Contents

• Incumbents
• Governors
• Events
• Deaths
• References

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See also:	Other events of 2017 List of years in Austria

Events from the year 2017 in Austria .

Incumbents

• President: Alexander Van der Bellen
• Chancellor: Christian Kern (until 18 December), Sebastian Kurz (since 18 December)

Events

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• 1 January – The Law against social and wage dumping came into effect.
• 18 March to 26 March – The 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games are held in Graz and Schladming, Austria.
• 2 July to 6 July – The 2017 Tour of Austria is held.
• 9 July – The 2017 Austrian Grand Prix is held.
• October – a legal ban on face-covering Islamic clothing was adopted by the Austrian parliament. ^{[1] [2] [3]}
• 15 October – Austrian legislative election, 2017
• 18 December – The First Kurz government is formed.

Deaths

• 15 January – Erwin Obermair, amateur astronomer (b. 1946). ^[4]
• 23 February - Sabine Oberhauser, politician (b. 1963).

• 1 June – Alois Mock, politician (b. 1934)

References