State government Mayr I

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The Mayr I state government (July 7 - November 20, 1920) , Mayr I government since November 10, 1920 , was elected by the Constituent National Assembly of the Republic of Austria on July 7, 1920. It was a transitional proportional government of Social Democrats , Christian Socials and Greater Germans.

It succeeded the Renner III state government , which resigned on June 11, 1920 (and continued business) because the grand coalition was no longer able to work due to a loss of trust among its partners. It was elected as a non-political transitional government ( Michael Mayr ) after a government crisis of almost four weeks ( Otto Bauer ) . The law of July 6, 1920 on the shortening of the legislative period of the Constituent National Assembly (it ended on October 31, 1920) was applied, which provided for proportional voting rights in the event of failure to agree on a cabinet list. A representative of the Greater Germans also entered the government in this way. As provided for in the law, the term state chancellor, which Karl Renner had received as chairman of the three previous governments, was not used, but only spoken by the head of the state chancellery.

In the main committee of the parliament it was possible to agree on two independent state secretaries, Richard Reisch and Karl Pesta . They were elected in plenary with 137 votes in favor, no votes against. Another nine state secretaries and four undersecretaries were elected from party lists based on the proportion of votes between the parties. Of the 127 votes cast, 59 of the nine state secretaries went to the Social Democratic, 50 to the Christian Social and 18 to the Greater German list, so that four Social Democrats and four Christian Socials and one Greater German were elected. For the election of the four Undersecretaries of State, 109 valid and 13 invalid (large German) votes were cast, so that two Social Democrats and two Christian Socials were elected. According to the cited law, the division of responsibilities had not to be decided by parliament, but by the government itself.

The Social Democrats left the government on October 22, 1920 (and did not return to the cabinet until the beginning of the Second Republic in 1945). From November 10, 1920, the day the Federal Constitutional Law came into force , the government was designated as the federal government, the head of the state chancellery as the federal chancellor, the state offices as federal ministries, the state secretaries as federal ministers and the under-secretaries as state secretaries.

On November 20, 1920, the National Council elected the Mayr II government to succeed the Mayr I government .

State Secretary or Federal Minister (for) Official Political party Undersecretary of State or State Secretary
Chair of the cabinet and head of the State Chancellery
from November 10, 1920: Federal Chancellor 		Michael Mayr CSP
Deputy Chairman
from November 10, 1920: Vice Chancellor
Social Administration 		Ferdinand Hanusch
from October 22, 1920: Eduard Heinl 		SDAP
CSP 		for social administration: Josef Resch ( CSP )
for public health: Julius Tandler ( SDAP , until October 22, 1920)
Exterior Karl Renner
from October 22, 1920 Michael Mayr 		SDAP
CSP
Heart and teaching Walter Breisky CSP for teaching: Otto Glöckel ( SDAP , until October 22, 1920)
for culture: Wilhelm Miklas ( CSP )
Finances Richard Reisch without party membership
Agriculture and Forestry Alois Haueis CSP
Trade and commerce, industry and buildings Eduard Heinl CSP
Army Julius Deutsch
from October 22, 1920: Walter Breisky 		SDAP
CSP
Folk nutrition *) Alfred Grünberger without party membership
Judiciary Julius Roller GDVP
Transportation Karl Pesta without party membership
Without portfolio,
President of the Socialization Commission 		Wilhelm Ellenbogen , until October 22, 1920 SDAP

*) When the government was elected on July 7, 1920, this state office remained vacant for the time being . The independent expert Grünberger was elected two days later.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Stenographic Protocol. 92nd Session of the Constituent National Assembly of the Republic of Austria. Wednesday, July 7, 1920. Agenda. 2. Election of the state government (= p. 3019 f.)
  2. ↑ StGBl. No. 283/1920 (= p. 954)
  3. ↑ The course of the meeting. In:  Arbeiter-Zeitung , July 8, 1920, p. 2 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / aze.
  4. ↑ daily newspaper Wiener Zeitung , no. 244, October 23, 1920 p.1, Official Section
  5. ↑ Biographical data on the website of the Austrian Parliament
  6. ↑ Stenographic Protocols. First republic. Session 3. Index