1998 in Hungary

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The following lists events in the year 1998 in Hungary .

Incumbents

• President: Árpád Göncz
• Prime Minister: Gyula Horn (until 6 July), Viktor Orbán (from 6 July)
• Speaker of the National Assembly: Zoltán Gál (until 17 June), János Áder (from 18 June)

Events

• In an agreement with the Jewish community on confiscated properties, the Hungarian Government makes a compensatory payment of US$2.7 million and returns nine properties. ^[1]
• Over half of refugees received in Hungary in 1998 hail from Afghanistan. ^[2]
• 8,572 illegal immigrants expelled in the first half of 1998 by Hungarian police. ^[3]
• Hungarian Government reports 154 rapes for the first half of 1998. ^[4]

May

• May 10 - First round of 1998 Hungarian parliamentary election with a 56.26% turnout.
• May 24 - Second Round of 1998 Hungarian parliamentary election with a 57.01% turnout. Fidesz wins in coalition with FKGP and MDF.

June

• June 18 - President of the Republic Arpad Göncz asks Viktor Orban to form the new Government. ^[5]

July

• July 2 - Bombing in Aranykéz utca, Budapest kills 4 people
• July 6 - Viktor Orbán replaces Gyula Horn as Prime Minister of Hungary
• July 8 - The First Orbán Government is formed

August

• August 16 - The Hungarian Grand Prix is won by Michael Schumacher at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest ^[6]

September

• September 30 - Klaus Naumann, Chair of the NATO Military Committee visits Hungary

October

• October 18 - Local elections in Hungary

Deaths

Further information: Category:1998 deaths and Deaths in 1998

• January 4 - Mihály Iglói ^[7]
• January 25 - Attila Zoller, 70, Hungary-American jazz guitarist. ^[8]
• January 27 - Miklos Udvardy, 78, Hungarian biologist and biogeographer. ^[9]
• February 17 - Albert Wass, 90, Hungarian nobleman, novelist and poet, suicide. ^[10]
• June 17 - Gyula László ^[11]
• August 15 - Károly Polinszky ^[12]
• November 6 - István Szőts ^[13]
• December 21 - Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy ^[14]

See also

• List of Hungarian films since 1990

References

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5. "HUNGARY: parliamentary elections Országgyülés, 1998". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
6. "STRATEGIC MASTERSTROKES: How a classic Schumacher/Brawn gamble snatched victory from McLaren at the 1998 Hungarian Grand Prix | Formula 1®". Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
7. "Athletics loses Mihaly Igloi: Hungarian master coach of the 50s". IAAF. 1998-01-05.
8. Kelsey, Chris. "Attila Zoller | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
9. "Miklos Udvardy - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
10. "Albert Wass". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
11. Congress, The Library of. "László, Gyula, 1910-1998 - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
12. "História - Tudósnaptár -". tudosnaptar.kfki.hu. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
13. "István Szöts | Director, Writer, Second Unit Director or Assistant Director". IMDb. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
14. ChemoNet. "Szôkefalvi-Nagy Béla". www.termeszetvilaga.hu. Archived from the original on 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2025-02-25.