The 49-year-old announced on Friday after a meeting of the party committees that he had been unanimously elected as the new chancellor and party leader by the executive committee of the People’s Party.
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Vienna Austria’s previous Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) becomes the new Federal Chancellor. The 49-year-old announced on Friday after a meeting of the party committees that he had been unanimously elected as the new chancellor and party leader by the executive committee of the People’s Party. “It is a privilege for me to be able to lead this new people’s party,” said Nehammer.
The complete withdrawal of ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz from all political functions triggered a quake within the ÖVP on Thursday. Only a few hours after Kurz, his successor Alexander Schallenberg announced his resignation. Finance Minister Gernot Blümel followed in the evening, who also takes his hat. Schallenberg and Blümel were both considered to be close confidants. Further personnel damage was expected.
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