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After Sebastian Kurz stepped down, Alexander Schalenberg of Austria was sworn in as chancellor.

Category : International
Published on: October 13 2021 Share on facebook

  • Austria got a new chancellor two days after former leader Sebastian Kurz resigned amid corruption allegations, but the direction of government policy was not expected to change.
  • Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen swore in Alexander Schallenberg, the former foreign minister, as chancellor.
  • Sebastian Kurz announced on October 9 that he will step down in order to defuse a political crisis sparked by the prosecutor's announcement that he is a target of an investigation into suspected bribery and breach of trust.
  • Sebastian Kurz was elected as the leader of Austria's People's Party and then as the country's Chancellor in 2017.

Important Facts 

About Austria

  • Capital: Vienna
  • Currency: Euro
  • The name Austria derives from a Germanic word ‘austro’ which means ‘east’.
  • The Austrian flag is one of the oldest national flags in the world.
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