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Key facts
- President
- Ferenc Mádl
- Preceded by
- Viktor Orbán
- Succeeded by
- Ferenc Gyurcsány
- Prime minister
- Gyula Horn
- Born
- ( 1942-10-19 ) 19 October 1942 (age 83) , Budapest , Hungary
- Party
- MSZMP (until 1989) , Independent (1989–present)
- Spouse
- Katalin Csaplár
- Profession
- Economist
- Website
- www.medgyessy.hu
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Péter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Corvinus University of Budapest
- Political party
- Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Hungarian
- Image
- Medgyessy in August 2014 (cropped).JPG
- Work location
- Budapest
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- name in native language
- Medgyessy Péter
- Commons category
- Péter Medgyessy
- date of birth
- 1942-10-19
- P10632
- Péter Medgyessy
- P8168
- Autostrada A28
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Encyclopedic overview
Péter Medgyessy (born 19 October 1942) is a retired Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 27 May 2002 to 29 September 2004. On 25 August 2004, he resigned over disputes with coalition partner Alliance of Free Democrats, but remained as acting prime minister for a 30-day period as required by the Constitution, and a few additional days until his successor Ferenc Gyurcsány was confirmed by the National Assembly.
Family and studies
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Péter Medgyessy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.