Hungarian diaspora

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Hungarian diaspora

There are two main groups of the Hungarian diaspora: the first group includes those who are autochthonous to their homeland and live outside Hungary since the border changes of the post-World War I Treaty of Trianon of 1920.[2][note 1] The victorious forces redrew the borders of Hungary so that it runs through Hungarian-majority areas. As a consequence, 3.3 million Hungarians found themselves outside the new borders. Although those Hungarians are usually not included in the term "Hungarian diaspora",[3] they are listed as such in this article. The other main group is the emigrants who left Hungary at various times (such as the Hungarian Revolution of 1956). There has been some emigration since Hungary joined the EU in 2004, especially to countries such as Germany,[4] but those patterns have been less extensive than for certain other countries of Central Europe such as Poland and Slovakia.

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Hungarian diaspora in the world (includes people with Hungarian ancestry or citizenship).
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Areas with ethnic Hungarian majorities in the neighboring countries of Hungary, according to László Sebők.[1]

Additionally, there is the Magyarab people, a small ethnic group located in Egypt and Sudan.[5]

Distribution by country

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Linguistic makeup of Slovakia, according to Census 2021, Yellow Hungarian
Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities and cities 2022 Hungarians are in the Red
Ethnicity map of Vojvodina, Hungarians in yellow,
Hungarians in Romania (2021)
Hungarians in eastern Croatia (2011 census)
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Country Hungarian population Note Article
Neighboring countries
 Romania1,002,151 (2021)[6] (excluding Csángós)[7]Native to Transylvania,[8] Csángós in Western Moldavia (moved from Transylvania there in the past), and a very small community of Szeklers also in Bukovina (see also Székelys of Bukovina)Hungarians in Romania
 Slovakia456,154 (2021)[9]Autochthonous[10]Hungarians in Slovakia
 Serbia184,442 (2021)[11]Autochthonous in VojvodinaHungarians in Serbia
 Ukraine156,600 (2001)[12]Autochthonous in Zakarpattia OblastHungarians in Ukraine
 Austria107,347 (2024)[13]Autochthonous in BurgenlandHungarians in Austria
 Croatia10,315 (2021)[14]Autochthonous in Croatia, except in Istria and DalmatiaHungarians in Croatia
 Slovenia10,500 (2021)[citation needed]Autochthonous in PrekmurjeHungarians in Slovenia
Other countries
 United States1,563,081 (2006)[15]ImmigrantsHungarian Americans
 Canada348,085 (2016)[16]ImmigrantsHungarian Canadians
 Germany296,000 (2021)[17]ImmigrantsHungarians in Germany
 Israel200,000 to 250,000 (2000s)[18]Immigrants; most are Hungarian Jews
 United Kingdom200,000 to 250,000 (2020)[19][20]ImmigrantsHungarians in the United Kingdom
 France200,000 to 250,000 (2021)[21]ImmigrantsHungarians in France
 Brazil80,000 (2002)[22]ImmigrantsHungarian Brazilians
 Russia76,500 (2002)ImmigrantsHungarians in Russia
 Australia69,167 (2011)[23]ImmigrantsHungarian Australians
 Argentina40,000 to 50,000 (2016)[24]ImmigrantsHungarian Argentines
 Sweden33,018 (2018)[25]ImmigrantsHungarians in Sweden
  Switzerland27,000 (2019)[26]Immigrants
 Netherlands26,172 (2020)[27]Immigrants
 Czech Republic20,000 (2013)[28]People of Hungarian descent forcibly relocated from the Slovak part of the Third Czechoslovak Republic
 Belgium15,000 (2013)[28]Immigrants
 Italy14,000 (2019)[26]Immigrants
 Spain10,000 (2019)[26]Immigrants
 Ireland9,000 (2019)[26]Immigrants
 Norway8,316 (2015)[29]Immigrants
 New Zealand7,000 (2013)[28]ImmigrantsHungarian New Zealanders
 Turkey6,800 (2001)ImmigrantsHungarians in Turkey
 Denmark6,000 (2019)[26]Immigrants
 Japan5,600 (2022)[26]Immigrants
 Bosnia and Herzegovina4,000[citation needed]Immigrants
 South Africa4,000 (2013)[28]Immigrants
 Venezuela4,000 (2013)[28]ImmigrantsHungarian Venezuelans
 Mexico3,500 (2006)ImmigrantsHungarian Mexicans
 Finland3,000 (2019)[26]ImmigrantsHungarians in Finland
 Uruguay3,000 (2013)[28]ImmigrantsHungarian Uruguayans
 Greece2,387 (2018)[20]Immigrants
 Chile2,000 (2012)[30]ImmigrantsHungarians in Chile
 Luxembourg2,000 (2019)[26]Immigrants
 Poland1,728 (2011)[31]ImmigrantsHungarians in Poland
 Portugal1,230 (2022)[32]Foreign citizens only; for instance, excludes 79 Luso-Hungarians who have acquired Portuguese citizenship since 2008[33]
 Jordan1,000 (2019)[26]Immigrants
 Cyprus620 (2018)[20]Immigrants
 Kazakhstan500 (2021)[34]Immigrants
 Montenegro400[citation needed]Immigrants
 Latvia300[citation needed]Immigrants
 Uzbekistan300[citation needed]Immigrants
 Philippines206 (2010)[35]Immigrants
 Iceland200 (2015)[29]Immigrants
 North Macedonia200[citation needed]Immigrants
 Estonia173 (2018)[20]Immigrants
 Bulgaria153 (2015)[29]Immigrants
 Vietnam100 (2015)[36]Immigrants
 Liechtenstein44 (2015)[29]Immigrants
 Lithuania23 (2015)[29]Immigrants
Total5.2–5.5 millionHungarians
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Hungarian immigration patterns to Western Europe increased in the 1990s and especially since 2004, after Hungary's admission in the European Union. Thousands of Hungarians from Hungary sought available work through guest-worker contracts in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Spain, and Portugal.

