On Monday, 3rd March, 2025 the new Austrian Government was sworn by the Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen. The government is a coalition, consisting of People’s Party, Social Democrats and the Liberals (NEOS).
The top positions of the Government in the new legislation period: Christian Stocker (ÖVP), the Federal Chancellor, Andreas Babler (SPÖ), the Vice Chancellor and Beate Meinl-Reisinger (NEOS ), the Federal Minister for European and International Affairs.
Other Federal Ministers:
Markus Marterbauer (SPÖ) – Finance
Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) – Interior
Klaudia Tanner (ÖVP) – Defence
Eva-Maria Holzleitner – Without portfolio
Anna Sporrer – Justice
Korinna Schumann – Social affairs, Health, Care and Consumers Protection
Peter Hanke – Transport, Innovation and Technology
Claudia Plakolm – Without portfolio
Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer – Labour and Economy
Norbert Totschnig – Agriculture, Forestry, Regions and Water Management
Christoph Wiederkehr – Education, Science and Research
Furthermore there will be 7 new State Secretaries in the new Government:
Barbara Eibinger-Miedl (ÖVP) – Ministry of Finance
Josef Schellhorn (NEOS) – Ministry for European and International Affairs
Jörg Leichtfried (SPÖ) – Ministry of Interior
Alexander Pröll (ÖVP) – Federal Chancellory
Elisabeth Zehetner (ÖVP) – Ministry for Labour and Economy
Michaela Schmidt (SPÖ) – Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport
Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig (SPÖ) – Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumers Protection
