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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 partiesPeople's Party
Freedom Party (2017–2019)
Status in legislatureMajority coalition (2017–2019)
Semi-technocratic minority cabinet (2019)
Opposition partiesSocial Democratic Party
Freedom Party (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

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Portrait Name Office Took office Left office Party Federal Home State

Leadership

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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
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

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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

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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

Actions

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See also

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References

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  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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