Austrian President

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head of state public office

The Austrian President is the head of state of Austria, serving a largely ceremonial but constitutionally significant role within the country’s parliamentary republic.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Federal President of Austria	7
Bundespräsident der Republik Österreich	1
Federal President of the Republic of Austria	1
President of Austria	1
President of the Federal Republic of Austria	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state ⓘ public office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Austrian President ⓘ surface form: Bundespräsident der Republik Österreich Austrian President ⓘ surface form: Federal President of the Republic of Austria
appoints	Federal Chancellor of Austria ⓘ certain judges ⓘ members of the Federal Government ⓘ some high-ranking civil servants ⓘ
branch	executive branch ⓘ
canCall	referendums under certain conditions ⓘ
canDissolve	National Council under certain conditions ⓘ
commanderInChiefOf	Austrian Army ⓘ surface form: Austrian Armed Forces
country	Austria ⓘ
electedBy	popular vote ⓘ
electionFrequency	every 6 years ⓘ
electionSystem	direct election ⓘ
firstElectedPresident	Michael Hainisch ⓘ
firstOfficeHolder	Karl Seitz (acting, 1919–1920) ⓘ
formationDate	1920 ⓘ
governmentForm	parliamentary republic ⓘ
hasPower	to grant pardons ⓘ to sign international treaties ⓘ
isAbove	Federal Chancellor in protocol ranking ⓘ
isNot	head of government ⓘ
legalBasis	Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ
minimumAgeRequirement	35 years ⓘ
mustBe	Austrian citizen ⓘ
oathTo	Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ surface form: Federal Constitution of Austria
oversees	orderly functioning of constitutional bodies ⓘ
participatesIn	appointment of provincial governors in some cases ⓘ
promulgates	federal laws ⓘ
protocolRole	represents the Republic at state ceremonies ⓘ
represents	Austria in international relations ⓘ
requiresCountersignatureForMostActs	yes ⓘ
residence	Hofburg Palace, Vienna ⓘ surface form: Hofburg Palace
restoredIn	1945 ⓘ
roleType	constitutionally significant ⓘ largely ceremonial ⓘ
seat	Vienna ⓘ
signs	federal laws ⓘ
style	Herr Bundespräsident ⓘ Mr. President ⓘ
suspendedDuring	Anschluss of Austria ⓘ surface form: Anschluss period (1938–1945) Austrofascism ⓘ surface form: Austrofascism period (1934–1938)
symbol	Standard of the President of Austria ⓘ
termLength	6 years ⓘ
termLimit	two consecutive terms ⓘ
termRenewable	yes ⓘ
worksWith	Federal Chancellor of Austria ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Austrian President → alsoKnownAs → Austrian President ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal President of the Republic of Austria

Austrian President → alsoKnownAs → Austrian President ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bundespräsident der Republik Österreich

Austrian federal government → appointedBy → Austrian President ⓘ