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)

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