Austrian Federal Government
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The Austrian Federal Government (German: Bundesregierung) is the Austrian cabinet. It consists of the Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, as well as the federal ministers. Together with the President, the Government forms the federal executive.
The Chancellor presides over Government meetings. Federal minister are responsible for a ministry, on their own title, not that of the total Government.
[edit] Current composition (Government of Schüssel II)
The Government of Wolfgang Schüssel was sworn in on February 28, 2003.
| Function | Office holder | Party | Secretary of State |
| Chancellor | Wolfgang Schüssel | ÖVP | Franz Morak (ÖVP) Karl Schweitzer (BZÖ) |
| Vice Chancellor and Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology |
Hubert Gorbach | BZÖ | Helmut Kukacka (ÖVP) Eduard Mainoni (BZÖ) |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Ursula Plassnik | ÖVP | Hans Winkler |
| Minister for Education, Science and Culture | Elisabeth Gehrer | ÖVP | — |
| Minister for Finance | Karl-Heinz Grasser | — | Alfred Finz (ÖVP) |
| Minister of the Interior | Liese Prokop | ÖVP | — |
| Minister for Health and Women | Maria Rauch-Kallat | ÖVP | — |
| Minister of Justice | Karin Gastinger | BZÖ | — |
| Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management | Josef Pröll | ÖVP | — |
| Minister for Defense | Günther Platter | ÖVP | — |
| Minister of Social Security, Generations and Consumer Protection | Ursula Haubner | BZÖ | Sigisbert Dolinschek (BZÖ) |
| Minister for Economics and Labour | Martin Bartenstein | ÖVP | — |
