2019 in Hungary

The following lists events in the year 2019 in Hungary.

Incumbents + Incumbents Position PersonParty President János Áder Fidesz Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Fidesz Speaker of the National Assembly László Kövér Fidesz Elections

Events

January

5 January – Protest against the Overtime Work Act, marches from Hősök Tere to Kossuth tér. 19 January – Nation-wide protests against the Overtime Work Act, including in front of Várkert Bazár in Budapest. 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.

March

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

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. 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. 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.

October

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

Late 2019 Hungary withdraws from the Eurovision Song Contest no official reason for the withdrawal was given by the broadcaster, an inside source speaking with the website Index.hu speculated that the contest was considered "too gay" for MTVA to participate.

Deaths

January–June 8 January – Antal Bolvári, water polo player, Olympic champion (b. 1932). 12 January – Béla Zsitnik, rower, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1924).Zsitnik Béla is elment! 23 January – Anthony de Jasay, economist and philosopher (b. 1925).Fallece Anthony de Jasay: ésta fue su última entrevista en España 31 January – Kálmán Ihász, footballer (b. 1941).Meghalt Ihász Kálmán 2 March – János Koós, singer, parodist and actor (b. 1937).Meghalt Koós János 14 March – Ilona Novák, swimmer, Olympic champion (b. 1925).Meghalt Novák Ilona 16 June – Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, gymnast, Olympic silver medalist and champion (b. 1924)Meghalt Reviczkyné Köteles Erzsébet

July–December 3 October – Márta Balogh, Hungarian handball player (Budapesti Spartacus SC, national team), world champion (1965) (b. 1943)Elhunyt Markovitsné Balogh Márta világbajnok kézilabdázó 10 November – István Szívós, Hall of Fame water polo player and Olympic champion (1976) (b. 1948) 9 December – Imre Varga, sculptor and painter (b. 1923)Meghalt Varga Imre 21 December – Krisztián Zahorecz, footballer (Kaposvári Rákóczi, Szolnoki MÁV, Bajai LSE) (b. 1975)Gyász: életének 45. évében elhunyt Zahorecz Krisztián 28 December – Erzsébet Szőnyi, Hungarian composer and music pedagogue, vice-president of the International Society for Music Education (1970–1974) (b. 1924)Szőnyi Erzsébet

2019 in Hungary

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