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.