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Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The chairman of the Federal Government is the Federal Chancellor, who is appointed by the president and voted into office by the majority of the Nationalrat, the National Council of Austria. Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy consisting of nine federal states and is one of two European countries that have declared their everlasting neutrality, the other being Switzerland. During the 14th and 15th century Austria continued to expand its territory until it reached the position of a European superpower at the end of the 15th century until the end of the Habsburg monarchy in 1918. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Austria

Chancellor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Minister with overall responsibility for the Exchequer or Treasury. In reality the post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, effectively like a chairman of trustees, carries minimal work and responsibilities, so it is used in effect as a Minister without Portfolio position, often given to the chairman of the party in power to give him or her a seat in cabinet. Formerly, the Lord Chancellor was the sole judge in the Court of Chancery. www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Chancellor

Chancellor of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Federal Chancellor of Austria (Bundeskanzler) is the head of government in Austria. The Federal Chancellor is appointed by the Federal President of Austria who is theoretically totally free in his choice. The Chancellor assumes his office immediately after the appointment and swear in by the president. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chancellor_of_Austria

Bruno Kreisky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kreisky served as Chancellor of Austria from 1970 to 1983 and was the first Jew to hold that position. Chancellor of Austria for a complete list of Federal Chancellors since the founding of the Republic in 1918. Austria cast itself as a bridge between East and West, and Vienna was the site for some early rounds of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks between the United States and the Soviet Union. www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Bruno_Kreisky

Viktor Klima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 1997, upon Vranitzky's resignation, Klima was sworn in as Federal Chancellor of Austria, having renewed the grand coalition between his own party (SPÖ) and the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), with Wolfgang Schüssel serving as his Vice-Chancellor. Viktor Klima (born 4 June 1947), a Social Democratic Austrian politician, was Federal Chancellor of Austria (Bundeskanzler) from 1997 till his resignation in 2000. Although Klima was then unknown to the majority of Austrians, in 1992 Federal Chancellor Franz Vranitzky made him Minister of Economy, a position Klima held till 1996, when he became Minister of Finance for a year. www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Viktor_Klima

Wolfgang Schüssel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In Chancellor Viktor Klima's (SPÖ) first government, from January 28, 1997 to February 4, 2000, Schüssel was again Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs. When the leading proponents of the more pragmatic wing of this party, Vice Chancellor Susanne Riess-Passer and Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser, announced their resignation, Schüssel broke the coaltion and announced general elections, which were held prematurely in November 2002 and led to a landslide victory for Schüssel. On February 28, 2003, after a landslide victory, he was sworn in as Federal Chancellor again, this time with the confidence of having won the elections. www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Wolfgang_Sch%FCssel

Chancellor of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Federal Chancellor of Austria (Bundeskanzler) is the head of government in Austria. Before 1918, the equivalent office was the Minister-President of Austria. 2 Seyß-Inquart became "Chancellor", because of the pressure from Hitler, to made the Anschluss to Nazi-Germany. www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Chancellor_of_Austria

Austria - Chancellor and Cabinet In a coalition government, the chancellor shares coordinating duties with the vice chancellor, who is the leader of the junior party in the coalition. During the long period of rule under Chancellor Bruno Kreisky (1970-83), the public visibility of the chancellor was enhanced through the increased use of television. The chancellor (prime minister) is the head of government as well as chairman of the cabinet. countrystudies.us /austria/104.htm

BBC News EUROPE Austria's chancellor angers Israel The chancellor's office said that his assertion of moral responsibility was a "decisive" part of his comment, Austrian radio reported. Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel has angered Israelis and domestic critics after saying that Austria was the first victim of the Nazis. Jewish groups have long rejected the assertion that Austria was a "victim" of the Nazis, saying that Austrians welcomed the Anschluss that unified Austria with Hitler's Germany in 1938. news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1016000/1016335.stm

The World at War Dollfuß rose rapidly in Austrian politics, serving as president of the federal railways in 1930 and as minister of agriculture from 1931. In February 1934 paramilitary formations loyal to the chancellor crushed Austria's Social Democrats in bloody encounters in and around Vienna known as the Austrian Civil War. He was a member of the conservative and clerically oriented Christian Social Party, the core of whose constituency came from Austria's conservative peasantry. worldatwar.net /biography/d/dollfuss

