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Vice-Chancellor of Austria

Vice-Chancellor of Austria

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The vice-chancellor of Austria is a member of the Government of Austria and is the deputy to the Chancellor. It is functionally equivalent to a deputy prime minister in other countries with parliamentary systems.

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The current vice-chancellor of Austria is Werner Kogler, since 7 January 2020.[1][2][3]

Description of the office

Art. 69(2) of the Constitution of Austria states:

The Vice-Chancellor stands in for the Federal Chancellor in his complete field of functions. If both Federal Chancellor and Vice Chancellor are hindered, the Federal President appoints a member of the government to represent the Federal Chancellor.

In practice, the Vice-Chancellor is normally the leading member of the junior party within the current coalition government, frequently the party chairman. If only one party is represented in the government, the Vice Chancellor is often the Chancellor's presumed successor.

List of officeholders (1919–present)


Vice-chancellors of Austria during the Interwar period

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Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938 (see Austria under National Socialism for details). Independence was restored in 1945.

Vice-chancellors of Austria after the end of World War II

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References

  1. Nachrichten, Oberösterreichische. "Doppelspitze übergibt die Grünen an Werner Kogler".
  2. "Die Grünen - Die Grünen" (in German). Gruene.at. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  3. "Austria's conservative People's Party forms coalition with the Greens". Euronews. Lyon. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

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