The Kern government was the 29th Government of Austria, in office from 18 May 2016 to 18 December 2017. It was a grand coalition between the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and People's Party (ÖVP), in which Christian Kern held the position of chancellor and Reinhold Mitterlehner was vice-chancellor.

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Kern government
29th Cabinet of Austria
Kern with outgoing President Heinz Fischer and Vice-Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner at the swearing-in ceremony of his new cabinet members
Date formed	18 May 2016 (2016-05-18)
Date dissolved	18 December 2017 (2017-12-18)
People and organisations
Appointed by	Heinz Fischer
Chancellor	Christian Kern
Vice-Chancellor	Reinhold Mitterlehner
Member parties	Social Democratic Party People's Party
Status in legislature	Grand coalition
No. of ministers	12
Opposition party	Freedom Party
Opposition leader	Heinz-Christian Strache
History
Election(s)	2013 election
Predecessor	Second Faymann cabinet
Successor	First Kurz government

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Succeeding the Second Faymann government, following the resignation of Chancellor Werner Faymann amidst the 2016 presidential election, it was succeeded by the First Kurz government following the 2017 legislative election. The cabinet was appointed by outgoing President Heinz Fischer.

• Federal Chancellery of Austria: Government