State government Renner III

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The Renner III state government (October 17, 1919 - July 7, 1920) was elected by the Constituent National Assembly for German Austria on the basis of the law on state government passed on March 14, 1919 . It was a coalition government of the Social Democrats and the Christian Socials .

On October 17, 1919, the National Assembly ratified the Treaty of Saint-Germain , signed by Renner with authorization from September 6, 1919 , the peace treaty of the war victor with Austria. (From the same day on, the state of German Austria was contractually designated the Republic of Austria.) Immediately afterwards, the Renner II state government resigned. The Renner III cabinet was elected by the National Assembly with 76 votes in favor and 19 (large German) no votes. State Chancellor Renner, entrusted with the management of the foreign affairs department after the resignation of Otto Bauer since July 26, 1919, now formally became State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in addition to his management of the State Chancellery. State Secretary for Finance Josef Schumpeter was no longer a member of the Renner III cabinet, as was Josef Stöckler , head of agriculture and forestry. The prominent Christian Socialist Michael Mayr , who was to succeed Renner as head of government the following summer, became a member of the cabinet for the first time.

In his government statement, Renner emphasized that the country was in a very difficult situation because one had to wait so long for the peace treaty: Today the question is whether we can live. In winter there was a threat of hunger and cold. This situation, comparable to a snowstorm that caused two otherwise opposing mountaineers to joint efforts to survive, is the reason for the coalition.

After a four-week government crisis, the Renner III cabinet was replaced on July 7, 1920 by the Mayr I state government , a proportional interim government, because the two parties in the grand coalition had lost confidence in one another.

State Secretary (for) Official Political party Undersecretary of State
State Chancellor
exterior 		Karl Renner SDAP
Vice Chancellor Jodok Fink CSP
Heart and teaching Matthias Eldersch SDAP for teaching: Otto Glöckel ( SDAP )
for culture: Wilhelm Miklas ( CSP )
Judiciary Rudolf Ramek
from June 24, 1920: Matthias Eldersch 		CSP
SDAP 		Arnold Eisler ( SDAP )
Finances Richard Reisch without party membership
Agriculture and Forestry Josef Stockler CSP
Trade and commerce, industry and buildings Johann Zerdik CSP Wilhelm Ellenbogen ( SDAP )
Social administration Ferdinand Hanusch SDAP for social administration: Josef Resch ( CSP )
for public health: Julius Tandler ( SDAP )
Army Julius German SDAP Erwin Waiß ( CSP )
Folk nutrition Johann Löwenfeld-Russ without party membership
Transportation Ludwig Paul (until † July 1, 1920) without party membership
with the purely personal sphere of responsibility of working on constitutional and administrative reform Michael Mayr CSP

supporting documents

  1. ↑ daily newspaper Wiener Zeitung , no. 239, Vienna, October 18, 1919 p.1, Official Section
  2. ↑ Stenographic Protocol. 32nd session of the National Constituent Assembly. October 17, 1919, pp. 846 f.