Incumbents
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President:
Heinz Fischer (until 9 July)
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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 ...
:
Werner Faymann (until 9 May);
Christian Kern (from 17 May)
Governors
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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 ...
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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
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Lower Austria:
Erwin Pröll
Erwin Pröll (born 24 December 1946, in Ziersdorf-Radlbrunn), is an Austrian conservative politician (ÖVP). From 1992 to 2017, he was the Governor of Lower Austria.
He was born in Radlbrunn, Lower Austria and after obtaining his Matura at ...
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Salzburg:
Wilfried Haslauer Jr.
Wilfried Haslauer (born 3 May 1956) is an Austrian politician ( ÖVP) and lawyer. He has been governor of Salzburg State
Salzburg (, ; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian) (also known as ''Salzburgerland'') is a state (''Land'') of the moder ...
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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 ...
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Hermann Schützenhöfer
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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 ...
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Upper Austria: Josef Pühringer
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Vienna:
Michael Häupl
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Vorarlberg:
Markus Wallner
Events
August
*August 5 - Austria sent 68 athletes to compete at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
in
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil.
References
2010s in Austria
Years of the 21st century in Austria
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