2023 in Austria
Events in the year 2023 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: Christopher Drexler
 Tyrol: Anton Mattle
 Upper Austria: Thomas Stelzer
 Vienna: Michael Ludwig
 Vorarlberg: Markus Wallner

Events 
 January 10 – the Criminal Court of Vienna acquitted former Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) leader Heinz-Christian Strache, citing lack of proof. January 29 – 2023 Lower Austrian state election: Incumbent Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) remains strongest with slightly less than 40%, the party's weakest result in Lower Austria yet. February 5 – Avalanches kill eight tourists across the Austrian Alps. March 5 – 2023 Carinthian state election: Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) loses 9% of votes but remains strongest party with roughly 39% of votes. March 17 – In Lower Austria, the ÖVP forms a coalition with the FPÖ. March 30 – Lawmakers from the right-wing Freedom Party of Austria walk out from the lower house of Austria's parliament during a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as a protest against the violation of Austria's national principle of neutrality. March 31 – In Carinthia, the SPÖ renews its coalition with the ÖVP. April 23 – 2023 Salzburg state election: Following the election, a coalition between ÖVP and FPÖ was agreed on, the first of its kind in Salzburg. April 24–June 3 – 2023 Social Democratic Party of Austria leadership election: Hans Peter Doskozil initially leads in the non-binding member vote, but Andreas Babler is officially elected as new chairman during a party congress in Linz on June 3. May 30  – Three people are killed during a fire at a hospital in Mödling. June 30 – Wiener Zeitung, one of the oldest newspapers still published in the world, ends its daily print after 320 years (1703). September 12 – At Salzburg Zoo, a zookeeper is killed and another is injured by a rhinoceros in its enclosure. The zoo remains closed. October 11 – Police in Vienna, announce that they have banned a pro-Palestinian protest over mentions of "from the river to the sea" in invitations and the characterization of the protest as a call for violence. Sports

Scheduled 
 2022–23 Austrian Football Bundesliga
 2022–23 Austrian Cup
 Austrian Grand Prix
 2023 ACCR Formula 4 Championship

Deaths

January 

 January 6
 Ernst Grissemann, 88, radio host, journalist, and actor (b. 1934)
 Karl Pfeifer, 94, journalist (b. 1928)
 January 7 – Walter Intemann, 78, businessman and politician (b. 1944)
 January 10 – Traudl Hecher, 79, World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist (b. 1943)
 January 17 – Richard Oesterreicher, 90, conductor and jazz musician (b. 1930)
 January 18
 Melitta Muszely, 95, opera singer (b. 1927)
 Leopold Potesil, 89, boxer (b. 1933)
 January 19 – Norbert Sattler, 71, kayaker and water slalomist (b. 1951)
 January 21
 Kurt Schneider, 90, racing cyclist (b. 1932)
 Friedrich Weissensteiner, 95, historian and writer (b. 1927)
 January 27 – Martin Purtscher, 94, politician (b. 1928)

References 

 
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2020s in Austria
Years of the 21st century in Austria