Hungarian Uruguayans (Hungarian: Uruguayi magyarok) are people born in Hungary who live in Uruguay or Uruguayan-born people of Hungarian descent.
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 Hungarian composer Debály Ferenc József (Francisco José Debali), author of the music of the National Anthem of Uruguay | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3,000[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Uruguayan Spanish, Hungarian | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (mostly Roman Catholic and Protestant), Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hungarian people, Hungarian diaspora |
Overview
editHungarian Uruguayans are a local ethnic minority; their presence is small but meaningful, numbering around 2,000-3,000 of which ca. 150 were born in Hungary.[2]
In 1925 was established a Society of Hungarian-Language Workers in Uruguay[3] They even had some influence within the Communist Party of Uruguay.[3]
In 1936, Hungarian migrants established the Hungarian Home of Uruguay (Hungarian: Uruguayi Magyar Otthon), an ethnic association.[4]
There is also a small Jewish-Hungarian community,[5] they established their own association in the 1920s,[6] which in turn sent their representative to the Uruguayan Central Israeli Committee.[7]
There is an immigrant branch of the Batthyány noble family.[8][9]
Notable Hungarians in Uruguay
edit- Past
- Francisco José Debali (1791-1859), composer of the National Anthem of Uruguay[10]
- Carlos Végh Garzón (1902–1984), politician, Minister of Finance
- Alejandro Végh Villegas (1928-2017), economist, Minister of Economics and Finance
- Present
- Carlos Batthyány (born 1969), scientist, director of the local Institut Pasteur[9]
- Déborah Gyurcsek (born 1978), female track and field athlete
- Adrian R. Krainer, biochemist and molecular geneticist
- Jorge Polgar (born 1967), economist
- Krisztián Vadócz (born 1985), professional footballer
- Carlos A. Vegh (born 1958), economist
See also
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References
edit- ^ "A diaszpóra tudományos megközelítése". 3 July 2015.
- ^ Opportunities for Hungarian-Uruguayan relations (in Hungarian)
- ^ a b Hungarian workers in Latin America (in Spanish)
- ^ Uruguayi Magyar Otthon (in Hungarian)
- ^ Christoph Marx; Christine Hatzky; Waltraud Kokot; Hauke Dorsch (2004). Periplus 2004: Jahrbuch für Aussereuropäische geschichte. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 22. ISBN 978-3-8258-7820-7.
- ^ Hungarian Israeli Community of Uruguay Archived 2016-02-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ "100 years of Jewish institutional presence in Uruguay" (PDF). ORT Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ The history of the Batthyány family (in Hungarian)
- ^ a b "An interview to Dr. Carlos Batthyány" (in Spanish). Montevideo: Galería. 7 September 2021.
- ^ Hungarians in Latin America (in Hungarian)
External links
edit- Hungarian Home in Uruguay (in Spanish)
- Hungarian Home in Uruguay at Facebook
- Podcast of the Hungarian Home in Uruguay
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