1996
1996
13 Jan. U.S. President Bill Clinton makes a brief visit to Taszár to negotiate with President of the Republic Árpád Göncz and Prime Minister Gyula Horn.
16 Jan. Twenty military engineers and eight military vehicles set out from Ercsi to Okucani in Croatia, where the Hungarian engineering contingent is based.
17 Feb. Minister of Finance Lajos Bokros resigns, his resignation accepted by Gyula Horn. Péter Medgyessy is named his successor in February.
2 March Sándor Lezsák becomes MDF’s new president. Having left the party, Iván Szabó and his followers announce the foundation of the Hungarian Democratic People’s Party two days later.
29 March Having signed an agreement in Paris, Hungary becomes the 27th member of OECD, an organization agglomerating countries with highly developed market economies.
16 Apr. To commemorate the 1100th anniversary of the Hungarian Conquest, Parliament declares
19 Aug. a day of memorial and a holiday.
9 May The Hungarian Academy of Sciences elects historian Ferenc Glatz its president.
13 June The government decides to build a new National Theater, at Erzsébet tér.
17 June Among a series of the Nation’s 1100th celebrations, Budapest is host to the Hungarian scientists’ convention.
11 Aug. Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter visits Hungary, and participates in the campaign of a Christian building organization called Habitat for Humanity International in the city of Vác.
6 Sept. Pope John Paul II comes to Hungary, and holds mass before one hundred thousand faithful at the industrial site in Győr.
16 Sept. Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula Horn and his Romanian counterpart Nicolae Vacaroiu sign a Framework Agreement between the two countries.
4 Oct. The government recalls the 11-member board of directors of ÁPV Rt., Hungary’s privatization and holding company, with immediate effect because the institution concluded a legally incorrect contract with lawyer Márta Tocsik regarding an unjustifiably high success fee. Even though the Minister of Industry and Privatization is not considered liable in the so-called Tocsik Case according to the government, Gyula Horn nevertheless initiates the dismissal of Tamás Suchman a few days later.
29 Nov. The police department’s supreme heads are relieved of their positions.
