Alexander Schallenberg has been sworn in as Austria’s new chancellor, replacing Sebastian Kurz, who resigned after he was implicated in a corruption scandal.
Schallenberg belongs to Kurz’s conservative Austrian People’s Party, which heads Austria’s coalition government.
The 52-year-old previously served as foreign minister.
‘No change to the Kurz system’
The appointments came after Kurz had announced that he would step aside in a bid to defuse the imbroglio that had erupted earlier.
He and nine others – including senior aides – are being investigated on suspicion of breaching trust, corruption and bribery.
Kurz, who has denied wrongdoing, proposed Schallenberg, a move that the Greens accepted.
Schallenberg has been loyal to Kurz and shares his radical line on curbing migration, but has a background in diplomacy rather than party politics.