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Gusenbauer Government
The Gusenbauer government () was sworn in on 11 January 2007 and left office on 2 December 2008. Composition The cabinet was a coalition between the Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Form ... and the People's Party. Each party had seven members in the cabinet. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gusenbauer Cabinet 2007 establishments in Austria 2008 disestablishments in Austria Politics of Austria Austrian governments 2000s in Austria ...
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Heinz Fischer
Heinz Fischer Order of Prince Henry, GColIH, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, OMRI, Order of the Seraphim, RSerafO, Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, GCollSE (; born 9 October 1938) is an Austrian politician who served as the president of Austria from 2004 to 2016. Fischer previously served as minister for science from 1983 to 1987 and as president of the National Council (Austria), National Council of Austria from 1990 to 2002. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) until 2004, he suspended his party membership as he became president. Early life Fischer was born in Graz, Styria, which had recently become part of Nazi Germany, following Anschluss, Germany's annexation of Austria in March 1938. Fischer attended a grammar school which focused on humanities and graduated in 1956. He studied law at the University of Vienna, earning a doctorate in 1961. Apart from being a politician, Fischer also pursued an academic career, and became a professor of ...
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Andreas Schieder
Andreas Schieder (born 16 April 1969) is an Austrian politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. Previously in his career, Schieder served as parliamentary leader of the Social Democratic Party in the National Council. He was also state secretary in the Ministry of Finance in the government of Chancellor Werner Faymann from 2008 to 2013. Education Schieder attended primary school in Hütteldorf, in the western suburbs of Vienna, the Goethe-Gymnasium in Astgasse, and the Gymnasium Kundmanngasse. He graduated from the University of Vienna with a master's degree in economics. Subsequently, he started work in the economic policy department of the Austrian Chamber of Labour. Political career Early beginnings Politicized through the debates about the war history of Kurt Waldheim, Schieder joined the Young Socialists. He served as vice president of the International Union of Socialist Youth from 1994 to 1997, from 1997 to 1999 as president of the ...
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Ministry Of Defense (Austria)
A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divided into ministries or departments. Such a department usually includes all branches of the military, and is usually controlled by a defence minister or secretary of defense. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in some the minister is only in charge of general budget matters and procurement of equipment, while in others they are also an integral part of the operational military chain of command. Historically, such departments were referred to as a ministry of war or department of war, although they generally had authority only over the army of a country, with a separate department governing other military branches. Prior to World War II, most "ministries of war" were army ministries, while the navy and ...
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Josef Pröll
Josef Pröll (; born 14 September 1968, in Stockerau, Austria) is an Austrian former politician who was the chairman of the Austrian People's Party from 2008 until 2011. He was Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance. Previously, he was the Federal Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment, and Water Management. He was also in charge of rethinking the party's positions and developing a more liberal socio-economic stance. On 28 November 2008, he was elected as the new federal party chairman by 89.6% of delegates at a party conference in Wels. After two thromboses he suffered a pulmonary embolism in March 2011. A few weeks later, on 13 April, he resigned from all political functions. His successor was the Foreign Minister, Michael Spindelegger Michael Spindelegger (; born 21 December 1959) is an Austrian politician. He served in the cabinet of Chancellor Werner Faymann as Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, foreign minister of Austria from 2008 to 2 ...
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Ministry Of Sustainability And Tourism (Austria)
In Austrian politics, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism (German: ''Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Regionen und Tourismus'' or ''BMLRT'', although often called ''Nachhaltigkeitsministerium'') is the ministry in charge of agricultural policy, forestry, hunting, fishing, viticulture and wine law, postal and telecommunications services, mining, animal welfare, and the tourism industry. The Ministry was first created in 2000 through a merger of the Ministry of Agriculture (''Landwirtschaftsministerium'') and the Ministry of Environment (''Umweltministerium''); it gained responsibility for the energy sector, mining, and tourism under the first Kurz cabinet in 2018. The current Minister of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism is Elisabeth Köstinger. History The Ministry's earliest precursor was the Cisleithanian Ministry of Agriculture (''Ackerbauministerium''), created in 1867. In additional to agriculture, the Ministry was responsible for regulating hu ...
