# First Kurz government

The First Kurz government (German: Erste Bundesregierung Kurz or Kurz I for short) was the 30th Government of Austria in office from 18 December 2017 until 3 June 2019. It succeeded the Kern government formed after the 2017 legislative election. Sebastian Kurz, chairman of the centre-right Austrian People's Party, known by its initials in German as ÖVP, reached an agreement on a coalition with the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), setting the stage for Kurz to become chancellor of Austria—the youngest head of government in Europe—for the first time.
In the wake of the May 2019 Ibiza affair, Kurz terminated the coalition agreement and called for a snap election, which was ultimately held on 29 September 2019, after some disagreements over the timing. Kurz announced that his government would run as a minority technocratic caretaker government in the interim. However, on 27 May 2019, his government was dismissed by the National Council through a motion of no confidence, the first successful parliamentary vote of no confidence in the Second Republic. On 3 June 2019, President Alexander Van der Bellen swore in a technocratic caretaker government led by Brigitte Bierlein, which held office until the new coalition government between the ÖVP and The Greens was sworn in.

## Composition

| Portrait | Name | Office | Took office | Left office | Party | Federal Home State |
| Leadership ||||||||
| | Sebastian Kurz | Chancellor of Austria (2017-2019) | 18 December 2017 | 28 May 2019 | ÖVP | Vienna |
| | Hartwig Löger | Acting Chancellor of Austria (2019) Vice Chancellor of Austria (2019) Minister of Finance (2017-2019) | 18 December 2017 | 3 June 2019 | ÖVP | Styria |
| | Heinz-Christian Strache | Vice Chancellor of Austria Minister of Civil Service and Sports | 18 December 2017 | 22 May 2019 | FPÖ | Vienna |
| Ministers ||||||||
| | Eckart Ratz | Minister of the Interior | 22 May 2019 | 3 June 2019 | Independent | Vorarlberg |
| | Herbert Kickl | Minister of the Interior | 18 December 2017 | 22 May 2019 | FPÖ | Carinthia |
| | Karin Kneissl | Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs | 18 December 2017 | 3 June 2019 | Independent (FPÖ nominated) | Vienna |
| | Josef Moser | Minister of Constitutional Affairs, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice | 18 December 2017 | 3 June 2019 | Independent (ÖVP nominated) | Tyrol |
| | Johann Luif | Minister of Defence | 22 May 2019 | 3 June 2019 | Independent | Burgenland |
| | Mario Kunasek | Minister of Defence | 18 December 2017 | 22 May 2019 | FPÖ | Styria |
| | Heinz Faßmann | Minister of Education, Science and Research | 18 December 2017 | 3 June 2019 | Independent (ÖVP nominated) | (Born abroad) |
| | Walter Pöltner | Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection | 22 May 2019 | 3 June 2019 | Independent | Vienna |
| | Beate Hartinger-Klein | Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection | 18 December 2017 | 22 May 2019 | FPÖ | Styria |
| | Valerie Hackl | Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology | 22 May 2019 | 3 June 2019 | Independent | Vienna |
| | Norbert Hofer | Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology | 18 December 2017 | 22 May 2019 | FPÖ | Styria |
| | Elisabeth Köstinger | Minister of Sustainability and Tourism | 18 December 2017 | 3 June 2019 | ÖVP | Carinthia |
| | Margarete Schramböck | Minister of Digital and Economic Affairs | 8 January 2018 | 3 June 2019 | ÖVP | Tyrol |
| | Juliane Bogner-Strauß | acting Minister of Civil Service and Sports | 22 May 2019 | 3 June 2019 | ÖVP | Styria |
| Chancellery ministers ||||||||
| | Gernot Blümel | Chancellery minister for the EU, Arts, Culture and Media | 18 December 2017 | 3 June 2019 | ÖVP | Vienna |
| | Juliane Bogner-Strauß | Chancellery minister for Women, Families and Youth | 18 December 2017 | 3 June 2019 | ÖVP | Styria |
| State secretaries ||||||||
| | Hubert Fuchs | State secretary in the Ministry of Finance | 18 December 2017 | 22 May 2019 | FPÖ | Salzburg |
| | Karoline Edtstadler | State secretary in the Ministry of the Interior | 18 December 2017 | 3 June 2019 | ÖVP | Salzburg |