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Events from the year 2000 in Austria.

Incumbents

President: Thomas Klestil
Chancellor: Viktor Klima (until 4 February), Wolfgang Schüssel (starting 4 February)

Events

February 5 - Jörg Haider's far right Freedom Party of Austria enters into coalition government to international condemnation. ^[1]
October 3 - The Freedom Party becomes the second largest party following the parliamentary election. ^[1]
November 11 - Kaprun disaster, Austria: A cable car fire in an alpine tunnel kills 155 skiers and snowboarders.

Deaths

January 19 - Hedy Lamarr, actress (b. 1913)
May 11 - Paula Wessely, actress (b. 1907)
November 28 - Liane Haid, actress (b. 1895)

References

1 2 Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 649–650. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.

2000 in Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey

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