Government of Austria
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The Government of Austria is the executive cabinet of the Republic of Austria. It consists of the chancellor, who is the head of government, the vice chancellor and the ministers.
Cabinet room in the Austrian Chancellery
Minister (Austria)
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In Austria, a minister is a member of the Cabinet that usually leads a ministry or a division of the Chancellery.
President Alexander Van der Bellen swearing in Hartwig Löger, minister of finance in the First Kurz government
Grete Rehor was Austria's first female minister, leading the Ministry of Social Affairs from 1966 to 1970
Minister of Justice Josef Moser is in charge of appointing Austria's judges in the president's stead
Thomas Drozda being appointed minister by President Heinz Fischer, a former minister himself