2020 in Austria

Events in the year 2020 in Austria.

Incumbents



 * President: Alexander Van der Bellen
 * Chancellor: Brigitte Bierlein (until 7 January); Sebastian Kurz (from 7 January)

Governors

 * Burgenland: Hans Peter Doskozil
 * Carinthia: Peter Kaiser
 * Lower Austria: Johanna Mikl-Leitner
 * Salzburg: Wilfried Haslauer Jr.
 * Styria: Hermann Schützenhöfer
 * Tyrol: Günther Platter
 * Upper Austria: Thomas Stelzer
 * Vienna: Michael Ludwig
 * Vorarlberg: Markus Wallner

Events

 * 7 January – Sebastian Kurz takes over as Chancellor of Austria, replacing Brigitte Bierlein


 * 9 – 26 January – The 2020 European Men's Handball Championship is hosted by Austria, Norway and Sweden.
 * 20 – 26 January – The 2020 European Figure Skating Championships is held in Graz.

January

 * 3 January – Wolfgang Brezinka, educational scientist (b. 1928).
 * 17 January – Oswald Oberhuber, sculptor and painter (b. 1931).
 * 19 January – Manfred Clynes, Austrian-born Australian-American scientist, inventor and musician (b. 1925).
 * 21 January – Theodor Wagner, footballer (b. 1927).
 * 23 January
 * Adolf Holl, theologian (b. 1930).
 * Alfred Körner, footballer (b. 1926).
 * Franz Mazura, operatic bass-baritone (b. 1924).

February

 * 7 February – Paul Koralek, Austrian-born British architect (b. 1933).
 * 15 February – Wilfried Thaler, cyclist (b. 1934).

August

 * 24 August – Frederick Baker, filmmaker and archaeologist (b. 1965).