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    2019 in Hungary

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    The following lists events in the year 2019 in Hungary.

    Incumbents

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

    Events

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    January

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    • 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

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    • 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

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

    April

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

    May

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    • 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

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

    Deaths

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    Further information: Category:2019 deaths and Deaths in 2019
    Anthony de Jasay
    Bust of Ilona Novák

    January–June

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    Wikinews has related news:
    • 2019 European Parliament election
    • List of Hungarian films since 1990

    References

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    1. ^ "Hungary: Janos Ader Replaces Pal Schmitt as President". BBC News. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
    2. ^ Zoltán,plankog, Haszán (5 January 2019). "Több ezren tüntettek a túlóratörvény ellen". 444 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 10 June 2023.
    3. ^ Tbg (19 January 2019). "Hatvan helyen tüntettek az országban a túlóratörvény ellen". 444 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 10 June 2023.
    4. ^ "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.
    5. ^ Hajnal, Hudák (28 March 2019). "Szombaton adják át a 3-as metró felújított szakaszát". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 13 May 2023.
    6. ^ "Hungary far-right party forms uniformed 'self-defense' group". Fox News. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
    7. ^ "The National Legion — Far-right launches new paramilitary group in Hungary". Hungarian Free Press. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
    8. ^ "Összesített eredmények". Nemzeti Választási Iroda (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
    9. ^ "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. Archived from the original on 9 September 2019.
    10. ^ "Address to Budapest Demographic Summit". 5 September 2019.
    11. ^ "'Go forth and multiply': Abbott calls for more babies, less migration at Hungarian summit".
    12. ^ "Tony Abbott attacks migrants 'swarming' to Europe while praising far-right PM of Hungary". TheGuardian.com. 6 September 2019.
    13. ^ "Helyi önkormányzati választások 2019". Nemzeti Választási Iroda (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
    14. ^ "Olympic water polo champion Antal Bolvari dies at 86". washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2019.
    15. ^ Zsitnik Béla is elment! (in Hungarian)
    16. ^ Fallece Anthony de Jasay: ésta fue su última entrevista en España (in Spanish)
    17. ^ Meghalt Ihász Kálmán (in Hungarian)
    18. ^ Meghalt Koós János (in Hungarian)
    19. ^ Meghalt Novák Ilona (in Hungarian)
    20. ^ Meghalt Reviczkyné Köteles Erzsébet (in Hungarian)
    21. ^ Elhunyt Markovitsné Balogh Márta világbajnok kézilabdázó (in Hungarian)
    22. ^ "Istvan Szivos". IOC. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
    23. ^ Meghalt Varga Imre (in Hungarian)
    24. ^ Gyász: életének 45. évében elhunyt Zahorecz Krisztián (in Hungarian)
    25. ^ Szőnyi Erzsébet (in Hungarian)
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