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