2019 In Hungary

Decades:	1990s; 2000s; 2010s; 2020s; ;
See also:	Other events of 2019; List of years in Hungary

Incumbents

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.

Deaths

January–June

8 January – Antal Bolvári, 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, footballer (b. 1941).
2 March – János Koós, singer, parodist and actor (b. 1937).
14 March – Ilona Novák, swimmer, Olympic champion (b. 1925).
16 June – Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, gymnast, Olympic silver medalist and champion (b. 1924)

July–December

3 October – Márta Balogh, Hungarian handball player (Budapesti Spartacus SC, national team), world champion (1965) (b. 1943)
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)
21 December – Krisztián Zahorecz, footballer (Kaposvári Rákóczi, Szolnoki MÁV, Bajai LSE) (b. 1975)
28 December – Erzsébet Szőnyi, Hungarian composer and music pedagogue, vice-president of the International Society for Music Education (1970–1974) (b. 1924)

References

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