# 2010 in Austria

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Events from the year 2010 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 1: The Bundesamt zur Korruptionsprävention und Korruptionsbekämpfung, abbreviated BAK, is established, replacing the Büro für Interne Angelegenheiten
* January 17: The political party List Burgenland is founded
* April 25: 2010 Austrian presidential election
* May 30: 2010 Burgenland state election
* September 26: 2010 Styrian state election
* October 10: 2010 Viennese state election

## Deaths
### January

* January 2: Johann Frank, 71, Austrian football player (FK Austria Wien).
* January 3: Otto Breg, 60, Austrian Olympic bobsledder.
* January 8: Otmar Suitner, 87, Austrian conductor.
* January 11: Kurt Liebhart, 76, Austrian Olympic sprint canoer.

### February

* February 19: Bruno Gironcoli, 73, Austrian sculptor, after long illness.

### March

* March 3: Franz Eibler, 85, Austrian Olympic weightlifter.

### April

* April 14: Gerhard Zemann, 70, Austrian actor, heart attack.
* April 19: Manfred Angerer, 56, Austrian musicologist.
* April 20: Heinz Gappmayr, 84, Austrian artist.

### May

* May 15:
** Besian Idrizaj, 22, Austrian footballer, heart attack.
** Archduke Rudolf of Austria, 90, Austrian nobleman, youngest son of Emperor Charles I and Zita of Bourbon-Parma.
* May 20: Walter Rudin, 89, Austrian-born American mathematician, Parkinson's disease.

### June

* June 14: Resi Hammerer, 85, Austrian Olympic alpine skier, bronze medalist (1948 Winter Olympics).
* June 17: Hans Dichand, 89, Austrian journalist and newspaper publisher.
* June 21: Ingeborg Pertmayr, 63, Austrian Olympic diver.
* June 27: Andreas Okopenko, 80, Austrian writer.
* June 29: Rudolf Leopold, 85, Austrian art collector.
* June 30: Ditta Zusa Einzinger, 79, Austrian singer (Lolita), cancer.

### July

* July 8: Robert Freitag, 94, Austrian-born Swiss actor.
* July 11: Rudi Strittich, 88, Austrian football player and coach.
* July 26: Brigitte Schwaiger, 61, Austrian writer.

### August

* August 11: Gretel Beer, 89, Austrian-born British cookery and travel writer.
* August 17: Ricardo José Weberberger, 70, Austrian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Barreiras (1979–2010).

### September

* September 16: Hans Wagner, 87, Austrian ice hockey player.
* September 20: Jakob Mayr, 86, Austrian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salzburg.

### October

* October 8:
** Malcolm Mencer Martin, 89, Austrian-British pediatric endocrinologist, injuries sustained after being hit by car.
** Karl Prantl, 86, Austrian sculptor, stroke.
* October 16: Friedrich Katz, 83, Austrian anthropologist and historian, cancer.
* October 20: Eva Ibbotson, 85, Austrian-born British novelist (Journey to the River Sea, The Secret of Platform 13).
* October 25: Andreas Maurer, 91, Austrian politician, Landeshauptmann of Lower Austria (1966–1981).

### November

* November 3: Alfons Benedikter, 92, Austrian politician.
* November 7:
** Kurt Baier, 93, Austrian philosopher.
** Hedy Stenuf, 88, Austrian Olympic figure skater.
* November 12: Ernst von Glasersfeld, 93, Austrian-born American philosopher (radical constructivism).

### December

* December 9: Alexander Kerst, 86, Austrian actor.
* December 17: Anton Kunz, 95, Austrian Olympic water polo player
* December 28: Agathe von Trapp, 97, Austrian-born American singer, member of the Trapp family (The Sound of Music).