Austria Gets Another Leader as Political Turmoil, Covid Rage
- Interior Minister Nehammer nominated as chancellor Friday
- New leader needs to end lockdown, enforce vaccine mandate
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Austria nominated its interior minister as the country’s third chancellor in as many months, enduring a change in power in the midst of a lockdown and with politics in turmoil.
Karl Nehammer, known for his hard line on immigration, was picked as chancellor and new chairman of the ruling People’s Party after a meeting of the conservative group’s leaders in Vienna on Friday.