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2017 in Austria 
Summary
Events in the year 2017 in Austria.
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Incumbents edit
- President: Alexander Van der Bellen
- Chancellor: Christian Kern (until 18 December), Sebastian Kurz (since 18 December)
Governors edit
- 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 edit
- 1 January – The Law against social and wage dumping came into effect.
- 15 October – Austrian legislative election, 2017
- 18 December – The First Kurz government is formed.
- 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]
Deaths edit
- 15 January – Erwin Obermair, amateur astronomer (b. 1946).[4]
- 23 February - Sabine Oberhauser, politician (b. 1963).
- 1 June – Alois Mock, politician (b. 1934)
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Burqa ban takes effect in Austria". News. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Erwin Obermair 1946–2017" (PDF). WEGA (in German). Vol. 47, no. 1. 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.