Gusenbauer government

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The government of Alfred Gusenbauer was sworn in on 11 January 2007[1] and left office on 2 December 2008.

Cabinet members

The cabinet was a coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the People's Party.[2] Each party had seven members in the cabinet.[1]

Function Office holderPartySecretary of State
Chancellor and Minister for SportsAlfred GusenbauerSPÖChancellor's Office : Heidrun Silhavy (SPÖ)(11. January 2007 - 30. June 2008)
Andreas Schieder (SPÖ) since 1 July 2008
Sport: Reinhard Lopatka (ÖVP)
Vice Chancellor and Minister for FinanceWilhelm Molterer ÖVPFinance: Christoph Matznetter (SPÖ)
Minister for European and International AffairsUrsula PlassnikÖVPEurope/EU: Hans Winkler (no party affiliation, though designated by ÖVP)
Minister for Education, Art and CultureClaudia SchmiedSPÖ—
Minister of Transport, Innovation and TechnologyWerner FaymannSPÖInfrastructure: Christa Kranzl (SPÖ)
Minister of the InteriorGünther Platter (11. January 2007 - 30. June 2008)
Maria Fekter since 1 July 2008		ÖVP
ÖVP		—
Minister for Women, Media and Public ServiceDoris Bures (11 January 2007 - 30 June 2008)
Heidrun Silhavy 1 July 2008 - 2 December 2008		SPÖ
SPÖ		—
Minister for Health, Family and YouthAndrea KdolskyÖVP—
Minister of JusticeMaria BergerSPÖ—
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment
and Water Management		Josef PröllÖVP—
Minister for DefenseNorbert DarabosSPÖ—
Minister for Social Issues and Consumer ProtectionErwin BuchingerSPÖ—
Minister of Economics and LabourMartin BartensteinÖVPLabour: Christine Marek (ÖVP)
Minister of Science and ResearchJohannes HahnÖVP—

References

  1. 1 2 "Who's who in the Gusenbauer cabinet". Wikileaks. 23 January 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Günter Bischof; Fritz Plasser (January 2008). The Changing Austrian Voter. Transaction Publishers. p. 340. ISBN 978-1-4128-1932-9.
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