Sebastian Kurz is an Austrian former politician who served twice as the chancellor of Austria, initially from December 2017 to May 2019 and then a second time from January 2020 to October 2021. On 23 February 2024, Kurz received an eight-month suspended sentence after being convicted of perjury by a court in Vienna over his involvement in a parliamentary inquiry.
Kurz in 2018
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 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 2016
The chancellor of the Republic of Austria 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
Federal Chancellery on Ballhausplatz, former Geheime Hofkanzlei
Ministers Council room in the Federal Chancellery.