Chancellor of Austria
The chancellor of the Republic of Austria (German: Bundeskanzler der Republik Österreich) is the head of government of the Republic of Austria. The position corresponds to that of Prime Minister in several other parliamentary democracies.
| Chancellor of Austria | |
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| Bundeskanzler der Republik Österreich (German) | |
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| Style | Mr Chancellor His Excellency |
| Type | Head of government |
| Status | Supreme executive organ Minister |
| Member of | Cabinet European Council National Security Council |
| Seat | Chancellery Building Ballhausplatz, Innere Stadt, Vienna |
| Nominator | Political parties |
| Appointer | President |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Austria |
| Precursor | Minister-President of Cisleithania |
| Formation | 30 October 1918 |
| First holder | Karl Renner |
| Deputy | Vice Chancellor |
| Salary | €306,446 annually |
| Website | federal-chancellery |
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Current officeholder is Karl Nehammer of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), who was sworn in on 6 December 2021 following the resignations of Sebastian Kurz and Alexander Schallenberg, of the same party, as party leader and Chancellor. All three leaders formed a government with the Green Party, the first coalition between these two parties at the federal level. Brigitte Bierlein was the Second Republic's first Kanzlerin, forming a nonpartisan caretaker government between a vote of no confidence in Kurz's first government in June 2019 and the formation of his second in January 2020.