First Kurz government

{{short description|Government of Austria from 2017 to 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}

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| cabinet_number = 30th

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| jurisdiction = Austria

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| image = Sebastian Kurz (2018-02-28) (cropped).jpg

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| date_formed = {{start date|2017|12|18|df=y}}

| date_dissolved = {{start date|2019|06|3|df=y}}

| state_head_title = Appointed by

| state_head = Alexander Van der Bellen

| government_head_title = Chancellor

| government_head = Sebastian Kurz {{nowrap|(2017–2019)}}
Hartwig Löger {{nowrap|(Acting; 2019)}}

| deputy_government_head_title = Vice-Chancellor

| deputy_government_head = Heinz-Christian Strache {{nowrap|(2017–2019)}}
Hartwig Löger (2019)

| current_number = 13

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{{Legend inline|{{party color|Freedom Party of Austria}}}}Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) {{nowrap|(2017–2019)}}

| legislature_status = Majority coalition {{nowrap|(2017–2019)}}
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Semi-technocratic minority cabinet {{nowrap|(2019)}}
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| election = 2017 legislative election

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| opposition_parties = {{Legend inline|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}}}}Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)
{{Legend inline|{{party color|Freedom Party of Austria}}}}Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) (2019)
{{Legend inline|{{party color|NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum}}}}NEOS
{{legend inline|{{party color|Peter Pilz List}}}}JETZT

| opposition_leader = Christian Kern {{nowrap|(2017–2018)}}
Pamela Rendi-Wagner {{nowrap|(2018–2019)}}

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| previous = Kern government

| successor = Bierlein government

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The First Kurz government ({{langx|de|Erste Bundesregierung Kurz}} or Kurz I for short) was the 30th Government of Austria in office from 18 December 2017 until 3 June 2019. It succeeded the Kern government formed after the 2017 legislative election. Sebastian Kurz, chairman of the centre-right Austrian People's Party, known by its initials in German as ÖVP, reached an agreement on a coalition with the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), setting the stage for Kurz to become chancellor of Austria—the youngest head of government in Europe—for the first time.{{cite news |date=18 December 2017 |title=Kurz Set to Become Austrian Chancellor, Backed by Nationalists |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-17/kurz-set-to-become-austrian-chancellor-backed-by-nationalists |work=Bloomberg |access-date=18 December 2017}}

In the wake of the May 2019 Ibiza affair, Kurz terminated the coalition agreement and called for a snap election, which was ultimately held on 29 September 2019, after some disagreements over the timing. Kurz announced that his government would run as a minority technocratic caretaker government in the interim.{{cite news |date=20 May 2019 |title=Austria's Kurz Turns to Technocrat Cabinet as Populists Ousted|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-20/austria-in-limbo-as-kurz-mulls-steps-to-end-government-crisis |work=Bloomberg |access-date=21 May 2019}} However, on 27 May 2019, his government was dismissed by the National Council through a motion of no confidence, the first successful parliamentary vote of no confidence in the Second Republic.{{cite web|url=https://orf.at/live/5074-Kabinett-Kurz-verliert-Misstrauensabstimmung/|website=orf.at|title=Kabinett Kurz verliert Misstrauensabstimmung|date=27 May 2019 |language=de|access-date=2019-05-27}} On 3 June 2019, President Alexander Van der Bellen swore in a technocratic caretaker government led by Brigitte Bierlein, which held office until the new coalition government between the ÖVP and The Greens was sworn in.