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 6 January Ernst Grissemann, 88, radio host, journalist, and actor (b. 1934) Karl Pfeifer, 94, journalist (b. 1928) 7 January – Walter Intemann, 78, businessman and politician (b. 1944) 10 January – Traudl Hecher, 79, World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist (b. 1943) 17 January – Richard Oesterreicher, 90, conductor and jazz musician (b. 1930) 18 January Melitta Muszely, 95, opera singer (b. 1927) Leopold Potesil, 89, boxer (b. 1933) 19 January – Norbert Sattler, 71, kayaker and water slalomist (b. 1951) 21 January Kurt Schneider, 90, racing cyclist (b. 1932) Friedrich Weissensteiner, 95, historian and writer (b. 1927) 27 January – Martin Purtscher, 94, politician (b. 1928)
April 1 April – Hans Ettmayer, 76, footballer 17 April – Ernst Oberaigner, 90, Olympic alpine skier (1960)
June 1 June – Reinhold Senn, 86, luger, Olympic silver medallist (1964)
August 1 August – Franz Csandl, 74, Olympic boxer (1972) 5 August – Helmut Siber, 81, international footballer 17 August – Gudrun Pflüger, 50, Austrian mountain runner, four-time world champion (cancer)
November 1 November – Gregor Hammerl, 81, politician, ex President of the Federal Council of Austria (b. 1942)
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