2022 in Austria
Events in the year 2022 in Austria. Incumbents 
 President: Alexander Van der Bellen
 Chancellor: Karl Nehammer

Governors 
 Burgenland: Hans Peter Doskozil
 Carinthia: Peter Kaiser
 Lower Austria: Johanna Mikl-Leitner
 Salzburg: Wilfried Haslauer Jr.
 Styria: 
 Hermann Schützenhöfer (until 4 June)
 Christopher Drexler (from 4 June)
 Tyrol: 
 Günther Platter (until 25 October)
 Anton Mattle (from 25 October)
 Upper Austria: Thomas Stelzer
 Vienna: Michael Ludwig
 Vorarlberg: Markus Wallner

Events 
 January 1 – Austria legalizes assisted suicide for people over the age of 18 years who are terminally ill or who suffer from a permanent, debilitating condition. January 20 – The Austrian National Council votes 137–13 to approve a bill requiring people over 18 years to receive the COVID-19 vaccine beginning on 1 February, becoming the first country in the European Union to do so. February 28 – Diplomats from the U.S., United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China, and Iran gather in Vienna, Austria to seek a deal to revive the 2015 Iran deal. May 9 – Münchendorf derailment
 May 22 – Austria confirms its first case of monkeypox. August 18 – 2022 European derecho: Five people are killed by storms in Austria. September 25 – The 2022 Tyrolean state election was held. Incumbent Günther Platter resigns and Anton Mattle gets elected
 October 9 – 2022 Austrian presidential election: Incumbent president Alexander van der Bellen secures reelection after receiving more than 50% of the votes. December 8 – Austria announces that it will veto Bulgaria and Romania's accession to the Schengen Area, citing fears of increased illegal immigration. December 15 – At least four people are injured, one of them seriously, when an avalanche hits the ski resort Zürs/Lech in Vorarlberg, Austria. Emergency services rescue all of the ten people who had been buried alive. Deaths

