The following lists events in the year 2019 in Hungary.
Incumbents
President: János Áder
Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán
Speaker of the National Assembly: László Kövér
Events
January
5 January – Protest against the Overtime Work Act, marches from Hősök Tere to Kossuth tér 19 January – Nation-wide protests against the Overtime Work Act, including in front of Várkert Bazár in Budapest. 28 January – 3 February - First round of opposition primaries for the Budapest mayoral election. Gergely Karácsony (PM) defeats Csaba Horváth (MSZP).
February
The Freedom House NGO states that Hungary is no longer a free country, making it the first such country in the European Union to be so designated.
March
30 March - Renovated northern section of Metro Line 3 between Újpest-központ and Dózsa György út stations opened.
April
6 April - Renovation of the southern section of Metro Line 3 begins between Népliget and Kőbánya-Kispest.
May
14 May – The Mi Hazánk party announced the party would be forming the National Legion, a uniformed 'self-defense' group similar to Magyar Gárda, the paramilitary wing of the nationalist Jobbik party, which was banned in 2009. 26 May – The 2019 European Parliament election is held in Hungary. Fidesz (EPP) wins the majority of seats, DK (S&D) and Momentum (ALDE) replace Jobbik (NI) and MSZP (S&D) as the main opposition parties.
29 May – The Hableány disaster: Hotel ship Viking Sigyn collides with and sinks the cruise boat Hableány in Budapest, underneath Margaret Bridge. 28 people die, mostly South Korean tourists.
June
20-26 June – Second round of opposition primaries for the Budapest mayoral election. Karácsony (PM) defeats Olga Kálmán (DK) and Gábor Kerpel-Fronius (Momentum)
September
6 September – The 3rd Budapest Demographic Summit is held in Budapest. Former Prime Minister of Australia (2013-2015) Tony Abbott attend the summit. During the summit Abbott would talk about immigration.
October
13 October – The 2019 Hungarian local elections are held. Fidesz loses the mayorship of Budapest to the opposition candidate Gergely Karácsony.
Deaths
January–June
8 January – Antal Bolvári, water polo player, Olympic champion (b. 1932). 12 January – Béla Zsitnik, rower, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1924). 23 January – Anthony de Jasay, economist and philosopher (b. 1925). 31 January – Kálmán Ihász, footballer (b. 1941). 2 March – János Koós, singer, parodist and actor (b. 1937). 14 March – Ilona Novák, swimmer, Olympic champion (b. 1925). 16 June – Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, gymnast, Olympic silver medalist and champion (b. 1924)
July–December
3 October – Márta Balogh, Hungarian handball player (Budapesti Spartacus SC, national team), world champion (1965) (b. 1943) 10 November – István Szívós, Hall of Fame water polo player and Olympic champion (1976) (b. 1948) 9 December – Imre Varga, sculptor and painter (b. 1923) 21 December – Krisztián Zahorecz, footballer (Kaposvári Rákóczi, Szolnoki MÁV, Bajai LSE) (b. 1975) 28 December – Erzsébet Szőnyi, Hungarian composer and music pedagogue, vice-president of the International Society for Music Education (1970–1974) (b. 1924)