"cost a ministry-owned apartment to Fapál around 2005 or 2006, which caused estimated 43 million Ft to the Ministry of Defence. Juhász said MTI his accusation was ""obviously acting on political pressure"". In February 2014, both politicians were acquitted. He is marrief. His wife is Csilla Szendrák. Ferenc Juhász (politician) Ferenc Juhász (born 6 July 1960) in Nyíregyháza, is a former Minister of Defence for Hungary. From 1990, he has been a member of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), and from 2000 the vice chairman of the party. He was the Minister of National Defense in Hungary from 27 May"
"expressed his condolences to [Mádl's] family."""" Prime Minister Viktor Orbán commented on posted on his Facebook page, """"We are shocked to hear the news. May he rest in peace!"""" On 6 June a memorial was held for the late president at the parliament, where legislative speaker László Kövér said that Ferenc Mádl was a Christian man, who brought with him his faith from the village where he was raised. He was buried in a Catholic ritual with military honours at the Fiumei Street National Cemetery on 7 June in a funeral ceremony starting at 16.30 CEST. On 8 November 2002,"
"term of five years (maximum two times), and has to quit their political party (if they have one) in order to be impartial and able to express the unity of the nation (so the ""Political Party"" column refers to their party membership, prior to becoming president). Presidents of Hungary: Parties The non-partisan Ferenc Mádl had been elected by the Fidesz-FKgp-MDF government in 2000, while the also non-partisan László Sólyom (former President of the Constitutional Court) had been elected president as the opposition Fidesz's and MDF's candidate in 2005. The minor party of the coalition government (SZDSZ) did not support the"
"László Sólyom László Sólyom (, ; born 3 January 1942) is a Hungarian political figure, lawyer, and librarian who was President of Hungary from 2005 until 2010. Previously he was president of the Constitutional Court of Hungary from 1990 to 1998. He was born in the southern Hungarian city of Pécs. He graduated in law from the University of Pécs in 1965. He worked as a professor at universities and law institutes in Budapest: at the Eötvös Loránd University from 1983, at Péter Pázmány Catholic University from 1996, and at Andrássy Gyula German Language University of Budapest from 2002. He"
"János Áder János Áder (; born 9 May 1959) is a Hungarian politician and lawyer who has been the President of Hungary since 10 May 2012. Previously he served as Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary from 1998 to 2002 and deputy chairman of the European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety from January to May 2012. János Áder was born into a Roman Catholic family in the small town of Csorna in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, the son of shop assistant János Áder, Sr. (1932–1980) and accountant Terézia Szabó (b. 1936), who worked for the local"
"of Free Trade Unions (Liga) from 2005 to 2008. Under his presidency, the FRDÉSZ strongly opposed the amendment of the work code, the termination of private pension system and the revision of the military life model by the Second Orbán Government since 2010. Kónya resigned from that position on 1 December 2011, when entered political sphere. Kónya was a founding member and inaugural president of the Hungarian Solidarity Movement (Solidarity) in October 2011. It was a social and trade union movement, based on the Polish Solidarity. When former prime minister Gordon Bajnai announced his return to politics on 23 October"
"Lech Kaczyński Lech Aleksander Kaczyński (; 18 June 194910 April 2010) was a Polish lawyer and politician who served as the Mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 2005 and as the President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010. Before he became president, he was also a member of the Law and Justice party. He was the identical twin brother of the former Prime Minister of Poland and current Chairman of the Law and Justice party, Jarosław Kaczyński. On 10 April 2010, he died in the crash of a Polish Air Force jet that occurred on a landing"
"to a fifth term in 1997. His successor was his nephew, Ismail Omar Guelleh. On May 12, 2001, President Ismail Omar Guelleh presided over the signing of what is termed the final peace accord officially ending the decade-long civil war between the government and the armed faction of the FRUD, led by Ahmed Dini Ahmed, an Afar nationalist and former Gouled political ally. The peace accord successfully completed the peace process begun on February 7, 2000 in Paris. Ahmed Dini Ahmed represented the FRUD. In the presidential election held April 8, 2005, Ismail Omar Guelleh was re-elected to a second"
