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<title>
Austria: Government
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Austria
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: Republic of Austria</l>
<l> conventional short form: Austria</l>
<l> local long form: Republik Oesterreich</l>
<l> local short form: Oesterreich</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: AU
</p>
<p>Type: federal republic
</p>
<p>Capital: Vienna
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: 9 states (bundeslander, singular -
bundesland); Burgenland, Karnten, Niederosterreich,
Oberosterreich, Salzburg, Steiermark, Tirol, Vorarlberg, Wien
</p>
<p>Independence: 12 November 1918 (from Austro-Hungarian Empire)
</p>
<p>Constitution: 1920; revised 1929 (reinstated 1945)
</p>
<p>Legal system: civil law system with Roman law origin; judicial
review of legislative acts by a Constitutional Court; separate
administrative and civil/penal supreme courts; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
</p>
<p>National holiday: National Day, 26 October (1955)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: Social Democratic Party of
Austria (SPO), Franz VRANITZKY, chairman; Austrian People's
Party (OVP), Erhard BUSEK, chairman; Freedom Party of Austria
(FPO), Jorg HAIDER, chairman; Communist Party (KPO), Walter
SILBERMAYER, chairman; Green Alternative List (GAL), Johannes
VOGGENHUBER, chairman
</p>
<p>Other political or pressure groups: Federal Chamber of
Commerce and Industry; Austrian Trade Union Federation
(primarily Socialist); three composite leagues of the Austrian
People's Party (OVP) representing business, labor, and farmers;
OVP-oriented League of Austrian Industrialists; Roman Catholic
Church, including its chief lay organization, Catholic Action
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 19 years of age, universal; compulsory for
presidential elections
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> President: last held 24 May 1992 (next to be held 1996);
results of second ballot - Thomas KLESTIL 57%, Rudolf STREICHER
43%
</p>
<p> National Council: last held 7 October 1990 (next to be held
October 1994); results - SPO 43%, OVP 32.1%, FPO 16.6%, GAL
4.5%, KPO 0.7%, other 0.32%; seats - (183 total) SPO 80, OVP 60,
FPO 33, GAL 10
</p>
<p>Executive branch: president, chancellor, vice chancellor,
Council of Ministers (cabinet)
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: bicameral Federal Assembly
(Bundesversammlung) consists of an upper council or Federal
Council (Bundesrat) and a lower council or National Council
(Nationalrat)
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Supreme Judicial Court (Oberster Gerichtshof)
for civil and criminal cases, Administrative Court
(Verwaltungsgerichtshof) for bureaucratic cases, Constitutional
Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof) for constitutional cases
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State: President Thomas KLESTIL (since 8 July 1992)
</p>
<p> Head of Government: Chancellor Franz VRANITZKY (since 16
June 1986); Vice Chancellor Erhard BUSEK (since 2 July 1991)
</p>
<p>Member of: AfDB, AG (observer), AsDB, Australia Group, BIS,
CCC, CE, CEI, CERN, COCOM (cooperating country), CSCE, EBRD,
ECE, EFTA, ESA, FAO, G-9, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC,
ICFTU, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL,
IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LORCS, MINURSO, MTCR, NAM (guest), NEA, NSG,
OAS (observer), OECD, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNDOF, UNFICYP,
UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNOSOM, UNTAC, UNTSO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Friedrich HOESS</l>
<l> chancery: 3524 International Court NW, Washington, DC
20008-3035</l>
<l> telephone: (202) 895-6700</l>
<l> FAX: (202) 895-6750</l>
<l> consulates general: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Roy Michael HUFFINGTON</l>
<l> chancery: Boltzmanngasse 16, A-1091, Unit 27937, Vienna</l>
<l> mailing address: APO AE 09222</l>
<l> telephone: [43] (1) 31-339</l>
<l> FAX: [43] (1) 310-0682</l>
<l> consulate general: Salzburg</l>
</list>
<p>Flag: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and
red
</p></body></article></text>