2012 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: Markus Wallner

Events

• September 25 - The right-wing populist political party Team Stronach led by Frank Stronach is officially registered, launching two days later.
• October 14 - Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner becomes the first person to break the sound barrier without any machine assistance during a record space dive out of the Red Bull Stratos helium-filled balloon from 24 miles over Roswell, New Mexico in the United States.
• October 27 - The liberal political party NEOS hold its founding convention. Matthias Strolz is elected as its first chairman.
• November 25 - 2012 Graz local election

Deaths

January

• January 2: Otto Scrinzi, 93, Austrian journalist and politician.
• January 8:
• *Franz Berger, 71, Austrian Olympic wrestler.
• *Franz Dorfer, 61, Austrian Olympic boxer.
• January 9: Francis Golffing, 101, Austrian-American poet, essayist, teacher, and translator.
• January 20: Ruthilde Boesch, 94, Austrian singer.

February

• February 14: Reinhold Frosch, 76, Austrian luger.
• February 28: Fritz Hakl, 80, Austrian actor.
• February 29: Karl Kodat, 69, Austrian international footballer.

March

• March 13: Julius Depaoli, 88, Austrian Olympic water polo player.
• March 14:
• * Gretl Aicher, 84, Austrian artistic director.
• * Margareta Sjöstedt, 88, Swedish-born Austrian singer and actress.

April

• April 5 — Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, German car designer

May

• May 11: Thea Hochleitner, 86, Austrian Olympic bronze medal-winning alpine skier.
• May 14: Ernst Hinterberger, 80, Austrian author and screenwriter.
• May 21: Bahram Alivandi, 83–84, Iranian-born Austrian artist.
• May 30: Edi Federer, 57, Austrian ski jumper, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

June

• June 15: Günther Domenig, 77, Austrian architect.

July

• July 1: Fritz Pauer, 68, Austrian jazz pianist and composer.
• July 25: Franz West, 65, Austrian artist, liver disease.
• July 28: Sepp Mayerl, 75, Austrian mountaineer, climbing incident.

October

• October 4: Rudolf Oslansky, 81, Austrian footballer.
• October 9: Luna Alcalay, 83, Austrian pianist, music educator and composer.
• October 10: Ilse Maria Aschner, 94, Austrian journalist.
• October 19: Johann Kniewasser, 61, Austrian alpine skier, liver disease.
• October 28: Björn Sieber, 23, Austrian alpine skier, traffic collision.

November

• November 15: Josef Kloimstein, 84, Austrian Olympic silver and bronze medal-winning rower.
• November 27: Herbert Oberhofer, 57, Austrian footballer.

December

• December 25: Othmar Schneider, 84, Austrian Olympic champion Alpine skier and marksman.