2020 in Austria
Events in the year 2020 in Austria.
Incumbents
- President: Alexander Van der Bellen
- Chancellor: Brigitte Bierlein ; Sebastian Kurz
Governors
- Burgenland: Hans Peter Doskozil
- Carinthia: Peter Kaiser
- Lower Austria: Johanna Mikl-Leitner
- Salzburg: Wilfried Haslauer Jr.
- Styria: Hermann Schützenhöfer
- Tyrol: Günther Platter
- Upper Austria: Thomas Stelzer
- Vienna: Michael Ludwig
- Vorarlberg: Markus Wallner
Events
- 7 January – Sebastian Kurz takes over as Chancellor of Austria, replacing Brigitte Bierlein
- 9 – 26 January – The 2020 European Men's Handball Championship is hosted by Austria, Norway and Sweden.
- 20 – 26 January – The 2020 European Figure Skating Championships is held in Graz.
Deaths
January
- 3 January – Wolfgang Brezinka, educational scientist.
- 17 January – Oswald Oberhuber, sculptor and painter.
- 19 January – Manfred Clynes, Austrian-born Australian-American scientist, inventor and musician.
- 21 January – Theodor Wagner, footballer.
- 23 January
- *Adolf Holl, theologian.
- *Alfred Körner, footballer.
- *Franz Mazura, operatic bass-baritone.
February
- 7 February – Paul Koralek, Austrian-born British architect.
- 15 February – Wilfried Thaler, cyclist.
August
- 24 August – Frederick Baker, filmmaker and archaeologist.