Austrian Chancellor Franz Vranitzky To Receive '95 J. William Fu "Chancellor Vranitzky's dedicated leadership in helping the Central and Eastern European countries pursue a democratic future for their peoples, in promoting international dialogues, and in offering Austria's humanitarian assistance to the victims of war in the former Yugoslavia exemplify the principles which the Fulbright Prize honors," said Dr. Katz. After a career in the banking industry, he joined the government in 1984 as Minister of Finance, a post he held until 1986 when he was sworn in as Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria. "Austria is frequently thought of primarily as an economic success story," said Maurizio A. Gianturco, president of the Fulbright Association's Board of Directors. www.austria.org /nov95/vran.htm

The History Place - Triumph of Hitler His very first victim was Dr. Kurt von Schuschnigg, Chancellor of Austria, a country being torn apart from within by Nazi agitators and also feeling threatened from the outside by Germany's newfound military strength. Around midnight, President Miklas, realizing his own position was hopeless, appointed Seyss as the new Chancellor of Austria. First, Göring successfully badgered Schuschnigg into resigning, then he demanded that President Miklas appoint Seyss as the new Chancellor of Austria. www.historyplace.com /worldwar2/triumph/tr-austria.htm

CHANCELLOR OF AUSTRIA FACTS AND INFORMATION The Federal Chancellor of Austria (''Bundeskanzler'') is the head_of_government in Austria. The Federal Chancellor is appointed by the Federal President of Austria who is theoretically totally free in his choice. The Chancellor assumes his office immediately after the appointment and swear in by the president. www.whereintheworldiskerry.com /Chancellor_of_Austria

Politics of Austria The governors of Austria's nine Länder (provinces) are elected by the provincial legislatures. The highest courts of Austria's independent judiciary are the Constitutional Court; the Administrative Court, which handles bureaucratic disputes; and the Supreme Court, for civil and criminal cases. The People's Party advocates conservative financial policies and privatization of much of Austria's nationalized industry and finds support from farmers, large and small business owners, and lay Catholic groups, but also from voters without party affiliation, with strongholds in the rural regions of Austria. www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/p/po/politics_of_austria.html

Seyss_Inquart Nuremberg Charges, Part 2 The first act of Seyss-Inquart as the new Chancellor of Austria was to hold a telephone conversation with Hitler early in the morning of 12 March 1938. One of the missions of von Papen, as German Ambassador to Austria, was to effect a change in the personnel of the Austrian Cabinet headed by Chancellor von Schuschnigg and to eliminate anti-Nazi opposition, particularly in the Ministry of Interior and Security. Even before Seyss-Inquart received his appointment as Chancellor of Austria he dispatched a telegram using that title. www.ess.uwe.ac.uk /genocide/Seyss_Inquart2.htm

Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The President chooses the chancellor, traditionally the leader of the largest party in the elections for parliament. Austria, with its well-developed market economy and high standard of living, is closely tied to other Austria's mountainous terrain lead to the development of many distinct German dialects. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Austria

fedbk.htm In the event that both the Federal Chancellor and Deputy Chancellor are unable to perform their duties, the Federal President names a member of the Federal Government to deputise for the Federal Chancellor. If the Federal President is incapacitated, all of his functions are transferred to the Federal Chancellor for a period of twenty days. The Federal Chancellor presides over the Federal Government. www.austria-cafe.com /fedbk.htm

Chancellor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chancellor ( Latin : cancellarius), an official title used by most of the peoples whose civilization has arisen directly or indirectly out of the Roman empire. The original chancellors were the Cancellarii of Roman courts of justice- ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the audience. Chancellor of Justice or Justitiekanslern acts as the en2.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chancellor

CNS - CTBT - EIF Conference - Welcoming Address by the Vice-Chancellor of Austria Austria was very pleased to support your candidature since we highly appreciate Japan's active role in the promotion of nuclear disarmament. In Austria's view a strong follow-up to the Conference is of the essence. As Austria's Foreign Minister I wish to assure you that we will continue to press for an early entry into force of the CTBT, including the holding of another conference at the headquarters here in Vienna. cns.miis.edu /research/testban/eif/welcome.htm

NATO Partnerships Statement by Wolfgang SCHÜSSEL, Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria at the Ministerial Meeting of the EAPC. Introductory Statement by the Foreign Minister of Austria, Vice-Chancellor Wolfgang Sch¸ssel at the Spring Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Sintra, Portugal. Herbert Scheibner Minister of Defence of the Republic of Austria at the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council. www.nato.int /pfp/at/austria.htm

