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
Births
Deaths January January 2: Johann Frank, 71, Austrian football player (FK Austria Wien). January 3: Otto Breg, 60, Austrian Olympic bobsledder.Otto Breg Bio, Stats, and Results January 8: Otmar Suitner, 87, Austrian conductor. January 11: Kurt Liebhart, 76, Austrian Olympic sprint canoer.Kurt Liebhart hat uns verlassen
February February 19: Bruno Gironcoli, 73, Austrian sculptor, after long illness.
March March 3: Franz Eibler, 85, Austrian Olympic weightlifter.Franz Eibler Bio, Stats, and Results
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).Therese "Resi" Hammerer Bio, Stats, and Results 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.Schauspieler und Regisseur Robert Freitag gestorben 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 playerAnton Kunz December 28: Agathe von Trapp, 97, Austrian-born American singer, member of the Trapp family (The Sound of Music).
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