Gusenbauer government

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The government of Alfred Gusenbauer was sworn in on 11 January 2007^[1] and left office on 2 December 2008.

Cabinet members

The cabinet was a coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the People's Party.^[2] Each party had seven members in the cabinet.^[1]

Function	Office holder	Party	Secretary of State
Chancellor and Minister for Sports	Alfred Gusenbauer	SPÖ	Chancellor's Office : Heidrun Silhavy (SPÖ)(11. January 2007 - 30. June 2008) Andreas Schieder (SPÖ) since 1 July 2008 Sport: Reinhard Lopatka (ÖVP)
Vice Chancellor and Minister for Finance	Wilhelm Molterer	ÖVP	Finance: Christoph Matznetter (SPÖ)
Minister for European and International Affairs	Ursula Plassnik	ÖVP	Europe/EU: Hans Winkler (no party affiliation, though designated by ÖVP)
Minister for Education, Art and Culture	Claudia Schmied	SPÖ	—
Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology	Werner Faymann	SPÖ	Infrastructure: Christa Kranzl (SPÖ)
Minister of the Interior	Günther Platter (11. January 2007 - 30. June 2008) Maria Fekter since 1 July 2008	ÖVP ÖVP	—
Minister for Women, Media and Public Service	Doris Bures (11 January 2007 - 30 June 2008) Heidrun Silhavy 1 July 2008 - 2 December 2008	SPÖ SPÖ	—
Minister for Health, Family and Youth	Andrea Kdolsky	ÖVP	—
Minister of Justice	Maria Berger	SPÖ	—
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management	Josef Pröll	ÖVP	—
Minister for Defense	Norbert Darabos	SPÖ	—
Minister for Social Issues and Consumer Protection	Erwin Buchinger	SPÖ	—
Minister of Economics and Labour	Martin Bartenstein	ÖVP	Labour: Christine Marek (ÖVP)
Minister of Science and Research	Johannes Hahn	ÖVP	—

References

1 2 "Who's who in the Gusenbauer cabinet". Wikileaks. 23 January 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ Günter Bischof; Fritz Plasser (January 2008). The Changing Austrian Voter. Transaction Publishers. p. 340. ISBN 978-1-4128-1932-9.

Governments of Austria

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