Hungarian citizenship

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A proposal supported by the DAHR to grant Hungarian citizenship to Hungarians living in Romania but without meeting Hungarian-law residency requirements was narrowly defeated at a 2004 referendum in Hungary.[37] The referendum was invalid because of not enough participants. After the failure of the 2004 referendum, the leaders of the Hungarian ethnic parties in the neighboring countries formed the HTMSZF organization in January 2005, as an instrument lobbying for preferential treatment in the granting of Hungarian citizenship.[38]

In 2010, some amendments were passed in Hungarian law facilitating an accelerated naturalization process for ethnic Hungarians living abroad; among other changes, the residency-in-Hungary requirement was waived.[39] In May 2010, Slovakia announced it would strip Slovak citizenship from anyone applying for Hungarian citizenship.[40] Romania's President Traian Băsescu declared in October 2010: "We have no objections to the adoption by the Hungarian government and parliament of a law making it easier to grant Hungarian citizenship to ethnic Hungarians living abroad."[41]

The new citizenship law took effect on 1 January 2011. It did not grant the right to vote, even in national elections, to Hungarian citizens unless they also resided in Hungary on a permanent basis.[42] In February 2011, the Fidesz government announced that it intended to grant the right to vote to its new citizens.[43] Between 2011 and 2012, 200,000 applicants took advantage of the new, accelerated naturalization process;[44] there were another 100,000 applications pending in the summer of 2012.[45] As of February 2013, the Hungarian government had granted citizenship to almost 400,000 Hungarians ‘beyond the borders’.[46] In June 2013, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén announced that he expected the number to reach about half a million by the end of the year.[47]

Hungarian citizens abroad have been able to participate in the parliamentary elections without Hungarian residency starting from the 2014 Hungarian parliamentary election, however, they cannot vote for a candidate running for the seat in a single-seat constituency, but for a party list.

