1998 in Hungary
# 1998 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

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