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Ministry of Finance: Style: Mr. Federal minister (formal) Member of: Federal Government Council of Ministers: Nominator: Political parties: Appointer: The President on advice of the Chancellor: Constituting instrument: Constitution of Austria: First holder: Otto Steinwender first Republic Georg Zimmermann second Republic: Website: Official website
The minister of the interior is responsible for public safety and for the correct conduct of elections and plebiscites; the minister of finance is responsible for tax collection, the preparation of budgets, and for certain aspects of economic policy; the minister of education runs the public school system; the minister of justice provides ...
The Ministry of Finance (German: Bundesministerium für Finanzen) is the government ministry of Austria responsible for the collection of taxes and customs as well as the administration of fiscal and economic policy. It oversees the Revenue Service, the Revenue Service for Large Businesses, the Financial Police, and various other agencies.
The Government Ministries of the Republic of Austria belong to the executive branch of the Austrian Government. The Functions and Duties of each Ministry is declared in the "Bundesministeriengesetz" (Law of Federal Ministries) from 1986.
Pages in category "Ministers of finance of Austria" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The cabinet adopts resolutions in the presence of at least half of its members and, according to the ruling of the Austrian Constitutional Court, unanimously – in particular the introduction of bills to the National Council. Each federal minister is also responsible for his or her own ministry, and may be supported by one or more state ...
Politics in Austria reflects the dynamics of competition among multiple political parties, which led to the formation of a Conservative-Green coalition government for the first time in January 2020, following the snap elections of 29 September 2019, and the election of a former Green Party leader to the presidency in 2016.
The National Council is the dominant (albeit 'lower') house in the Austrian Parliament, and consequently the terms Parliament and National Council are commonly used synonymously. The Federal Council is elected indirectly, through the provincial assemblies ( Landtage ) of the nine States of the Federal Republic, and reflects the distribution of ...