Chancellery (Austria)
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Since the establishment of the First Austrian Republic in 1918, the Chancellery building has served as the venue for the sessions of the Austrian cabinet. It is located on the Ballhausplatz in the centre of Vienna, vis-à-vis the Hofburg Imperial Palace. Like Downing Street, Quai d'Orsay or – formerly – Wilhelmstrasse, the address has become a synecdoche for governmental power.Responsibilities
The chancellery's primary function is to align the policies and public relations of the Federal Government. It represents the executive on federal level in matters of the Constitution of Austria and in international courts.
It is also in charge of
OECD relations, bioethics, and minority rights
.
History
Next to Hofburg Palace, residence of the
1848 revolutions, Minister-President Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg
took his seat at the chancellery and made it the centre of his rule.
Until the dissolution of the
Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs was not established until 1959 under Minister Bruno Kreisky. Until 1946 the building also housed the office of the Austrian Federal President
.
On 25 July 1934 Chancellor
Austrian legislative election of 1945, the National Council parliament elected Leopold Figl
the first post-war chancellor on December 20. The chancellery building was restored until 1950.
Organization
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The organization has changed by every governing period in Austria since 1970. The Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is currently (2020: Second Kurz government) assisted by two Chancellary ministers within the Federal Chancellery, managing the agency's presently (2020) six departments (Sektionen) as follows:
- I: Presidium (secretary general Bernd Brünner)
- II: Integration, Culture and Minorities (Martin Klienl)
- III: Women's Affairs and Gender Mainstreaming (Jennifer Resch)
- IV: EU, International Affairs and Principal Questions (Barbara Kaudel-Jensen)
- V: Constitution (Albert Posch)
- VI: Family and Youth (Bernadett Humer)
See also
Citations
- ^ "Bundesfinanzgesetz 2019" (PDF).
- ^ Adamovich 1947, pp. 7, 45.
- ^ Hoke 1996, p. 232.
- ^ Adamovich 1947, p. 190.
- ^ Brauneder 2009, p. 200.
- ^ B-VG, Art. 77 (3).
- ^ BMinG, §1.
- ^ Berka 2016, Rz 716.
- ^ Öhlinger 2007, Rz 511.
References
- Adamovich, Ludwig (1947). Grundriss des österreichischen Verfassungsrechts (4th ed.). Vienna: Springer. ISBN 978-3-709-13505-1.
- Berka, Walter (2016). Verfassungsrecht (6th ed.). Vienna: Österreich Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7046-7281-0.
- Brauneder, Wilhelm (2009). Österreichische Verfassungsgeschichte (11th ed.). Vienna: Manzsche Verlags- und Universitätsbuchhandlung. ISBN 978-3-214-14876-8.
- "Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz (B-VG) as last amended May 15, 2018 by BGBl. 22/2018". May 15, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
- "Bundesministeriengesetz (BMinG) as last amended December 28, 2017 by BGBl. 164/2017". December 28, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
- Hoke, Rudolf (1996). Österreichische und deutsche Rechtsgeschichte (2nd ed.). Vienna: Böhlau Studienbücher. ISBN 3-205-98179-0.
- ISBN 978-3-708-90152-7.
External links
Media related to Federal Chancellery (Austria) at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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