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)
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