Events in the year 2018 in Austria.

Incumbents

Chancellor Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...

: Sebastian Kurz

Governors

* Burgenland:

Hans Niessl Hans Niessl (in official documents, his surname is spelt Nießl, born 12 June 1951 in Zurndorf) is an Austrian politician, member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria and former Governor of Burgenland. From 1987 till 2000, Niessl was mayor o ...

Carinthia Carinthia (german: Kärnten ; sl, Koroška ) is the southernmost States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The main language is German language, German. Its regional dialects belong to t ...

: Peter Kaiser * Lower Austria:

Johanna Mikl-Leitner Johanna Mikl-Leitner (born 9 February 1964) is an Austrian politician (ÖVP) and since 19 April 2017 the governor of Lower Austria. Early life and education Johanna Mikl-Leitner was born in Hollabrunn, Lower Austria. She grew up in Großharras, ...

* Salzburg: Wilfried Haslauer Jr. *

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

: Hermann Schützenhöfer * Tyrol:

Günther Platter Günther Platter is an Austrian politician (ÖVP) and is the current governor of Tyrol after his predecessor Herwig van Staa. Before becoming governor, Platter served as interior minister and as Minister of Defence A defence minister or minist ...

* Upper Austria: Thomas Stelzer * Vienna: Michael Häupl (until 24 May);

Michael Ludwig Michael Ludwig (born 3 April 1961) is an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ). Since May 2018, he has been Mayor and Governor of Vienna, the capital and largest city of Austria. Since January 2018, he has also served as cha ...

(from 24 May) * Vorarlberg: Markus Wallner

Events

February

*2-3 February — Cyclone Burglind *12 February —

Niklasdorf train collision On 12 February 2018, two passenger trains collided at Niklasdorf, Austria. One person was killed and 22 were injured. Accident At 12:45 UTC+1, Central European Time on 12 February 2018, two passenger trains were involved in a sidelong collision a ...

May

* May 28 – Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announces to cut benefit for foreigners at 564 euros.he says “The fundamental rule we will introduce is that German will become the key to accessing the full minimum benefit,” “That means that whoever has insufficient language skills will not be able to claim the full minimum benefit".

June

* June 8 – Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announces its closing seven mosques and could expel up to 40 imams from the country. the mosques were accused of preaching Salafi positions and they were funded by turkey.

Deaths

*1 January – Konrad Ragossnig, classical guitarist (b. 1932). *13 January –

Walter Schuster Walter Schuster (2 June 1929 – 13 January 2018) was an Austrian alpine skier who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics. He was born in Lermoos Lermoos is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It consists ...

, alpine skier (b. 1929) *19 January –

Ute Bock Ute Bock (27 June 1942 – 19 January 2018) was an Austrian educator who was known for her projects helping asylum seekers. Biography Bock was born in Linz. After high school graduation, she applied for a job at the municipality of Vienna and cou ...

, educator and humanitarian (b. 1942). *26 February –

Thomas Pernes Thomas Pernes (25 February 1956 – 26 February 2018) was an Austrian avant-garde composer and performance artist who lived and worked in Vienna. He studied piano with Bruno Seidlhofer and composition with Roman Haubenstock-Ramati. The start o ...

, composer (b. 1956) *3 March –

Franz Pacher Franz Pacher (28 April 1919 in Prostřední Suchá, present-day Czech Republic – 3 March 2018 in Salzburg, Austria) was an Austrian civil engineer and a pioneer of modern tunneling. He is one of three men who are considered to be the chief deve ...

, engineer (b. 1919) *21 March –

Martha Wallner Martha Wallner (28 March 1927 – 21 March 2018) was an Austrian stage actress.Rentschler, Eric. ''The Films of G.W. Pabst: An Extraterritorial Cinema''. Rutgers University Press, 1990. pg. 268 She also appeared in films and television. She was ...

, actress (b. 1927) *20 July –

Heinz Schilcher Heinz Schilcher (14 April 1947 – 20 July 2018) was an Austrian football player and manager, who worked as a scout for AFC Ajax. International career As a player, Schilcher was capped once for the Austria national team. Coaching career In 19 ...

, footballer (b. 1947).Wir Trauern Um Heinz Schilcher
*24 October –

Rudolf Gelbard Rudolf Gelbard (4 December 1930 – 24 October 2018) was an Austrian Holocaust survivor and political campaigner against anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism. He lectured in schools and universities about his experiences during the Holocaust, and also ...

, Holocaust survivor (b. 1930)

References

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