The following lists events in the year

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

László Sólyom László Sólyom ( hu, Sólyom László, ; born 3 January 1942) is a Hungarian political figure, lawyer, and librarian who was President of Hungary from 2005 until 2010. Previously he was Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Hungary f ...

(until 5 August),

Pál Schmitt Pál Schmitt (; born 1942) is a Hungarian Olympic fencer and politician who served as President of Hungary from 2010 until his resignation in 2012, following his academic misconduct controversy. Schmitt was a successful fencer in his ...

(from 6 August) *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

: Gordon Bajnai (until 29 May),

Viktor Orbán Viktor Mihály Orbán (; born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian politician who has served as prime minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002. He has presided over Fidesz since 1993, with a brief break between 20 ...

(from 29 May) * Speaker of the National Assembly: Béla Katona (until 13 May),

(14 May–5 August), László Kövér (from 6 August)

Events

* 4 October –

Ajka alumina plant accident Ajka () is a city in Hungary with about 35,000 inhabitants. It is situated in the hills of Bakony. History Around 1000 BCE, the area was inhabited by Celts. By the second century CE, the territory was conquered by the Romans. The Hungarians occup ...

Deaths

* 4 January –

György Mitró György Mitró (6 March 1930 – 4 January 2010) was a Hungarian swimmer and Olympic medalist. He participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and dig ...

, Olympic swimmer (b. 1930). * 7 January – Sándor Barcs, politician and sports executive (b. 1912). * 17 January –

Béla Köpeczi Béla Köpeczi (16 September 1921 – 17 January 2010) was a Hungarian cultural historian and politician, who served as minister of education between 1982 and 1988. He was the secretary-general of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences The Hunga ...

, historian and politician (b. 1920). * 20 March –

István Bilek István Bilek (11 August 1932 – 20 March 2010) was a Hungarian chess grandmaster. He was a three-time Hungarian Chess Champion. Biography Bilek was a three-time Hungarian Champion (1963, 1965, and 1970), and he played in interzonals in 196 ...

, chess grandmaster (b. 1932). * 29 March –

János Kass János Kass (December 26, 1927 – March 29, 2010) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian illustrator, printmaker, graphic designer, postage stamp designer, animated film director and teacher. Born in Szeged, he was the storyboard artist for the fi ...

, artist (b. 1927). * 2 April – Dávid Daróczi, journalist (b. 1972). * 8 April – Aladár Kovácsi, Olympic modern pentathlete (b. 1932). * 9 April – Zoltán Varga, footballer (b. 1945). * 17 April – Ferenc Kellner, Olympic boxer (b. 1932). * 19 April –

György Schwajda György Schwajda (24 March 1943 in Kispest – 19 April 2010 in Kaposvar) was a Hungarian dramatist and theater director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting o ...

, dramatist and theatre director (b. 1943). * 19 April – Albert Szatola, Olympic equestrian (b. 1927). * 8 May – Andor Lilienthal, chess grandmaster (b. 1911). * 28 July – István Móna, Olympic modern pentathlete (b. 1940). * 4 September –

Kálmán Kulcsár Kálmán Kulcsár (27 June 1928 – 4 September 2010) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1988 and 1990. He was the father of the sociology of law in Hungary. He served as the last chairman of the Pat ...

, politician and jurist (b. 1928). * 14 September – Kálmán Tolnai, Olympic sailor (b. 1924). * 17 September – András Harangvölgyi, Olympic skier (b. 1923). * 19 September –

László Polgár László Polgár (born 11 May 1946) is a Hungarian chess teacher and educational psychologist. He is the father of the famous Polgár sisters: Zsuzsa, Zsófia, and Judit, whom he raised to be chess prodigies, with Judit and Zsuzsa becoming ...

, opera singer (b. 1947). * 1 October –

Dezső Bundzsák Dezső Bundzsák (3 May 1928 – 1 October 2010) was a Hungarian football player and coach. Bundzsák played as a striker or midfielder at both professional and international levels, before becoming a coach who worked throughout Europe and Afri ...

, footballer (b. 1928). * 15 October –

Vera Rózsa Vera Rózsa OBE (or Vera Rózsa-Nordell, ; 16 May 1917 – 15 October 2010) was a Hungarian singer, voice teacher, and vocal consultant. She lived in the United Kingdom from 1954. Education She started her music education at the age of five. He ...

, singer and voice teacher (b. 1917). * 31 October –

János Simon János Simon (; 1 March 1929 – 31 October 2010) was a Hungarian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest-Budafok. Simon was part of the Hungarian basketball team, whi ...

, basketball player (b. 1929). * 8 November –

András Ádám-Stolpa András Ádám-Stolpa (15 September 1921 – 8 November 2010) was a Hungarian champion tennis, basketball and ice hockey player. Ádám-Stolpa was on the Hungarian Davis Cup team in 1948 (the same year he won the Hungarian National Tennis Cha ...

, tennis, basketball and ice hockey player (b. 1921). * 10 November – Attila Kovács, Olympic fencer (b. 1939). * 15 November –

Imre Polyák Imre Polyák (16 April 1932 – 15 November 2010) was a featherweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Hungary. He competed in the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won three silver and one gold medal. He won the world title in 1955, 1958 and 1962 ...

, Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler (b. 1932). * 30 November – Imre Sátori, footballer (b. 1937). * 6 December – Ferenc Keszthelyi, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vác (b. 1928). * 6 December –

Imre Mathesz Imre Mathesz (25 March 1937 – 6 December 2010) was a Hungarian football player and coach. Career Playing career Mathesz, who played as a midfielder, played club football for Vasas SC. Mathesz represented Hungary at the 1966 FIFA World Cup ...

, footballer (b. 1937).Vasas mourn the sad death of Imre Mathesz
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{{Year in Europe, 2010 2010s in Hungary Years of the 21st century in Hungary

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