The following lists events that happened during

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

in Hungary.

Incumbents

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

Events

* 21 January – A bus carrying Hungarian students crashes near Verona in northern Italy with 16 people dead and 26 injured. * 7 February The town of

Ásotthalom Ásotthalom ( hr, Zlatara) is a village in Csongrád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary, near the border with Serbia. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 3,856 people (2017). Politics The local ...

led by László Toroczkai bans the Muslim call to prayer, and Muslim clothing, * 13 March – János Áder is elected head of state of Hungary for a second term by the National Assembly. * May – The

World Congress of Families The World Congress of Families (WCF) is a United States coalition that promotes Christian right values internationally. It opposes same-sex marriage, pornography, and abortion, while supporting a society built on "the voluntary union of a man and ...

holds it 11th World Conferences in Budapest, Hungary with PM Viktor Orbán host. * 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''. * 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. * 14 July–30 July –

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships ( hu, 2017-es úszó-világbajnokság) were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

are held in Budapest * 7 August–20 August – 2017 FINA World Masters Championships in Budapest * 4 November – Renovation of Metro Line 3 begins in the northern section between Újpest-központ and Dózsa György út stations.

Deaths

January

* January 2 —

István Tatár István () is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan. It may refer to: People with the given name Nobles, palatines and judges royal * Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975–1038), last grand prince of the Hungarians and first ...

, sprinter (b.1958) * January 19 —

Paul Ornstein Paul Hermann Ornstein ( hu, Ornstein Pál; April 4, 1924 – January 19, 2017) was a Hungarian-American psychoanalyst and Holocaust survivor. Early life Ornstein was born in Hungary in a Jewish family to parents, Abraham Ornstein, an account ...

, psychoanalyst (b. 1924) * January 22 –

József Torgyán József Torgyán (16 November 1932 − 22 January 2017) was a Hungarian lawyer and politician, chairman of the Independent Smallholders' Party (1991−2002), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (1998−2001) i ...

, politician (b. 1932)

February

* February 5 –

Kálmán Katona Kálmán Katona (8 April 1948 – 5 February 2017) was a Hungarian politician as a member of Parliament and President of the Electorate of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) conservative party. He served as Vice-President of the Committee fo ...

, politician (b. 1948) * February 26 —

Katalin Berek Katalin Berek (7 October 1930 – 26 February 2017), also known as Kati, was a Hungarian actress. She appeared in more than 40 films and television shows between 1950 and 2001. She starred in the 1975 film '' Adoption'', which won the Gold ...

, actress (b. 1930)

March

* March 4 —

Péter Kozma Péter Kozma (5 September 1959 – 4 March 2017) was a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both hous ...

, politician (b. 1959) * March 5 — Antal Hajba, canoeist (b. 1938) * March 8 –

George Andrew Olah George Andrew Olah (born Oláh András György; May 22, 1927 – March 8, 2017) was a Hungarian-American chemist. His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. For this research, Olah was awarded a Nobel Pri ...

, chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1927) * March 15 —

Imre Dimény Imre Dimény (3 August 1922 – 15 March 2017)Elhunyt Dimény Imre
was a

, politician (b. 1922) * March 18 —

Alfred Tibor Alfred Tibor (February 10, 1920 – March 18, 2017) was a Holocaust survivor and sculptor. His artwork can be found in nearly 500 private collections and museums throughout the world, including the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem. Life Tibor w ...

, sculptor (b. 1920) * March 19 —

József Szécsényi József Szécsényi (10 January 1932 – 19 March 2017) was a Hungarian track and field athlete, who competed in the discus throw event. He was the bronze medallist at the 1954 European Athletics Championships, becoming Hungary's second such m ...

, track and field athlete (b. 1932) * March 22 —

Piroska Oszoli Piroska Oszoli (21 January 1919 – 22 March 2017) was a Hungarian painter, is known as "The lover of the Danube and the beautiness". She worked especially as applied to plein air landscape painting. Life Piroska Oszoli (née Névery) was born ...

, painter (b. 1919)

April

* April 13 —

Imre Tóth Imre "Imi" Tóth (born 6 September 1985 in Budapest, Hungary) is a motorcycle racer who competed for 8 years in Grand Prix motorcycle racing in the 125cc the 250cc World Championships as a privateer. He last raced in the Superbike World Cha ...

, boxer (b. 1948) * April 23 — Imre Földi, weightlifter (b. 1938) * April 29 –

Mátyás Usztics Mátyás Usztics (9 April 1949 – 29 April 2017) was a Hungarian stage and film actor, most notable for his role of Sgt. János Karádi in the Hungarian television show ''Angyalbőrben''. As a regular voice actor too, he was the Hungarian dubbi ...

, actor (b. 1949)

May

* May 3 — Attila Császár, kayaker (b. 1958) * May 31 – István Szondy, modern pentathlete (b. 1925)

June

* June 5 —

Anna Jókai Anna Jókai ( Hungarian: ''Jókai Anna'') (24 November 1932 – 5 June 2017) was a Hungarian author, poet and teacher. She began her writing career in 1974 and, during the 1980s, she participated in the Hungarian liberation movement. Between 19 ...

