First Kurz government

First Kurz government

30th Cabinet of Austria
Date formed18 December 2017 (2017-12-18)
Date dissolved3 June 2019 (2019-06-03)
People and organisations
Appointed byAlexander Van der Bellen
ChancellorSebastian Kurz (2017–2019)
Hartwig Löger (Acting; 2019)
Vice-ChancellorHeinz-Christian Strache (2017–2019)
Hartwig Löger (2019)
No. of ministers13
Member partiesPeople's Party
Freedom Party (2017–2019)
Status in legislatureMajority coalition (2017–2019)
Semi-technocratic minority cabinet (2019)
Opposition partiesSocial Democratic Party
Freedom Party (2019)
NEOS
JETZT
Opposition leaderChristian Kern (2017–2018)
Pamela Rendi-Wagner (2018–2019)
History
Election2017 legislative election
PredecessorKern government
SuccessorBierlein government

The First Kurz government (German: Erste Bundesregierung Kurz or Kurz I for short) was the 30th Government of Austria in office from 18 December 2017 until 3 June 2019. It succeeded the Kern government formed after the 2017 legislative election. Sebastian Kurz, chairman of the centre-right Austrian People's Party, known by its initials in German as ÖVP, reached an agreement on a coalition with the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), setting the stage for Kurz to become chancellor of Austria—the youngest head of government in Europe—for the first time.[1]

In the wake of the May 2019 Ibiza affair, Kurz terminated the coalition agreement and called for a snap election, which was ultimately held on 29 September 2019, after some disagreements over the timing. Kurz announced that his government would run as a minority technocratic caretaker government in the interim.[2] However, on 27 May 2019, his government was dismissed by the National Council through a motion of no confidence, the first successful parliamentary vote of no confidence in the Second Republic.[3] On 3 June 2019, President Alexander Van der Bellen swore in a technocratic caretaker government led by Brigitte Bierlein, which held office until the new coalition government between the ÖVP and The Greens was sworn in.

  1. ^ "Kurz Set to Become Austrian Chancellor, Backed by Nationalists". Bloomberg. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Austria's Kurz Turns to Technocrat Cabinet as Populists Ousted". Bloomberg. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Kabinett Kurz verliert Misstrauensabstimmung". orf.at (in German). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.