"Júlia and a son, András. János Áder has a sister Annamária (born 1960), a biology and geography high school teacher, who married footballer and manager Gábor Pölöskei. She was appointed head of the Klebelsberg Institution Maintenance Centre (KLIK) on 1 March 2016. He is Roman Catholic. Áder's father-in-law, Géza Herczegh, was a judge of the International Court of Justice at The Hague from 1993 to 2003. János Áder János Áder (; born 9 May 1959) is a Hungarian politician and lawyer who has been the President of Hungary since 10 May 2012. Previously he served as Speaker of the National"
"the World Justice Project. The World Justice Project works to lead a global, multidisciplinary effort to strengthen the Rule of Law for the development of communities of opportunity and equity. He was married to Dalma Némethy; they had one son, András and three grandchildren. His second cousin was Antal Mádl literary historian, teacher. Ferenc Mádl died aged 80 on 29 May 2011. Hungarian President Pál Schmitt paid tribute to Mádl upon learning of his death. A statement released by his office said, """"Pál Schmitt learnt with deep sorrow of the former head of state's death, and on this day personally"
"was a candidate for position of mayor of Mór in 2002. He was a deputy in the National Assembly as a Fidesz member from 1998 to 2010. Ferenc Schmidt Ferenc Schmidt (6 November 1941 – 25 December 2011) was a Hungarian politician of German descent and was a member of the National Assembly (MP) from 1998 to 2010. He was born in Mór, Fejér County, on 6 November 1941. He finished Dózsa György Economical Secondary School in 1960. He served as a representative of the German minority in the Assembly of Mór Local Government since 1994. He was also a"
"aged 53. He was married and had a daughter, Dóra and two sons, Jenő and Máté. Jenő Lasztovicza Jenő Lasztovicza (21 December 1961 – 8 January 2015) was a Hungarian horticultural engineer, politician and member of the National Assembly (MP) for Tapolca (Veszprém County Constituency IV then III) from 1998 until his death in early 2015. He joined Fidesz in November 1994 and was the party president in his town from 1998 until his death. He secured a seat as an MP in the 1998 parliamentary elections representing Tapolca. He was the deputy chairman of the Tourism Committee in the"
"László Kövér László Kövér (; born 29 December 1959) is a Hungarian politician and the current Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary. He was the acting President of Hungary from 2 April 2012 to 10 May 2012, after the resignation of Pál Schmitt. He is a founding member of Fidesz from 1988, and he served as Minister without portfolio for the Civilian Intelligence Services during the first Viktor Orbán administration. In 2000 he was appointed leader of the party, but he resigned from his position in the next year. László Kövér was born in the town of Pápa and"
"coming years further strengthened by laws specifically aimed at providing Tuđman with sweeping powers (e.g. naming and dismissing numerous government officials, confirming county prefects), as his HDZ party held a supermajority in parliament throughout the 1990s. After his death in 1999, the constitution was amended and many presidential powers were transferred to parliament, the prime minister and the government. Stjepan Mesić won two consecutive terms, in 2000 and in 2005 and served as president until 2010. Ivo Josipović won the presidential elections held in 2009–2010 and left office in 2015 after losing his reelection bid for a second term. The"
"an example of the fight against the Nazis and their collaborators, with whom you chose to identify."" László Kövér László Kövér (; born 29 December 1959) is a Hungarian politician and the current Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary. He was the acting President of Hungary from 2 April 2012 to 10 May 2012, after the resignation of Pál Schmitt. He is a founding member of Fidesz from 1988, and he served as Minister without portfolio for the Civilian Intelligence Services during the first Viktor Orbán administration. In 2000 he was appointed leader of the party, but he resigned"
"a daughter, Kinga and two sons, Csongor and Miksa. József Kasza József Kasza (Serbian: Јожеф Каса, ""Jožef Kasa"", 6 February 1945 − 3 February 2016) was an ethnic Hungarian politician, economist and banker in Serbia. He was the deputy prime minister of Serbia in the Governments of Zoran Đinđić and Zoran Živković and the chairman of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians political party from 1995 to 2007. Then Kasza was an honorary president of this party until the title was revoked because of various disagreements on party issues. His parents were Sándor Kasza and Erzsébet Pásztás. He was married. His"
"to Orbán. Áder was re-elected for a second five-year term by the Hungarian parliament by a vote of 131–39 on 13 March 2017. His opponent was legal scholar László Majtényi, an independent candidate supported by a coalition of left-wing opposition parties. Áder thus became the second two-term post-communist head of state of Hungary (after Árpád Göncz, who served as President from 1990 to 2000). Áder took his presidential oath of office on 8 May 2017. During the same period, Áder entered the national and international media spotlight for refusing to submit a government-sponsored revision to Act CCIV of 2011 on"