January
 January 8 – Manfred Srb, 80, Austrian politician, MP (1986–1994) (b. 1941). January 10
 Alfred Gager, 79, Austrian footballer (Austria Wien, Wacker Wien, national team) (b. 1942). Friedrich Kurrent, 90, Austrian architect and author (b. 1931). January 11 – Herman Rechberger, 74, Austrian-born Finnish composer (b. 1947). January 19 – Elmar Fischer, 85, Austrian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Feldkirch (2005–2011), COVID-19 (b. 1936). January 20 – Karolos Trikolidis, 74, Austrian conductor (b. 1947). January 26 – Ernst Stankovski, 93, Austrian actor (To Be Without Worries, The Good Soldier Schweik, Help, I Love Twins) (b. 1928). January 27 – Karl Spiehs, 90, Austrian film producer (Dance with Me Into the Morning, Always Trouble with the Teachers, Cola, Candy, Chocolate) (b. 1931). January 28 – Brigitte Kowanz, 64, Austrian artist (b. 1957). February
 February 1 – Walter Barylli, 100, Austrian violinist (b. 1921). February 7 – Gustav Ortner, 86, Austrian diplomat, ambassador to the Holy See (1997–2001) (b. 1935). February 8
 Gerhard Roth, 79, Austrian writer (b. 1942). Herbert Thalhammer, 66, Austrian politician (b. 1955). February 9
 Joseph Horovitz, composer (Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo) and conductor (b. 1926). Reinhard Schwabenitzky, 74, Austrian film director (Parole Chicago, Tour de Ruhr), producer and screenwriter (b. 1947). February 13 – Ferdinand Hueter, 62, Austrian politician (b. 1960). February 18 – Toni Stricker, 91, Austrian composer and violinist (b. 1930). February 25 – Eleonore Schönborn, 101, Austrian politician (b. 1920). February 28 – Hans Menasse, 91, Austrian footballer (First Vienna FC, national team) (b. 1930). March
 March 1 – Alfred Mayer, 85, Austrian politician (b. 1936). March 3 – Josef Bauer, 88, Austrian artist (b. 1934). March 4 – Wilhelm Huberts, 84, Austrian football player (Grazer AK, Eintracht Frankfurt, national team) and manager (b. 1938). March 8
 René Clemencic, 94, Austrian composer (b. 1928). Maria Simon, 103, Austrian sociologist (b. 1918). March 13 – Erhard Busek, 80, Austrian politician, vice-chancellor (1991–1995) (b. 1941). March 17 – Christopher Alexander, 85, Austrian-born British-American architect and design theorist (b. 1936). March 18 – Alfons Dirnberger, 80, Austrian footballer (national team) (b. 1941). April
 April 1 – Gerhard J. Woeginger, 57, Austrian mathematician (b. 1964). April 7 – Hellmuth Matiasek, 90, Austrian theatre director, theatre manager (Theater am Gärtnerplatz), and drama school president (Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding) (b. 1931). April 8 – Mimi Reinhardt, 107, Austrian secretary (Oskar Schindler) (b. 1915). April 18 – Hermann Nitsch, 83, Austrian artist (Viennese Actionism) (b. 1938). April 21 – Renate Holm, 90, German-Austrian actress (The Count of Luxemburg) and operatic soprano (Vienna State Opera) (b. 1931). April 24 – Willi Resetarits, 73, Austrian singer, comedian, and human rights activist, fall (b. 1948). April 26 – Inge Bernstein, 91, Austrian-born English judge (b. 1931). April 27 – Maria L. Marcus, 88, Austrian-born American lawyer (b. 1933). May
 May 4 – Albin Julius, 54, Austrian musician (Der Blutharsch) (b. 1967). May 13 – Rosmarie Trapp, 93, Austrian-born American singer (Trapp Family) (b. 1929). May 18 – Thomas Resetarits, 82, Austrian sculptor (b. 1939). June
 June 4 – Frank Hoffmann, 83, German-Austrian actor (Ace of Aces, Derrick) (b. 1938). June 8 – Wolfgang Reisinger, 66, Austrian jazz percussionist, ruptured aneurysm (b. 1955). June 12 – Heidi Horten, 81, Austrian art collector (b. 1941). June 13 – Theresia Haidlmayr, 66, Austrian politician and disability rights activist, MP (1994–2008) (b. 1955). June 14 – Hermann Fillitz, 98, Austrian art historian (b. 1924). June 20
 Kurt Equiluz, 93, Austrian operatic tenor (Vienna State Opera) (b. 1929). Stefan Geosits, 94, Austrian Roman Catholic priest and historian (b. 1928). June 25 – Dietmar Streitler, 58, Austrian Olympic wrestler (1984) (b. 1964). June 26 – Hans Hollmann, 89, Austrian director and actor (b. 1933). July
July 4 – Robert Hoffmann, 82, Austrian actor (The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Kampf um Rom, The Sea Wolves) (b. 1939). July 13 – Sixtus Lanner, 88, Austrian politician, MP (1971–1996) (b. 1934). July 16 – Herbert W. Franke, 95, Austrian scientist and writer (b. 1927). July 17 – Ilona Graenitz, 79, Austrian politician, MP (1986–1995) and MEP (1995–1999) (b. 1943). July 20 – Alice Harnoncourt, 91, Austrian violinist (Concentus Musicus Wien) (b. 1930). July 22 – Stefan Soltész, 73, Hungarian-Austrian conductor (b. 1949). July 24 – Lotte Ingrisch, 92, Austrian author (b. 1930). August
 August 7 – Gerd Kaminski, 79, Austrian legal scholar (b. 1942). August 19 – Egon Pajenk, 72, Austrian footballer (SK Rapid Wien, Admira, national team) (b. 1950). August 24 – Lily Renée, 101, Austrian-born American comic book artist (b. 1921). August 28 – Peter Stephan Zurbriggen, 79, Swiss Roman Catholic archbishop, apostolic nuncio to Austria (2009–2018) (b. 1943). September
 September 15 – Alois Roppert, 88, Austrian politician, MP (1979–1994) (b. 1934). September 27 – Kurt Binder, 78, Austrian theoretical physicist (b. 1944). October
 October 3 – Johann Müllner, 90, Austrian farmer and politician (b. 1932). October 4 – Felicitas Kuhn, 96, Austrian children's book illustrator (b. 1926). October 6 – Günter Vetter, 86, Austrian politician (b. 1936). October 13 – Dagmar Rom, 94, Austrian skier, Olympic silver medallist (1952) (b. 1928). October 16 – Josef Zemann, 99, Austrian mineralogist and geologist (b. 1923). October 17 – Peter Polleruhs, 72, Austrian engineer and politician, MP (1993–2002) (b. 1949). October 19 – Kassian Lauterer, 88, Austrian Roman Catholic priest, abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau (1968–2009) and member of the Cistercians (since 1952) (b. 1934). October 22 – Dietrich Mateschitz, 78, Austrian businessman, co-founder of Red Bull GmbH (b. 1944). November
 November 1 – Karl Svoboda, 92, Austrian politician, member of the Municipal Council and Landtag of Vienna (1979–1996) (b. 1929). November 4 – Alois Reicht, 94, Austrian politician, MP (1979–1988) (b. 1928). November 13 – Johanna Priglinger, 36, Austrian politician, member of the Landtag of Upper Austria (2013–2015) (b. 1986). November 16 – Gerhard Rodax, 57, Austrian footballer (Admira, Rapid Vienna, national team), hit by train (b.1965). November 22 – Peter Sternad, 76, Austrian Olympic hammer thrower (1972, 1976) (b. 1946). November 29 – Edmund Freibauer, 85, Austrian politician, president of the Landtag of Lower Austria (1998–2008) (b. 1937). November 30 – Christiane Hörbiger, 84, Austrian actress (The Major and the Bulls, Das Erbe der Guldenburgs, Julia – Eine ungewöhnliche Frau) (b. 1938). December
 December 4 – Karl Merkatz, 92, Austrian actor (Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter, Der Bockerer, Lethal Obsession) (b. 1930). December 9 – Fredrick Terna, 99, Austrian-born American painter and Holocaust survivor (b. 1923). December 12 – Josef Schagerl, 99, Austrian sculptor (b. 1923). December 13 – Ludwig Hoffmann-Rumerstein, 85, Austrian Roman Catholic official, lieutenant ad interim (2017) of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (b. 1937). December 14 – Franz Kurzreiter, 78, Austrian politician, member of the Landtag of Lower Austria (1986–2003) (b. 1944). December 17
 Elmar Kunauer, 82, Austrian Olympic sprinter (1960) (b.1940). Albert Reichmann, Austrian-Canadian real estate executive (b. 1929). December 31 – Tom Karen, 96, Austrian-born British industrial designer (b. 1926). References 

 
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