 Politics of Austria

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.Austrian politics takes place within the constitutional framework of a federal parliamentary republic, with a President ("Bundespräsident") serving as head of state and a Chancellor ("Bundeskanzler") as head of government.