Presidential Chancellery

Presidential Chancellery
Präsidentschaftskanzlei
Agency overview
FormedOctober 1946
TypeAdvisory body
HeadquartersLeopoldine Wing, Hofburg, Innere Stadt, Vienna
Agency executives
  • Andrea Mayer, cabinet director
  • Heinz Hafner, cabinet vice director
Parent  President of Austria
Websitewww.bundespraesident.at

The Presidential Chancellery (German: Präsidentschaftskanzlei) of Austria is an institution that assists the President with fulfilling his tasks as head of state.[1][2][3] It is headquartered in the Leopoldine Wing of the Hofburg. The Chancellery is divided into several groups: group European and international affairs, protocol and organisation, group legal, social and administrative affairs and the group domestic affairs and adjutant's office of the President.

  1. ^ Berka, Walter (2016). Verfassungsrecht (6th ed.). Vienna: Österreich Verlag. p. 226. ISBN 978-3-7046-7281-0.
  2. ^ Öhlinger, Theo (2007). Verfassungsrecht (7th ed.). Vienna: Facultas. pp. 219, 232. ISBN 978-3-708-90152-7.
  3. ^ Raschauer, Bernhard (2009). Allgemeines Verwaltungsrecht (3rd revised ed.). Vienna: Springer. p. 90. ISBN 978-3-211-99261-6.