Government in upheaval: Minister Angilization on April 2, 2025!

Government in upheaval: Minister Angilization on April 2, 2025!

On April 2, 2025, several members of the new Austrian government will once again be praised by Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen. This renewed commissioning is necessary due to the shifts of competence within the ministries, a measure that was caused by a change from the Federal Ministry Act in the National Council, as krone.at. The accepted include Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler and Minister of Social Affairs Korinna Schumann (both SPÖ), Minister of Education Christoph Return (NEOS) and Economics Minister Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer (ÖVP).

The new federal government was already praised on March 3, but some responsibilities had to be redistributed. Particularly interesting changes affect the social area, where Schumann will now officially take on aging work, health, care and consumer protection. In addition, Norbert Tettschnig will remain Minister of Agriculture, but also receives responsibility for climate and environmental protection, which previously had its own ministry, as well as on puls24.at mentioned .

innovations and responsibility

Further ministerial changes include the responsibilities for women, science and research, adopted by Eva-Maria Holzleitner (SPÖ), and innovation that Peter Hanke (SPÖ) is entrusted with. There are also changes in the State Secretariat: Michaela Schmidt (SPÖ), Elisabeth Zehetner-Piewald (ÖVP) and Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig (SPÖ) will also be affected by the new functions. These restructuring show that the coalition of the ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS with a total of 14 government members and seven state secretaries, an unusually high number for the second republic, is actively working on making the government efficiently.