2000 in Austria
Events from the year 2000 in Austria.
Incumbents
Governors
- Burgenland: Hans Niessl
- Carinthia: Jörg Haider
- Lower Austria: Erwin Pröll
- Salzburg: Franz Schausberger
- Styria: Waltraud Klasnic
- Tyrol: Wendelin Weingartner
- Upper Austria: Josef Pühringer
- Vienna: Michael Häupl
- Vorarlberg: Herbert Sausgruber
Events
- February 5 - Jörg Haider's far right Freedom Party of Austria enters into coalition government to international condemnation.
- October 3 - The Freedom Party becomes the second largest party following the parliamentary election.
- November 11 - Kaprun disaster: A cable car fire in an alpine tunnel kills 155 skiers and snowboarders.
Deaths
- January 19 - Hedy Lamarr, actress
- May 11 - Paula Wessely, actress
- November 20 - Josef Schaupper, alpine skier who was killed in the Kaprun disaster
- November 28 - Liane Haid, actress