Chancellor of Austria

Chancellor of Austria
Bundeskanzler der Republik Österreich (German)
Incumbent
Karl Nehammer
since 6 December 2021
Chancellery
StyleMr Chancellor
His Excellency
TypeHead of government
StatusSupreme executive organ
Minister
Member ofCabinet
European Council
National Security Council
SeatChancellery Building
Ballhausplatz, Innere Stadt, Vienna
NominatorPolitical parties
AppointerPresident
Term lengthNo fixed term
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Austria
PrecursorMinister-President of Cisleithania
Formation30 October 1918 (1918-10-30)
First holderKarl Renner
DeputyVice Chancellor
Salary€306,446 annually
Websitefederal-chancellery.gv.at

The chancellor of the Republic of Austria (German: Bundeskanzler der Republik Österreich) is the head of government of the Republic of Austria. The position corresponds to that of Prime Minister in several other parliamentary democracies.

Current officeholder is Karl Nehammer of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), who was sworn in on 6 December 2021 following the resignations of Sebastian Kurz and Alexander Schallenberg, of the same party, as party leader and Chancellor. All three leaders formed a government with the Green Party, the first coalition between these two parties at the federal level. Brigitte Bierlein was the Second Republic's first Kanzlerin, forming a nonpartisan caretaker government between a vote of no confidence in Kurz's first government in June 2019 and the formation of his second in January 2020.[1]

  1. ^ "Austria's first female chancellor to lead interim government". www.thelocal.at. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

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