Alexander Shallenberg, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, will perform the duties of the Chancellor of Austria

Alexander Shallenberg, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country, will temporarily perform the duties of the Chancellor of Austria. Euronews reports. It is expected that the federal president of Austria, Alexander van der Bellen, will hand over the leadership of the government to Shallenberg on Friday. The position of the country's chancellor has become vacant after the acting head of the government, Karl Neuhammer, announced that he will resign on Friday. It should be noted that Shallenberg is the chancellor of Austria. He had already performed his duty once. It was in 2021, when the current head of the country's government, Sebastian Kurz, resigned due to corruption charges.