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986:Council of Ministers
536:Johanna Mikl-Leitner
427:Frau Landeshauptfrau
411:Frau Landeshauptmann
352:President of Austria
1343:Politics of Austria
1178:Provinzialausschuss
887:Christopher Drexler
683:Hans Peter Doskozil
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