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← 1997 1996 1995 1998 in Hungary → 1999 2000 2001
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See also:	Other events of 1998 List of years in Hungary

The following lists events in the year 1998 in Hungary.

Incumbents

• President: Árpád Göncz
• Prime Minister: Gyula Horn (until 6 July), Viktor Orbán (from 6 July)
• Speaker of the National Assembly: Zoltán Gál (until 17 June), János Áder (from 18 June)

Events

May

• May 10 - First round of 1998 Hungarian parliamentary election
• May 24 - Second Round of 1998 Hungarian parliamentary election. Fidesz wins in coalition with FKGP and MDF.

July

• July 2 - Bombing in Aranykéz utca, Budapest kills 4 people
• July 6 - Viktor Orbán replaces Gyula Horn as Prime Minister of Hungary
• July 8 - The First Orbán Government is formed

September

• September 30 - Klaus Naumann, Chair of the NATO Military Committee visits Hungary

October

• October 18 - Local elections in Hungary

Deaths

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• January 4 - Mihály Iglói^{[ citation needed]}
• January 25 - Attila Zoller, 70, Hungary-American jazz guitarist. ^[1]
• January 27 - Miklos Udvardy, 78, Hungarian biologist and biogeographer. ^[2]
• February 6 - Ferenc Sidó^{[ citation needed]}
• February 17 - Albert Wass, 90, Hungarian nobleman, novelist and poet, suicide. ^[3]
• June 17 - Gyula László^{[ citation needed]}
• July 2 - Miklós Gábor^{[ citation needed]}
• July 23 - André Gertler^{[ citation needed]}
• August 15 - Károly Polinszky^{[ citation needed]}
• October 27 - Klári Tolnay^{[ citation needed]}
• November 6 - István Szőts^{[ citation needed]}
• December 20 - Miklós Sárkány^{[ citation needed]}
• December 21 - Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy^{[ citation needed]}

See also

• List of Hungarian films since 1990

References