Hungarian Uruguayans

Hungarian Uruguayans () 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.Opportunities for Hungarian-Uruguayan relations

In 1925 was established a Society of Hungarian-Language Workers in UruguayHungarian workers in Latin America They even had some influence within the Communist Party of Uruguay.

In 1936, Hungarian migrants established the Hungarian Home of Uruguay (), an ethnic association.Uruguayi Magyar Otthon

There is also a small Jewish-Hungarian community, they established their own association in the 1920s,Hungarian Israeli Community of Uruguay which in turn sent their representative to the Uruguayan Central Israeli Committee. Ana Balog was a Uruguayan girl of Hungarian Jewish descent who became a victim of the Holocaust.

There is an immigrant branch of the Batthyány noble family.The history of the Batthyány family

Notable Hungarians in Uruguay Past Francisco José Debali (1791-1859), composer of the National Anthem of UruguayHungarians in Latin America 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 Karina Batthyány (born 1968), academic 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

Hungarian Uruguayans

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