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Vienna

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By issue of the Trennungsgesetz in 1921, Vienna became an autonomous federal state and corporate town on 1st January 1922. The district council, which is also the state parliament, consists of 100 members and is elected for five years. The city senate, made up of 13 people (1995) is also the state government; the mayor is the state governor and the magistrate is the department of the state government.

The city senate consists of the mayor, 2 deputy mayors and the city councillors, and is elected by the district council for five years.

The magistrate district office with its elected district superintendents and representatives are decentralised administrative agencies. Vienna has 11 mandates in the Federal Assembly and 41 in the National Assembly.

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Politics

Until 1918, Viennese politics were shaped by the Christian Social Party, in particular long-term mayor Karl Lueger. Vienna is today considered the centre of Social Democracy in Austria. During the period of the First Republic (1918-1934), the Vienna Social Democrats undertook many overdue social reforms, improving the quality of life for hundreds of thousands of workers in the city. At that time, Vienna's municipal policy was admired by Socialists throughout Europe, who therefore referred to the city as "Red Vienna" (Rotes Wien). Since the end of the First World War, the city has been governed by the Social Democratic Party with absolute majorities in the city parliament. Only between 1934 and 1945, when the Social Democratic Party was illegal, mayors were appointed by the austro-fascist and later by the Nazi authorities. Current mayor of Vienna is Michael Häupl. The Social Democrats currently hold 55% of the seats with a 49% share of the vote.[6] An example of the city’s many social democratic policies is its low-cost residential estates called Gemeindebauten.

Ever since Vienna obtained federal state (Bundesland) status of its own in 1921, the mayor has also had the role of the state governor (Landeshauptmann). The Rathaus accommodates the offices of the mayor and the state government (Landesregierung). The city is administered by a multitude of departments (Magistratsabteilungen).

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Departments
(Magistratische Bezirksämter)

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Innere Stadt (f.d. 1.u. 8. District)	1010 Vienna Wipplingerstraße 8	Tel: 4000-01000 Fax: 4000-99-01210

Leopoldstadt (f.d. 2. District)	1020 Vienna Karmelitergasse 9	Tel: 4000-02000 Fax: 4000-99-02220

Landstraße (3. District)	1030 Vienna Karl-Borromäus-Platz 3	Tel: 4000-03000 Fax: 4000-99-03210

Margareten (4. u. 5. District)	1050 Vienna Rechte Wienzeile 105	Tel: 4000-05000 Fax: 4000-99-05220

Neubau (6. u. 7. District)	1070 Vienna Hermanngasse 24-26	Tel: 4000-07000 Fax: 4000-99-07220

Alsergrund (9. District)	1090 Vienna Wilhelm-Exner-Gasse 5	Tel: 4000-09000 Fax: 4000-99-09215

Favoriten (10. District)	1100 Vienna Laxenburger Straße 43-45	Tel: 4000-10000 Fax: 4000-99-10220

Simmering (11. District)	1110 Vienna Enkplatz 2	Tel: 4000-11000 Fax: 4000-99-11220

Meidling (12. District)	1120 Vienna Schönbrunner Straße 259	Tel: 81134-12000 Fax: 81134-99-12220

Hietzing (13. u. 14. District)	1130 Vienna Hietzinger Kai 1-3	Tel: 4000-13000 Fax: 4000-99-13220

Rudolfsheim (15. District)	1150 Vienna Gasgasse 8-10	Tel: 4000-15210 Fax: 4000-99-15220

Ottakring (16. District)	1160 Vienna Richard-Wagner-Platz 19	Tel: 4000-16000 Fax: 4000-99-16220

Hernals (f.d. 17. District)	1170 Vienna Elterleinplatz 14	Tel: 4000-17000 Fax: 4000-99-17220

Währing (18. District)	1180 Vienna Martinstraße 100	Tel: 4000-18218 Fax: 4000-99-18220

Döbling (19. District)	1190 Vienna Gatterburggasse 14	Tel: 4000-19000 Fax: 4000-99-19220

Brigittenau (20. District)	1200 Vienna Brigittaplatz 10	Tel: 4000-20000 Fax: 4000-99-20220

Floridsdorf (21. District)	1210 Vienna Am Spitz 1	Tel: 4000-21000 Fax: 4000-99-21220

Donaustadt (22. District)	1220 Vienna Schrödingerplatz 1	Tel: 4000-22000 Fax: 4000-99-22220

Liesing (23. District)	1230 Vienna Perchtoldsdorfer Straße 2	Tel: 4000-23000 Fax: 4000-99-23210

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