2016 in Hungary
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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
- 16 January – Service begins on the connected Buda tram network (Budai fonódó villamoshálózat).
- 28 February – Hungarian drama film Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, becoming the first Hungarian film to win the award since István Szabó's Mephisto in 1981.[1]
- 14 March – Renovated tram underpass under Chain Bridge opens
- 12 April – 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.[2][3]
- 2 October – 2016 Hungarian migrant quota referendum: 3,362,224 or 98.36% of valid votes reject EU's mandatory migrant quotas, but results are invalid due to turnout below 50%.
Deaths
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January
- January 1 – Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer (b. 1930)
- January 7
- István Komáromi, politician (b. 1943)
- János György Szilágyi, historian (b. 1918)
- January 17 – Jenő Váncsa, politician (b. 1928)
February
- February 11 – Ferenc Rudas, footballer and coach (b. 1921)
- February 25 – Irén Psota, actress (b. 1929)
March
- March 7 – Béla Kuharszki, footballer (b. 1940)
- March 13 – József Verebes, footballer and coach (b. 1941)
- March 17 – Zoltán Kamondi, film director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1960)
- March 20 – Sándor Csjef, amateur boxer (b. 1950)
- March 25 – Imre Pozsgay, politician (b. 1933)
- March 30 – Marianne Krencsey, actress (b. 1931)
- March 31
- Béla Biszku, politician (b. 1921)
- Imre Kertész, writer and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)
April
- April 1 – Emil Keres, actor and theatre director (b. 1925)
- April 2 – László Sárosi, footballer and coach (b. 1932)
- April 7 – László Bárczay, chess player (b. 1936)
- April 18 – Zoltán Szarka, footballer and coach (b. 1942)
- April 21 – Ferenc Paragi, javelin thrower (b. 1953)
See also
References
- ^ Szalai, Georg (February 28, 2016). "Oscars: Hungary Wins Its First Foreign-Language Honor Since Fall of Communism". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
- ^ "Lázár nem szavazta meg a boltzár eltörlését, Harrach mellényúlt". Origo (in Hungarian). April 12, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
- ^ "Hivatalossá vált a vasárnapi boltzár eltörlése". Hirado.hu (in Hungarian). April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
