2017 in Hungary

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The following lists events that happened during 2017 in Hungary .

Incumbents

• President: János Áder
• Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán
• Speaker of the National Assembly: László Kövér

Events

• 21 January – A bus carrying Hungarian students crashes near Verona in northern Italy with 16 people dead and 26 injured. ^[1]
• 7 February The town of Ásotthalom led by László Toroczkai bans the Muslim call to prayer, and Muslim clothing, ^{[2] [3]}
• 13 March – János Áder is elected head of state of Hungary for a second term by the National Assembly. ^[4]
• May – The World Congress of Families holds it 11th World Conferences in Budapest, Hungary with PM Viktor Orbán host. ^[5]
• May – Former Leader of the British National Party Nick Griffin who was trying to emigrate, was banned from Hungary as he was perceived to be a "national security threat", according to security sources cited in the Hungarian weekly newspaper Magyar Narancs . ^[6]
• 13 June – The Hungarian Parliament Passes a Law Targeting Foreign-Funded NGOs. The law requires civil groups receiving foreign donations above a certain threshold to register as organizations funded from abroad. ^{[7] [8]}
• 14 July–30 July – 2017 World Aquatics Championships are held in Budapest ^[9]
• 7 August–20 August – 2017 FINA World Masters Championships in Budapest ^[10]
• 4 November – Renovation of Metro Line 3 begins in the northern section between Újpest-központ and Dózsa György út stations. ^[11]

Deaths

Further information: Category:2017 deaths and Deaths in 2017

January

• January 2 — István Tatár, sprinter (b.1958)

• January 19 — Paul Ornstein, psychoanalyst (b. 1924)

• January 22 – József Torgyán, politician (b. 1932)

February

• February 5 – Kálmán Katona, politician (b. 1948)
• February 26 — Katalin Berek, actress (b. 1930)

March

• March 4 — Péter Kozma, politician (b. 1959)
• March 5 — Antal Hajba, canoeist (b. 1938)
• March 8 – George Andrew Olah, chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1927)
• March 15 — Imre Dimény, politician (b. 1922)
• March 18 — Alfred Tibor, sculptor (b. 1920)
• March 19 — József Szécsényi, track and field athlete (b. 1932)
• March 22 — Piroska Oszoli, painter (b. 1919)

April

• April 13 — Imre Tóth, boxer (b. 1948)

• April 23 — Imre Földi, weightlifter (b. 1938)

• April 29 – Mátyás Usztics, actor (b. 1949)

May

• May 3 — Attila Császár, kayaker (b. 1958)

• May 31 – István Szondy, modern pentathlete (b. 1925)

June

• June 5 — Anna Jókai, author (b. 1932)
• June 6 — Márta Rudas, javelin thrower (b. 1937)
• June 21 — György Rubovszky, politician (b.1944)
• June 30 — László Kovács, football goalkeeper (b. 1951)

July

• July 11 – Éva Schubert, actress (b. 1931) ^[12]
• July 23 — József Szendi, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1921)
• July 25 — Erzsébet Bognár, handball player (b. 1942)

August

• August 10 — Katalin Csőke, discus thrower (b. 1957)
• August 18 — Lívia Mossóczy, table tennis player (b. 1936)

• August 30 – Károly Makk, film director and screenwriter (b. 1925)

October

• October 1 — István Mészáros, Marxist philosopher (b. 1930)
• October 8 — László Aradszky, pop singer (b. 1935)
• October 9 — József Tóth, football player (b. 1929)
• October 27 — Katalin Szőke, Olympic swimmer (b. 1935)
• October 30 — János Halász, basketball player (b. 1929)

November

• November 12 — Miklós Holop, water polo player (b. 1925)

• November 20 — István Almási, teacher, and politician (b. 1944)

• November 20 — István Konkoly, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1930)

• November 21 — László Pál, politician (b. 1942)

• November 22 — Imre Hollai, diplomat and politician (b. 1925)
• November 28 — Alice Lok Cahana, artist, holocaust survivor (b. 1929)

• November 29 — László Szabó, Handballer (b. 1955)

December

• December 8 — Pál Dárdai, football player and manager (b. 1951)
• December 8 — Magda Fedor, sports shooter (b. 1914)
• December 13 — Charles Zentai, war criminal (b. 1921)
• December 14 — Ákos Császár, Mathematician (b. 1924)
• December 24 — Mária Littomeritzky, swimmer (b. 1927)
• December 30 — Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth, fencer (b. 1968)

See also

• List of Hungarian films since 1990

References

1. "Italy school bus crash and fire leaves 16 dead". BBC News . 21 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
2. "The village aiming to create a white utopia". BBC News. 7 February 2017.
3. "A Hungarian village declared 'war' on Muslim immigration. Few objected". The Washington Post. 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
4. "A második körben szavazták meg Ádert". Magyar Nemzet (in Hungarian). 13 March 2017. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
5. "Hungary's prime minister welcomes US 'anti-LGBT hate group'". the Guardian. 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
6. "Far right leader Nick Griffin banned from Hungary". Shropshire Star. 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
7. "Hungarian Parliament Passes Law Targeting Foreign-Funded NGOs". 14 June 2017.
8. "Hungary approves strict regulations on foreign-funded NGOs". BBC News. 13 June 2017.
9. "FINA's 2017 World Aquatics Championships Page". Archived from the original on 2016-09-03. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
10. 2017 FINA World Masters Championships Website
11. "Novemberben kezdődik a 3-as metró felújítása - Magyar Nemzet". 2018-04-10. Archived from the original on 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
12. "Meghalt Schubert Éva". Origo. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2021.