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Ursula Plassnik
Ursula Plassnik (; born 23 May 1956) is an Austrian diplomat and politician. She was Foreign Minister of Austria between October 2004 and December 2008. She has served as the Austrian ambassador to Switzerland from 2016 to 2021. Early life and career Plassnik is from the Austrian state of Carinthia and grew up in a social democratic family. She was born in Klagenfurt on 23 May 1956. From 1971 to 1972 she was an exchange student at the Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Virginia, United States. She received a law degree from the University of Vienna in 1978 and a postgraduate Certificate of Advanced European Studies (equivalent to a master's degree) from the College of Europe in Bruges, where she studied 1979–1980 (Salvador de Madariaga promotion). Subsequently, she worked in different positions in the Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs until 1997. Until that time she was considered to be politically neutral or even social-democratic. On 1 July 1997 she was chosen by Wolfgan ...
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Foreign Minister Of Austria
This article lists the ministers of foreign affairs of Austria, from 30 October 1918 up to today. During the time of the ''Anschluss'' to Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945, Austria had no government in its own right. The current Austrian foreign minister is Beate_Meinl-Reisinger, Beate Meinl-Reisinger, who took office on the 3rd of March 2025. List of officeholders (1918–present) Foreign ministers of Austria during the Interwar period Austria Anschluss, annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938 (see Austria within Nazi Germany for details). Independence restored in 1945. Foreign ministers of Austria after the end of World War II in Europe, end of World War II See also * Foreign relations of Austria * List of diplomatic missions of Austria * List of foreign ministers of Austria-Hungary External links * References

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Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (Austria)
The Ministry for European and International Affairs (, abbreviated BMEIA, colloquially ''Außenministerium'') is the government ministry of Austria responsible for diplomatic missions and immigration, the administration of foreign policy, and the maintenance of the country's relations with international organisations, especially the European Union. It oversees the Austrian embassies, consular representatives and other emissaries, and administers the naturalisation process and handles citizenship questions along with the Interior Ministry. Competencies On 1 March 2007 the former Federal Ministry for External Affairs (''Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten'', BMaA) was renamed "Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs" which, as of 1 March 2014, changed to "Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs". It is responsible for a variety of matters concerning Austria's foreign policy and relations, including matters of public internatio ...
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Christine Marek
Christine Marek (born 26 January 1968) is an Austrian politician who served as state secretary of the Ministry of Economy and Labour from January 2007 to November 2010 under the Gusenbauer cabinet. Additionally, she was the first woman to serve as chair of the Viennese Viennese may refer to: * Vienna, the capital of Austria * Viennese people, List of people from Vienna * Viennese German, the German dialect spoken in Vienna * Viennese classicism * Viennese coffee house, an eating establishment and part of Viennese ... People's Party. References 1968 births Living people 21st-century Austrian women politicians 21st-century Austrian politicians {{Austria-politician-stub ...
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Martin Bartenstein
Martin Bartenstein (; born 3 June 1953) is an Austrian businessman and politician who held different cabinet portfolios between 1995 and 2008. He is a member of the Austrian People's Party. Early life and education Bartenstein was born in Graz on 3 June 1953. He obtained a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Graz in 1978. Career Bartenstein started his career at his family's company, Lannacher Heilmittel GmbH, in 1978 and worked there until 1995. He also founded his own firm, Genericon, in 1986. In 1991 Bartenstein became a member of the Austrian parliament for the Austrian People's Party. He served as the minister of environment and public economy from May 1995 to 1996. He was minister of environment, youth, and family affairs from 1996 to 2000. In this post he served first in the cabinet of Franz Vranitzky and then in the cabinet of Viktor Klima. Then he was named minister of economy and labor in 2000. He retained his post in the coalition cabinet formed by Prime Minis ...
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List Of Ministers Of Economy (Austria)
The minister of digital and economic affairs of Austria heads the Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs. Ministers Cisleithania First Republic Second Republic See also * Ministry of Economy (Austria) * Ministry of Finance (Austria) Notes References {{Austrian Federal Ministries Economy An economy is an area of the Production (economics), production, Distribution (economics), distribution and trade, as well as Consumption (economics), consumption of Goods (economics), goods and Service (economics), services. In general, it is ...
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Ministry Of Economy (Austria)
In Austrian politics, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs (German: ''Bundesministerium für Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort'') is the ministry in charge of promoting commerce and industry, overseeing public works, and maintaining the public infrastructure. In some recent cabinets, it has also been responsible for employment; in others, for family affairs and science. Originally founded in 1848 as the Ministry for Commerce and Public Works (''Ministerium für Handel und öffentliche Arbeiten''), the institution's formal name of exact portfolio have undergone numerous changes over the years. As of 2018, the ministry is officially called the Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs (''Ministerium für Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort'' or ''BMDW''). History The Ministry of Economy was first established in the aftermath of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire as the Ministry for Commerce and Public Works (''Ministerium für Handel und ...
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