2000 in Austria

Events from the year 2000 in Austria.

← 1999 1998 1997 2000 in Austria → 2001 2002 2003
Decades:	1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2000 List of years in Austria

Incumbents

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

Governors

• Burgenland: Hans Niessl
• Carinthia: Jörg Haider
• Lower Austria: Erwin Pröll
• Salzburg: Franz Schausberger
• Styria: Waltraud Klasnic
• Tyrol: Wendelin Weingartner
• Upper Austria: Josef Pühringer
• Vienna: Michael Häupl
• Vorarlberg: Herbert Sausgruber

Events

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

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)