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Austrian foreign minister Schallenberg to serve as the country's interim leader

VIENNA (AP) 鈥� Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will serve as the country's interim leader while the far-right Freedom Party attempts to put together a new coalition government, the president's office said Wednesday.
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FILE -Austria's Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

VIENNA (AP) 鈥� Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will serve as the country's interim leader while the attempts to put together a new coalition government, the president's office said Wednesday.

Schallenberg, 55, will take on the duties of outgoing Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who over the weekend after his efforts to put together a coalition without the Freedom Party collapsed. Nehammer plans to step down on Friday.

The Associated Press