The offspring should be born in late November or early December, the Chancellery announced on Saturday at the APA request. “We are overjoyed and grateful that there will be three of us soon,” said Kurz in a post on Facebook and Instagram, including a photo of the couple in the cornfield.
“A wonderful joint task awaits us, which we look forward to with great anticipation,” said the 34-year-old Chancellor. They did not want to announce any more details yet. “I ask for your understanding that we will keep our private life private as before, but we are happy to be able to share this joy that will soon be evident with you,” the post said. With the baby news, the wedding rumors about the longtime couple are likely to intensify again, which have so far neither been confirmed nor denied.
There were numerous congratulations from politics: “I’m happy for you,” tweeted the Green Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler, and other members of the government also congratulated. Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen was also happy about the “good news” on Twitter and wished him “all the best and, above all, health”. “Congratulations” also sent NEOS boss Beate Meinl-Reisinger, “that will be the greatest responsibility and task”. “Congratulations from Vienna” came from the mayor of Vienna, Michael Ludwig (SPÖ).
In any case, the chancellor baby will not be the first offspring in the turquoise-green federal government: Integration Minister Susanne Raab (ÖVP) said goodbye to maternity leave in mid-June, Justice Minister Alma Zadic (Greens) became the mother of a son in January. A real maternity and parental leave regulation for women politicians is still missing. The provisions of the Maternity Protection Act do not apply to members of the government, parliamentarians or mayors; they are also not entitled to parental leave, as a political mandate is not an employee or service relationship. It has not yet been announced whether the Chancellor will take a break shortly after the birth of his child.
Cabinets Kurz I and II are and were blessed with great baby luck, which is not least due to the fact that there were and are many young ministers in these governments. In addition to Raab and Zadic, Finance Minister Gernot Blümel (ÖVP) has become a father in office and is currently expecting his second child. The baby is due to arrive at the end of October. The first child with his partner Clivia Treidl, daughter Josefine, was born in March 2020. Agriculture Minister Elisabeth Köstinger (ÖVP) became a mother for the first time in the turquoise-blue government. She gave birth to a son in 2018. The then Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache (FPÖ) became a father for the third time. His second marriage son was born on January 1, 2019.
