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2019 in Austria
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Events from the year 2019 in Austria.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Alexander Van der Bellen[1]
- Chancellor: Sebastian Kurz (until 28 May), Brigitte Bierlein (from 3 June)
Governors
[edit]- Burgenland: Hans Niessl (until 28 February); Hans Peter Doskozil (from 28 February)
- 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
[edit]- 1 January – Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Austria.[2]
- 18 May – Vice chancellor and FPÖ leader Heinz-Christian Strache announces his resignation following the Ibiza affair, he and all of the other FPÖ cabinet members left the government 4 days later.[3] This left the Kurz government as a ÖVP minority government.
- 28 May – The First Kurz government is dismissed after losing a motion of no confidence.[4]
- 3 June – President Van der Bellen appointed former president of Constitutional Court Brigitte Bierlein as the first independent chancellor after WWII, as well as the first female to hold the office. She and her technocratic cabinet are expected to leave their positions when a new government is formed after the legislative election to be held in late September.
- 1 November – Austria becomes one of the last European countries to ban smoking in bars and restaurants, after years of debate.[5]
Sports
[edit]- 20 February–3 March: The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships are held at Seefeld in Tirol.
Deaths
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- 27 January – Wilma Lipp, operatic soprano, 93[6]
- 8 March – Michael Gielen, orchestral conductor, 91[7]
- 16 April – Jörg Demus, pianist, 90[8]
- 20 May – Niki Lauda, racing driver and airline owner, Formula One world champion (1975, 1977, 1984), 70[9]
- 14 June – Martin Roth, artist, 41[10]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Connolly, Kate; Oltermann, Philip; Henley, Jon (23 May 2016). "Austria elects Green candidate as president in narrow defeat for far right". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ "Austria just legalised gay marriage". The Independent. 5 December 2017. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Live-Ticker: Hochspannung vor Kurz' Statement, Neuwahl laut FPÖ-Kreisen fix". Kurier. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ^ "Kabinett Kurz verliert Misstrauensabstimmung". orf.at (in German). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "What you need to know about Austria's new indoor smoking ban". The Local Austria. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Wilma Lipp gestorben". ORF (in German). 27 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ Wolfgang Schreiber (8 March 2019). "Tod von Michael Gielen: Die Wahrheitsliebe der Musik". Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Georg Leyrer (17 April 2019). "Österreichischer Pianist Jörg Demus gestorben". Kurier. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Niki Lauda, Austrian Formula 1 legend, dies at 70". BBC News. BBC. 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Artist Martin Roth has died, aged 41". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2024.