2016 in Hungary

The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Hungary.

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See also:	Other events of 2016 List of years 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 Son of Saul, directed by László Nemes, wins the award for 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

Further information: Category:2016 deaths and Deaths in 2016

January

Main article: Deaths in January 2016

• 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

Main article: Deaths in February 2016

• February 11 – Ferenc Rudas, footballer and coach (b. 1921)
• February 25 – Irén Psota, actress (b. 1929)

March

Main article: Deaths in March 2016

• 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

Main article: Deaths in April 2016

• 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

• Hungary at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• List of Hungarian films since 1990