2017 in Austria

Incumbents

• President: Alexander Van der Bellen
• Chancellor: Christian Kern, Sebastian Kurz

  Events

• 15 October – Austrian legislative election, 2017
• 18 December – The First Kurz government is formed.
• 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.
• October - a legal ban on face-covering Islamic clothing was adopted by the Austrian parliament.

  Deaths

• 15 January – Erwin Obermair, amateur astronomer.
• 23 February - Sabine Oberhauser, politician.
• 1 June – Alois Mock, politician