Christian Social Party (Austria) on 31 May 1922. From 1929 onwards, the party tried to form an alliance with the Heimwehr movement. Because of the instability of this coalition the party leadership decided to reform a coalition with the agrarian Landbund. In the process of establishing the so-called Austro-fascist dictatorship, Christian Social Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuß founded the Patriotic Front ("Vaterländische Front") on 20 May 1933, merging the CS with the Landbund, Heimwehr and other conservative groups. The party was finally dissolved with the entry into force of the "May Constitution" of 1934, the foundation of the Federal State of Austria. With the assumption of
Chancellor of Austria Chancellor of Austria The Chancellor of Austria () is the head of government of the Austrian Republic. The Chancellor chairs and leads the Government, which is composed of him, the Vice-Chancellor and the Ministers. Together with the President, who is head of state, the Government forms the country's executive leadership. Austria is a parliamentary republic, the system of government in which real power is vested in the head of government. However, in Austria most executive actions of great extent can only be exercised by the President, upon advice or with the countersignature of the Chancellor. Therefore the Chancellor often requires