Second Faymann cabinet

The federal government Faymann II, a coalition government of the Social Democratic Party of Austria ( SPÖ) and the Austrian People's Party ( ÖVP), was appointed and sworn in on December 16, 2013 by Federal President Heinz Fischer. Michael Spindelegger (ÖVP ) was to re- Chancellor Werner Faymann ( SPÖ), Vice Chancellor once again appointed.

Government formation

Since the SPÖ was able to hold in the general election in 2013 the first place (but as government partner ÖVP realize losses had ), received the SPÖ chairman and former Chancellor Faymann on 9 October by President Fischer commissioned to form a government.

The SPÖ would have had an absolute majority in the National Council with the Freedom Party: 92 seats, the minimum. However Faymann closed the coalition with the Freedom Party from the outset. Politician of the ÖVP brought a coalition of ÖVP, FPÖ and team Stronach into play; However, this possibility was not pursued further. Instead, approved on 14 October, the bodies of SPÖ and ÖVP recording of coalition negotiations with each other.

These lasted, followed skeptical of media, two months until Faymann and Spindelegger announced on 12 December 2013, a press conference to have worked out a government program. That same evening, personnel decisions were made party internally.

Composition

The SPÖ government team remained, except for the resignation of Minister of Education Claudia Schmied, staffed largely unchanged. The date in the Federal Chancellery is settled Minister Gabriele Heinisch -Hosek took over the education department, in which the woman 's responsibilities have been transferred on 1 March 2014 in accordance with the name of the department changed. In return, the arts and cultural sectors were transferred from the former Ministry of Education to the Federal Chancellery on the same day, where Josef Easter Mayer has it to serve as the new Minister in the Chancellery.

In the ÖVP - ministerial roster was heavily remodeled: The Vice-Chancellor and former Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger took over from the retiring Fekter the Ministry of Finance; Sebastian followed him shortly after as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs; Since March 1, the name of the Ministry also contains the previously coached by Kunz integration ( of immigrants ). As the new Minister of Justice, acting in place of Beatrix Karl 's lawyer Wolfgang Brandstetter, Andrae Rupprechter is held Nikolaus Berlakovich Agriculture and Environment Ministers.

The previously headed by Karlheinz Töchterle Ministry of Science was integrated into the Ministry of Economy, the line continues Mitterlehner holds; a media heavily criticized the ÖVP decision against which the SPÖ raised no objection. For the youth and family agendas, previously belonging to the Ministry of Economy, the new Federal Ministry for Youth and Family, headed by Sophie Karmazin was established on 1 March 2014.

These shifts of responsibility, the Federal Ministries Act was amended. Until the entry into force of this amendment, the departments of the Federal Government Faymann I passed with the existing competencies. The composition of the government, as it has been appointed on December 16, 2013, was published on the website of the Federal Chancellery. On 29 January 2014, the National Council approved the amendment of the Federal Ministries Act that entered into force on March 1, with the votes of the governing parties. The opposition rejected the competence shifts from closed.

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