title: Second Renner government
text: # Second Renner government
  
  The Second government of Karl Renner was a short-lived Austrian provisional government, formed shortly after World War I. It was sworn in on 15 March 1919. It succeeded the First Renner government, which had resigned on 3 March 1919, but had continued at the request of the State Council until the election. It was replaced with the Third Renner government.
  
  ## Composition
  
  Some of the members were carryover from the First Renner government, and some continued into the Third Renner government.
  
  | Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Chancellor | Karl Renner | 30 October 1918 | 7 July 1920 | SDAPÖ |
  | Vice-Chancellor | Jodok Fink | 15 March 1919 | 26 March 1920 | CS |
  | State Secretary of Justice | Richard Bratusch [de] | 15 March 1919 | 17 October 1919 | CS |
  | State Secretary of Finance | Joseph Schumpeter | 15 March 1919 | 17 October 1919 | Independent |
  | State Secretary of Agriculture | Josef Stöckler [de] | 15 March 1919 | 17 October 1919 | CS |
  | State Secretary of Commerce, Industry and Construction | Johann Zerdik [de] | 15 March 1919 | 17 October 1919 | CS |
  | State Secretary of Social Affairs | Ferdinand Hanusch | 15 March 1919 | 22 October 1920 | SDAPÖ |
  | State Secretary of Foreign Affairs | Otto Bauer | 21 November 1918 | 26 July 1919 | SDAPÖ |
  | State Secretary of Foreign Affairs | Karl Renner | 26 July 1919 | 22 October 1920 | SDAPÖ |
  | State Secretary of the Army | Julius Deutsch | 15 March 1919 | 22 October 1920 | SDAPÖ |
  | State Secretary of Health | Johann Löwenfeld-Ruß [de] | 30 October 1918 | 7 July 1920 | Independent |
  | State Secretary of Transport | Ludwig Paul [de] | 15 March 1919 | 1 July 1920 | Independent |
  