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


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