First Kurz government

First Kurz government

30th Cabinet of Austria
Date formed18 December 2017 (2017-12-18)
Date dissolved3 June 2019 (2019-06-03)
People and organisations
Appointed byAlexander Van der Bellen
ChancellorSebastian Kurz (2017–2019)
Hartwig Löger (Acting; 2019)
Vice-ChancellorHeinz-Christian Strache (2017–2019)
Hartwig Löger (2019)
No. of ministers13
Member parties  Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)
  Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) (2017–2019)
Status in legislatureMajority coalition (2017–2019)
113 / 183 (62%)









Semi-technocratic minority cabinet (2019)
62 / 183 (34%)










Opposition parties  Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)
  Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) (2019)
  NEOS
  JETZT
Opposition leaderChristian Kern (2017–2018)
Pamela Rendi-Wagner (2018–2019)
History
Election2017 legislative election
PredecessorKern government
SuccessorBierlein government

The First Kurz government (German: Erste Bundesregierung Kurz or Kurz I for short) was the 30th Government of Austria in office from 18 December 2017 until 3 June 2019. It succeeded the Kern government formed after the 2017 legislative election. Sebastian Kurz, chairman of the centre-right Austrian People's Party, known by its initials in German as ÖVP, reached an agreement on a coalition with the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), setting the stage for Kurz to become chancellor of Austria—the youngest head of government in Europe—for the first time.[1]

In the wake of the May 2019 Ibiza affair, Kurz terminated the coalition agreement and called for a snap election, which was ultimately held on 29 September 2019, after some disagreements over the timing. Kurz announced that his government would run as a minority technocratic caretaker government in the interim.[2] However, on 27 May 2019, his government was dismissed by the National Council through a motion of no confidence, the first successful parliamentary vote of no confidence in the Second Republic.[3] On 3 June 2019, President Alexander Van der Bellen swore in a technocratic caretaker government led by Brigitte Bierlein, which held office until the new coalition government between the ÖVP and The Greens was sworn in.

Composition

Portrait Name Office Took office Left office Party Federal Home State

Leadership

Sebastian Kurz Chancellor of Austria
(2017-2019) 		18 December 2017 28 May 2019 ÖVP Vienna
Hartwig Löger Acting Chancellor of Austria
(2019)
Vice Chancellor of Austria
(2019)
Minister of Finance
(2017-2019) 		18 December 2017 3 June 2019 ÖVP Styria
Heinz-Christian Strache Vice Chancellor of Austria
Minister of Civil Service and Sports 		18 December 2017 22 May 2019 FPÖ Vienna

Ministers

Eckart Ratz Minister of the Interior 22 May 2019 3 June 2019 Independent Vorarlberg
Herbert Kickl 18 December 2017 22 May 2019 FPÖ Carinthia
Karin Kneissl Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs 18 December 2017 3 June 2019 Independent
(FPÖ nominated) 		Vienna
Josef Moser Minister of Constitutional Affairs, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice 18 December 2017 3 June 2019 Independent
(ÖVP nominated) 		Tyrol
Johann Luif Minister of Defence 22 May 2019 3 June 2019 Independent Burgenland
Mario Kunasek 18 December 2017 22 May 2019 FPÖ Styria
Heinz Faßmann Minister of Education, Science and Research 18 December 2017 3 June 2019 Independent
(ÖVP nominated) 		(Born abroad)
Walter Pöltner Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection 22 May 2019 3 June 2019 Independent Vienna
Beate Hartinger-Klein 18 December 2017 22 May 2019 FPÖ Styria
Valerie Hackl Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology 22 May 2019 3 June 2019 Independent Vienna
Norbert Hofer 18 December 2017 22 May 2019 FPÖ Styria
Elisabeth Köstinger Minister of Sustainability and Tourism 18 December 2017 3 June 2019 ÖVP Carinthia
Margarete Schramböck Minister of Digital and Economic Affairs 8 January 2018 3 June 2019 ÖVP Tyrol
Juliane Bogner-Strauß acting Minister of Civil Service and Sports 22 May 2019 3 June 2019 ÖVP Styria

Chancellery ministers

Gernot Blümel Chancellery minister for the EU, Arts, Culture and Media 18 December 2017 3 June 2019 ÖVP Vienna
Juliane Bogner-Strauß Chancellery minister for Women, Families and Youth 18 December 2017 3 June 2019 ÖVP Styria

State secretaries

Hubert Fuchs State secretary in the Ministry of Finance 18 December 2017 22 May 2019 FPÖ Salzburg
Karoline Edtstadler State secretary in the Ministry of the Interior 18 December 2017 3 June 2019 ÖVP Salzburg
See also: Federal Ministries (Austria)

Actions

Main article: Actions of the first Kurz cabinet

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kurz Set to Become Austrian Chancellor, Backed by Nationalists". Bloomberg. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Austria's Kurz Turns to Technocrat Cabinet as Populists Ousted". Bloomberg. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Kabinett Kurz verliert Misstrauensabstimmung". orf.at (in German). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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