First Schüssel government

First Schüssel government

25th Government of Austria
Wolfgang Schüssel
Date formed4 February 2000 (2000-02-04)
Date dissolved28 February 2003 (2003-02-28)
People and organisations
President of AustriaThomas Klestil
ChancellorWolfgang Schüssel
Vice ChancellorSusanne Riess-Passer
No. of ministers12
Member parties  Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)
  Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)
Status in legislatureMajority coalition
104 / 183(57%)









Opposition parties  Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)
  The Greens (GRÜNE)
Opposition leaderViktor Klima (2000)
Alfred Gusenbauer (2000-2003)
History
Election1999
PredecessorKlima
SuccessorSchüssel II

The first Schüssel government of Austria was formed after the 1999 Austrian legislative election under Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel. It was replaced shortly after the 2002 election. It was the first ÖVP-FPÖ coalition in Austria at federal level.