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

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).