# 2019 in Hungary

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The following lists events in the year 2019 in Hungary.

## Incumbents

* President: János Áder
* Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán
* 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 (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)