Hungary

Diplomatic relations between Brazil and Hungary were established in 1927 and have gained new momentum in recent years. In 2011, the Hungarian government launched a strategic planning document that included Brazil among its foreign policy priorities.

High-level meetings have taken place in recent years. The then President of Hungary, János Áder, attended the Rio+20 Conference in 2012, the opening of the 2016 Olympic Games, and took part in the high-level segment of the 8th World Water Forum in 2018. Then Vice President Michel Temer visited Hungary in 2013.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a football enthusiast, was in Brazil on a private visit during the 2014 FIFA World Cup and, in 2019, attended the inauguration of President Jair Bolsonaro. In February 2022, former President Jair Bolsonaro visited Hungary. Hungarian President Katalin Novák visited Brazil in July 2022.

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Ernesto Araújo visited Budapest in May 2019, and Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Péter Szijjártó, visited Brazil in October of that same year. There were two additional bilateral meetings between the two foreign ministers: in February 2020 in Washington, and in November of the same year via videoconference. In September 2021, a meeting took place between former Minister Carlos Alberto Franco França and Péter Szijjártó on the sidelines of the 76th United Nations General Assembly.

Regarding the mechanism for bilateral political consultations, five meetings have been held to date, the most recent taking place in Budapest in February 2025.

Bilateral relations benefit from a significant Hungarian community living in Brazil, estimated at around 100,000 people, most of whom reside in the state of São Paulo.

Bilateral trade has traditionally shown a Hungarian surplus. According to MDIC/ComexStat data, in 2024 there was a 27.8% increase in bilateral trade flow compared to the previous year, reaching $777.5 million.

In November 2020, the Hungarian government signed a contract to purchase two C-390 Millennium cargo aircrafts manufactured by Embraer. Hungary became the third country in the world to operate the C-390 Millennium and the second within NATO, after Portugal, opening new sales prospects to other member states. Embraer opened an office in Budapest in August 2021.

Chronology of bilateral relations

2025 – The 5th Meeting of Bilateral Political Consultations is held in Budapest
2024 – Visit to Hungary by the then President of the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU), Minister Bruno Dantas (April)
2023 – Visit to Brazil by the First Vice President of the National Assembly, Márta Mátrai (March)
2022 – Visit to Hungary by former President Jair Bolsonaro (February)
2022 – Visit to Brazil by President Katalin Novák (July)
2020 – Hungarian government purchases two Embraer C-390 Millennium military transport aircraft (November)
2019 – Visit to Brazil by Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó; Fifth Meeting of the Brazil–Hungary Joint Commission,  and Political Consultations Meeting  (October)
2019 – Visit by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to attend the inauguration ceremony of President Jair Bolsonaro (January)
2019 – Visit by Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo to Budapest (May 9)
2018 – Visit to Brasília by Hungarian President János Áder for the World Water Forum
2017 – Fourth Meeting of Bilateral Political Consultations, Fourth Meeting of the Joint Economic Commission, and Second Consultation Meeting between Brazil and the Visegrád Group (V4), held in Budapest
2017 – Joint Declaration marking the 90th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Brazil and Hungary (November 17)
2016 – The 3rd Meeting of Political Consultations is ld in Brasília
2016 – President János Áder and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán attend, respectively, the opening and closing ceremonies of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games
2015 – The 3rd Meeting of the Joint Economic Commission is held in Brasília (April)
2013 – Visit to Hungary by Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Marcelo Crivella
2013 – Visit to Hungary by then Vice President Michel Temer (June 7). Inclusion of Hungary in the Science Without Borders program. Nearly 3,000 scholarships were granted over three years for Brazilian university students at 14 Hungarian universities
2013 – The 2nd Meeting of Political Consultations is held in Budapest
2013 – The 2nd Meeting of the Joint  Economic Commission is held in Budapest
2013 – The 6th World Science Forum is held in Rio de Janeiro, the first time the event was organized outside Budapest
2012 – Visit to Brazil by Foreign Minister János Martonyi (May 15–18)
2012 – The 1st Meeting of Brazil–Hungary Political Consultations is held in Budapest
2012 – The 1st  Meeting of the Brazil–Hungary Joint Economic Commission is held in Brasília
2012 – Participation of Hungarian President János Áder as head of the Hungarian delegation to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)
2011 – Visit to Brazil by the President of the National Assembly, László Kövér
2008 – Brazil recognizes Hungary as a market economy; Economic Cooperation Agreement enters into force
2000 – Visit to Brazil by the then President of the Hungarian National Assembly, János Áder
1997 – Visit to Brazil by President Árpád Göncz
1994 – Visit to Hungary by President-elect Fernando Henrique Cardoso
1993 – Visit to Brazil by the President of the National Assembly, György Szabad
1992 – Visit to Brazil by Foreign Minister Géza Jeszenszky; Scientific, Technical, and Technological Cooperation Agreement enters into force
1988 – Hungary opens a Consulate-General in São Paulo
1974 – Brazil’s Legation in Budapest is elevated to Embassy status
1962 – Reopening of the Brazilian Legation in Budapest
1961 – Diplomatic relations are reestablished
1942 – Diplomatic relations are interrupted due to World War II
1929 – Brazil establishes a Legation in Budapest
1927 – Hungary establishes a Legation in Rio de Janeiro
1923 – Brazil recognizes the independence of Hungary
1873 – Opening of the Brazilian Empire’s Consulate in Budapest
1871 – Visit of Emperor Dom Pedro II to Hungary, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire