2010 in Austria

2010 in Austria
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
Births
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).
References
Years of the 21st century in Austria
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