Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport

In Austrian politics, the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport (German: Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport or BMKÖDS) is the ministry in charge of arts, culture, public employment law, civil service job training, civil service staff representation, administration management in general, and sport.[1]

Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport
Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport
Ministry overview
Formed2018
JurisdictionAustria
HeadquartersPalais Dietrichstein-Ulfeld
Minoritenplatz 3
Vienna
48°12′33.3″N 16°21′47.2″E
Minister responsible
Websitebmkoes.gv.at

History

Even though the Republic of Austria has always had a large public sector and a considerable number of career civil servants, the country does not usually maintain a dedicated civil service ministry. Traditionally, the interest of Austria's civil servants (Beamte) were protected by their strong union (the Beamtengewerkschaft) and by the fact that civil servants were overrepresented among the upper ranks of every major political party. Public employment policy was set, and public employment law written, by the Chancellery and the Ministry of Finance.

A precursor of the current Ministry called the Ministry of Public Services and Sports (Bundesministerium für öffentliche Leistungen und Sport) was established by the Schüssel I cabinet in 2000, then unceremoniously disestablished by the Schüssel II cabinet in 2003. Its responsibilities were attached to the Chancellery. The Ministry was resurrected by the First Kurz cabinet in 2018 as Federal Ministry of the Civil Service and Sport.[2] On 29 January 2020, it was renamed Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport by the Second Kurz government.[1]

Responsibilities

Structure

Since January 2020, the ministry consists of the Minister and his or her personal staff (Kabinett), the office of the general secretary, and four departments:[3]

  • Presidium (Sektion I − Präsidialangelegenheiten)
  • Sports (Sektion II − Sport)
  • Civil service and administration innovation (Sektion III − Öffentlicher Dienst und Verwaltungsinnovation)
  • Arts and Culture (Sektion IV – Kunst und Kultur)

The Minister and his or her staff are political appointees; the general secretary and the section heads are career civil servants.

Ministers
№ Portrait Name
(Born-Died)		 Term Political Party Government
Took office Left office Duration
Ministry of the Civil Service and Sport
(Bundesministerium für öffentlichen Dienst und Sport)
1
Strache, HeinzHeinz-Christian Strache
(born 1969)		8 January 201822 May 20191 year, 155 daysFPÖKurz I
2
Bogner, JulianeJuliane Bogner-Strauß
(born 1971)		22 May 20193 June 201912 daysÖVPKurz I
3
Müller, EduardEduard Müller
(born 1962)		3 June 20197 January 2020218 daysIndependentBierlein
Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport
(Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport)
4
Kogler, WernerWerner Kogler
(born 1961)		7 January 2020Incumbent170 daysGreensKurz II

References
  1. "Bundesministeriengesetz-Novelle 2020". BGBl. I No. 8/2020 of 28 January 2020 (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. "Bundesministeriengesetz-Novelle 2017". BGBl. I No. 164/2017 of December 28, 2017 (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. "Geschäftseinteilung" (in German). BMKÖS. Retrieved 27 February 2020.



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.