- Source: 2021 in Austria
Events in the year 2021 in Austria.
Incumbents
President: Alexander Van der Bellen (since 26 January 2017)
Chancellor:
Sebastian Kurz (until 11 October)
Alexander Schallenberg (from 11 October), (until 6 December)
Karl Nehammer (from 6 December)
= 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
= Ongoing
=COVID-19 pandemic in Austria
= September
=September 26
2021 Graz local elections are held.
2021 Upper Austrian state election are held. Thomas Stelzer of the Austrian People's Party remains Governor.
= October
=6 October – Agents of the Central Prosecutorial Agency for Corruption and Economic Affairs (WKStA) raided the Federal Chancellery and the headquarters of the ÖVP as part of a corruption probe targeting Kurz and his "inner circle".
9 October – Sebastian Kurz resigns from the chancellorship.
11 October – President Alexander Van der Bellen officially removed Kurz from office and appointed then-Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg as chancellor of Austria.
= November
=November 17 – 2021 Graz local election: Elke Kahr of the Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) becomes the first female mayor of Graz and first communist mayor of an Austria city.
= December
=December 6 – Nehammer government is formed.
Deaths
= January
=January 1 – Traude Dierdorf, 73, Austrian politician, mayor of Wiener Neustadt (1997–2005) (b. 1947).
January 6 – Ferdinand Kolarik, 83, Austrian footballer (Admira Wien, national team) (b. 1937).
January 8 – Eva Badura-Skoda, 91, Austrian musicologist (b. 1929).
January 24 – Arik Brauer, 92, Austrian artist, co-founder of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism (b. 1929).
= February
=February 25 – Klaus Emmerich, 92, Austrian journalist, COVID-19 (b. 1928).
= March
=March 11 – Peter Patzak, 76, Austrian film director (Kassbach – Ein Porträt, Wahnfried, Shanghai 1937) and screenwriter (b. 1945).
= April
=April 1 – Hugo Portisch, 94, Austrian journalist and writer (b. 1927).
April 19 – Rudolf Burger, 82, Austrian philosopher (b. 1938).
April 20 – Alfred Teinitzer, 91, Austrian footballer (SK Rapid Wien, LASK Linz, national team) (b. 1929).
= May
=May 3
Alfons Adam, 76, Austrian lawyer and politician, founder of Christian Party of Austria (b. 1944).
Tatjana Gamerith, 102, German-Austrian painter and graphic artist (b. 1919).
May 19 – Helmut Wopfner, 96, Austrian geologist (b. 1924).
= June
=June 3 – Wilfried Feichtinger, 70, Austrian gynaecologist (b. 1950).
June 4 – Friederike Mayröcker, 96, Austrian poet (b. 1924).
= July
=July 2 – Helmut Ashley, 101, Austrian cinematographer (Duel with Death, White Shadows, The Old Fox) (b. 1919).
July 12 – Erich Hasenkopf, 86, Austrian footballer (Wiener Sport-Club, national team) (b. 1935).
July 20
Ernst Fasan, 94, Austrian lawyer (b. 1926).
Inge Ginsberg, 99, Austrian-Swiss author and singer, heart failure (b. 1922).
July 22 – Peter Rehberg, British-born electronic musician (KTL), heart attack (b. 1968).
= August
=August 5 – Roger Lenaers, 96, Belgian-born Austrian Jesuit pastor (b. 1925).
August 9 – Peter Richter de Rangenier, 91, Czech-born Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1930).
August 18 – Franz Josef Altenburg, 80, Austrian ceramicist and sculptor (b. 1941).
August 21 – Rudolf Edlinger, 81, Austrian politician and football executive, minister of finance (1997–2000) and president of SK Rapid Wien (2001–2013) (b. 1941).
= September
=September 9
Caspar Einem, 73, Austrian politician, minister of the interior (1995–1997) and science, traffic and the arts (1997–2000), member of the National Council (2000–2007) (b. 1948).
Ferry Radax, 89, Austrian filmmaker (b. 1932).
= October
=October 2 – Herta Staal, 91, Austrian actress (The Charming Young Lady, My Sister and I, Where the Ancient Forests Rustle) (b. 1930).
October 11 – Lukas David, 87, Austrian violinist (b. 1934).
October 14 – Traudl Stark, 91, Austrian child actress (A Mother's Love, The Fox of Glenarvon, Passion) (b. 1930).
October 20 – Hans Haselböck, 93, Austrian organist and composer (b. 1928).
= November
=November 9 – Herbert Salcher, 92, Austrian politician, minister of finance (1981–1984) and MP (1983) (b. 1929).
November 10 – Otto Pendl, 70, Austrian politician, MP (1998–2017) (b. 1951).
November 12 – Paul Gludovatz, 75, Austrian football manager (SV Ried, TSV Hartberg), COVID-19 (b. 1946).
November 16 – Renate Mann, 68, Austrian politician, member of the Landtag of Upper Austria (2008–2009) (b. 1953).
November 28 – Günter Oberhuber, 67, Austrian Olympic ice hockey player (b. 1954).
= December
=December 5 – Christine Haidegger, 79, Austrian writer (b. 1942).
December 6 – Elfriede Steurer, 96, Austrian Olympic sprinter (b. 1924).
December 9
Gunter Hadwiger, 72, Austrian politician (b. 1949).
Gertraud Jesserer, 77, Austrian actress (Eva, My Daughter and I, I Learned It from Father), house fire (b. 1943).
December 10
Karin Praxmarer, 77, Austrian politician, councilor (1986–1996, 1999) (b. 1944).
Martin Strimitzer, 93, Austrian politician, president (1990) and member (1982–1992) of the Federal Council (b. 1928).
December 16 – Bert Fragner, 80, Austrian Iranologist (b. 1941).
December 31 – Gertrude Pressburger, 94, Austrian Holocaust survivor (b. 1927).
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