2000 in Austria

none 2000 Events from the year 2000 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.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/649 registration Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 649–650 October 3 - The Freedom Party becomes the second largest party following the parliamentary election. November 11 - Kaprun disaster: A cable car fire in an alpine tunnel kills 155 skiers and snowboarders.19 February 2004 Flashback: Kaprun ski train fire http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3502265.stm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090122202408/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3502265.stm 22 January 2009 14 April 2009 BBC News 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) References 2000 Category:2000s in Austria Austria Austria