# 2023 in Austria

Events in the year 2023 in Austria.

## Incumbents

* President: Alexander Van der Bellen
* Chancellor: Karl Nehammer

### Governors

* Burgenland: Hans Peter Doskozil
* Carinthia: Peter Kaiser
* Lower Austria: Johanna Mikl-Leitner
* Salzburg: Wilfried Haslauer Jr.
* Styria: Christopher Drexler
* Tyrol: Anton Mattle
* Upper Austria: Thomas Stelzer
* Vienna: Michael Ludwig
* Vorarlberg: Markus Wallner

## Events

* January 10 – the Criminal Court of Vienna acquitted former Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) leader Heinz-Christian Strache, citing lack of proof.
* January 29 – 2023 Lower Austrian state election: Incumbent Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) remains strongest with slightly less than 40%, the party's weakest result in Lower Austria yet.
* February 5 – Avalanches kill eight tourists across the Austrian Alps.
* March 5 – 2023 Carinthian state election: Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) loses 9% of votes but remains strongest party with roughly 39% of votes.
* March 17 – In Lower Austria, the ÖVP forms a coalition with the FPÖ.
* March 30 – Lawmakers from the right-wing Freedom Party of Austria walk out from the lower house of Austria's parliament during a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as a protest against the violation of Austria's national principle of neutrality.
* March 31 – In Carinthia, the SPÖ renews its coalition with the ÖVP.
* April 23 – 2023 Salzburg state election: Following the election, a coalition between ÖVP and FPÖ was agreed on, the first of its kind in Salzburg.
* April 24–June 3 – 2023 Social Democratic Party of Austria leadership election: Hans Peter Doskozil initially leads in the non-binding member vote, but Andreas Babler is officially elected as new chairman during a party congress in Linz on June 3.
* May 30 – Three people are killed during a fire at a hospital in Mödling.
* June 30 – Wiener Zeitung, one of the oldest newspapers still published in the world, ends its daily print after 320 years (1703).
* September 12 – At Salzburg Zoo, a zookeeper is killed and another is injured by a rhinoceros in its enclosure. The zoo remains closed.
* October 11 – Police in Vienna, announce that they have banned a pro-Palestinian protest over mentions of "from the river to the sea" in invitations and the characterization of the protest as a call for violence.
* November 3 – A small plane en route from Zagreb, Croatia, crashes as it approached Salzburg, killing four people.
* November 13 – Justice Minister Alma Zadić announces the allocation of €33 million (around US$35 million) to compensate approximately 11,000 LGBT people affected by the country's historical discriminatory laws.

## Sports
### Scheduled

* 2022–23 Austrian Football Bundesliga
* 2022–23 Austrian Cup
* Austrian Grand Prix
* 2023 ACCR Formula 4 Championship

## Deaths
### January

* January 6
** Ernst Grissemann, 88, radio host, journalist, and actor (b. 1934)
** Karl Pfeifer, 94, journalist (b. 1928)
* January 7 – Walter Intemann, 78, businessman and politician (b. 1944)
* January 10 – Traudl Hecher, 79, World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist (b. 1943)
* January 17 – Richard Oesterreicher, 90, conductor and jazz musician (b. 1930)
* January 18
** Melitta Muszely, 95, opera singer (b. 1927)
** Leopold Potesil, 89, boxer (b. 1933)
* January 19 – Norbert Sattler, 71, kayaker and water slalomist (b. 1951)
* January 21
** Kurt Schneider, 90, racing cyclist (b. 1932)
** Friedrich Weissensteiner, 95, historian and writer (b. 1927)
* January 27 – Martin Purtscher, 94, politician (b. 1928)

### November

* November 1 – Gregor Hammerl, 81, politician, ex President of the Federal Council of Austria (b. 1942)