2010 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 1: The Bundesamt zur Korruptionsprävention und Korruptionsbekämpfung, abbreviated BAK, is established, replacing the Büro für Interne Angelegenheiten
• January 17: The political party List Burgenland is founded
• April 25: 2010 Austrian presidential election
• May 30: 2010 Burgenland state election
• September 26: 2010 Styrian state election
• October 10: 2010 Viennese state election

  Births

Deaths

January

• January 2: Johann Frank, 71, Austrian football player.
• January 3: Otto Breg, 60, Austrian Olympic bobsledder.
• January 8: Otmar Suitner, 87, Austrian conductor.
• January 11: Kurt Liebhart, 76, Austrian Olympic sprint canoer.

  February

• February 19: Bruno Gironcoli, 73, Austrian sculptor, after long illness.

  March

• March 3: Franz Eibler, 85, Austrian Olympic weightlifter.

  April

• April 14: Gerhard Zemann, 70, Austrian actor, heart attack.
• April 19: Manfred Angerer, 56, Austrian musicologist.
• April 20: Heinz Gappmayr, 84, Austrian artist.

  May

• May 15:
• * Besian Idrizaj, 22, Austrian footballer, heart attack.
• * Archduke Rudolf of Austria, 90, Austrian nobleman, youngest son of Emperor Charles I and Zita of Bourbon-Parma.
• May 20: Walter Rudin, 89, Austrian-born American mathematician, Parkinson's disease.

  June

• June 14: Resi Hammerer, 85, Austrian Olympic alpine skier, bronze medalist.
• June 17: Hans Dichand, 89, Austrian journalist and newspaper publisher.
• June 21: Ingeborg Pertmayr, 63, Austrian Olympic diver.
• June 27: Andreas Okopenko, 80, Austrian writer.
• June 29: Rudolf Leopold, 85, Austrian art collector.
• June 30: Ditta Zusa Einzinger, 79, Austrian singer, cancer.

  July

• July 8: Robert Freitag, 94, Austrian-born Swiss actor.
• July 11: Rudi Strittich, 88, Austrian football player and coach.
• July 26: Brigitte Schwaiger, 61, Austrian writer.

  August

• August 11: Gretel Beer, 89, Austrian-born British cookery and travel writer.
• August 17: Ricardo José Weberberger, 70, Austrian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Barreiras.

  September

• September 16: Hans Wagner, 87, Austrian ice hockey player.
• September 20: Jakob Mayr, 86, Austrian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salzburg.

  October

• October 8:
• *Malcolm Mencer Martin, 89, Austrian-British pediatric endocrinologist, injuries sustained after being hit by car.
• *Karl Prantl, 86, Austrian sculptor, stroke.
• October 16: Friedrich Katz, 83, Austrian anthropologist and historian, cancer.
• October 20: Eva Ibbotson, 85, Austrian-born British novelist.
• October 25: Andreas Maurer, 91, Austrian politician, Landeshauptmann of Lower Austria.

  November

• November 3: Alfons Benedikter, 92, Austrian politician.
• November 7:
• *Kurt Baier, 93, Austrian philosopher.
• *Hedy Stenuf, 88, Austrian Olympic figure skater.
• November 12: Ernst von Glasersfeld, 93, Austrian-born American philosopher.

  December

• December 9: Alexander Kerst, 86, Austrian actor.
• December 17: Anton Kunz, 95, Austrian Olympic water polo player
• December 28: Agathe von Trapp, 97, Austrian-born American singer, member of the Trapp family.