2020 in Hungary

Incumbents

• President: János Áder
• Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán
• Speaker of the National Assembly: László Kövér

  Events

February

• 8 February – LMP – Hungary's Green Party changes its name from "Politics Can Be Different", and its abrriviation form "LMP" to "Greens".

  March

• 4 March – The first two COVID-19 cases are reported in Hungary.
• 30 March – the Hungarian parliament voted in favor of passing legislation that would create a state of emergency without a time limit, grant Prime Minister Viktor Orbán the ability to rule by decree, the suspension of parliament with no elections, and prison sentences for spreading fake news and leaving quarantine.

  May

• 19 May – Hungary outlaws changing birth gender on documents.
• 21 May – Two people are stabbed to death at Deák Ferenc Square, Budapest. Due to the Victim's allegence to Újpest FC, and the attacker's alleged Romani identity, the murder sparkes protests, organised by football ultras and the far-right Our Homeland Movement.

  Sport

• 12 to 25 January – The 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship is held in Budapest.
• 14 to 26 January – The 2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship is held in Budapest.
• 24 to 26 January – The 2020 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships is scheduled to be held in Debrecen.
• 11 to 24 May – The 2020 European Aquatics Championships is scheduled to be held in Budapest.

  Deaths

• 1 January – János Aczél, Hungarian-Canadian mathematician.
• 4 January – Károly Gesztesi, actor.
• 12 January – Miklós Vető, Hungarian-born French philosopher.
• 16 January – László Iván, psychiatrist and politician.
• 1 February – Péter Andorai, actor.
• 12 February – Tamás Wichmann, sprint canoeist.
• 24 February – István Csukás, writer and poet.
• 29 February – Éva Székely, swimmer.
• 1 March – István Balsai, politician and jurist.
• 27 June – Olga Tass, Olympic gymnast