Christian Stocker has been sworn in as Austrian chancellor as the country’s new government takes office after a five-month wait for a new administration

Austria's centrist coalition government, the first three-party alliance since the aftermath of World War Two, took office on Monday, ending Austria's longest-ever wait for a new government and keeping the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) in opposition.

VIENNA - Austria's new coalition government will be made up of the conservative ÖVP, the social democratic SPÖ and the liberal NEOS party, after the trio cleared the final hurdle to form a coalition Sunday, AFP reports.

Three mainstream parties reached a deal on Thursday to form a new centrist Austrian government, two weeks after a far-right party that won an election in September failed to put together an administration.

Austrian parties that plan to form a coalition government excluding the far right announced their future ministers on Friday, among them the first left-wing finance minister in 25 years, before a key vote to seal the deal on Sunday.