- On March 3, Christian Stoecker was sworn in as Austria's new chancellor, leading a three-party coalition government formed five months after last year's election.
- Stoecker's center-right People's Party (ÖVP), the center-left Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the liberal Neos reached an agreement in January after a first attempt to form a coalition failed.
- He took over as head of the ÖVP from former chancellor Karl Nehammer, who resigned in January after initial talks between the three parties failed.
- SPÖ leader Andreas Baebler was sworn in as vice chancellor.
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