Christian Stocker

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His Excellency Christian Stocker
Stocker in 2025
Chancellor of Austria
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 March 2025
President	Alexander Van der Bellen
Vice-Chancellor	Andreas Babler
Preceded by	Karl Nehammer
Chair of the People's Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 March 2025 Acting: 5 January 2025 – 29 March 2025
Preceded by	Karl Nehammer
Member of the National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 June 2019
Preceded by	Johann Rädler
Constituency	Lower Austria South
Secretary-General of the People's Party
In office 23 September 2022 – 5 January 2025
Leader	Karl Nehammer
Preceded by	Laura Sachslehner
Succeeded by	Alexander Pröll
Personal details
Born	(1960-03-20) 20 March 1960 (age 65) Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Political party	People's
Spouse	Gerda Legenstein
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Vienna

Christian Stocker ([ˈkʁɪsti̯an ˈʃtɔkɐ]; born 20 March 1960) is an Austrian politician who has been the 29th chancellor of Austria since March 2025. A member of the People's Party (ÖVP), he has been a member of the National Council since 2019 and acting Chair of the People's Party since 5 January 2025.^[1] He had previously served as general secretary of the party from September 2022 to January 2025.^[2][3] On 5 January 2025 he was elected new acting party leader of the People's Party, following the resignation of Chancellor Karl Nehammer.

After ruling it out before, Stocker announced the ÖVP's willingness to enter coalition talks with Herbert Kickl and the far-right FPÖ. Coalition talks between ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS previously failed in the aftermath of the 2024 Austrian legislative election.^[4] On 27 February 2025, the SPÖ, ÖVP and NEOS announced an agreement to form a coalition government to be led by Stocker as Chancellor.^[5]