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| Politics of Austria The Politics of Austria take place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, with a Federal Chancellor as the head of government, and a Federal President as head of state. Executive power is exercised by the governments, both local and federal. Politics_of_Austria
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| National Council of Austria The National Council () is one of the two houses of the Austrian parliament. According to the constitution, the National Council and the complementary Federal Council are peers. As a practical matter, the National Council is decidedly more powerful. National_Council_of_Austria
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| President of Austria The Austrian Federal President (German language:Österreichischer Bundespräsident) is the federal head of state of Austria. Though theoretically entrusted with great power by the constitution, in practice the President acts, for the most part, merely as a ceremonial figurehead. The President of Austria is directly elected by universal adult suffrage once in every six years. His or her offices are located in the Leopoldine Wing of the Hofburg Imperial Palace, in Vienna. President_of_Austria
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| Franz Joseph Gall Franz Joseph Gall (9 March 1758 - 22 August 1828) was a neuroanatomist, physiologist, and pioneer in the study of the localization of mental functions in the brain.Gall was born in Baden, in the village of Tiefenbronn to a wealthy Roman Catholic wool merchant. Franz_Joseph_Gall
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| Austrian presidential election, 2004 Presidential elections were held in Austria on 25 April 2004. While the post of President of Austria is a largely ceremonial one, presidential elections are conducted on a party basis and are seen as a test of the relative standing of the major parties.The victorious candidate was Heinz Fischer of the opposition Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ). He defeated Benita Ferrero-Waldner, foreign minister in the ruling conservative coalition led by the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). Austrian_presidential_election,_2004
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| League of Democratic Socialists League of Democratic Socialists (Bund Demokratischer Sozialisten) is an Austrian political party formerly affiliated with the World Socialist Movement, though unlike most other WSM parties, it did not start as an offshoot of the Socialist Party of Great Britain.BDS contested the 1959 legislative election, getting 2 190 votes (0.1%).Though nominally favouring a classless, moneyless, egalitarian society, in recent years the Bund's newspaper has printed a number of nationalistic, anti-immigration articles. League_of_Democratic_Socialists
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| Elections in 2004 Elections_in_2004
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| Elections in Austria This article provides information on elections and election results in Austria. On a federal level, there are two main electionsNational Council (Nationalrat) every four years by proportional representation (to be changed to five years at the beginning of the next election period.) Elections_in_Austria
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| Austrian legislative election, 2002 The election for the National Council of 24 November 2002 took place prematurely, only three years after the last elections. Since early 2000, Austria had been ruled by a coalition under Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel of the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), which had then only been in third place, closely trailing the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), with which it entered into a coalition. Austrian_legislative_election,_2002
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| Austrian legislative election, 1999 Austria, the legislative election of October 3, 1999 (elections for the National Council of Austria) caused a major upheaval in the political landscape.From 1971 to 1983, the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) had ruled the country alone, receiving an absolute majority of both votes and seats in the national elections of 1971, 1975, 1979 under the leadership of Bruno Kreisky. Austrian_legislative_election,_1999
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| Austrian legislative election, 1995 The elections to the Austrian National Council taking place in fall of 1995 were the first to follow Austria's accession to the EU and followed only a year after the 1994 elections. The coalition government headed by Franz Vranitzky between the SPÖ and the ÖVP broke down after disagreements on the government budget for the next year. It was also the first election where the ÖVP was headed by Wolfgang Schüssel. Austrian_legislative_election,_1995
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| Austrian legislative election, 1990 The elections to the Austrian National Council taking place in 1990 mostly resulted in losses to the ÖVP, then the junior partner in a coalition with the SPÖ, and gains to the FPÖ.|Party Social Democratic Party of Austria)Austrian People's Party) (conservative) Freedom Party of Austria) (nationalist-liberal)Green Party (ecologist) Austrian_legislative_election,_1990
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| Austrian legislative election, 1959 In the elections to the Austrian National Council of 1959, the SPÖ leaped ahead of the ÖVP in votes, but trailed behind it by one seat. The KPÖ lost all its seats in parliament in has remained an extra-parliamentary party since then.The coalition between the ÖVP (led by Julius Raab) and the SPÖ (led by Bruno Pittermann) was continued. Austrian_legislative_election,_1959
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| Austrian legislative election, 1953 The elections to the Austrian National Council of 1953 were the first elections after the KPÖ had left the coalition with the ÖVP and SPÖ in 1950. The SPÖ leaped ahead of the ÖVP in votes, but the coalition between the two parties was continued under the Chancellorship of ÖVP politician Julius Raab, while Adolf Schärf of the SPÖ remained Vice Chancellor. Austrian_legislative_election,_1953
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| Ekis Ekis stands for Elektronisches Kriminalpolizeiliches Information System. It is the Austrian internet surveillance system. Ekis
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| Federal Ministry for the Interior (Austria) The Federal Ministry for the Interior (in German, Bundesministerium für Inneres) is a ministry of the Austrian federal government.It has offices in the Palais Modena. Federal_Ministry_for_the_Interior_(Austria)
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| Elections in 2006 Elections_in_2006
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| Eurocopter AS350 Eurocopter_AS350
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| EKO Cobra EKO Cobra (Einsatzkommando Cobra) is the premier Counter-Terrorism unit of the Austrian Federal Police. It is widely regarded as one of the best in the world. EKO_Cobra
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