2017 in Hungary explained

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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• List of Hungarian films since 1990

Notes and References

1. Web site: Italy school bus crash and fire leaves 16 dead . . 21 January 2017 . 24 January 2017.
2. News: The village aiming to create a white utopia. BBC News. 7 February 2017.
3. News: A Hungarian village declared 'war' on Muslim immigration. Few objected. . The Washington Post . 2017-02-14 . 2022-06-08.
4. News: A második körben szavazták meg Ádert. 24 August 2017. Magyar Nemzet. 13 March 2017. Hungarian. 13 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170313111950/https://mno.hu/belfold/ader-vagy-majtenyi-szavaz-a-haz-1389936. dead.
5. Web site: 2017-05-26 . Hungary's prime minister welcomes US 'anti-LGBT hate group' . 2023-01-18 . the Guardian . en.
6. News: Far right leader Nick Griffin banned from Hungary. 29 May 2017. Shropshire Star. 16 July 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171219232614/https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/politics/2017/05/29/far-right-leader-nick-griffin-banned-from-hungary/. 19 December 2017.
7. Web site: Hungarian Parliament Passes Law Targeting Foreign-Funded NGOs. 14 June 2017.
8. News: Hungary approves strict regulations on foreign-funded NGOs. BBC News. 13 June 2017.
9. Web site: FINA's 2017 World Aquatics Championships Page . 2017-01-23 . 2016-09-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160903143458/http://www.fina.org/content/17th-fina-world-championships . dead .
10. http://masters.fina-budapest2017.com/en 2017 FINA World Masters Championships Website
11. Web site: 2018-04-10 . Novemberben kezdődik a 3-as metró felújítása - Magyar Nemzet . 2023-05-13 . 2018-04-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180410212620/https://mno.hu/belfold/novemberben-kezdodik-a-3-as-metro-felujitasa-2415543 . bot: unknown .
12. Web site: Meghalt Schubert Éva. 11 July 2017. Origo. 22 January 2021.