!!!Vizekanzler Vice-Chancellor, deputy of the Federal Chancellor who assumes the latter´s responsibilities whenever he is unable to perform his duties. If both the Federal Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor are unable to perform their duties, the Federal President nominates a member of the Federal Government to represent them. If the country is governed by a coalition government, the post of Vice-Chancellor is habitually filled by a member of the junior coalition partner. The Vice-Chancellor is usually also head of a ministry. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Vizekanzler|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]