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
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.[2]
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.[3][4]
- 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.[5]
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.[6][7][8][9]
October
- 13 October – The 2019 Hungarian local elections are held. Fidesz loses the mayorship of Budapest to the opposition candidate Gergely Karácsony.[10]
Deaths
January–June
- 8 January – Antal Bolvári, water polo player, Olympic champion (b. 1932).[11]
- 12 January – Béla Zsitnik, rower, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1924).[12]
- 23 January – Anthony de Jasay, economist and philosopher (b. 1925).[13]
- 31 January – Kálmán Ihász, footballer (b. 1941).[14]
- 2 March – János Koós, singer, parodist and actor (b. 1937).[15]
- 14 March – Ilona Novák, swimmer, Olympic champion (b. 1925).[16]
- 16 June – Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, gymnast, Olympic silver medalist and champion (b. 1924)[17]
July–December
- 3 October – Márta Balogh, Hungarian handball player (Budapesti Spartacus SC, national team), world champion (1965) (b. 1943)[18]
- 10 November – István Szívós, Hall of Fame water polo player and Olympic champion (1976) (b. 1948)[19]
- 9 December – Imre Varga, sculptor and painter (b. 1923)[20]
- 21 December – Krisztián Zahorecz, footballer (Kaposvári Rákóczi, Szolnoki MÁV, Bajai LSE) (b. 1975)[21]
- 28 December – Erzsébet Szőnyi, Hungarian composer and music pedagogue, vice-president of the International Society for Music Education (1970–1974) (b. 1924)[22]
See also
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References
- ^ "Hungary: Janos Ader Replaces Pal Schmitt as President". BBC News. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ "Hungary is now only a "partly free" country. - the Washington Post". www.washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Hungary far-right party forms uniformed 'self-defense' group". Fox News. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ "The National Legion — Far-right launches new paramilitary group in Hungary". Hungarian Free Press. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ "Összesített eredmények". Nemzeti Választási Iroda (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Tony Abbott has applauded Hungary for its strict race-based immigration laws but says it can still learn a thing or two from Australia". 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Address to Budapest Demographic Summit". 5 September 2019.
- ^ "'Go forth and multiply': Abbott calls for more babies, less migration at Hungarian summit".
- ^ "Tony Abbott attacks migrants 'swarming' to Europe while praising far-right PM of Hungary". TheGuardian.com. 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Helyi önkormányzati választások 2019". Nemzeti Választási Iroda (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Olympic water polo champion Antal Bolvari dies at 86". washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2019.
- ^ Zsitnik Béla is elment! (in Hungarian)
- ^ Fallece Anthony de Jasay: ésta fue su última entrevista en España (in Spanish)
- ^ Meghalt Ihász Kálmán (in Hungarian)
- ^ Meghalt Koós János (in Hungarian)
- ^ Meghalt Novák Ilona (in Hungarian)
- ^ Meghalt Reviczkyné Köteles Erzsébet (in Hungarian)
- ^ Elhunyt Markovitsné Balogh Márta világbajnok kézilabdázó (in Hungarian)
- ^ "Istvan Szivos". IOC. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ Meghalt Varga Imre (in Hungarian)
- ^ Gyász: életének 45. évében elhunyt Zahorecz Krisztián (in Hungarian)
- ^ Szőnyi Erzsébet (in Hungarian)