2000 in Austria

Incumbents

• President: Thomas Klestil
• Chancellor: Viktor Klima, Wolfgang Schüssel

  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