Brigitte Bierlein was an Austrian jurist who served as President of the Constitutional Court from 2018 to 2019 and as Chancellor of Austria from 2019 to 2020. An independent, she was the first woman t
Bierlein in 2018
Bierlein's official portrait as President of the Constitutional Court
Bierlien being inaugurated as Chancellor, 3 June 2019
Bierlein at the 2019 Europa-Forum Wachau
Sebastian Kurz is an Austrian former politician who served twice as Chancellor of Austria, first from 2017 to 2019 and then again from 2020 to 2021.
Brigitte Bierlein
…President Alexander Van der Bellen named Bierlein Chancellor of Austria, after a parliamentary motion of no confidence dismissed the first government of Sebastian Kurz, the first successful motion of no confidence in Austrian modern history. She was the first woman to assume the role, and served until the next government…
Kurz with the president of Croatia Ivo Josipović at his first foreign visit as minister, 20 December 2013
Kurz with the United States Secretary of State John Kerry, 4 April 2016
Kurz with Britain's foreign secretary Boris Johnson, 20 March 2017