The Austrian Federal Chancellery welcomes you

The Federal Chancellery plays a central role in the Austrian government. This website contains a wealth of information about the work of the Austrian Chancellor as well as the wide range of duties and responsibilities of the Federal Chancellery.

This website also provides information about responsibilities and the separation of powers within the Austrian government, historic facts, and links to all Austrian Ministries.

On 2nd December 2008, the new Austrian Federal Government was sworn in by Federal President Heinz Fischer.

Duties and designations of the Federal Ministries are established on the basis of the amended ministerial law.

News from Austria

  • Chancellor Faymann: major upward trend of the Austrian economy

    The crisis was not over but Austria was doing considerably better than predicted by many a prophet. The favourable development was due to concerted action taken by politics and economics, politics had created an adequate framework, and the economy delivered the results, stressed Chancellor Faymann.

  • "Signs of the Time": New Medal Museum of the Federal Chancellery

    Under the title "Signs of the Time", the Medal Museum of the Federal Chancellery was recently opened. The visitors of this museum get a chance to learn about the system of orders and decorations of the monarchy as well as the First and Second Republic.

News from Austria 2010

Impression from the building on Ballhausplatz 2

The building on Ballhausplatz 2 in Vienna was constructed in the early 18th century.