2022 in Hungary
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Events in the year 2022 in Hungary.
Incumbents[edit]
- President: Katalin Novák
- Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán
- Speaker of the National Assembly: László Kövér
Events[edit]
March[edit]
- 10 March - 2022 Hungarian presidential election: The governing alliance, Fidesz-KDNP nominated presidential candidate Katalin Novák, the former minister for Family Affairs is elected, becoming the first-ever female president.[1]
April[edit]
- 3 April - Viktor Orbán's Fidesz–KDNP alliance, Wins the Hungarian 2022 elections in a 4 election in a row Landslide preserving its two-thirds majority which it has held since 2010. The opposition alliance United for Hungary makes loses, while The Far Right Nationalist Mi Hazánk party won seats for the first time.
May[edit]
- 19-20 May - A conservative conference billed by the organizers as CPAC Hungary was held in Budapest, Hungary.[2][3][4] Speakers included Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Spain's Vox party leader Santiago Abascal, Eduardo Bolsonaro, right-wing US commentator Candace Owens, Ernst Roets the Deputy CEO of AfriForum,[5] and former US White House chief of staff Mark Meadows,[6] as well as far-right US conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec and Hungarian journalist Zsolt Bayer.[7] According to The Guardian, Bayer has previously "called Jews 'stinking excrement', referred to Roma as 'animals' and used racial epithets to describe Black people".[7]
July[edit]
- 23 July - Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in a speech in Romania, speaks against the “mixing” of European and non-European races, adding “We [Hungarians] are not a mixed race and we do not want to become a mixed race,”.[8][9][10][11]
September[edit]
- 15 September - Hungary pass new abortion restrictions, with a Mandatory ultrasounds bill. Where women who are seeking an abortion will now be obliged to “listen to the foetal heartbeat” before they can have an abortion. This Bill was pushed for by the far-right Mi Hazank (Our Homeland) party.[12][13][14]
Scheduled events[edit]
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Deaths[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Hungary elects Katalin Novak, first-ever female president". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ "Budapest to Host CPAC Hungary Conference in March". Hungarytoday.hu. January 26, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ^ "Budapest to Host the Largest American Conservative Conference". Hungarianconservative.com. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ^ Garamvolgyi, Flora; Walker, Shaun (February 11, 2022). "Viktor Orbán invites Trump to Hungary to boost re-election campaign". The Guardian. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ^ "Ernst Roets at CPAC Hungary 2022 - Don't be derailed by the Keepers of the Script". YouTube.
- ^ Garamvolgyi, Flora (2022-05-20). "Viktor Orbán tells CPAC the path to power is to 'have your own media'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
- ^ a b Garamvolgyi, Flora; Borger, Julian (2022-05-21). "Trump shares CPAC Hungary platform with notorious racist and antisemite". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ^ "Viktor Orbán sparks outrage with attack on 'race mixing' in Europe". TheGuardian.com. 24 July 2022.
- ^ "PM Orbán said which "races" Hungarians might and would not mix with". 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Hungary's leader Viktor Orbán bashed Western Europeans for 'mixing with non-Europeans' and said Hungarians 'do not want to become a mixed race'". Business Insider.
- ^ "Orbán: "Hungarians are not a mixed race and do not want to become one"". 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Hungary enshrines 'fetal heartbeat' abortion law | DW | 13.09.2022". Deutsche Welle.
- ^ "Hungary tightens abortion access with listen to 'foetal heartbeat' rule". TheGuardian.com. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Hungary decrees tighter abortion rules". BBC News. 13 September 2022.