Werner Kogler

Werner Kogler
Kogler in 2023
Vice Chancellor of Austria
In office 7 January 2020 – 2 October 2024[1]
Chancellor	Sebastian Kurz Alexander Schallenberg Karl Nehammer
Preceded by	Clemens Jabloner
Minister for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport
Caretaker
Assumed office 7 January 2020
Chancellor	Sebastian Kurz Alexander Schallenberg Karl Nehammer
Preceded by	Eduard Müller
Spokesperson of the Green Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 October 2017
Preceded by	Ingrid Felipe
Member of the National Council
In office 23 October 2019 – 7 January 2020
Succeeded by	Heike Grebien
Constituency	Greater Graz
In office 29 October 1999 – 8 November 2017
Constituency	6 – Styria
Personal details
Born	(1961-11-20) 20 November 1961 (age 63) Hartberg, Styria, Austria
Political party	The Greens
Alma mater	University of Graz

Werner Kogler (German: [ˈvɛʁnɐ ˈkoːglɐ]; born 20 November 1961) is an Austrian politician of the Green Party who served as Vice-Chancellor of Austria from 2020 to 2024 and is serving as minister for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport in the governments of chancellors Sebastian Kurz, Alexander Schallenberg, and Karl Nehammer since 7 January 2020.

Kogler has also been serving as federal spokesman of the Green Party since October 2017. He was a member of the National Council of Austria from 1999-2017 and again from 2019.