The following lists events in the year

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese f ...

János Áder János Áder (; born 9 May 1959) is a Hungarian politician and lawyer who served as President of Hungary from 2012 to 2022. He is a long-time politician of the right-wing Fidesz. As a representative of his party, he took part in the Hungarian R ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...

Viktor Orbán Viktor Mihály Orbán (; born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian politician who has served as prime minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002. He has presided over Fidesz since 1993, with a brief break between 2 ...

* Speaker of the National Assembly: László Kövér

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 Gergely Szilveszter Karácsony (; born 11 June 1975) is a Hungarian politician, political scientist and current Mayor of Budapest. He previously served as member of the National Assembly (MP) from 2010 to 2014 and Mayor of Zugló from 2014 ...

(PM) defeats Csaba Horváth (MSZP).

February

*The

Freedom House Freedom House is a non-profit, majority U.S. government funded organization in Washington, D.C., that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom, and human rights. Freedom House was founded in October 1941, and Wendell Wi ...

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 Magyar Gárda Mozgalom ( English: ''Hungarian Guard Movement'') founded by Magyar Gárda Hagyományőrző és Kulturális Egyesület ( English: ''Hungarian Guard Association for Preservation of Traditions and Culture'') was a patriotic-nationali ...

, the paramilitary wing of the nationalist

Jobbik The Movement for a Better Hungary ( hu, Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom), commonly known as Jobbik (), is a conservative political party in Hungary. Originating with radical and nationalist roots, at its beginnings, the party described itsel ...

party, which was banned in 2009. *26 May – The

2019 European Parliament election The 2019 European Parliament election was held between 23 and 26 May 2019, the ninth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979. A total of 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) represent more than 512 million peopl ...

is held in Hungary.

Fidesz Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (; hu, Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Hungary, led by Viktor Orbán. It was formed in 1988 under the name of Alliance of Young ...

(

EPP EPP or Epp may refer to: Organisations * European People's Party, a pan-European centre-right conservative and Christian democratic political party ** European People's Party Group, the centre-right political group formed in European parliament ...

) wins the majority of seats, DK ( S&D) and

Momentum In Newtonian mechanics, momentum (more specifically linear momentum or translational momentum) is the product of the mass and velocity of an object. It is a vector quantity, possessing a magnitude and a direction. If is an object's mass ...

( ALDE) replace

(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 The Budapest Demographic Summit is a conference where politicians, church leaders, and other experts talk about demographic issues. It is based in Budapest, Hungary. First held in 2015, the summit takes place every two years. Conferences 2019 I ...

is held in Budapest. Former Prime Minister of Australia (2013-2015)

Tony Abbott Anthony John Abbott (; born 4 November 1957) is a former Australian politician who served as the 28th prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. Abbott was born in Lond ...

attend the summit. During the summit Abbott would talk about immigration.

October

*13 October – The

2019 Hungarian local elections Hungarian local elections were held in Hungary on 13 October 2019. Mayors and assembly members were elected for a term of 5 years. Electoral system * Mayors of towns, cities, the districts of Budapest and Budapest itself are directly elected in ...

are held. Fidesz loses the mayorship of

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

to the opposition candidate

Deaths

January–June

*8 January –

Antal Bolvári Antal Bolvári (May 6, 1932 – January 8, 2019) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Early life Born in Kaposvár, Bolvári was part of the Hungarian team that won th ...

, water polo player, Olympic champion (b. 1932). *12 January – Béla Zsitnik, rower, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1924). *23 January – Anthony de Jasay, economist and philosopher (b. 1925). *31 January –

Kálmán Ihász Kálmán Ihász (6 March 1941 – 31 January 2019) was a Hungarian footballer. During his club career he played for Vasas SC. For the Hungary national football team, he participated in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, the 1964 European Nations' C ...

, footballer (b. 1941). *2 March – János Koós, singer, parodist and actor (b. 1937). *14 March –

Ilona Novák Ilona Novák (16 May 1925 – 14 March 2019) was a Hungarian swimmer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, where she finished 4th in 100 m backstroke and 5th in 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. At the 1952 Olympic ...

, swimmer, Olympic champion (b. 1925). *16 June – Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, gymnast, Olympic silver medalist and champion (b. 1924)

July–December

*3 October –

Márta Balogh Márta Balogh (; 2 March 1943 – 3 October 2019) was a Hungarian international handball player, multiple Hungarian champion and Hungarian cup winner, and gold medalist of the 1965 World Championship. Achievements *Nemzeti Bajnokság I: **''W ...

, Hungarian handball player ( Budapesti Spartacus SC, national team), world champion (

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

) (b. 1943) *10 November – István Szívós, Hall of Fame water polo player and Olympic champion (

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phil ...

) (b. 1948) *9 December – Imre Varga, sculptor and painter (b. 1923) *21 December – Krisztián Zahorecz, footballer ( Kaposvári Rákóczi,

Szolnoki MÁV Szolnoki may refer to: * Mária Szolnoki (born 1947), Hungarian fencer * Oliver Szolnoki (born 1997), Hungarian pool player * Roland Szolnoki (born 1992), Hungarian football player See also * Szolnoki MÁV FC, Hungarian football club, from the ci ...

Bajai LSE Bajai LSE is a Hungarian football club located in Baja, Hungary. It currently plays in Hungarian National Championship III Hungarian may refer to: * Hungary, a country in Central Europe * Kingdom of Hungary, state of Hungary, existing between ...

) (b. 1975) *28 December –

Erzsébet Szőnyi Erzsébet Szőnyi (25 April 1924 – 28 December 2019), also Erzsébet Szilágyi, was a Hungarian composer and music teacher. Her works encompass symphonic compositions, chamber music works, art songs, and oratorios. She also wrote numerous sta ...

, Hungarian composer and music pedagogue, vice-president of the

International Society for Music Education The International Society for Music Education (ISME) is a professional organization of persons involved with music education. It was founded in Brussels in 1953 during the UNESCO-sponsored conference on "The Role and Place of Music in the Educ ...

(1970–1974) (b. 1924)Szőnyi Erzsébet

References

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