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[]
- 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.[3]
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.[4][5][6][7]
October[]
- 13 October – The 2019 Hungarian local elections are held. Fidesz loses the mayorship of Budapest to the opposition candidate Gergely Karácsony.[8]
Deaths[]
Bust of Ilona Novák
January–June[]
- 8 January – Antal Bolvári, water polo player, Olympic champion (b. 1932).[9]
- 12 January – Béla Zsitnik, rower, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1924).[10]
- 23 January – Anthony de Jasay, economist and philosopher (b. 1925).[11]
- 31 January – Kálmán Ihász, footballer (b. 1941).[12]
- 2 March – János Koós, singer, parodist and actor (b. 1937).[13]
- 14 March – Ilona Novák, swimmer, Olympic champion (b. 1925).[14]
- 16 June – Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, gymnast, Olympic silver medalist and champion (b. 1924)[15]
July–December[]
- 3 October – Márta Balogh, Hungarian handball player (Budapesti Spartacus SC, national team), world champion (1965) (b. 1943)[16]
- 10 November – István Szívós, Hall of Fame water polo player and Olympic champion (1976) (b. 1948)[17]
- 9 December – Imre Varga, sculptor and painter (b. 1923)[18]
- 21 December – Krisztián Zahorecz, footballer (Kaposvári Rákóczi, Szolnoki MÁV, Bajai LSE) (b. 1975)[19]
- 28 December – Erzsébet Szőnyi, Hungarian composer and music pedagogue, vice-president of the International Society for Music Education (1970–1974) (b. 1924)[20]
See also[]
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References[]
- ^ "Hungary: Janos Ader Replaces Pal Schmitt as President". BBC News. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy". www.washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Összesített eredmények". Nemzeti Választási Iroda (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ https://www.businessinsider.com.au/tony-abbott-has-applauded-hungary-for-its-strict-race-based-immigration-laws-but-says-it-can-still-learn-a-thing-or-two-from-australia-2019-9
- ^ http://tonyabbott.com.au/2019/09/address-to-budapest-demographic-summit/
- ^ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/go-forth-and-multiply-abbott-calls-for-more-babies-less-migration-at-hungarian-summit/d3d7f6bd-ea19-4bcf-a461-3910841f7711
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/06/tony-abbott-attacks-migrants-swarming-europe-praising-far-right-hungarian-pm
- ^ "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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