Austria President House

Trump receives credentials from the newly appointed republic of austria ambassador to the united states martin weiss in the oval office at the white house monday january 6 2020 in washington dc.

Austria president house. The first popular election of a president although provided for by a 1929 amendment to the constitution did not take place until after the death of the first post world war ii president karl renner who had been unanimously elected by the national assembly after the liberation of 1945. As a member of the green party he served as federal spokesperson from 1997 to 2008 as well as the chairman of the greens parliamentary group from 1999 to 2008. Earlier this afternoon president donald trump met with austrias chancellor sebastian kurz video and transcript below additionally the president answered questions from the white house media on current events and issues including the section 232 auto tariffs the upcoming visit to the dprk ag bill barr and andrew mccabe. Furthermore the president ranks first in austrias order of precedence ahead of the presidium of the national council and the chancellor.

Alexander van der bellen was inaugurated as the federal president of the republic of austria on january 26 2017. The principal residence and workplace of the president is the leopoldine wing of the hofburg imperial palace situated in vienna. He was a member of the national council the austrian house of representatives from 1994 to 2012 and a member of the vienna state parliament and vienna city council from 2012 to 2015. Transcript oval office 152 pm.

It is to represent the interests of the greatest possible number of citizens. Parliament is the very heart of any democratic system. Since chancellor wolfgang schuessel met with president george w. With their offices located on the white house grounds every vice president since walter mondale has lived with their families on the grounds of the united states naval observatory.

Senior citizens young people women men employees entrepreneurs etc. The meeting between the two world leaders will be the first time an austrian chancellor has visited a president of the united states in washington dc. Austria austria political process. Bush in 2005 kronen zeitung reports.

A bitterly divided country deadlocked in a 269 269 electoral college tie turns to the house of representatives to select the next president. While no exact date for the visit has been confirmed publicly the trip is thought to be taking place after chancellor kurz returns from a. House president adamos adamou on thursday sent letters to the presidents of the austrian federal and national councils andrea eder gitschthaler and wolfgang sobotka and to the presidents of the.