The following lists events that happened during 2017 in Hungary.
Incumbents
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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References
- ^ "Italy school bus crash and fire leaves 16 dead". BBC News. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ "The village aiming to create a white utopia". BBC News. 7 February 2017.
- ^ "A Hungarian village declared 'war' on Muslim immigration. Few objected". The Washington Post. 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Hungary's prime minister welcomes US 'anti-LGBT hate group'". the Guardian. 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Hungarian Parliament Passes Law Targeting Foreign-Funded NGOs". 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Hungary approves strict regulations on foreign-funded NGOs". BBC News. 13 June 2017.
- ^ "FINA's 2017 World Aquatics Championships Page". Archived from the original on 2016-09-03. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
- ^ 2017 FINA World Masters Championships Website
- ^ "Novemberben kezdődik a 3-as metró felújítása - Magyar Nemzet". 2018-04-10. Archived from the original on 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Meghalt Schubert Éva". Origo. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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