, author (b. 1932) * June 6 —

Márta Rudas Márta Rudas ( Antal; 14 February 1937 – 6 June 2017) was a Hungarian javelin thrower. She competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and finished in ninth, second and fourth place, respectively. References

1937 births 2017 death ...

, javelin thrower (b. 1937) * June 21 —

György Rubovszky György Rubovszky (1 February 1944 – 21 June 2017) was a Hungarian lawyer and politician, Member of Parliament from 1994 to 2002 and from 2003 until his death in 2017. Family and studies Rubovszky was born in Budapest into a family of lawyers ...

, politician (b.1944) * June 30 — László Kovács, football goalkeeper (b. 1951)

July

* July 11 –

Éva Schubert Éva Schubert (19 January 1931 – 11 July 2017) was a Hungarian actress, who won a Kossuth Prize in 2013 for her lifetime achievement. She was born and died in Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hung ...

, actress (b. 1931) * July 23 —

József Szendi József Szendi (31 October 1921 – 23 July 2017) was a Hungarian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Cath ...

, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1921) * July 25 — Erzsébet Bognár, handball player (b. 1942)

August

* August 10 —

Katalin Csőke Katalin Csőke Tóthné (July 1, 1957 – August 10, 2017) was a female discus thrower, who competed for Hungary at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She was born in Fegyvernek Fegyvernek ( la, Machæropolis) is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Coun ...

, discus thrower (b. 1957) * August 18 —

Lívia Mossóczy Lívia Mossóczy (May 9, 1936 – August 18, 2017) was a female international table tennis player from Hungary. Table tennis career From 1957 to 1960 she won several medals in single, double, and team events in the Table Tennis European Champion ...

, 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 László Aradszky (20 September 1935 – 8 October 2017) was a Hungarian pop singer, who became successful in the 1960s after participation in the talent show ''Táncdalfesztivál ''Táncdalfesztivál'' (literally ''Festival of dance music'') ...

, pop singer (b. 1935) * October 9 — József Tóth, football player (b. 1929) * October 27 —

Katalin Szőke Katalin Szőke (17 August 1935 – 27 October 2017) was a Hungarian swimmer. She competed at the 1952 Olympics and won two gold medals, in the 100 m and 4 × 100 m freestyle events. Two years later she repeated that success at the 1954 Europe ...

, 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 István Almási (12 July 1944 – 20 November 2017) was a Hungarian teacher and politician who served as mayor of Hódmezővásárhely from 2012 until his death in 2017. Almási died in office on 20 November 2017 at the age of 73. Personal lif ...

, teacher, and politician (b. 1944) * November 20 — István Konkoly, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1930) * November 21 —

László Pál László Pál (5 September 1942 – 21 November 2017) was a Hungarian politician and electrical engineer, who served as Minister of Industry and Trade in the cabinet of Prime Minister Gyula Horn from 1994 to 1995. He was also a Member of Parlia ...

, politician (b. 1942) * November 22 —

Imre Hollai Imre Hollai ( hu, Hollai Imre; 22 January 1925 – 22 November 2017) was a Hungarian diplomat and politician, who served as President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1982-1983, during its thirty-seventh session. Biography Imre Hol ...

, diplomat and politician (b. 1925) * November 28 —

Alice Lok Cahana Alice Lok Cahana (February 7, 1929 – November 28, 2017) was a Hungarian Holocaust survivor. Lok Cahana was a teenage inmate in the Auschwitz-Birkenau, Guben and Bergen-Belsen camps: her most well-known works are her writings and abstract paint ...

, artist, holocaust survivor (b. 1929) * November 29 — László Szabó, Handballer (b. 1955)

December

* December 8 —

Pál Dárdai Pál Dárdai (born 16 March 1976) is a Hungarian retired footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder, and last coached Hertha BSC. In a 20-year professional career, he played for over a decade with the same club, Hertha BSC, in Ger ...

, football player and manager (b. 1951) * December 8 —

Magda Fedor Mrs. Lajos Kisgyörgy Née: Magda Fedor (14 January 1914 – 8 December 2017) was a Hungarian sports shooter, 123-time national champion, multiple World Championships and European Championships medalist. Early life Born in Pinkaszentkirály ( ...

, sports shooter (b. 1914) * December 13 —

Charles Zentai Charles Zentai (born Károly Steiner; October 8, 1921 – December 13, 2017) was a Hungarian-born resident of Australia accused of a Holocaust-related war crime. He resided in Perth, Western Australia for many years after living in the America ...

, war criminal (b. 1921) * December 14 — Ákos Császár, Mathematician (b. 1924) * December 24 —

Mária Littomeritzky Mária Littomeritzky (also known as ''Littomeritzky-Bognár''; May 12, 1927 – December 24, 2017) was a butterfly swimmer from Hungary, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1948. She was born in ...

, swimmer (b. 1927) * December 30 — Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth, fencer (b. 1968)

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