2019 in Hungary

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The following lists events in the year 2019 in Hungary.

Incumbents

• President: János Áder^[1]
• Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán
• Speaker of the National Assembly: László Kövér

Events

January

• 5 January – Protest against the Overtime Work Act, marches from Hősök Tere to Kossuth tér.^[2]
• 19 January – Nation-wide protests against the Overtime Work Act, including in front of Várkert Bazár in Budapest.^[3]
• 28 January – 3 February - First round of opposition primaries for the Budapest mayoral election. Gergely Karácsony (PM) defeats Csaba Horváth (MSZP).

February

• The Freedom House NGO states that Hungary is no longer a free country, making it the first such country in the European Union to be so designated.^[4]

March

• 30 March - Renovated northern section of Metro Line 3 between Újpest-központ and Dózsa György út stations opened.^[5]

April

• 6 April - Renovation of the southern section of Metro Line 3 begins between Népliget and Kőbánya-Kispest.

May

• 14 May – The Mi Hazánk party announced the party would be forming the National Legion, a uniformed 'self-defense' group similar to Magyar Gárda, the paramilitary wing of the nationalist Jobbik party, which was banned in 2009.^[6][7]
• 26 May – The 2019 European Parliament election is held in Hungary. Fidesz (EPP) wins the majority of seats, DK (S&D) and Momentum (ALDE) replace Jobbik (NI) and MSZP (S&D) as the main opposition parties.^[8]

• 29 May – The Hableány disaster: Hotel ship Viking Sigyn collides with and sinks the cruise boat Hableány in Budapest, underneath Margaret Bridge. 28 people die, mostly South Korean tourists.

June

• 20-26 June – Second round of opposition primaries for the Budapest mayoral election. Karácsony (PM) defeats Olga Kálmán (DK) and Gábor Kerpel-Fronius (Momentum).

September

• 6 September – The 3rd Budapest Demographic Summit is held in Budapest. Former Prime Minister of Australia (2013-2015) Tony Abbott attend the summit. During the summit Abbott would talk about immigration.^{[9][10][11][12]}

October

• 13 October – The 2019 Hungarian local elections are held. Fidesz loses the mayorship of Budapest to the opposition candidate Gergely Karácsony.^[13]

Deaths

January–June

• 8 January – Antal Bolvári, water polo player, Olympic champion (b. 1932).^[14]
• 12 January – Béla Zsitnik, rower, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1924).^[15]
• 23 January – Anthony de Jasay, economist and philosopher (b. 1925).^[16]
• 31 January – Kálmán Ihász, footballer (b. 1941).^[17]
• 2 March – János Koós, singer, parodist and actor (b. 1937).^[18]
• 14 March – Ilona Novák, swimmer, Olympic champion (b. 1925).^[19]
• 16 June – Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, gymnast, Olympic silver medalist and champion (b. 1924)^[20]

July–December

• 3 October – Márta Balogh, Hungarian handball player (Budapesti Spartacus SC, national team), world champion (1965) (b. 1943)^[21]
• 10 November – István Szívós, Hall of Fame water polo player and Olympic champion (1976) (b. 1948)^[22]
• 9 December – Imre Varga, sculptor and painter (b. 1923)^[23]
• 21 December – Krisztián Zahorecz, footballer (Kaposvári Rákóczi, Szolnoki MÁV, Bajai LSE) (b. 1975)^[24]
• 28 December – Erzsébet Szőnyi, Hungarian composer and music pedagogue, vice-president of the International Society for Music Education (1970–1974) (b. 1924)^[25]

See also

• 2019 European Parliament election
• List of Hungarian films since 1990

References