2022 in Austria

Events in the year 2022 in Austria.

Incumbents

January 1 – Austria legalizes assisted suicide for people over the age of 18 years who are terminally ill or who suffer from a permanent, debilitating condition.
January 20 – The Austrian National Council votes 137–13 to approve a bill requiring people over 18 years to receive the COVID-19 vaccine beginning on 1 February, becoming the first country in the European Union to do so.
February 28 – Diplomats from the U.S., United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China, and Iran gather in Vienna, Austria to seek a deal to revive the 2015 Iran deal.
May 9 – Münchendorf derailment
May 22 – Austria confirms its first case of monkeypox.
August 18 – 2022 European derecho: Five people are killed by storms in Austria.
September 25 – The 2022 Tyrolean state election was held. Incumbent Günther Platter resigns and Anton Mattle gets elected
October 9 – 2022 Austrian presidential election: Incumbent president Alexander van der Bellen secures reelection after receiving more than 50% of the votes.
December 8 – Austria announces that it will veto Bulgaria and Romania's accession to the Schengen Area, citing fears of increased illegal immigration.
December 15 – At least four people are injured, one of them seriously, when an avalanche hits the ski resort Zürs/Lech in Vorarlberg, Austria. Emergency services rescue all of the ten people who had been buried alive.

January 8 – Manfred Srb, 80, Austrian politician, MP .
January 10
* Alfred Gager, 79, Austrian footballer .
* Friedrich Kurrent, 90, Austrian architect and author.
January 11 – Herman Rechberger, 74, Austrian-born Finnish composer.
January 19 – Elmar Fischer, 85, Austrian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Feldkirch, COVID-19.
January 20 – Karolos Trikolidis, 74, Austrian conductor.
January 26 – Ernst Stankovski, 93, Austrian actor .
January 27 – Karl Spiehs, 90, Austrian film producer .
January 28 – Brigitte Kowanz, 64, Austrian artist.

February 1 – Walter Barylli, 100, Austrian violinist.
February 7 – Gustav Ortner, 86, Austrian diplomat, ambassador to the Holy See .
February 8
* Gerhard Roth, 79, Austrian writer.
* Herbert Thalhammer, 66, Austrian politician.
February 9
* Joseph Horovitz, composer and conductor.
* Reinhard Schwabenitzky, 74, Austrian film director, producer and screenwriter.
February 13 – Ferdinand Hueter, 62, Austrian politician.
February 18 – Toni Stricker, 91, Austrian composer and violinist.
February 25 – Eleonore Schönborn, 101, Austrian politician.
February 28 – Hans Menasse, 91, Austrian footballer .

March 1 – Alfred Mayer, 85, Austrian politician.
March 3 – Josef Bauer, 88, Austrian artist.
March 4 – Wilhelm Huberts, 84, Austrian football player and manager.
March 8
* René Clemencic, 94, Austrian composer.
* Maria Simon, 103, Austrian sociologist.
March 13 – Erhard Busek, 80, Austrian politician, vice-chancellor .
March 17 – Christopher Alexander, 85, Austrian-born British-American architect and design theorist.
March 18 – Alfons Dirnberger, 80, Austrian footballer .

April 1 – Gerhard J. Woeginger, 57, Austrian mathematician.
April 7 – Hellmuth Matiasek, 90, Austrian theatre director, theatre manager, and drama school president .
April 8 – Mimi Reinhardt, 107, Austrian secretary .
April 18 – Hermann Nitsch, 83, Austrian artist .
April 21 – Renate Holm, 90, German-Austrian actress and operatic soprano .
April 24 – Willi Resetarits, 73, Austrian singer, comedian, and human rights activist, fall.
April 26 – Inge Bernstein, 91, Austrian-born English judge.
April 27 – Maria L. Marcus, 88, Austrian-born American lawyer.

August 7 – Gerd Kaminski, 79, Austrian legal scholar.
August 19 – Egon Pajenk, 72, Austrian footballer .
August 24 – Lily Renée, 101, Austrian-born American comic book artist.
August 28 – Peter Stephan Zurbriggen, 79, Swiss Roman Catholic archbishop, apostolic nuncio to Austria .

October 3 – Johann Müllner, 90, Austrian farmer and politician.
October 4 – Felicitas Kuhn, 96, Austrian children's book illustrator.
October 6 – Günter Vetter, 86, Austrian politician.
October 13 – Dagmar Rom, 94, Austrian skier, Olympic silver medallist .
October 16 – Josef Zemann, 99, Austrian mineralogist and geologist.
October 17 – Peter Polleruhs, 72, Austrian engineer and politician, MP .
October 19 – Kassian Lauterer, 88, Austrian Roman Catholic priest, abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau and member of the Cistercians .
October 22 – Dietrich Mateschitz, 78, Austrian businessman, co-founder of Red Bull GmbH.

December 4 – Karl Merkatz, 92, Austrian actor .
December 9 – Fredrick Terna, 99, Austrian-born American painter and Holocaust survivor.
December 12 – Josef Schagerl, 99, Austrian sculptor.
December 13 – Ludwig Hoffmann-Rumerstein, 85, Austrian Roman Catholic official, lieutenant ad interim of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
December 14 – Franz Kurzreiter, 78, Austrian politician, member of the Landtag of Lower Austria .
December 17
* Elmar Kunauer, 82, Austrian Olympic sprinter .
* Albert Reichmann, Austrian-Canadian real estate executive.
December 31 – Tom Karen, 96, Austrian-born British industrial designer.