2017 in Austria
Events from the year 2017 in Austria.
Incumbents
Governors
- Burgenland: Hans Niessl
- Carinthia: Peter Kaiser
- Lower Austria: Erwin Pröll ; Johanna Mikl-Leitner
- Salzburg: Wilfried Haslauer Jr.
- Styria: Hermann Schützenhöfer
- Tyrol: Günther Platter
- Upper Austria: Josef Pühringer ; Thomas Stelzer
- Vienna: Michael Häupl
- Vorarlberg: Markus Wallner
Events
- 1 January – The Law against social and wage dumping came into effect.
- 18 March to 26 March – The 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games are held in Graz and Schladming, Austria.
- 2 July to 6 July – The 2017 Tour of Austria is held.
- 9 July – The 2017 Austrian Grand Prix is held.
- October – a legal ban on face-covering Islamic clothing was adopted by the Austrian parliament.
- 15 October – Austrian legislative election, 2017
- 18 December – The First Kurz government is formed.
Deaths
- 15 January – Erwin Obermair, amateur astronomer.
- 23 February - Sabine Oberhauser, politician.
- 1 June – Alois Mock, politician