Federal State of Austria in 1931 pursued the idea of overcoming the ongoing class struggle by the implementation of a corporative form of government modelled on Italian fascism and Portugal’s Estado Novo. The CS politician Engelbert Dollfuss, appointed Chancellor of Austria in 1932, on 4 March 1933 saw an opportunity in the resignation of Social Democrat Karl Renner as president of the Austrian "Nationalrat", after irregularities occurred during a voting process. Dollfuss called the incident a "self-elimination" ("Selbstausschaltung") of the parliament and had the following meeting on 15 March forcibly prorogued by the forces of the Vienna police department. His party fellow, President Wilhelm
Chancellor of Austria the President's consent to implement greater decisions. Furthermore neither the Ministers nor the Vice-Chancellor report to the Chancellor, or can even be dismissed by him. In legislature the Chancellor's actual power depends on the size of his affiliated parliamentary group. In case of a coalition government, the Chancellor commonly is the leader of the party most represented in the National Council, with the leader of the party able to grant a majority, usually serving as the Vice-Chancellor. In a majority government with only one ruling party, the Chancellor could be seen as the nation's most powerful person. The first Austrian