CNN.com - Austria's far-right in disarray - September 16, 2002 But in a statement published by the Austria Press Agency, Haider said on Saturday he had considered reassuming the leadership but had withdrawn his candidacy because he encountered too much party opposition on a range of issues, including lowering taxes, restricting immigration and European Union expansion. VIENNA, Austria -- The executive committee of Austria's far-right Freedom Party is holding a crisis meeting after Joerg Haider's decided not to become its leader for a second time. Austria's ruling coalition collapsed last week after Haider led a revolt with the Freedom Party, which entered government with the conservative People's Party in 2000. archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/09/16/aust.haider

Ostracizing Austria  By Alexander Chancellor The decision by 14 European Union countries to isolate Austria in the event of Jörg Haider's xenophobic Freedom Party joining the country's government exposed a conflict between two fundamental EU commitments—to human rights and to democracy. "Europe in turmoil over far right pact in Austria" was the Guardian of London's six-column front-page headline. Alexander Chancellor is a columnist for the Guardian. slate.msn.com /id/74329

Austria Expresses Solidarity with US Austria´s Federal Chancellor, Wolfgang Schüssel, pointed out that the military actions which began on Sunday, October 7th, were a measured response to the terror attacks of September 11th. Austria´s Federal President, Thomas Klestil, said that "the men and women who are now risking their lives in the fight against terrorism are risking their lives for all of us." He also expressed the hope that the innocent civilian population in Afghanistan will be spared from any unnecessary suffering. Austria Expresses Solidarity with US At a meeting of EU-foreign ministers in Luxemburg on October 8th, 2001 Austria´s Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner stated that Austria, like the www.austria.org /press/246.html

D. Heinrich Lammasch The revolution swirled around him and he was forced to declare Austria a republic, but he could no longer withstand the political atmosphere and he resigned on 11 November 1918.  He later joined his successor, On 27 October 1918, Lammasch was appointed by Kaiser Karl to be the Imperial Chancellor, replacing www.geocities.com /veldes1/lammasch.html

Seyss-Inquart, Arthur --  Encyclopædia Britannica Austrian Nazi leader who was chancellor of Austria during the Anschluss (annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938). The conjuncture of these policies doomed the independence of Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland, and set Europe on a slippery slope to war. Mussolini's neutrality was assured, there was a ministerial crisis in France, and the British government had made it known for some time that it would not oppose union of Austria with Germany. www.britannica.com /eb/article-9067021?tocId=9067021

Vranitzky, Franz on Encyclopedia.com Exchange with reporters prior to discussions with Chancellor Franz Vranitzky of Austria. (fräns vränĬt´skē), 1937-, Austrian political leader, chancellor of Austria (1986-97), b. During the 1990s he was actively involved in the downsizing of Austria's welfare state and the reduction of the nation's budget deficit. www.encyclopedia.com /html/v/vrntzkyf1.asp

Articles - Franz Vranitzky He was Chancellor of Austria from 1986 until 1996. But at the party rally of September 13, 1986 the moderate Vice Chancellor Norbert Steger won less than 50% of the votes and the right-wing populist Jörg Haider was elected as the new FP× chairman. During the government Vranitzky III, Austria became a member of the EU in 1995. www.lastring.com /articles/Franz_Vranitzky

Silence Kills Sent to Hubert Gorbach Vise Chancellor of Austria, and, Minister of bmvit (represented Austria on EASA Management Board). Notification of Austria Vice Chancellor, Minister of Transportation, and EASA board member Hubert Gorbach It is the responsibility of the Member State, Austria, to prosecute Gross Negligence, which the evidence delivered to EASA clearly shows occured. www.eaawatch.net /notify_gorbach.htm

Yugoslav Daily Survey "With the chancellor of Austria, an internationally highly respected country, we discussed the vital issues concerning Yugoslavia's further reintegration in international financial and political institutions and rapprochement to the European Union," Pesic said. The Austrian political-economic delegation on an official visit to Yugoslavia is headed by Chancellor Schuessel, and comprises Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser, Foreign Ministry secretary general Albert Rohan, and fifteen directors and managers of the largest banks and enterprises. Pesic said that Yugoslavia expected Austria's support in resolving the status of Kosovo-Metohija in keeping with Resolution 1244, for Yugoslavia's territorial integrity and the affirmation of a further implementation of the Dayton accords. www.mfa.gov.yu /Bilteni/Engleski/b141001_e.html

News from Austria, No. 1/98 Vice-Chancellor Schüssel on Austria's Presidency of the EU Federal Chancellor Klima balance sheet of 1997 In view of the European crisis caused by the wave of refugees in Italy, Federal Chancellor Viktor Klima on January 7, 1998 in an interview on ORF called for a joint approach by the European countries. Further positive aspects cited by the Chancellor were the low rates of joblessness among young people and the good level of employment. www.austria.org /news/36.html

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