2020 in Austria
# 2020 in Austria

Events in the year 2020 in Austria.

## Incumbents

* President: Alexander Van der Bellen
* Chancellor: Brigitte Bierlein (until 7 January); Sebastian Kurz (from 7 January)

### Governors

* Burgenland: Hans Peter Doskozil
* Carinthia: Peter Kaiser
* Lower Austria: Johanna Mikl-Leitner
* Salzburg: Wilfried Haslauer Jr.
* Styria: Hermann Schützenhöfer
* Tyrol: Günther Platter
* Upper Austria: Thomas Stelzer
* Vienna: Michael Ludwig
* Vorarlberg: Markus Wallner

## Events

* 7 January – Sebastian Kurz takes over as Chancellor of Austria, replacing Brigitte Bierlein
* 9 – 26 January – The 2020 European Men's Handball Championship is hosted by Austria, Norway and Sweden.
* 20 – 26 January – The 2020 European Figure Skating Championships is held in Graz.

## Deaths

### January

* 3 January – Wolfgang Brezinka, educational scientist (b. 1928).
* 17 January – Oswald Oberhuber, sculptor and painter (b. 1931).
* 19 January – Manfred Clynes, Austrian-born Australian-American scientist, inventor and musician (b. 1925).
* 21 January – Theodor Wagner, footballer (b. 1927).
* 23 January
   * Adolf Holl, theologian (b. 1930).
   * Alfred Körner, footballer (b. 1926).
   * Franz Mazura, operatic bass-baritone (b. 1924).

### February

* 7 February – Paul Koralek, Austrian-born British architect (b. 1933).
* 15 February – Wilfried Thaler, cyclist (b. 1934).

### August

* 24 August – Frederick Baker, filmmaker and archaeologist (b. 1965).
