Women’s Representation in Government Decreases Slightly
At the start of Chancellor Karl Nehammer's (ÖVP) government, there were (including state secretariats) 8 men and 9 women, now there are 11 men and 10 women. Considering only the ministerial positions, there were 8 men and 7 women at the start of Nehammer's term, and now there are 8 men and 6 women.
Governments with Higher Proportion of Women
In the two previous governments of Nehammer and Sebastian Kurz (both ÖVP), there were slightly more women than men in the government team at the swearing-in. In the immediately preceding cabinet of Brigitte Bierlein, there was gender parity.
Expressed in percentages, the proportion of women among the heads of departments is now 47 percent. Including the state secretariats, it comes to 48 percent. For comparison: Currently, 37 percent of the members of the National Council are female.
Men in Majority
Before the Bierlein government, men had a clear majority: This was most pronounced in the last 60 years in the Grand Coalition of Federal Chancellor Josef Klaus (ÖVP) (until 1966). At that time, not a single woman sat at the cabinet table, and in the following Klaus solo government, only one woman, Grete Rehor (ÖVP), was represented. Subsequently, until the government of Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ), there were at most three female government members at the swearing-in - it was not until 1994 that five women (Sonja Moser, Maria Rauch-Kallat, Johanna Dohnal, Christa Krammer, and Brigitte Ederer) were represented for the first time. However, in the then 21-member government team, they still remained clearly in the minority.
A 40 percent quota was first achieved under Alfred Gusenbauer (SPÖ) in 2007. Subsequently, the proportion of women in the government team decreased again - until the first parity under Bierlein (2019).
(APA/Red)
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