2000 in Austria
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Incumbents
- President: Thomas Klestil
- Chancellor: Viktor Klima (until 4 February), Wolfgang Schüssel (starting 4 February)
Governors
Events
- February 5 - Jörg Haider's far right Freedom Party of Austria enters into coalition government to international condemnation.[1]
- October 3 - The Freedom Party becomes the second largest party following the parliamentary election.[1]
- November 11 - Kaprun disaster: A cable car fire in an alpine tunnel kills 155 skiers and snowboarders.[2]
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)