2009 in Austria

Events from the year '''2009 in Austria'''

Incumbents

Governors

Events

January 13: Umar Israilov a former bodyguard of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is murdered in Vienna
March 1: 2009 Salzburg state election - Gabi Burgstaller is re-elected as Governor of Salzburg
March 19: Josef Fritzl pleads guilty to all counts and is imprisoned for life
May 2: An avalanche on the Schalfkogel mountain range, near Sölden, kills 6 people
May 24: Several people are injured and the Dera Sach Khand leader Ramanand Dass is killed in the Vienna temple attack
June 4: 2009 European Parliament election in Austria
September 20: 2009 Vorarlberg state election - Herbert Sausgruber is re-elected as Governor of Vorarlberg
September 27: 2009 Upper Austrian state election - Josef Pühringer is re-elected as Governor of Upper Austria
October 20: A group of students and teachers occupy the assembly hall of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, starting the 2009 student protests in Austria

Deaths

January

January 1: Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer.
January 4: Gert Jonke, Austrian poet, playwright and novelist, cancer.
January 21: Peter Persidis, 61, Austrian footballer, cancer.
January 24: Karl Koller, 79, Austrian footballer, Alzheimer's disease.

February

February 3: Mike Maloy, 59, American-born Austrian basketball player, influenza.
February 19: Edmund Hlawka, 92, Austrian mathematician.

March

March 16: Franz Feldinger, 80, Austrian Olympic footballer.
March 17: Edith Hahn Beer, 95, Austrian author, Holocaust survivor, natural causes.

April

April 26: Hans Holzer, 89, Austrian-born American paranormal investigator and author, after long illness.

May

May 4: Fritz Muliar, 89, Austrian actor.
May 13: Monica Bleibtreu, 65, Austrian actress, screenwriter and drama teacher, cancer.
May 25: Amos Elon, 82, Austrian-born Israeli author and journalist.
May 26: Doris Mühringer, 88, Austrian poet and children's writer.
May 30: Herma Kirchschläger, 93, Austrian widow of former president Rudolf Kirchschläger.

July

July 2: Bert Schneider, 71, Austrian Grand Prix motorcycle racer.
July 14: Heinrich Schweiger, 77, Austrian actor, cardiovascular disease.

August

August 24: Toni Sailer, 73, Austrian ski racer, laryngeal cancer.

September

September 4: Franz Olah, 99, Austrian politician, Interior Minister.
September 16: Ernst Märzendorfer, 88, Austrian conductor.

October

October 4: Hermann Raich, 75, Austrian Roman Catholic Bishop of Wabag.
October 11: Gustav Kral, 26, Austrian footballer, car accident.
October 15: Josias Kumpf, 84, Austrian Nazi concentration camp guard.
October 24: Karl Reisinger, 73, Austrian Olympic judoka.

December

December 1: Alberto Martínez, 59, Uruguayan football player, heart failure.
December 5: Alfred Hrdlicka, 81, Austrian architect and draughtsman.
December 19: Adelbert St. John, 78, Canadian-born Austrian ice hockey player.