"he was elected as the President of Fidesz, a position he held until May 5, 2001. In the 1996 to 2009 period, he was a member of the Board of the Hungarian Association for Civic Cooperation. A member of the Board of the Hungarian Association of International Children's Safety Service since 1990, he has been its president since 1994. He was elected Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary on 22 July 2010. Kövér took the position on 5 August, after his predecessor, Pál Schmitt, replaced László Sólyom as President of Hungary. Following the resignation of Schmitt as President on"
"years and for a maximum of two consecutive terms. The current president is Sauli Niinistö; he took office on 1 March 2012. Former presidents were K. J. Ståhlberg (1919–1925), L. K. Relander (1925–1931), P. E. Svinhufvud (1931–1937), Kyösti Kallio (1937–1940), Risto Ryti (1940–1944), C. G. E. Mannerheim (1944–1946), J. K. Paasikivi (1946–1956), Urho Kekkonen (1956–1982), Mauno Koivisto (1982–1994), Martti Ahtisaari (1994–2000), and Tarja Halonen (2000–2012). The current president was elected from the ranks of the National Coalition Party for the first time since 1946. The presidency between 1946 and the present was instead held by a member of the Social"
"election. He would have run for an individual seat in Óbuda, but suddenly fell ill and died in the Székesfehérvár hospital on 4 March 2018, a month before the election. Ernő Rozgonyi Ernő Rozgonyi (16 August 1933 – 4 March 2018) was a Hungarian economist and right-wing politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from 1998 to 2002 and from 2010 to 2014. He was a member of various right-wing political parties. Ernő Rozgonyi was born on 16 August 1933 in Budapest into a senior military family as the son of economist Dr. Ernő Rozgonyi, Sr. (1908–1993) and German-Italian teacher"
"Stjepan Mesić Stjepan ""Stipe"" Mesić (; born 24 December 1934) is a Croatian politician and war criminal who served as the President of Croatia from 2000 to 2010. Before serving two five-year terms as president, he was President of the Executive Council of SR Croatia (1990) after the first multi-party elections, the last President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1991) and consequently Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement (1991), as well as Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (1992–1994), a judge in Našice and mayor of his hometown of Orahovica. Mesić was a deputy in the Croatian Parliament in the 1960s,"
"Bronisław Komorowski Bronisław Maria Komorowski (born 4 June 1952) is a Polish politician and historian who served as President of Poland from 2010 to 2015. Komorowski served as Minister of Defence from 2000 to 2001. As Marshal of the Sejm (Speaker of the lower house of Parliament), Komorowski exercised the powers and duties of head of state following the death of President Lech Kaczyński in a plane crash on 10 April 2010. Komorowski was then the governing Civic Platform party's candidate in the resulting presidential election, which he won in the second round of voting on 4 July 2010. He"
"2017 Hungarian presidential election An indirect presidential election was held in Hungary on 13 March 2017. János Áder was elected President of Hungary for a second term. Following the outbreak of a controversy surrounding his 1992 doctoral dissertation, President Pál Schmitt announced his resignation to the National Assembly on 2 April 2012. Fidesz politician and incumbent MEP János Áder was elected on 2 May to a five-year term by a vote of 262–40, and assumed office on 10 May 2012. Since 2012, several journalists and political scientists had assumed that Viktor Orbán intended to move from his position as Prime"
"that he passes the position to Mádl with ""respect and friendship"". He also asked God's blessing on the successful work of Ferenc Mádl. Göncz added, during his 10-year term, he tried to keep in mind that the ""democratic state can only be people-oriented organization"". After his presidency, Göncz largely completely retired from politics and resided in a state residence at Béla király Street along with his wife until his death in October 2015. In September 2000, he was appointed President of the Hungary In Europe Foundation which awarded literary prizes annually. He gave a speech on 23 October 2000, where"
"In 2009, Tallinn Airport was renamed Lennart Meri Tallinn International Airport in his honour. Lennart Meri Lennart Georg Meri (; 29 March 1929 – 14 March 2006) was an Estonian statesman, writer, and film director. He served as the second President of Estonia from 1992 to 2001. Meri was among the leaders of the movement to restore Estonian independence from the Soviet Union. Meri was born in Tallinn, a son of the Estonian diplomat and later Shakespeare translator Georg Meri, and Estonian Swedish mother Alice-Brigitta Engmann. With his family, Lennart left Estonia at an early age and studied abroad, in"
