Hungarian Uruguayans (Hungarian: Uruguayi magyarok) are people born in Hungary who live in Uruguay or Uruguayan-born people of Hungarian descent.
Overview
Hungarian 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.
In 1925 was established a Society of Hungarian-Language Workers in Uruguay They even had some influence within the Communist Party of Uruguay.
In 1936, Hungarian migrants established the Hungarian Home of Uruguay (Hungarian: Uruguayi Magyar Otthon), an ethnic association.
There is also a small Jewish-Hungarian community, they established their own association in the 1920s, which in turn sent their representative to the Uruguayan Central Israeli Committee.
There is an immigrant branch of the Batthyány noble family.
Notable Hungarians in Uruguay
- Past
- Francisco José Debali (1791-1859), composer of the National Anthem of Uruguay
- 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
- 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
- Hungary–Uruguay relations
- Hungarian diaspora
- Immigration to Uruguay
References
External links
- Hungarian Home in Uruguay (in Spanish)
- Hungarian Home in Uruguay at Facebook
- Podcast of the Hungarian Home in Uruguay
