2019 in Hungary

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The following lists events in the year 2019 in Hungary.

Incumbents

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]

References

^ "Hungary: Janos Ader Replaces Pal Schmitt as President". BBC News. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ Zoltán,plankog, Haszán (5 January 2019). "Több ezren tüntettek a túlóratörvény ellen". 444 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ Tbg (19 January 2019). "Hatvan helyen tüntettek az országban a túlóratörvény ellen". 444 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "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.
^ Hajnal, Hudák (28 March 2019). "Szombaton adják át a 3-as metró felújított szakaszát". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 13 May 2023.
^ "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)

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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.

[national_legion-6] "Hungary far-right party forms uniformed 'self-defense' group". Fox News. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.

[legion-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.

[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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