# 2012 in Austria

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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 (39 kilometers) 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 (1976).
* 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 (born 1935)

### May

* May 11: Thea Hochleitner, 86, Austrian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1956) alpine skier.
* May 14: Ernst Hinterberger, 80, Austrian author and screenwriter (Kaisermühlen Blues, Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter).
* 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.

### October

* October 4: Rudolf Oslansky, 81, Austrian footballer (Wiener Sport-Club).
* 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 (1960) and bronze (1956) medal-winning rower.
* November 27: Herbert Oberhofer, 57, Austrian footballer (Admira Wacker).

### December

* December 25: Othmar Schneider, 84, Austrian Olympic champion (1952) Alpine skier and marksman.