Second Faymann cabinet

Second Faymann cabinet
28th Cabinet of Austria
Incumbent
Date formed	16 December 2013
People and organizations
Head of government	Werner Faymann
Deputy head of government	Michael Spindelegger
Head of state	Heinz Fischer
Number of ministers	15
Member party	Social Democratic Party of Austria Austrian People's Party
Status in legislature	Grand coalition
Opposition party	Freedom Party of Austria
Opposition leader	Heinz-Christian Strache
History
Election(s)	2013 election
Previous	First Faymann cabinet

The Second Faymann cabinet is the incumbent Government of Austria, and took office on 16 December 2013. It succeeded the First Faymann cabinet. It was appointed by President of Austria Heinz Fischer.^[1]

In the 2013 legislative election the Social Democratic Party of Austria and the Austrian People's Party lost 5 seats and 4 seats, respectively, but with a total of 99 seats they remained in majority. On 14 October 2013 the two parties began government formation talks with each other, which resulted in the Second Faymann cabinet.

The cabinet consists of 7 ministers from the Social Democratic Party of Austria, 6 ministers from the Austrian People's Party while 2 ministers are Independent. Minister for Foreign Affairs Sebastian Kurz is at the age of 27 the youngest person ever in Austria's history to become Federal Minister; he is also the youngest Minister for Foreign Affairs in the European Union.

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External links

• Federal Chancellery of Austria: Government

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