Nehammer government

The Nehammer government (German: Bundesregierung Nehammer) was sworn in as the 35th and current Government of Austria on 6 December 2021. It is headed by Chancellor Karl Nehammer.

Nehammer government
35th Cabinet of Austria
Karl Nehammer in 2020
Date formed	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)
People and organisations
President	Alexander Van der Bellen
Chancellor	Karl Nehammer
Vice-Chancellor	Werner Kogler
No. of ministers	15 (incl. Nehammer)
Member parties	People's Party The Greens
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) 97 / 183 (53%)
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party Freedom Party NEOS
Opposition leader	Pamela Rendi-Wagner
History
Election	2019 legislative election
Predecessor	Schallenberg government

Swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet members by Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on 6 December 2021

Composition

The cabinet consists of:

Portrait	Name	Office	Took office	Left office		Party	Home State
Chancellery
	Karl Nehammer	Chancellor of Austria	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)			ÖVP	Vienna
	Werner Kogler	Vice-Chancellor of Austria Minister for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)			Greens	Styria
Chancellery ministers
	Susanne Raab	Chancellery minister for Women and Integration	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)			ÖVP	Upper Austria
		Minister for Women, Family, Integration and the Media	1 February 2021 (2021-02-01)
	Karoline Edtstadler	Chancellery minister for the EU and Constitution	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)			ÖVP	Salzburg
Ministers
	Magnus Brunner	Minister of Finance	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)			ÖVP	Vorarlberg
	Martin Polaschek	Minister of Education, Science and Research	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)			Independent (ÖVP nominated)	Styria
	Leonore Gewessler	Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)			Greens	Styria
	Martin Kocher	Minister of Labour	11 January 2021 (2021-01-11)			Independent (ÖVP nominated)	Salzburg
	Elisabeth Köstinger	Minister of Agriculture, Regions, and Tourism	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)	8 May 2022 (2022-05-08)		ÖVP	Carinthia
	Alexander Schallenberg	Minister for European and International Affairs	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)			ÖVP	(Born abroad)
	Johannes Rauch	Minister of Social Affairs, Health, Care, and Consumer Protection	8 March 2022 (2022-03-08)			Greens	Vorarlberg
	Gerhard Karner	Minister of the Interior	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)			ÖVP	Lower Austria
	Margarete Schramböck	Minister of Digital and Economic Affairs	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)	11 May 2022 (2022-05-11)		ÖVP	Tyrol
	Klaudia Tanner	Minister of Defence	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)			ÖVP	Lower Austria
	Alma Zadić	Minister of Justice	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)			Greens	(Born abroad)
State secretaries
	Claudia Plakolm	State secretary in the Chancellery for Youth and Generations	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)			ÖVP	Upper Austria
	Andrea Mayer	State secretary in the Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport	20 May 2020 (2020-05-20)			Independent (Greens nominated)	Lower Austria

See also

• Politics of Austria