Gusenbauer, Alfred

Gusenbauer, Alfred, 1960-, Austrian politician, grad. Univ. of Vienna (Ph.D. 1987). Active in the Social Democratic party from a young age, he was executive secretary (1981-1990) for Youth of the Social Democratic party and Austrian chairman (1984-90) of the Socialist Youth before first winning election to the Austrian parliament in 1991. In 2000 he became party leader of the Social Democrats, and led them in 2006 to win a plurality of seats in parliament. Forming a "grand coalition" with the conservative People's party out of necessity, Gusenbauer served chancellor of Austria (2007-8).

The government of Alfred Gusenbauer was sworn in on January 11, 2007.

Function	Office holder	Party	Secretary of State
Chancellor and Minister for Sports	Alfred Gusenbauer	SPÖ	Chancellor's Office : Heidrun Silhavy (SPÖ)(11. January 2007 - 30. June 2008) Andreas Schnieder (SPÖ) since 1 July 2008 Sport: Reinhard Lopatka (ÖVP)
Vice Chancellor and Minister for Finance	Wilhelm Molterer	ÖVP	Finance: Christoph Matznetter (SPÖ)
Minister for European and International Affairs	Ursula Plassnik	ÖVP	Europe/EU: Hans Winkler (no party affiliation, though designated by ÖVP)
Minister for Education, Art and Culture	Claudia Schmied	SPÖ	—
Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology	Werner Faymann	SPÖ	Infrastructure: Christa Kranzl (SPÖ)
Minister of the Interior	Günther Platter (11. January 2007 - 30. June 2008) Maria Fekter since 1 July 2008	ÖVP ÖVP	—
Minister for Women, Media and Public Service	Doris Bures (11. January 2007 - 30. June 2008) Heidrun Silhavy since 1 July 2008	SPÖ SPÖ	—
Minister for Health, Family and Youth	Andrea Kdolsky	ÖVP	—
Minister of Justice	Maria Berger	SPÖ	—
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management	Josef Pröll	ÖVP	—
Minister for Defense	Norbert Darabos	SPÖ	—
Minister for Social Issues and Consumer Protection	Erwin Buchinger	SPÖ	—
Minister of Economics and Labour	Martin Bartenstein	ÖVP	Labour: Christine Marek (ÖVP)
Minister of Science and Research	Johannes Hahn	ÖVP	—