First Kurz government

First Kurz government
30th Cabinet of Austria
Date formed	18 December 2017 (2017-12-18)
Date dissolved	3 June 2019 (2019-06-03)
People and organisations
Appointed by	Alexander Van der Bellen
Chancellor	Sebastian Kurz (2017–2019) Hartwig Löger (Acting; 2019)
Vice-Chancellor	Heinz-Christian Strache (2017–2019) Hartwig Löger (2019)
No. of ministers	13
Member parties	People's Party Freedom Party (2017–2019)
Status in legislature	Majority coalition (2017–2019) Semi-technocratic minority cabinet (2019)
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party Freedom Party (2019) NEOS JETZT
Opposition leader	Christian Kern (2017–2018) Pamela Rendi-Wagner (2018–2019)
History
Election	2017 legislative election
Predecessor	Kern government
Successor	Bierlein government

The First Kurz government (‹See Tfd›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.