Second chancellorship of Sebastian Kurz, January 2020 to October 2021
Second Kurz Government
33rd Cabinet of Austria
Date formed
7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)
Date dissolved
11 October 2021 (2021-10-11)
People and organisations
Appointed by
Alexander Van der Bellen
Chancellor
Sebastian Kurz
Vice-Chancellor
Werner Kogler
Member parties
People's Party The Greens
Status in legislature
Majority coalition
No. of ministers
15
Opposition parties
Social Democratic Party Freedom Party NEOS
Opposition leader
Pamela Rendi-Wagner
History
Election(s)
2019 legislative election
Predecessor
Bierlein government
Successor
Schallenberg government
The Second Kurz government (German: Zweite Bundesregierung Kurz or Kurz II for short) was the 33rd Government of Austria. Led by Sebastian Kurz as chancellor and Werner Kogler as vice-chancellor, it was sworn in by President Alexander Van der Bellen on 7 January 2020. It was officially dissolved and succeeded by the Schallenberg government on 11 October 2021.[1]
This government represents many firsts. Headed by a former chancellor who had been ousted in a parliamentary vote of no confidence and made a comeback by winning the 2019 legislative election, it marks an alliance of a centre-right Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) with the centre-left The Greens as junior partner in the national government; it was the only such coalition in Europe until June 2020. It also features a majority of female cabinet members. Chancellor Kurz himself is the youngest member of his own government and the youngest chief executive of any of the European Union's member states for the second time. The new political alliance is closely watched in Europe, especially in neighbouring Germany, as it could become the prototype for a new type of politics in which ascendant conservatives make common cause with green parties to tackle climate change, which has become a salient concern of voters.
The Second Kurz government succeeded the Bierlein government, a nonpartisan caretaker administration installed on 3 June 2019 to run Austria following the collapse of the First Kurz government in the wake of the Ibiza affair involving its coalition partner, the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ). The termination of the coalition of Kurz's party with the FPÖ was followed by a vote of no confidence in Parliament and snap election in which voter support for the FPÖ dropped sharply and support for the Greens surged to nearly 14%, its highest level ever. The ÖVP emerged victorious with 37% of the popular vote. Although the ÖVP won the election, it did not achieve a parliamentary majority in the National Council and therefore had to look for a junior coalition partner.
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