Events in the year 2021 in Hungary.

Incumbents

* President: János Áder * Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán * Speaker of the National Assembly: László Kövér

Events

February

* 14 February – Klubrádió ceases operation on 92.9 FM.

March

* 3 March – Fidesz leaves the European People's Party group after the EPP Group's new rules.

April

* 1 April – The Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, and Italian former Minister of the Interior and leader of

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Matteo Salvini visit Hungary to meet with Hungarian Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán. It was wildly reported by the media they talked about forming a New Nationalist Conservative political group of the European Parliament to counter European People's Party group.

June

* 5 June - an estimated 10,000 protest against Hungary's plan to build Chinese Fudan University campus with Chinese loans. * 10 June - The Hungarian government announces proposes a new law banning the 'promotion' of homosexuality and gender change to children under 18 in schools, films or books. * 15 June - The Hungarian parliament passes a new law that bans the 'promotion' of homosexuality and gender change to children in schools, films or books. Some people say its similar to The Russian gay propaganda law passed in Russia in 2013. Ongoing —

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September

*5 to 12 September – the

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takes place in Budapest. Pope Francis meets with Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban. * 23 September – The 4th

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is held. Former US vice president (2017-2021)

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, Serbian President

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, Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, Slovenian Prime Minister

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and Czech Prime Minister

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all attend the summit.

Scheduled events

Deaths

*5 January –

András Haán András Haán (19 June 1946 – 5 January 2021) was a Hungarian sportsman. He competed in the men's basketball tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He also competed in the sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events Ja ...

, Olympic basketball player and sailor (born 1946). *18 January – Ákos Kriza, health economist and politician (born 1965). *30 January – József Csatári, wrestler (born 1943). *3 February – Albán Vermes, swimmer (born 1957). *1 May – József Hámori, biologist and politician (born 1932). *3 May – András Gergely, historian and diplomat (born 1946). *7 May – Pál Gömöry, competitive sailor (born 1936). *3 June –

Alajos Dornbach Alajos Dornbach (21 January 1936 – 3 June 2021) was a Hungarian lawyer and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from 1990 to 2002. As a politician of the Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ), Dornbach served as one of the deputy sp ...

, politician and lawyer (born 1936). *16 July – Thomas Rajna, pianist and composer (''

Seven Years in Tibet ''Seven Years in Tibet: My Life Before, During and After'' (1952; german: Sieben Jahre in Tibet. Mein Leben am Hofe des Dalai Lama; 1954 in English) is an autobiographical travel book written by Austrian mountaineer and Nazi SS sergeant Hein ...

'', '' Jet Storm'') (b. 1928). *28 July – István Csom, chess Grandmaster (born 1940).

References

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