the Styrian state government formed after the state elections in Styria in 2019 . The coalition government made up of the SPÖ and ÖVP was presented on December 16, 2019 by Governor Hermann Schützenhöfer as the “white-green coalition”. The election and swearing-in took place on December 17 of 2019.

history

The Styrian SPÖ chairman and deputy governor Michael Schickhofer announced his resignation the day after the election. The coalition negotiations were led by Anton Lang on the part of the SPÖ .

The SPÖ gave up a seat of government to the state government Schützenhöfer I , Juliane Bogner-Strauss became the new state councilor , who received the additional fifth ÖVP seat of government.

Schützenhöfer also took over security, Bogner-Strauss took over health care from Christopher Drexler and education from the SPÖ, Drexler is responsible for culture and folk culture, personnel, Europe and sport. Barbara Eibinger-Miedl remained State Councilor for Economic Affairs, Johann Seitinger remained State Councilor for Agriculture and Forestry. Anton Lang remained Finance and Transport Councilor and also became Deputy Governor. Ursula Lackner is responsible for the environment and climate protection, Doris Kampus remained the social state councilor . The regional department was shared between the ÖVP and the SPÖ.

The division of responsibilities was decided at the constituent government meeting on December 19, 2019.

Government members

Office	image	Surname	Political party		Areas of responsibility
Governor		Hermann Schützenhöfer		ÖVP	Municipalities (ÖVP and lists of names), organization & information technology, central services, security, constitution and internal affairs, participations (in the submission)
Deputy Governor		Anton Lang		SPÖ	Finances, municipalities SPÖ, animal welfare, traffic, participations (in the sub-section)
Provincial Councilor		Juliane Bogner-Strauss		ÖVP	Health, care, education and society
Provincial Council		Christopher Drexler		ÖVP	Culture (including folk culture), Europe and international, sports and personal
Provincial Councilor		Barbara Eibinger-Miedl		ÖVP	Economy, tourism, digitization, science and research, regions (in the submission)
Provincial Councilor		Doris Kampus		SPÖ	Social affairs, work, integration
Provincial Councilor		Ursula Lackner		SPÖ	Environment, climate protection, energy, regional development (in the co-section) and spatial planning
Provincial Council		Johann Seitinger		ÖVP	Agriculture and forestry including agricultural and forestry schools, housing, water and resource management

Web links

• The state of Styria: The members of the government

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} New Styrian government in place: Ex-minister becomes regional councilor. In: Kurier.at . December 16, 2019, accessed December 16, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} “Coalition white-green”: ÖVP-SPÖ government stands. In: ORF.at . December 16, 2019, accessed December 16, 2019 . 
3. ↑ The new state government is in office. In: ORF.at . December 17, 2019, accessed December 17, 2019 . 
4. ^ SPÖ boss Schickhofer resigns. In: ORF.at . November 25, 2019, accessed December 16, 2019 . 
5. ^ After the election failure: SPÖ is reorganizing itself. In: ORF.at . November 25, 2019, accessed December 16, 2019 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h The} new state government met for a constituent meeting. In: kommunikation.steiermark.at. December 19, 2019, accessed December 20, 2019 . 
7. ^ The members of the government. In: State of Styria . Retrieved January 9, 2020 .