Following the victory of the ÖVP in the 2017 elections, on 20 October Sebastian Kurz, the party’s leader since mid-May and foreign minister in the outgoing SPÖ-ÖVP coalition, was formally tasked with forming the next government. On 15 December the ÖVP and FPÖ announced a coalition agreement, and the new government took office on 18 December.
Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP); Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ).
* = new minister † = change to portfolio
†Sebastian KURZ (ÖVP) Federal Chancellor
*Heinz-Christian STRACHE (FPÖ) Vice Chancellor
*Gernot BLÜMEL (ÖVP) Minister in the Federal Chancellery
*Juliane BOGNER-STRAUß (f) (ÖVP) Families and Youth
*Heinz FAßMANN (ÖVP) Education
*Beate HARTINGER (f) (FPÖ) Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection; Health and Women’s Affairs
*Norbert HOFER (FPÖ) Transport, Innovation and Technology
*Herbert KICKL (FPÖ) Interior
*Karin KNEISSL (f) (FPÖ) Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs
*Elisabeth KÖSTINGER (f) (ÖVP) Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
*Mario KUNASEK (FPÖ) Defence and Sport
*Hartwig LÖGER (ÖVP) Finance
*Josef MOSER (ÖVP) Justice
*Margarete SCHRAMBÖCK (f) (ÖVP) Science, Research and Economy
*Hubert FUCHS (FPÖ) State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance
*Karoline EDTSTADLER (f) (ÖVP) State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior
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