The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Hungary.

Incumbents

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

Events

* February 28 – Hungarian drama film ''

Son of Saul ''Son of Saul'' ( hu, Saul fia) is a 2015 Hungarian historical drama film directed by László Nemes, in his feature directorial debut, and co-written by Nemes and Clara Royer. It is set in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, a ...

'', directed by

László Nemes László Nemes (born Nemes Jeles László; ; 18 February 1977) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His 2015 debut feature film, ''Son of Saul,'' was screened in the main competition at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the ...

, wins the award for

Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...

at the 88th Academy Awards, becoming the first Hungarian film to win the award since István Szabó's '' Mephisto'' in 1981. * April 12 – The National Assembly repeals a law enacted in March 2015, which banned the majority of retail stores and commercial establishments in the country from opening on Sundays. The decision came into effect four days later. * October 2 – An overwhelming majority of voters rejected the EU's mandatory migrant quotas with 3,362,224 or 98.36% of the vote.

Deaths

January

* January 1 – Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer (b. 1930) * January 7 ** István Komáromi, politician (b. 1943) **

János György Szilágyi János György Szilágyi (16 July 1918 – 7 January 2016) was a Hungarian historian who was a specialist in ancient drama and Greek art. He was born in Budapest.Ritook, Zsigmond. (1997"The contribution of Hungary to international classical scholar ...

, historian (b. 1918) * January 17 –

Jenő Váncsa Jenő Váncsa (17 October 1928 – 17 January 2016) was a Hungarian agrarian engineer and former Communist politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture and Food between 1980 and 1989. On 17 January 2016, he died at the age of 87. Referenc ...

, politician (b. 1928)

February

* February 11 –

Ferenc Rudas Ferenc Rudas (6 July 1921 – 11 February 2016) was a Hungarian football player, coach and administrator. Career Born in Budapest, Rudas played as a defender for Ferencváros, scoring 25 goals in 276 league appearances. He was also a Hungaria ...

, footballer and coach (b. 1921) * February 25 – Irén Psota, actress (b. 1929)

March

* March 7 –

Béla Kuharszki Béla Kuharszki (29 April 1940 – 7 March 2016) was a Hungarian footballer. He played for the club Újpesti Dózsa as a striker. He played six games for the Hungary national football team. Kuharszki played one qualifying game and was part o ...

, footballer (b. 1940) * March 13 –

József Verebes József Verebes (23 March 1941 – 13 March 2016) was a Hungarian football manager and player. He played as a forward. Managerial career Győr Verebes became the advisor to his former club Győri ETO in 2011. Nagytétény SE On 15 October 2 ...

, footballer and coach (b. 1941) * March 17 –

Zoltán Kamondi Zoltán Kamondi (6 April 1960 – 17 March 2016) was a Hungarian film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. He was born in 1960 in Budapest, Hungary.Sándor Csjef, amateur boxer (b. 1950) * March 25 – Imre Pozsgay, politician (b. 1933) * March 30 –

Marianne Krencsey Marianne Krencsey (9 July 1931 – 30 March 2016) was a Hungarian stage, film and television actress. Life and career Born in Rákoscsaba, Krencsey graduated as a theater director, but she was eventually mainly active as an actress thanks to ...

, actress (b. 1931) * March 31 **

Béla Biszku Béla Biszku (13 September 1921 – 31 March 2016) was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as Minister of the Interior from 1957 to 1961. He was charged of suspicion of committing war crimes during the suppression of the Hungarian Revolu ...

, politician (b. 1921) ** Imre Kertész, writer and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)

April

* April 1 –

Emil Keres Emil Keres (9 July 1925 – 1 April 2016) was a Hungarian actor and theatre director. Selected filmography Awards * Kossuth Prize The Kossuth Prize ( hu, Kossuth-díj) is a state-sponsored award in Hungary, named after the Hungarian politici ...

, actor and theatre director (b. 1925) * April 2 – László Sárosi, footballer and coach (b. 1932) * April 7 –

László Bárczay László Bárczay (21 February 1936 – 7 April 2016) was a Hungarian chess Grandmaster. In 1966 he was awarded the FIDE International Master title. At the 1966 Olympiad in Havana, he scored 11/12 (ten wins and two draws) as second reserve ...

, chess player (b. 1936) * April 18 –

Zoltán Szarka Zoltán Szarka (12 August 1942 in Csorna – 18 April 2016) was a Hungarian footballer. He was born in Csorna. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he won a gold medal with the Hungary national football team, Hungarian te ...

, footballer and coach (b. 1942) * April 21 – Ferenc Paragi, javelin thrower (b. 1953)

References

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