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

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)

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See also

• List of Hungarian films since 1990

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