Editing Politics of Austria (section)

=== Head of State ===
{{Main|President of Austria}}

Austria's [[head of state]] is the Federal President (''Bundespräsident''), elected by popular vote for a term of six years and limited to two consecutive terms of office.<ref>[http://www.hofburg.at/show_content2.php?s2id=12 Federal President of Austria: Electoral procedure] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927052436/http://www.hofburg.at/show_content2.php?s2id=12 |date=2011-09-27 }}. Retrieved 17 May 2010</ref> Former president [[Heinz Fischer]] was [[2010 Austrian presidential election|elected]] for a second term on 25 April 2010. He was succeeded by President [[Alexander Van der Bellen]], who was elected on 4 December 2016.  The office of the Federal President is largely ceremonial, although the constitution allows the president to dismiss the cabinet as a whole or to dissolve the National Council and call new elections.<ref>[http://www.hofburg.at/show_content2.php?s2id=7&language=en Federal President of Austria: Powers in Detail] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927052446/http://www.hofburg.at/show_content2.php?s2id=7&language=en |date=2011-09-27 }}. Retrieved 17 May 2010</ref>