2000 in Austria

Decades:	1980s ; 1990s ; 2000s ; 2010s ; 2020s ;
See also:	Other events of 2000 ; List of years in Austria

Last updated May 18, 2025

Incumbents

President: Thomas Klestil
Chancellor: Viktor Klima (until 4 February), Wolfgang Schüssel (starting 4 February)

Governors

Events

February 5 - Jörg Haider's far right Freedom Party of Austria enters into coalition government to international condemnation.^[1]
October 3 - The Freedom Party becomes the second largest party following the parliamentary election.^[1]
November 11 - Kaprun disaster: A cable car fire in an alpine tunnel kills 155 skiers and snowboarders.^[2]

Deaths

January 19 - Hedy Lamarr, actress (b. 1914)
May 11 - Paula Wessely, actress (b. 1907)
November 20 - Josef Schaupper, alpine skier who was killed in the Kaprun disaster (b. 1963)
November 28 - Liane Haid, actress (b. 1895)

References

1 2 Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History . Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 649–650. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
↑ "Flashback: Kaprun ski train fire". BBC News . 19 February 2004. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2009.

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[Cassell's_Chronology-1] 1 2 Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History . Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 649–650. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.

[2] "Flashback: Kaprun ski train fire". BBC News . 19 February 2004. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2009.

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