# Hungary transfers the University of Theatre and Film Arts to an appointed foundation board

Date: 2020

On 1 September 2020 an appointed public-interest foundation board took control of the [University of Theatre and Film Arts](/organizations/university-of-theatre-and-film-arts-hungary) (SZFE) under Act LXXII of 2020. Students occupied the building. This Fact is that dated model-change sitting. It is not Lex CEU, not the 2021 Act IX university-foundation statute taken alone, and not a personality. Official text sits in the National Legal Database; Reuters' contemporaneous occupation file is the independent record.

## People

- Viktor Orbán: https://factrail.ai/people/viktor-orban

## Drivers

- Civic Space: https://factrail.ai/drivers/civic-space
- Illiberal state capture in Hungary: https://factrail.ai/drivers/orban-illiberal-state-capture

## Sources

- https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/524bd8d4-33ba-4802-891f-d8959831ed5a_en?filename=2025+Rule+of+Law+Report+-+Country+Chapter+Hungary.pdf
- https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2022-0324_EN.html

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/hu-szfe-model-change-2020