2019 in Hungary

The following lists events in the year 2019 in Hungary.

Incumbents

5 January – Protest against the Overtime Work Act, marches from Hősök Tere to Kossuth tér.
19 January – Nation-wide protests against the Overtime Work Act, including in front of Várkert Bazár in Budapest.
28 January – 3 February - First round of opposition primaries for the Budapest mayoral election. Gergely Karácsony defeats Csaba Horváth.

The Freedom House NGO states that Hungary is no longer a free country, making it the first such country in the European Union to be so designated.

30 March - Renovated northern section of Metro Line 3 between Újpest-központ and Dózsa György út stations opened.

6 April - Renovation of the southern section of Metro Line 3 begins between Népliget and Kőbánya-Kispest.

14 May – The Mi Hazánk party announced the party would be forming the National Legion, a uniformed 'self-defense' group similar to Magyar Gárda, the paramilitary wing of the nationalist Jobbik party, which was banned in 2009.
26 May – The 2019 European Parliament election is held in Hungary. Fidesz wins the majority of seats, DK and Momentum replace Jobbik and MSZP as the main opposition parties.
29 May – The Hableány disaster: Hotel ship Viking Sigyn collides with and sinks the cruise boat Hableány in Budapest, underneath Margaret Bridge. 28 people die, mostly South Korean tourists.

20-26 June – Second round of opposition primaries for the Budapest mayoral election. Karácsony defeats Olga Kálmán and Gábor Kerpel-Fronius.

6 September – The 3rd Budapest Demographic Summit is held in Budapest. Former Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott attend the summit. During the summit Abbott would talk about immigration.

13 October – The 2019 Hungarian local elections are held. Fidesz loses the mayorship of Budapest to the opposition candidate Gergely Karácsony.

8 January – Antal Bolvári, water polo player, Olympic champion.
12 January – Béla Zsitnik, rower, Olympic bronze medalist.
23 January – Anthony de Jasay, economist and philosopher.
31 January – Kálmán Ihász, footballer.
2 March – János Koós, singer, parodist and actor.
14 March – Ilona Novák, swimmer, Olympic champion.
16 June – Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, gymnast, Olympic silver medalist and champion

3 October – Márta Balogh, Hungarian handball player, world champion
10 November – István Szívós, Hall of Fame water polo player and Olympic champion
9 December – Imre Varga, sculptor and painter
21 December – Krisztián Zahorecz, footballer
28 December – Erzsébet Szőnyi, Hungarian composer and music pedagogue, vice-president of the International Society for Music Education