Nehammer government

The Nehammer government (German: Bundesregierung Nehammer) was sworn in as the 35th Government of Austria on 6 December 2021. It was headed by Chancellor Karl Nehammer.^[1]

Nehammer government
35th Cabinet of Austria
Karl Nehammer in 2020
Date formed	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)
Date dissolved	10 January 2025 (2025-01-10)
People and organisations
President	Alexander Van der Bellen
Chancellor	Karl Nehammer (until 10 January 2025) Alexander Schallenberg (from 10 January to 3 March 2025)
Vice-Chancellor	Werner Kogler (until 2 October 2024)
No. of ministers	15 (incl. Nehammer)
Member parties	Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)   The Greens (GRÜNE)
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) 97 / 183 (53%)
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)   Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)   NEOS
Opposition leader	Pamela Rendi-Wagner (until 3 June 2023) Andreas Babler (since 3 June 2023)
History
Election	2019 legislative election
Predecessor	Schallenberg government
Successor	Stocker government[a]

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

On 5 January 2025, after the end of negotiations with the SPÖ and NEOS, Nehammer resigned from his role as Chancellor of Austria and as leader of the Austrian People's Party. On the same day, the ÖVP appointed Christian Stocker as acting Party Leader, and on 10 January 2025, Alexander Schallenberg, the incumbent Foreign Minister and former Chancellor, took over the role of caretaker Chancellor until a government agreement was reached and Stocker was sworn in on 3 March.

Composition

The cabinet consists of:^[2]

Portrait	Name	Office	Took office	Left office		Party	Home state
Chancellery
	Karl Nehammer	Chancellor of Austria	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)	10 January 2025		ÖVP	Vienna
	Alexander Schallenberg	Acting Chancellor of Austria	10 January 2025	3 March 2025		ÖVP	(Born abroad)
	Werner Kogler	Vice-Chancellor of Austria Minister for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)	2 October 2024 (2024-10-02) (as vice-chancellor)		Greens	Styria
Chancellery ministers
	Susanne Raab	Chancellery minister for Women and Integration	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)	3 March 2025		ÖVP	Upper Austria
		Minister for Women, Family, Integration and the Media	1 February 2021 (2021-02-01)	3 March 2025
	Karoline Edtstadler	Chancellery minister for the EU and Constitution	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)	3 March 2025		ÖVP	Salzburg
Ministers
	Magnus Brunner	Minister of Finance	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)	20 November 2024		ÖVP	Vorarlberg
	Gunter Mayr		20 November 2024	3 March 2025		Independent
	Martin Polaschek	Minister of Education, Science and Research	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)	3 March 2025		Independent (ÖVP nominated)	Styria
	Leonore Gewessler	Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology[b]	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)	3 March 2025		Greens	Styria
	Martin Kocher	Minister of Labour	11 January 2021 (2021-01-11)	3 March 2025		Independent (ÖVP nominated)	Salzburg
	Elisabeth Köstinger	Minister of Agriculture, Regions, and Tourism	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)	18 May 2022 (2022-05-08)		ÖVP	Carinthia
	Norbert Totsching		18 May 2022	3 March 2025		ÖVP	3 March 2025
	Alexander Schallenberg	Minister for European and International Affairs	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)	3 March 2025		ÖVP	(Born abroad)
	Johannes Rauch	Minister of Social Affairs, Health, Care, and Consumer Protection	8 March 2022 (2022-03-08)	3 March 2025		Greens	Vorarlberg
	Gerhard Karner	Minister of the Interior	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)	3 March 2025		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)	3 March 2025		ÖVP	Lower Austria
	Alma Zadić	Minister of Justice	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)	3 March 2025		Greens	(Born abroad)
State secretaries
	Claudia Plakolm	State secretary in the Chancellery for Youth and Generations	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)	3 March 2025		ÖVP	Upper Austria
	Andrea Mayer	State secretary in the Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport	20 May 2020 (2020-05-20)	October 2, 2024 (2024-10-02)		Independent (Greens nominated)	Lower Austria

See also

• Politics of Austria

Notes

1. Alexander Schallenberg briefly led a caretaker government between Nehammer's resignation and Stocker's inauguration.
2. The ministry also holds the agenda responsibilities of Infrastructure.