1972 in Austria
overview of Austria-related events during the year of 1972
Events from the year 1972 in Austria.
Incumbents
President: Franz Jonas
Chancellor: Bruno Kreisky
Governors
Burgenland: Theodor Kery
Carinthia: Hans Sima
Lower Austria: Andreas Maurer
Salzburg: Hans Lechner
Styria: Friedrich Niederl
Tyrol: Eduard Wallnöfer
Upper Austria: Erwin Wenzl
Vienna: Felix Slavik
Vorarlberg: Herbert Keßler
Events
1 January – Future President of Austria Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Births
12 January – Toto Wolff, racing driver
29 November – Andreas Goldberger, ski jumper
7 December – Hermann Maier, Alpine ski racer
Deaths
12 June: Ludwig von Bertalanffy, biologist (b. 1901)
13 June: Stephanie von Hohenlohe, spy for Germany in World War II spy (b. 1891)
31 July: Alfons Gorbach, 15th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1898)
30 November: Hans Erich Apostel, composer (b. 1901)
13 December: Gustav Schwarzenegger, police officer, father of Arnold Schwarzenegger (b.
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