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Sport first became a government portfolio in Austria in 1966, as part of the remit of the Federal Ministry of Education, which in 1984 was renamed the Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Sports. In 1991 sport was moved to the Federal Ministry of Health, Sport and Consumer Protection, then in 1995
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The minister is head of all the ministry's subordinate authorities and is the Supreme Military Commander of the Austrian Armed Forces. For certain acts, such as deployment of more than 5,000 men of the militia or reserve, the Minister for Defense's authorization is bound to the
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to the Federal Chancellery, in 2000 to the Federal Ministry of the Civil Service and Sports, in 2003 back to the Federal Chancellery and in 2009 joined the Federal Ministry of Defense and Sports. In 2018, the sports agenda was moved to the
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the establishment, maintenance and management of all military buildings, facilities and properties owned by the state, the ministry building, the military administration or the army, including the Military History Museum, known as the
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from 1945 to 1956, the defence agenda was in the remit of the "Office for National Defense", a section in the
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solely for the Austrian half of the empire. The defence ministry took on various names during the
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care of the armed forces' health, including military hospitals and supply of medicines
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Chief of Staff of the Minister's Cabinet: Brigadier (1 Star General) Jürgen Ortner
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shipping, road transport, telecommunications and mapping in the military field
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military technology, including weapons testing and military-technical research
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Strategische Immobilien Verwertungs-, Beratungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft
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the provision of arms, equipment, materiel and personnel to the armed forces
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Defense and sport were combined in the same ministry from 2009 till 2018.
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Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
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Appendix to § 2, Section H of the Federal Ministries Act 1986 as amended
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in charge of all matters relating to military affairs, especially the
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Specifically, the Ministry is responsible for matters regarding:
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the running of the Military History Museum, known as the
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Chief of the General Staff (Head of the entire Austrian
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Minister for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport
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the armed forces' operational and tactical leadership
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Official site of the Ministry of Defence of Austria
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Ministry of Defense (Austria)

Federal Ministry
Federal Ministry
Imperial and Royal Ministry of War
Government of Austria
federal
authority
Rossauer Barracks
Vienna

Minister
Klaudia Tanner
Federal Ministry
Robert Brieger
Chief of the General staff
www.bundesheer.at
‹See Tfd›
German
Austria
ministry
Austrian Armed Forces
ministry of defence
minister
Klaudia Tanner

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