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← 1960 1959 1958 1961 in Austria → 1962 1963 1964
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1961 List of years in Austria

Events in the year 1961 in Austria.

Incumbents

• President of Austria: Adolf Schärf
• Chancellor of Austria: Julius Raab until April 11, Alfons Gorbach from April 11^{[ citation needed ]}

Events

• April 18: The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is signed. ^[1]
• June 3–4: The Vienna summit, a meeting between John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, is held. ^[2]

Births

• June 21: Bernhard Ludvik, physician.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 28 November: Klaus Köchl, politician. ^[3]

References

Media related to 1961 in Austria at Wikimedia Commons

Contents

• Incumbents
• Governors
• Events
• Births
• References