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Events from
1981 in
Austria
.
Incumbents
President
–
Rudolf Kirchschläger
Chancellor
–
Bruno Kreisky
Governors
Burgenland
:
Theodor Kery
Carinthia
:
Leopold Wagner
Lower Austria
:
Andreas Maurer
(until 22 January);
Siegfried Ludwig
(from 22 January)
Salzburg
:
Wilfried Haslauer Sr.
Styria
:
Josef Krainer junior
Tyrol
:
Eduard Wallnöfer
Upper Austria
:
Josef Ratzenböck
Vienna
:
Leopold Gratz
Vorarlberg
:
Herbert Keßler
Events
4 May
– The
European Law Students' Association
(ELSA) is founded in Vienna by law students from Austria, West Germany, Poland and Hungary.
Births
21 July
–
Aleksandar Đorđević
, footballer
[
citation needed
]
Deaths
3 January
–
Alfred Proksch
(born
1898
)
5 January
–
Walter Feistritzer
, ice hockey player (born
1920
)
8 January
–
Margarete Markl
, sculptor (born
1902
)
27 November
–
Lotte Lenya
, singer and actress (born
1891
)
References
↑
Saxon, Wolfgang (31 March 2000).
"Rudolf Kirchschlager, 85, Judge Who Became Austria's President"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
14 March
2009
.
↑
"Bruno Kreisky | chancellor of Austria | Britannica"
.
www.britannica.com
. Retrieved
20 November
2022
.
↑
"Leopold Wagner 1927-2008"
.
Der Standard
. September 27–28, 2008.
↑
"Alt-Landeshauptmann Ludwig ist tot"
.
noe.orf.at
(in German). 2013-04-16
. Retrieved
2024-03-18
.
↑
Gerhard Hartmann.
"LH a.D. Mag. Dr. Wilfried Haslauer sen"
.
ÖCV Biolex
(in German)
. Retrieved
30 March
2026
.
↑
"Josef Krainer jun.: Er blieb zeitlebens "der Sohn"
"
. 20 August 2010.
↑
"State of Tyrol"
(in German). State of Tyrol
. Retrieved
27 April
2023
.
↑
"Josef Ratzenböck, Dr"
(in German). Upper Austrian State Government
. Retrieved
27 January
2024
.
↑
"Mag. Leopold Gratz, Biografie | Parlament Österreich"
.
www.parlament.gv.at
(in German).
↑
"Kessler, Herbert"
.
Austria Forum
. Retrieved
31 March
2026
.
↑
"ELSA - The European Law Students' Association | History"
. Retrieved
2024-02-15
.
↑
Philip Rees
(1990).
Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890
. p.
305.
↑
"Walter Feistritzer"
.
Olympedia
. Retrieved
3 July
2020
.
↑
"Margarete Markl"
.
Olympedia
. Retrieved
26 August
2020
.
↑
Rockwell, John (28 November 1981).
"Lotte Lenya, singer, actress in US and Germany, is dead"
.
New York Times
. Retrieved
8 May
2026
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