# 2009 in Austria

Events from the year 2009 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: Herbert Sausgruber

## Events

* January 13: Umar Israilov a former bodyguard of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is murdered in Vienna
* March 1: 2009 Salzburg state election - Gabi Burgstaller is re-elected as Governor of Salzburg
* March 19: Josef Fritzl pleads guilty to all counts and is imprisoned for life
* May 2: An avalanche on the Schalfkogel mountain range, near Sölden, kills 6 people
* May 24: Several people are injured and the Dera Sach Khand leader Ramanand Dass is killed in the Vienna temple attack
* June 4: 2009 European Parliament election in Austria
* September 20: 2009 Vorarlberg state election - Herbert Sausgruber is re-elected as Governor of Vorarlberg
* September 27: 2009 Upper Austrian state election - Josef Pühringer is re-elected as Governor of Upper Austria
* October 20: A group of students and teachers occupy the assembly hall of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, starting the 2009 student protests in Austria

## Deaths
### January

* January 1: Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer.
* January 4: Gert Jonke, Austrian poet, playwright and novelist, cancer.
* January 21: Peter Persidis (born 1947), 61, Austrian footballer, cancer.
* January 24: Karl Koller, 79, Austrian footballer, Alzheimer's disease.

### February

* February 3: Mike Maloy, 59, American-born Austrian basketball player, influenza.
* February 19: Edmund Hlawka, 92, Austrian mathematician.

### March

* March 16: Franz Feldinger, 80, Austrian Olympic footballer.
* March 17: Edith Hahn Beer, 95, Austrian author, Holocaust survivor, natural causes.

### April

* April 26: Hans Holzer, 89, Austrian-born American paranormal investigator and author, after long illness.

### May

* May 4: Fritz Muliar, 89, Austrian actor.
* May 13: Monica Bleibtreu, 65, Austrian actress, screenwriter and drama teacher, cancer.
* May 25: Amos Elon, 82, Austrian-born Israeli author and journalist.
* May 26: Doris Mühringer, 88, Austrian poet and children's writer.
* May 30: Herma Kirchschläger, 93, Austrian widow of former president Rudolf Kirchschläger.

### July

* July 2: Bert Schneider, 71, Austrian Grand Prix motorcycle racer.
* July 14: Heinrich Schweiger, 77, Austrian actor, cardiovascular disease.

### August

* August 24: Toni Sailer, 73, Austrian ski racer, laryngeal cancer.

### September

* September 4: Franz Olah, 99, Austrian politician, Interior Minister (1963–1964).
* September 16: Ernst Märzendorfer, 88, Austrian conductor.

### October

* October 4: Hermann Raich, 75, Austrian Roman Catholic Bishop of Wabag (1982–2008).
* October 11: Gustav Kral, 26, Austrian footballer, car accident.
* October 15: Josias Kumpf, 84, Austrian Nazi concentration camp guard.
* October 24: Karl Reisinger, 73, Austrian Olympic judoka.

### December

* December 1: Alberto Martínez, 59, Uruguayan football player (FK Austria Wien), heart failure.
* December 5: Alfred Hrdlicka, 81, Austrian architect and draughtsman.
* December 19: Adelbert St. John, 78, Canadian-born Austrian ice hockey player.