President of the National Council Präsident des Österreischischen Nationalrates | |
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since 20 December 2017 | |
National Council of Austria | |
Style | Mr. President (when addressed in parliament) |
Status | Primary presiding officer |
Member of | National Council |
Seat | Redoute Wing, Hofburg Imperial Palace (provisionally) Austrian Parliament Building (standard), Innere Stadt, Vienna |
Nominator | Political parties |
Appointer | National Council |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Austria |
First holder | Karl Seitz |
Deputy | Doris Bures Second President Norbert Hofer Third President |
Website | parlament.gv.at |
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The President of the National Council is the presiding officer of the National Council, the lower house of the Austrian Parliament.
Since December 2017 Wolfgang Sobotka (ÖVP) has served as the current President of the National Council, Doris Bures (SPÖ) as the Second President and Norbert Hofer (FPÖ) as the Third. All three Presidents together form the Presidium of the National Council.
In the Austrian order of precedence the President of the National Council places after the President and before the Chancellor.