2020 in Austria
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Events in the year 2020 in Austria.
Incumbents
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- President: Alexander Van der Bellen[1]
- Chancellor: Brigitte Bierlein (until 7 January);[2] Sebastian Kurz (from 7 January)[3]
Governors
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.
- 15 May – Ulrike Lunacek resigns as Austrian minister of culture, following criticism of her actions with respect to the Austrian cultural economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
Deaths
- 3 January – Wolfgang Brezinka, educational scientist (b. 1928).[5]
- 17 January – Oswald Oberhuber, sculptor and painter (b. 1931).[6]
- 19 January – Manfred Clynes, Austrian-born Australian-American scientist, inventor and musician (b. 1925).[7]
- 21 January – Theodor Wagner, footballer (b. 1927).[8]
- 23 January
- Adolf Holl, theologian (b. 1930).[9]
- Alfred Körner, footballer (b. 1926).[10]
- Franz Mazura, operatic bass-baritone (b. 1924)[11]
- 7 February – Paul Koralek, Austrian-born British architect (b. 1933).[12]
- 15 February – Wilfried Thaler, cyclist (b. 1934)[13]
- 28 March – Hertha Töpper, contralto (b. 1924)[14]
- 6 May – Norbert Balatsch, singer and choral conductor (b. 1928)[15]
- 24 August – Frederick Baker, filmmaker and archaeologist (b. 1965).[16]
- 6 December – Klaus Ofczarek, operatic tenor and actor (b. 1939)[17][18]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Dr. Brigitte Bierlein" (in German). Republic of Austria Parliament. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
- ↑ "Sebastian Kurz" (in German). Republic of Austria Parliament. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
- ↑ Stefan Weiss, Jan Michael Marchart, Theo Anders (2020-05-15). "Rücktrittskultur: Das Scheitern der Ulrike Lunacek". Der Standard. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Brezinka". traueranzeigen.tt.com (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ↑ "Oswald Oberhuber im 89. Lebensjahr gestorben". krone.at (in German). 17 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ↑ "Manfred Edward Clynes". dignitymemorial.com. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ↑ "ÖFB-Legende "Turl" Wagner 92-jährig verstorben!". krone.at (in German). 21 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ↑ ""Kirchenrebell" Adolf Holl ist tot". kurier.at (in German). 23 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ↑ "Rapid-Legende Alfred Körner ist tot". krone.at (in German). 23 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ↑ "Bassbariton Franz Mazura ist tot". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ↑ "Paul Koralek RA". Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
- ↑ "Wilfried Thaler, 1934–2020". McGerrigle Funeral Home. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ↑ Susanne Schmerda (2020-03-31). "Zum Tod der Sängerin Hertha Töpper: Himmlische Opernmomente in München". BR-Klassik. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
- ↑ "Obituary - Professor Norbert Balatsch". Die Wiener Sangerknaben. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- ↑ "ORF trauert um Filmemacher Frederick Baker". APA-OTS (in German). 26 August 2020.
- ↑ "Die Volksoper trauert um Klaus Ofczarek". Volksoper (in German).
- ↑ "Schauspieler Klaus Ofczarek gestorben". Wiener Zeitung (in German). 7 December 2020.
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