The Austrian People's Party (German: Österreichische Volkspartei; ÖVP) is a conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Austria. A successor to the Christian Social Party of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was founded immediately following the reestablishment of the Republic of Austria in 1945 and since then has been one of the two largest Austrian political parties. The ÖVP won the 2017 election, having the greatest number of seats. Its chairman Sebastian Kurz is the youngest Chancellor in Austrian history and currently the world's youngest leader.