1972 in Austria

Events from the year 1972 in Austria.

Incumbents

 * President: Franz Jonas
 * Chancellor: Bruno Kreisky

Governors

 * Burgenland: Theodor Kery
 * Carinthia: Hans Sima
 * Lower Austria: Andreas Maurer
 * Salzburg: Hans Lechner
 * Styria: Friedrich Niederl
 * Tyrol: Eduard Wallnöfer
 * Upper Austria: Erwin Wenzl
 * Vienna: Felix Slavik
 * Vorarlberg: Herbert Keßler

Events

 * 1 January – Future President of Austria Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Births

 * 12 January – Toto Wolff, racing driver
 * 29 November – Andreas Goldberger, ski jumper
 * 7 December – Hermann Maier, Alpine ski racer

Deaths

 * 12 June: Ludwig von Bertalanffy, biologist (b. 1901)
 * 13 June: Stephanie von Hohenlohe, spy for Germany in World War II spy (b. 1891)
 * 31 July: Alfons Gorbach,  15th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1898)
 * 30 November: Hans Erich Apostel, composer (b. 1901)
 * 13 December: Gustav Schwarzenegger, police officer, father of Arnold Schwarzenegger (b. 1907)