2012 in Austria
Events from the year '''2012 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: Markus Wallner
Events
- September 25 - The right-wing populist political party Team Stronach led by Frank Stronach is officially registered, launching two days later.
- October 14 - Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner becomes the first person to break the sound barrier without any machine assistance during a record space dive out of the Red Bull Stratos helium-filled balloon from 24 miles over Roswell, New Mexico in the United States.
- October 27 - The liberal political party NEOS hold its founding convention. Matthias Strolz is elected as its first chairman.
- November 25 - 2012 Graz local election
Deaths
January
- January 2: Otto Scrinzi, 93, Austrian journalist and politician.
- January 8:
- *Franz Berger, 71, Austrian Olympic wrestler.
- *Franz Dorfer, 61, Austrian Olympic boxer.
- January 9: Francis Golffing, 101, Austrian-American poet, essayist, teacher, and translator.
- January 20: Ruthilde Boesch, 94, Austrian singer.
February
- February 14: Reinhold Frosch, 76, Austrian luger.
- February 28: Fritz Hakl, 80, Austrian actor.
- February 29: Karl Kodat, 69, Austrian international footballer.
March
- March 13: Julius Depaoli, 88, Austrian Olympic water polo player.
- March 14:
- * Gretl Aicher, 84, Austrian artistic director.
- * Margareta Sjöstedt, 88, Swedish-born Austrian singer and actress.
April
- April 5 — Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, German car designer
May
- May 11: Thea Hochleitner, 86, Austrian Olympic bronze medal-winning alpine skier.
- May 14: Ernst Hinterberger, 80, Austrian author and screenwriter.
- May 21: Bahram Alivandi, 83–84, Iranian-born Austrian artist.
- May 30: Edi Federer, 57, Austrian ski jumper, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
June
- June 15: Günther Domenig, 77, Austrian architect.
July
- July 1: Fritz Pauer, 68, Austrian jazz pianist and composer.
- July 25: Franz West, 65, Austrian artist, liver disease.
- July 28: Sepp Mayerl, 75, Austrian mountaineer, climbing incident.
August
September
October
- October 4: Rudolf Oslansky, 81, Austrian footballer.
- October 9: Luna Alcalay, 83, Austrian pianist, music educator and composer.
- October 10: Ilse Maria Aschner, 94, Austrian journalist.
- October 19: Johann Kniewasser, 61, Austrian alpine skier, liver disease.
- October 28: Björn Sieber, 23, Austrian alpine skier, traffic collision.
November
- November 15: Josef Kloimstein, 84, Austrian Olympic silver and bronze medal-winning rower.
- November 27: Herbert Oberhofer, 57, Austrian footballer.
December
- December 25: Othmar Schneider, 84, Austrian Olympic champion Alpine skier and marksman.