Government of Austria commencement of the Austria Constitution on 10 November 1920 became first Federal Chancellor of Austria. Mayr and his successors proceeded with the support of the Christian Social Party and the Greater German nationalists, while the Social Democrats remained in opposition. From 5 March 1933 onwards, the Christian Social chancellor Engelbert Dollfuß continued to rule by suppressing the National Council parliament. In the course of the Austrian Civil War he brought down the opposition, and on 1 May 1934 implemented the authoritarian Federal State of Austria. All political parties were banned, except for the Fatherland's Front supporting Dollfuß' Austrofascist government. The
Chancellor of Austria The official residence and executive office of the Chancellor is the Chancellery, which is located at the Ballhausplatz in the center of Vienna. Both, the Chancellor as well as the Government are appointed by the President, who also holds the right to dismiss them. The current officeholder is Sebastian Kurz, who was sworn in on 18 December 2017 by Alexander Van der Bellen. The use of the term Chancellor ("Kanzler", derived from ) as head of the chancery writing office can be traced back as far as the ninth century, when under King Louis the German the office of the