2017 in Austria

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Events from the year 2017 in Austria .

Incumbents

• President: Alexander Van der Bellen
• Chancellor: Christian Kern (until 18 December), Sebastian Kurz (since 18 December)

Governors

• Burgenland: Hans Niessl
• Carinthia: Peter Kaiser
• Lower Austria: Erwin Pröll (until 19 April); Johanna Mikl-Leitner (from 19 April)
• Salzburg: Wilfried Haslauer Jr.
• Styria: Hermann Schützenhöfer
• Tyrol: Günther Platter
• Upper Austria: Josef Pühringer (until 5 April); Thomas Stelzer (from 5 April)
• Vienna: Michael Häupl
• Vorarlberg: Markus Wallner

Events

• 1 January – The Law against social and wage dumping came into effect.
• 18 March to 26 March – The 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games are held in Graz and Schladming, Austria.
• 2 July to 6 July – The 2017 Tour of Austria is held.
• 9 July – The 2017 Austrian Grand Prix is held.
• October – a legal ban on face-covering Islamic clothing was adopted by the Austrian parliament. ^{[1] [2] [3]}
• 15 October – Austrian legislative election, 2017
• 18 December – The First Kurz government is formed.

Deaths

Alois Mock

• 15 January – Erwin Obermair, amateur astronomer (b. 1946). ^[4]
• 23 February - Sabine Oberhauser, politician (b. 1963).

• 1 June – Alois Mock, politician (b. 1934)

References

1. WELT, DIE (16 May 2017). "Integration: Österreich stellt Tragen von Burka und Nikab unter Strafe". Die Welt. Retrieved 26 October 2017– via www.Welt.de.
2. "Burqa ban takes effect in Austria". News. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
3. "Austria: Updated law against wage and social dumping comes into force | European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions". www.eurofound.europa.eu. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
4. "Erwin Obermair 1946–2017" (PDF). WEGA (in German). Vol. 47, no. 1. 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.