Hungarian Uruguayans

Hungarian Uruguayans
uruguayi magyarok
	Hungarian composer Debály Ferenc József (Francisco José Debali), author of the music of the National Anthem of Uruguay
Total population
	3,000
Languages
	Uruguayan Spanish, Hungarian
Religion
	Christianity (mostly Roman Catholic and Protestant), Judaism
Related ethnic groups
	Hungarian people, Hungarian diaspora

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.^[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

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