Famous people of Hungarian descent

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Country Name Occupation Source
Austria AustriaFerenc AnisitsEngineer
United States United StatesAlbert-László BarabásiPhysicist and discoverer of scale-free networks
United States United StatesDrew BarrymoreActress[48][49]
Austria AustriaBéla BarényiEngineer and prolific inventor
Germany GermanyJosef von BákyFilm director
United States United StatesBéla BartókComposer
United States United StatesZoltán BayPhysicist and engineer
United States United StatesGyörgy von BékésyBiophysicist and Nobel Prize winner
United States United StatesPal BenkoChess player and a record eight-time U.S. Open winner
United States United StatesAdrien BrodyActor and youngest winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor[50]
United States United StatesGyörgy Buzsáki[51]Neuroscientist
United States United StatesMihály CsíkszentmihályiPsychologist of flow
United States United StatesLarry CsonkaAmerican football fullback
United States United StatesTony CurtisActor[52][53]
France FranceGyörgy CziffraPianist
United States United States
Mexico Mexico
Louis C.K.Comedian[54]
United States United StatesRodney DangerfieldComedian[55]
United States United StatesFrank DarabontFilm director and screenplay writer
United States United StatesErnst von DohnányiComposer, pianist, and conductor
United States United StatesBobby FischerChess player
Germany GermanyFerenc FricsayConductor
United Kingdom United KingdomStephen FryComedian[56]
United States United StatesZsa Zsa GaborActress[57]
United States United StatesPeter Carl GoldmarkEngineer and inventor
United States United StatesAndrew GroveBusinessman and entrepreneur
United States United StatesMickey HargitayActor, body builder, and 1955 Mr. Universe
United States United StatesHarry HoudiniEscapologist and magician
United States United StatesTim HowardSoccer goalkeeper
Sweden Sweden
Germany Germany
George de HevesyRadiochemist and co-discoverer of hafnium[58]
United States United StatesIlonka KaraszDesigner and illustrator known for her many New Yorker magazine covers
United States United StatesKatalin KarikóBiochemist and Nobel Prize winner
United States United StatesTheodore von KármánAeronautical engineer
United States United StatesJohn George KemenyMathematician, computer scientist, and co-developer of BASIC[59]
United States United StatesLaszlo B. KishPhysicist
Sweden SwedenGeorge KleinMicrobiologist and author
Austria AustriaFerenc KrauszPhysicist and Nobel Prize winner
Belgium BelgiumAlexandre LamfalussyEconomist
Germany GermanyPhilipp LenardPhysicist and Nobel Prize winner
United States United StatesBela LugosiActor
Mexico MexicoLuis MandokiFilm director
United States United StatesIlona MasseyActress
United States United StatesPaul NeményiPhysicist and mathematician[60]
United States United StatesJohn von NeumannMathematician, physicist, computer scientist, and polymath[61][62]
Slovakia SlovakiaĽudovít ÓdorPrime Minister, Deputy Governor of the national bank
United States United StatesThomas PeterffyBusinessman and founder of Interactive Brokers
United States United StatesJoaquin PhoenixActor[63]
United States United StatesJoseph PulitzerJournalist[64]
United Kingdom United KingdomÁrpád PusztaiBiochemist
Slovakia SlovakiaĽudovít RajterConductor
France FranceNicolas Sarkozy23rd President of France[65]
Austria AustriaFranz SchmidtComposer
United States United StatesJerry SeinfeldComedian, actor, writer, and producer[66]
United States United StatesMonica SelesTennis player
United States United StatesGene SimmonsMusician[67]
Canada CanadaHans SelyeEndocrinologist
United States United StatesCharles SimonyiSoftware architect
United States United StatesVictor SzebehelyAstronomist and physicist
United States United StatesAlbert Szent-GyörgyiBiochemist and Nobel Prize winner
United States United StatesLeó SzilárdPhysicist and inventor[68]
United States United StatesMária TelkesBiophysicist and inventor
United States United StatesEdward TellerPhysicist, engineer, and “father of the hydrogen bomb[69]
United Kingdom United KingdomKálmán TihanyiPhysicist, engineer, and inventor
Czech Republic Czech RepublicTomáš UjfalušiAssociation football player
France FranceVictor VasarelyArtist of op art movement
United States United StatesGabriel von WayditchComposer
Germany GermanyRichárd ZsigmondyChemist and Nobel Prize winner
France FranceGyula Halász (Brassaï)Photographer, sculptor, medalist, writer, and filmmaker
United States United StatesIvan SoltészScientist
Czech Republic Czech RepublicTomáš UjfalušiFootball player
Israel IsraelYair LapidFormer Prime Minister of Israel
Israel IsraelBenny GantzFormer Israeli Minister of Defence
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Politics

Since the Hungarian diaspora could start voting in elections in Hungary from 2012,[70] they have overwhelmingly supported the ruling Fidesz. In the 2014 Hungarian parliamentary election, Fidesz won over 95% of the vote,[71] in the 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, over 96%, while in the 2019 European Parliament election in Hungary, Fidesz received 96%.[72]

In the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election, over 93%, while in the 2024 European Parliament election in Hungary, Fidesz received 90%.

Minority interest parties

In several Eastern European countries, parties that represent the interests of Hungarian minorities have emerged.

See also

Notes

  1. Before entering World War II, Hungary regained some areas, but later lost after the 1947 Treaty of Paris.

References

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