2019 in Hungary
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The following lists events in the year2019inHungary.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 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 ofVárkert Bazárin Budapest.[3]
- 28 January – 3 February - First round of opposition primaries for the Budapest mayoral election.Gergely Karácsony(PM) defeats Csaba Horváth (MSZP).
February
[edit]- TheFreedom HouseNGO 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
[edit]- 30 March - Renovated northern section of Metro Line 3 betweenÚjpest-központandDózsa György útstations opened.[5]
April
[edit]- 6 April - Renovation of the southern section of Metro Line 3 begins betweenNépligetandKőbánya-Kispest.
May
[edit]- 14 May – TheMi Hazánkparty announced the party would be forming the National Legion, a uniformed 'self-defense' group similar toMagyar Gárda,the paramilitary wing of the nationalistJobbikparty, which was banned in 2009.[6][7]
- 26 May – The2019 European Parliament electionis held in Hungary.Fidesz(EPP) wins the majority of seats,DK(S&D) andMomentum(ALDE) replaceJobbik(NI) andMSZP(S&D) as the main opposition parties.[8]
- 29 May – TheHableánydisaster:Hotel shipViking Sigyncollides with and sinks the cruise boat Hableány in Budapest, underneath Margaret Bridge. 28 people die, mostly South Korean tourists.
June
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 6 September – The 3rdBudapest Demographic Summitis held in Budapest. FormerPrime Minister of Australia(2013-2015)Tony Abbottattend the summit. During the summit Abbott would talk about immigration.[9][10][11][12]
October
[edit]- 13 October – The2019 Hungarian local electionsare held. Fideszlosesthe mayorship ofBudapestto the opposition candidateGergely Karácsony.[13]
Deaths
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January–June
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 3 October –Márta Balogh,Hungarian handball player (Budapesti Spartacus SC,national team), world champion (1965) (b. 1943)[21]
- 10 November –István Szívós,Hall of Famewater 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 theInternational Society for Music Education(1970–1974) (b. 1924)[25]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^"Hungary: Janos Ader Replaces Pal Schmitt as President".BBC News.2 May 2012.Retrieved30 January2021.
- ^Zoltán,plankog, Haszán (5 January 2019)."Több ezren tüntettek a túlóratörvény ellen".444(in Hungarian).Retrieved10 June2023.
- ^Tbg (19 January 2019)."Hatvan helyen tüntettek az országban a túlóratörvény ellen".444(in Hungarian).Retrieved10 June2023.
- ^"Hungary is now only a" partly free "country. - the Washington Post".www.washingtonpost.com.Archived fromthe originalon 7 February 2019.Retrieved12 January2022.
- ^Hajnal, Hudák (28 March 2019)."Szombaton adják át a 3-as metró felújított szakaszát".index.hu(in Hungarian).Retrieved13 May2023.
- ^"Hungary far-right party forms uniformed 'self-defense' group".Fox News.14 May 2019.Retrieved14 May2019.
- ^"The National Legion — Far-right launches new paramilitary group in Hungary".Hungarian Free Press.15 May 2019.Retrieved15 May2019.
- ^"Összesített eredmények".Nemzeti Választási Iroda(in Hungarian).Retrieved21 March2020.
- ^"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. Archived fromthe originalon 9 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).Retrieved21 March2020.
- ^"Olympic water polo champion Antal Bolvari dies at 86".washingtonpost.com.Archived fromthe originalon 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.Retrieved30 January2021.
- ^Meghalt Varga Imre(in Hungarian)
- ^Gyász: életének 45. évében elhunyt Zahorecz Krisztián(in Hungarian)
- ^Szőnyi Erzsébet(in Hungarian)