2009 in Austria

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

Incumbents

President: Heinz Fischer
Chancellor: Werner Faymann
Governors
Burgenland: Hans Niessl
Carinthia: Gerhard Dörfler
Lower Austria: Erwin Pröll
Salzburg: Gabi Burgstaller
Styria: Franz Voves
Tyrol: Günther Platter
Upper Austria: Josef Pühringer
Vienna: Michael Häupl
Vorarlberg: Herbert Sausgruber
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
Births

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.
June