"Árpád Göncz Árpád Göncz (; 10 February 1922 – 6 October 2015) was a Hungarian liberal politician, who served as President of Hungary from 2 May 1990 to 4 August 2000. Göncz played a role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He was also founding member of the Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) and Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary (de facto Acting President) before becoming President. He was Hungary's first freely elected head of state, as well as the first in 42 years who was not a Communist or a fellow traveler. He was a member of the"
"Macky Sall Macky Sall (born 11 December 1961) is a Senegalese politician who has been President of Senegal since April 2012. Under President Abdoulaye Wade, Sall was Prime Minister of Senegal from April 2004 to June 2007 and President of the National Assembly (Senegal) from June 2007 to November 2008. He was the Mayor of Fatick from 2002 to 2008 and held that post again from 2009 to 2012. Sall was a long-time member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS). After coming into conflict with Wade, he was removed from his post as President of the National Assembly in November"
"Lennart Meri Lennart Georg Meri (; 29 March 1929 – 14 March 2006) was an Estonian statesman, writer, and film director. He served as the second President of Estonia from 1992 to 2001. Meri was among the leaders of the movement to restore Estonian independence from the Soviet Union. Meri was born in Tallinn, a son of the Estonian diplomat and later Shakespeare translator Georg Meri, and Estonian Swedish mother Alice-Brigitta Engmann. With his family, Lennart left Estonia at an early age and studied abroad, in nine different schools and in four different languages. His warmest memories were from his"
"(at first, Kunos was acquitted in July 1997). Göncz thought the general public should not be affected in the outcome of some court cases. Gabriella Ilonszki said, Göncz issued a pardon to Kunos on human grounds. ""When the protection of democratic values and sympathy for an individual were in conflict, Göncz decided to stand by the individual"", she added. Göncz completed his five years of second term on 4 August 2000. He was replaced by Ferenc Mádl, who was elected President by the National Assembly's right-wing majority on 6 June 2000. In a ceremony at the Kossuth Square, he emphasized"
"– Magyarország hangja. He was a judge in A Dal 2017 and was also a jury member for Hungary for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. Ferenc Molnár (singer) Ferenc Molnár (professionally known as Caramel) (born 1 February 1982, Szolnok) is a Hungarian Music Awards-winning Hungarian singer. He is most well known for winning the second season of Megasztár. Caramel was born on 1 February 1982 in the town of Szolnok. He is of Hungarian Roma descent. At age 16, he moved to Törökszentmiklós with his stepfather, mother and siblings. His parents' relationship deteriorated after his brother was killed in a"
"in Tamási. In 1988, he suffered a car accident, after which he was confined to a wheelchair. He joined Fidesz in 2005. He was elected to the National Assembly during the parliamentary election in 2006. He was a member of the Committee on Youth, Social, Family, and Housing affairs between 30 May 2006 and 5 May 2014. He also chaired Subcommittee on Equality and Disability between 2007 and 2010. He became a member of the Tamási municipal council in 2010. He had a daughter, Berill Zita Hirt. Ferenc Hirt Ferenc Hirt (29 September 1967 – 7 December 2018) was a"
"the RPP. In February 2000, another branch of FRUD signed a peace accord with the government. On 12 May 2001, President Ismail Omar Guelleh presided over the signing of what is termed the final peace accord officially ending the decade-long civil war between the government and the armed faction of the FRUD. The treaty successfully completed the peace process begun on 7 February 2000 in Paris, with Ahmed Dini Ahmed representing the FRUD. On 8 April 2005, President Guelleh was sworn in for his second six-year term after a one-man election. He took 100% of the votes in a 78.9%"
"Pál Schmitt Pál Schmitt (; born 1942) is a Hungarian Olympic fencer and politician who served as President of Hungary from 2010 to 2012. Schmitt was a successful fencer in his youth, winning two gold medals at the Summer Olympics. Later, he served as an ambassador during the 1990s and was a Vice President of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2010. After briefly serving as Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary in 2010, Schmitt was elected as President of Hungary in a 263 to 59 vote in the Parliament of Hungary. He was sworn in as President on"