2017 in Austria

Incumbents

• President: Alexander Van der Bellen
• Chancellor: Christian Kern, Sebastian Kurz

  Governors

• Burgenland: Hans Niessl
• Carinthia: Peter Kaiser
• Lower Austria: Erwin Pröll ; Johanna Mikl-Leitner
• Salzburg: Wilfried Haslauer Jr.
• Styria: Hermann Schützenhöfer
• Tyrol: Günther Platter
• Upper Austria: Josef Pühringer ; Thomas Stelzer
• Vienna: Michael Häupl
• Vorarlberg: Markus Wallner

  Events

• 1 January – The Law against social and wage dumping came into effect.
• 18 March to 26 March – The 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games are held in Graz and Schladming, Austria.
• 2 July to 6 July – The 2017 Tour of Austria is held.
• 9 July – The 2017 Austrian Grand Prix is held.
• October – a legal ban on face-covering Islamic clothing was adopted by the Austrian parliament.
• 15 October – Austrian legislative election, 2017
• 18 December – The First Kurz government is formed.

  Deaths

• 15 January – Erwin Obermair, amateur astronomer.
• 23 February - Sabine Oberhauser, politician.
• 1 June – Alois Mock, politician