Federal Chancellor of Republic of Austria | |
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Bundeskanzler der Republik Österreich (German) | |
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since 6 December 2021 | |
Chancellery | |
Style | Mr Chancellor His Excellency (diplomatic) |
Type | Head of government |
Status | Supreme executive organ Minister |
Member of | Cabinet European Council National Security Council |
Seat | Chancellery Building Ballhausplatz, Innere Stadt, Vienna |
Appointer | President |
Term length | No fixed term |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Austria |
Precursor | Minister-President of Cisleithania |
Formation | 30 October 1918 |
First holder | Karl Renner |
Deputy | Vice Chancellor |
Salary | €306,446 annually |
Website | federal-chancellery |
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The chancellor of Austria, officially the federal chancellor the Republic of Austria (German: Bundeskanzler der Republik Österreich), is the head of government of the Republic of Austria.
The 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]