Federal President van der Bellen: eight minister newly praised!

Federal President van der Bellen: eight minister newly praised!

On April 2, 2025, an important political event took place in Austria, as Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen again eight ministers and three state secretaries. For legal reasons, this foregraying was necessary, which resulted from changes in the Federal Ministry Act, which came into force on April 1, 2025. Before this date, some ministers could not fully perform their tasks, which led to the decision to carry out the angry again. The government is composed of the parties ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS and was first praised on March 3, 2025, as vienna.at

With the new legislation, significant changes in the distribution of tasks within the ministries were made. The employee of the previous Federal Ministry of Labor and Economy were transferred to the new Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection. The Ministry of Economic Affairs also received the responsibilities for tourism and energy.

structure of the federal government

The Vice Chancellery took over the agendas for living, art, culture, media and sport. Another important step was to relocate matters of the public service to the Federal Chancellery, which is now also responsible for family, youth, EU and integration. Responsibility for universities was transferred from the Ministry of Education to the new Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research.

The ministers of the new government

The current government is led by Federal Chancellor Andreas Babler, MSC. The other top politicians include:

• Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Living, Art, Culture, Media and Sport: Peter Hanke
• Federal Minister of Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure: Mag. Dr. Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer
• Federal Minister for Economics, Energy and Tourism: Eva-Maria Holzleitner, BSC
• Federal Minister of Women, Science and Research: Mag. Gerhard Karner
• Federal Minister of the Interior: Dr. Markus Marterbauer
• Federal Minister of European and International Affairs: Claudia Plakolm
• Federal Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, Health, Nursing and Consumer Protection: Dr.in Anna Sporrer
• Federal Minister of Justice: Mag.a Klaudia Tanner
• Federal Minister of State Defense: Mag. Norbert Tettschnig, MSC
• Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management: Christoph Return, Ma
• Federal Minister of Education: MMAG.A Barbara Eibinger-Miedl

The State Secretary, which was also appointed by Federal President Van der Bellen, are the key to supporting the ministers and contributing to the implementation of the government agenda. State Secretaries include:

• State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance: Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig
• State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior: Alexander Pröll, LL.M.
• State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs: MMAG.A Michaela Schmidt

These comprehensive reforms and the new structure of the government reflect the efforts to react more efficiently to current challenges and to clearly define the distribution of tasks, as well as to bundeskanzleramt.gv.at is executed in detail.