1961 in Austria

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Decades:

See also:

Other events of 1961
List of years in Austria

Events in the year 1961 in Austria.

Incumbents

President of Austria: Adolf Schärf
Chancellor of Austria: Julius Raab until April 11, Alfons Gorbach from April 11^{[ citation needed ]}

Governors

Burgenland: Johann Wagner (until 8 August), Josef Lentsch (starting 8 August)
Carinthia: Ferdinand Wedenig
Lower Austria: Johann Steinböck
Salzburg: Josef Klaus (until 17 April), Hans Lechner (starting 17 April)
Styria: Josef Krainer Sr.
Tyrol: Hans Tschiggfrey
Upper Austria: Heinrich Gleißner
Vienna: Franz Jonas
Vorarlberg: Ulrich Ilg ^{[ citation needed ]}

Events

April 18: The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is signed.^[1]
June 3–4: The Vienna summit, a meeting between John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, is held.^[2]

Births

June 21: Bernhard Ludvik, physician.^{[ citation needed ]}
28 November: Klaus Köchl, politician.^[3]

References

↑ "Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations". United Nations Treaty Collection. United Nations. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
↑ Glass, Andrew (June 2, 2017). "JFK and Khrushchev meet in Vienna, June 3, 1961". POLITICO.
↑ "Recherchieren: Personen - Klaus Köchl" (in German). Vienna, Austria: Austrian Parliament. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

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