National Security Council (Austria)

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The National Security Council is an advisory body to the Austrian Federal Government on questions of foreign , security and defense policy . The council, which is part of the Federal Chancellery , is made up of voting members from politics and advisory members of the civil service. The National Security Council was created against the background of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 with a unanimous decision by the National Council, whereupon the Council began its work on November 16, 2001.

Jurisdiction

In principle, on the basis of the Federal Law on the Establishment of a National Security Council , the National Security Council took on the tasks that were previously assigned to the National Defense Council , the Council for Questions of Austrian Integration Policy and the Council for Foreign Affairs . In particular, this applies to all questions of Austrian security policy, both internally and externally.

Specifically, the National Security Council must be convened, for example, in the event that conscripts are called in for operational presence service, deferment presence service or for extraordinary exercises. The National Security Council must also be convened in the debate about the abolition of conscription.

composition

The chairman of the National Security Council is the current Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria. Other voting members are the Vice Chancellor , the Foreign Minister , the Defense Minister , the Interior Minister , the Justice Minister and two representatives from each party represented in the National Council and an additional eight party representatives, whose composition is determined according to the respective majority in the Main Committee .

Permanent advisory members of the council are an official from the presidential chancellery, a representative of the chairman of the conference of governors , the general secretary for foreign affairs , the chief of the general staff , the general director for public security and one further each from the federal chancellor, the vice chancellor, the foreign minister and the defense minister department member to be determined.

The representatives of the political parties must be members of the National Council, with one representative per party optionally also coming from the Federal Council .

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