!!!Bundeskanzler

Federal Chancellor, selects the members of the  Federal Government 
with the  Vice Chancellor and the various  Federal Ministers; head of 
government. As "primus inter pares" s/he chairs the meetings of the 
federal government; while s/he has no authority to issue instructions 
or guidelines, s/he nevertheless holds a special place in Austrian 
political life on account of his/her coordinative and supervisory 
functions, his/her influence on party politics and his/her important 
presence in the media. Since 1929 the Austrian federal chancellor has 
been appointed by the  Federal President (until 1929 s/he was elected 
by the Nationalrat); s/he is head of the  Federal Chancellery. On 
proposal of the Federal Chancellor the Federal President appoints the 
Federal Ministers. If the Federal President is prevented from 
fulfilling his/her duties for a period of not more than 20 days, 
his/her functions are assumed by the Federal Chancellor.

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During the monarchy the head of government had the title Prime 
Minister (or State Chancellor or Imperial Chancellor). When the First 
Republic was established in 1918, the title "chancellor" was 
introduced on the model of Germany: from 1918 to 1920 and from April 
to December 1945 the title was "State Chancellor", from 1920 to 1938 
and from December 1945 "Federal Chancellor".

!Literature
F. Weissensteiner and E. Weinzierl, Die oesterreichischen 
Bundeskanzler, 1983; P. Pelinka, Oesterreichs Bundeskanzler. Von L. 
Figl bis W. Schuessel, 2000.


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