Werner Kogler

Nehammer knows the OVP very well, since he was the general secretary of the party, and he is also a favorite among his party colleagues.
The fact that the coalition partner the Greens and the governors of the provinces from the ranks of the people accepted the appointment of Nehammer speaks in favor of that.

Austria's Conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigned on Saturday to save his coalition government from the brink of collapse, as the Greens' junior coalition partner put the request as the only possible condition for keeping the coalition after Kurz became the target of investigation on suspicion of corruption, reports Reuters.

Austria's Sebastian Kurz on Oct. 9 announced he was stepping down as chancellor following pressure on him to resign after he was implicated in a corruption scandal.

His announcement in a televised media statement caps a spectacular rise in politics and a tumultuous four years as chancellor, in which his government already collapsed once.