This is a series of posts that records the cases of cohabitation in countries with semi-presidential constitutions. Cohabitation is defined as the situation where the president and prime minister are from different parties and where the president’s party is not represented in the cabinet. Presidents classed as non-party cannot generate any periods of cohabitation.

There have been three periods of cohabitation in Austria:

April 1966-April 1970:

President - Franz Jonas (SPÖ); PM - Josef Klaus (ÖVP); government - ÖVP

Jul 1986-Jan 1987:

President - Kurt Waldheim (ÖVP); PM - Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ); government - SPÖ, FPÖ

July 2004-Jan 2007

President - Heinz Fischer (SPÖ); PM - Wolfgang Schüssel (ÖVP); government - ÖVP, FPÖ/BZÖ

Sources:

List of coalitions - http://www.bka.gv.at/site/5957/default.aspx

List of presidents - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Austria

Previous posts in this series:

Austria

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cape Verde

Finland

France

Germany

Iceland

Ireland

Lithuania

Macedonia

Mongolia

Niger

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Sao Tome

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Sri Lanka