1972 in Austria
# 1972 in Austria

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)
