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The Austrian Federal Government (German: Bundesregierung) is the Austrian cabinet. It consists of the Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, as well as the federal ministers. Together with the President, the Government forms the federal executive.

The Chancellor presides over Government meetings. Federal minister are responsible for a ministry, on their own title, not that of the total Government.

[edit] List of cabinets

Gusenbauer cabinet
Second Schüssel cabinet
First Schüssel cabinet
Klima cabinet
Fifth Vranitzky cabinet
Fourth Vranitzky cabinet
Third Vranitzky cabinet
Second Vranitzky cabinet
First Vranitzky cabinet
Sinowatz cabinet
Fourth Kreisky cabinet
Third Kreisky cabinet
Second Kreisky cabinet
First Kreisky cabinet
Second Klaus cabinet
First Klaus cabinet
Second Gorbach cabinet
First Gorbach cabinet
Fourth Raab cabinet
Third Raab cabinet
Second Raab cabinet
First Raab cabinet
Third Figl cabinet
Second Figl cabinet
First Figl cabinet
Renner cabinet

[edit] List of Austrian Governments

Governments of Austria
		Name of Government	Duration of Government	Chancellor	Vice-Chancellor	Parties Involved
		Renner	April 27, 1945–December 20, 1945	Karl Renner¹	N/A	ÖVP, SPÖ, KPÖ
		Figl I	December 20, 1945–November 8, 1949	Leopold Figl (ÖVP)	Adolf Schärf (SPÖ)	ÖVP, SPÖ, KPÖ
		Figl II	November 8, 1949–October 28, 1952	Leopold Figl (ÖVP)	Adolf Schärf (SPÖ)	ÖVP, SPÖ
		Figl III	October 28, 1952–April 2, 1953	Leopold Figl (ÖVP)	Adolf Schärf (SPÖ)	ÖVP, SPÖ
		Raab I	April 2, 1953–June 29, 1956	Julius Raab (ÖVP)	Adolf Schärf (SPÖ)	ÖVP, SPÖ
		Raab II	June 29, 1956–July 16, 1959	Julius Raab (ÖVP)	Adolf Schärf (SPÖ), Bruno Pittermann (SPÖ)²	ÖVP, SPÖ
		Raab III	July 16, 1959–November 3, 1960	Julius Raab (ÖVP)	Bruno Pittermann (SPÖ)	ÖVP, SPÖ
		Raab IV	November 3, 1960–April 11, 1961	Julius Raab (ÖVP)	Bruno Pittermann (SPÖ)	ÖVP, SPÖ
		Gorbach I	April 11, 1961–March 27, 1963	Alfons Gorbach (ÖVP)	Bruno Pittermann (SPÖ)	ÖVP, SPÖ
		Gorbach II	March 27, 1963–April 2, 1964	Alfons Gorbach (ÖVP)	Bruno Pittermann (SPÖ)	ÖVP, SPÖ
		Klaus I	April 2, 1964–April 19, 1966	Josef Klaus (ÖVP)	Bruno Pittermann (SPÖ)	ÖVP, SPÖ
		Klaus II	April 19, 1966–April 21, 1970	Josef Klaus (ÖVP)	Fritz Bock (ÖVP), Hermann Withalm (ÖVP)³	ÖVP
		Kreisky I	April 21, 1970–November 4, 1971	Bruno Kreisky (SPÖ)	Rudolf Häuser (SPÖ)	SPÖ
		Kreisky II	November 4, 1971–October 28, 1975	Bruno Kreisky (SPÖ)	Rudolf Häuser (SPÖ)	SPÖ
		Kreisky III	October 28, 1975–June 5, 1979	Bruno Kreisky (SPÖ)	Rudolf Häuser (SPÖ), Hannes Androsch (SPÖ)⁴	SPÖ
		Kreisky IV	June 5, 1979–May 24, 1983	Bruno Kreisky (SPÖ)	Hannes Androsch (SPÖ), Fred Sinowatz (SPÖ)⁵	SPÖ
		Sinowatz	May 24, 1983–June 16, 1986	Fred Sinowatz (SPÖ)	Norbert Steger (FPÖ)	SPÖ, FPÖ
		Vranitzky I	June 16, 1986–January 21, 1987	Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ)	Norbert Steger (FPÖ)	SPÖ, FPÖ
		Vranitzky II	January 21, 1987–December 17, 1990	Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ)	Alois Mock (ÖVP), Josef Riegler (ÖVP)⁶	SPÖ, ÖVP
		Vranitzky III	December 17, 1990–November 29, 1994	Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ)	Josef Riegler (ÖVP), Erhard Busek (ÖVP)⁷	SPÖ, ÖVP
		Vranitzky IV	November 29, 1994–March 12, 1996	Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ)	Erhard Busek (ÖVP), Wolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP)⁸	SPÖ, ÖVP
		Vranitzky V	March 12, 1996–January 28, 1997	Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ)	Wolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP)	SPÖ, ÖVP
		Klima	January 28, 1997–February 4, 2000	Viktor Klima (SPÖ)	Wolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP)	SPÖ, ÖVP
		Schüssel I	February 4, 2000–February 28, 2003	Wolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP)	Susanne Riess-Passer (FPÖ)	ÖVP, FPÖ
		Schüssel II	February 28, 2003–11 January 2007	Wolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP)	Herbert Haupt (FPÖ), Hubert Gorbach (FPÖ/BZÖ)⁹	ÖVP, FPÖ, BZÖ
		Gusenbauer	11 January 2007–present	Alfred Gusenbauer (SPÖ)	Wilhelm Molterer (ÖVP)	SPÖ, ÖVP
Notes 1) Karl Renner acted only as a supervisor of the provisional government 2) As Adolf Schärf was elected as the President of Austria, Bruno Pittermann acted as the vice-chancellor from May 22, 1957. 3) From January 19, 1968 afterwards, Hermann Withalm acted as the vice-chancellor. 4) Rudolf Häuser acted as the vice-chancellor until September 30, 1976. From October 1, 1976, Hannes Androsch acted as the vice-chancellor. 5) Fred Sinowatz acted as the vice-chancellor from January 20, 1981. 6) Until April 24, 1989, Alois Mock acted as the vice-chancellor. From April 24, 1989, Josef Riegler acted as the vice-chancellor. 7) From July 2, 1991, Erhard Busek acted as the vice-chancellor. 8) From May 4, 1995, Wolfgang Schüssel acted as the vice-chancellor. 9) Until October 20, 2003, Herbert Haupt acted as the vice-chancellor. From October 21, 2003, Hubert Gorbach acted as the vice-chancellor. Until April 17, 2005, Gorbach's party affiliation was FPÖ, then BZÖ.
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	Colours
	Traditional colour of ÖVP
	Traditional colour of SPÖ
	Traditional colour of KPÖ
	Traditional colour of FPÖ
	Traditional colour of BZÖ
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Source: Kanzler und Regierungen seit 1945. Federal Chancellery of Austria Web Site. Vienna, Federal Chancellery of Austria 2006. [[1]]