1993
1993
22 Jan. The national convention of MDF re-elects József Antall party president.
11 Feb. József Antall executes the largest government shake-up so far with the discharge of six ministers.
12 Feb. Eleven children aged 8 to 14 die and 20 are severely injured in Tolna county, when a train collides with a bus carrying students from Pörböly in a railway crossing.
14 Apr. Parliament passes a law prohibiting the wearing of absolutistic insignia (five-pointed red star, SS badge, swastika, etc.) in public.
7 May József Antall and CEO Osamu Suzuki open a Suzuki plant in Esztergom, capable of turning out 50,000 Suzuki Swifts per year.
11 May Parliament passes the Hungarian-Ukrainian Framework Agreement, signed in December 1991, by open vote.
4 Sept. Some 50,000 people participate in the reburial of the ashes of Miklós Horthy and his wife in Kenderes.
12 Sept. SZDSZ names Gábor Kuncze as its candidate for Prime Minster.
12 Oct. A decision made by the Constitutional Court opens the way to restitution lawsuits, whereby persons committing war crimes in 1956 can be brought before the law.
2 Dec. The cabinet decides that the government should effect a HUF 120 billion capital increase in eight trade banks.
7 Dec. Along with passing the Act on National Defense, Parliament amends the Constitution so that the government may also decide to a limited degree on deploying the army.
12 Dec. József Antall dies. Hungary’s 54th Prime Minister headed the government for 43 months. The largest government party proposes Péter Boross as his successor.
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