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Events from the year 2009 in Austria

Incumbents

• President: Heinz Fischer
• Chancellor: Werner Faymann

Governors

• Burgenland: Hans Niessl
• Carinthia: Gerhard Dörfler
• Lower Austria: Erwin Pröll
• Salzburg: Gabi Burgstaller
• Styria: Franz Voves
• Tyrol: Günther Platter
• Upper Austria: Josef Pühringer
• Vienna: Michael Häupl
• Vorarlberg: Herbert Sausgruber

Events

• January 13: Umar Israilov a former bodyguard of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is murdered in Vienna
• March 1: 2009 Salzburg state election - Gabi Burgstaller is re-elected as Governor of Salzburg
• March 19: Josef Fritzl pleads guilty to all counts and is imprisoned for life
• May 2: An avalanche on the Schalfkogel mountain range, near Sölden, kills 6 people
• May 24: Several people are injured and the Dera Sach Khand leader Ramanand Dass is killed in the Vienna temple attack
• June 4: 2009 European Parliament election in Austria
• September 20: 2009 Voralberg state election - Herbert Sausgruber is re-elected as Governor of Voralberg
• September 27: 2009 Upper Austrian state election - Josef Pühringer is re-elected as Governor of Upper Austria
• October 20: A group of students and teachers occupy the assembly hall of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, starting the 2009 student protests in Austria

Births

Deaths

January

• January 1: Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer.
• January 4: Gert Jonke, Austrian poet, playwright and novelist, cancer.
• January 21: Peter Persidis (born 1947), 61, Austrian footballer, cancer.
• January 24: Karl Koller, 79, Austrian footballer, Alzheimer's disease.

February

• February 3: Mike Maloy, 59, American-born Austrian basketball player, influenza.
• February 19: Edmund Hlawka, 92, Austrian mathematician.

March

• March 16: Franz Feldinger, 80, Austrian Olympic footballer.
• March 17: Edith Hahn Beer, 95, Austrian author, Holocaust survivor, natural causes.

April

• April 26: Hans Holzer, 89, Austrian-born American paranormal investigator and author, after long illness.

May

• May 4: Fritz Muliar, 89, Austrian actor.
• May 13: Monica Bleibtreu, 65, Austrian actress, screenwriter and drama teacher, cancer.
• May 25: Amos Elon, 82, Austrian-born Israeli author and journalist.
• May 26: Doris Mühringer, 88, Austrian poet and children's writer.
• May 30: Herma Kirchschläger, 93, Austrian widow of former president Rudolf Kirchschläger.

June

July

• July 2: Bert Schneider, 71, Austrian Grand Prix motorcycle racer.
• July 14: Heinrich Schweiger, 77, Austrian actor, cardiovascular disease.

August

• August 24: Toni Sailer, 73, Austrian ski racer, laryngeal cancer.

September

• September 4: Franz Olah, 99, Austrian politician, Interior Minister (1963–1964).
• September 16: Ernst Märzendorfer, 88, Austrian conductor.

October

• October 4: Hermann Raich, 75, Austrian Roman Catholic Bishop of Wabag (1982–2008).
• October 11: Gustav Kral, 26, Austrian footballer, car accident.
• October 15: Josias Kumpf, 84, Austrian Nazi concentration camp guard.
• October 24: Karl Reisinger, 73, Austrian Olympic judoka.

November

December

• December 1: Alberto Martínez, 59, Uruguayan football player (FK Austria Wien), heart failure.
• December 5: Alfred Hrdlicka, 81, Austrian architect and draughtsman.
• December 19: Adelbert St. John, 78, Canadian-born Austrian ice hockey player.

References

1. "Johannes Mario Simmel: Million-selling Austrian novelist". The Independent. 16 January 2009.
2. "Poet Gert Jonke dies of cancer". Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
3. "Hicke's right hand man Persidis loses cancer battle". Archived from the original on 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
4. "Gone but not forgotten". FIFA. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019.
5. Boraks, David (4 February 2009). "Former Wildcat star Mike Maloy dies in Vienna". DavidsonNews.net. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
6. Schipani, Nicoole (2 March 2009). "Nachruf Professor Edmund Hlawka" (in German). Technische Unitersität Wien. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
7. Franz Feldinger
8. Edith Hahn-Beer: lawyer and Holocaust survivor
9. "Ghostbuster Hans Holzer Dead At 89". UFO Digest.com. Archived from the original on May 3, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
10. "Acting legend Fritz Muliar passed away". Austrian Times. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
11. "German actress Monica Bleibtreu dies". Variety. May 15, 2009.
12. "Israelischer Autor Amos Elon gestorben". Der Standard (in German).
13. Trakl-Preisträgerin Doris Mühringer gestorben (in German)
14. "Herma Kirchschläger ist tot". Die Presse (in German). May 30, 2009.
15. Eggersdorfer, Rolf. "Motorradweltmeisterschaft von einst und jetzt" (in German).
16. "Vienna actor Heinrich Schweiger is dead". Austrian Times. Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
17. Toni Sailer: Austrian Olympic skiing champion
18. "Franz Olah dies aged 99". Archived from the original on 2009-09-12. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
19. Conductor Märzendorfer dies aged 88
20. Cheney, David M. "Bishop Hermann Raich". Catholic-Hierarchy.
21. "Patricia Kaiser überlebt Unfall - ihr Freund stirbt" (in German). Archived from the original on 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
22. "Exklusiv: KZ-Wächter Josias Kumpf in Wiener Spital verstorben". Profil (in German). 16 October 2009. Archived from the original on 20 October 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
23. "Karl Reisinger Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
24. "Austria trauert um Alberto Martinez". Der Standard (in German).
25. "Austrian sculptor Hrdlicka dies aged 81". BBC News. December 7, 2009.
26. "Nachruf Adelbert Saint John" (in German). Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2010.

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