Kern with outgoing President Heinz Fischer and Vice-Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner at the swearing-in ceremony of his new cabinet members
Date formed
18 May 2016 (2016-05-18)
Date dissolved
18 December 2017 (2017-12-18)
People and organisations
Appointed by
Heinz Fischer
Chancellor
Christian Kern
Vice-Chancellor
Reinhold Mitterlehner
Member parties
Social Democratic Party People's Party
Status in legislature
Grand coalition
No. of ministers
12
Opposition party
Freedom Party
Opposition leader
Heinz-Christian Strache
History
Election(s)
2013 election
Predecessor
Second Faymann cabinet
Successor
First Kurz government
The Kern government was the 29th Government of Austria, in office from 18 May 2016 to 18 December 2017. It was a grand coalition between the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and People's Party (ÖVP), in which Christian Kern held the position of chancellor and Reinhold Mitterlehner was vice-chancellor.
Succeeding the Second Faymann government, following the resignation of Chancellor Werner Faymann amidst the 2016 presidential election, it was succeeded by the First Kurz government following the 2017 legislative election. The cabinet was appointed by outgoing President Heinz Fischer.
The Kerngovernment was the 29th Government of Austria, in office from 18 May 2016 to 18 December 2017. It was a grand coalition between the Social Democratic...
Christian Kern (Austrian German pronunciation: [ˈkrɪsti̯a(ː)n ˈkɛrn]; born 4 January 1966) is an Austrian businessman and former politician who served...
in office from 18 December 2017 until 3 June 2019. It succeeded the Kerngovernment formed after the 2017 legislative election. Sebastian Kurz, chairman...
Anthony Kern is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona Senate, representing District 27 since 2023. He previously represented District...
Georges Kern (born 25 January 1965) is a German-Swiss businessman, who is known being as CEO of Swiss watchmaker Breitling since 2017. He has studied Political...
The Kern River Canyon is a canyon in Kern County, California. It is located in the Southern Sierra Nevada. The canyon was formed by the Kern River and...
the government decided to build two "demonstration camps". One of those was built in Kern County in 1935 and was called the Arvin Federal Government Camp...
legislative election, succeeding the First Faymann government. On 17 May 2016, it was succeeded by the Kerngovernment, following Faymann's resignation amidst the...
Austria on 26 January 2017. After his inaugural speech he met with the Kerngovernment and was greeted with a military ceremony as the new commander-in-chief...
Growing up in Communist East Germany, Kern and her family experienced backlash and obstacles from the government due to their lack of support of the Communist...
Little Kern golden trout (O. m. whitei), found in the Little Kern River basin, and the Kern River rainbow trout (O. m. gilberti), found in the Kern River...
involved in student and government activities at the U.W.I., serving as President and Vice President of the Guild of Students. Kern Spencer is a former president...
Asia. He is the namesake of the Kern River and Kern County, California. Kern was born in Philadelphia, the son of John Kern III and Mary Elizabeth Bignell...
and small businesses. Fong then returned home to serve the residents of Kern County. For nearly a decade, he served as the district director to Congressman...
Katharina "Käthe" Kern (22 July 1900 – 16 April 1985) became a German anti-government activist during the Hitler years. After 1945 she quickly emerged...
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