2015 in Hungary

Events in the year 2015 in Hungary.

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See also:	Other events of 2015 List of years in Hungary

Incumbents

• President – János Áder
• Prime Minister – Viktor Orbán

Events

• January – The town Mayor of Ásotthalom László Toroczkai calls for a Hungarian border barrier in the south of the country, to deal with the growing 2015 migrant crisis.^[1][2]
• April – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán calls for the return of the Death penalty in Hungary following the murder of a woman in southern Hungary.^[3][4]
• June – the Hungarian cabinet approves construction of a 4 metres (13 ft) high barrier.^[5]
• Hungary builds the Hungarian border barrier fence on its border with Serbia and Croatia. The fence was constructed during the European migrant crisis.

Deaths

Further information: Category:2015 deaths and Deaths in 2015

Jenő Buzánszky in 2010. He was Olympic champion from 1952.

• 2 January – István Pásztor, cyclist (born 1926).^[6]
• 4 January – János Zsombolyai, cinematographer, film director and screenwriter (born 1939)
• 11 January – Jenő Buzánszky, football player and coach (born 1925).^[7]
• 16 February – Olga Törös, gymnast (born 1914).^[8][9]
• 21 April – Ferenc Konrád, water polo player (born 1945)
• 6 October – Árpád Göncz, writer, politician, President of Hungary (1990–2000) (born 1922)

See also

• List of Hungarian films since 1990