The following lists events that happened during 2017 in Hungary.
Incumbents + Incumbents Position PersonParty President János Áder Fidesz Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Fidesz Speaker of the National Assembly László Kövér Fidesz Elections 2017 Hungarian presidential election Ballot →13 March 2017 Required majority → 133 out of 199 100 out of 199 János Áder (Fidesz) László Majtényi (Ind.) Absent
Events 21 January – A bus carrying Hungarian students crashes near Verona in northern Italy with 16 people dead and 26 injured. 7 February The town of Ásotthalom led by László Toroczkai bans the Muslim call to prayer, and Muslim clothing, 13 March – János Áder is elected head of state of Hungary for a second term by the National Assembly. May – The World Congress of Families holds it 11th World Conferences in Budapest, Hungary with PM Viktor Orbán host. May – Former Leader of the British National Party Nick Griffin who was trying to emigrate, was banned from Hungary as he was perceived to be a "national security threat", according to security sources cited in the Hungarian weekly newspaper Magyar Narancs. 13 June – The Hungarian Parliament Passes a Law Targeting Foreign-Funded NGOs. The law requires civil groups receiving foreign donations above a certain threshold to register as organizations funded from abroad. 14 July–30 July – 2017 World Aquatics Championships are held in Budapest 7 August–20 August – 2017 FINA World Masters Championships in Budapest 4 November – Renovation of Metro Line 3 begins in the northern section between Újpest-központ and Dózsa György út stations.
Deaths
January
January 2 — István Tatár, sprinter (b.1958)
January 19 — Paul Ornstein, psychoanalyst (b. 1924)
January 22 – József Torgyán, politician (b. 1932)
February February 5 – Kálmán Katona, politician (b. 1948) February 26 — Katalin Berek, actress (b. 1930)
March March 4 — Péter Kozma, politician (b. 1959) March 5 — Antal Hajba, canoeist (b. 1938) March 8 – George Andrew Olah, chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1927) March 15 — Imre Dimény, politician (b. 1922) March 18 — Alfred Tibor, sculptor (b. 1920) March 19 — József Szécsényi, track and field athlete (b. 1932) March 22 — Piroska Oszoli, painter (b. 1919)
April
April 13 — Imre Tóth, boxer (b. 1948)
April 23 — Imre Földi, weightlifter (b. 1938)
April 29 – Mátyás Usztics, actor (b. 1949)
May
May 3 — Attila Császár, kayaker (b. 1958)
May 31 – István Szondy, modern pentathlete (b. 1925)
June
June 5 — Anna Jókai, author (b. 1932) June 6 — Márta Rudas, javelin thrower (b. 1937) June 21 — György Rubovszky, politician (b. 1944) June 22 — László Marosi, comics writer (b. 1936) June 30 — László Kovács, football goalkeeper (b. 1951)
July July 11 – Éva Schubert, actress (b. 1931) July 23 — József Szendi, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1921) July 25 — Erzsébet Bognár, handball player (b. 1942)
August
August 10 — Katalin Csőke, discus thrower (b. 1957) August 18 — Lívia Mossóczy, table tennis player (b. 1936)
August 30 – Károly Makk, film director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
October
October 1 — István Mészáros, Marxist philosopher (b. 1930) October 8 — László Aradszky, pop singer (b. 1935) October 9 — József Tóth, football player (b. 1929) October 27 — Katalin Szőke, Olympic swimmer (b. 1935) October 30 — János Halász, basketball player (b. 1929)
November
November 12 — Miklós Holop, water polo player (b. 1925)
November 20 — István Almási, teacher, and politician (b. 1944)
November 20 — István Konkoly, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1930)
November 21 — László Pál, politician (b. 1942)
November 22 — Imre Hollai, diplomat and politician (b. 1925) November 28 — Alice Lok Cahana, artist, holocaust survivor (b. 1929)
November 29 — László Szabó, Handballer (b. 1955)
December
December 8 — Pál Dárdai, football player and manager (b. 1951) December 8 — Magda Fedor, sports shooter (b. 1914) December 13 — Charles Zentai, war criminal (b. 1921) December 14 — Ákos Császár, Mathematician (b. 1924) December 24 — Mária Littomeritzky, swimmer (b. 1927) December 30 — Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth, fencer (b. 1968)
See also List of Hungarian films since 1990
References