1. By: Benedict Gombocz

2.  1st President of the Third Republic of
Hungary from 4 August 1990 until 4
August 2000 (acting from 2 May
1990 until 3 August 1990).
 Born 10 February 1922 in Budapest.
 Played a role in the anti-Communist
uprising of 1956.
 Founding member and Vice
Chairman of his party SZDSZ
(Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége – A
Magyar Liberális Párt – Alliance of
Free Democrats -- Hungarian
Liberal Party).
 Currently involved in international
advisory council of Victims of
Communism Memorial Foundation.

3.  2nd President of the Third
Republic of Hungary from 4
August 2000 until 5 August 2005.
 Born 29 January 1931 in Bánd; died
29 May 2011 in Budapest.
 Received a diploma from Faculty
of Politics and Law of Eötvös
Loránd University in 1955; studied
at faculty of international
comparative law at University of
Straßburg between 1961 and 1963.
 Elected as corresponding member
of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
in 1987; was made full member of
Academy six years later.
 Was not a member of a political
party.

4.  3rd President of the Third Republic of Hungary
from 5 August 2005 until 5 August 2010.
 Born 3 January 1942 in Pécs.
 Was President of Constitutional Court of
Hungary from 1990 until 1998.
 Graduated from University of Pécs in 1965;
worked as professor at universities and law
institutes in Budapest (at Eötvös Loránd
University from 1983; Pázmány Péter Catholic
University from 1996; and Andrássy Gyula
German Speaking University of Budapest from
2002); also worked in Jena for three years.
 Was not a member of a political party, like his
predecessor , but was a member of Hungarian
Democratic Forum (Magyar Demokrata F
órum, MDF); was one of MDF’s founding
members and represented that party in
Opposition Roundtable negotiations that
played a significant role in Hungary’s
transition from communism to democracy.

5.  4th President of the Third Republic of Hungary
from 6 August 2010 until 2 April 2012.
 Born 13 May 1942 in Budapest.
 Was a successful fencer when he was younger; won
two gold medals at Summer Olympics.
 Later served as ambassador during 1990s; was Vice
President of European Parliament from 2009 to
2010 before his election as president.
 Was elected President of Hungary in 263 to 59 vote
in Parliament of Hungary after briefly serving as
Speaker of Hungary’s National Assembly; László
Kövér succeeded him as Speaker of National
Assembly (and later as acting president from 2
April 2012 until 10 May 2012).
 Speaks German, French and English in addition to
his native Hungarian.
 Following a claim of academic misconduct, he was
deprived by legal session of Senate of Semmelweis
University of his Dr. Univ. degree on 29 March
2012; he subsequently announced to Hungarian
Parliament his resignation as President on 2 April.

6.  5th and current President of the Third Republic of
Hungary since 10 May 2012; first president to hold
office since new Hungarian constitution became
operative on 1 January 2012.
 Born 9 May 1959 in Csorna.
 Studied law for five years (1978-1983) at Faculty of
Law and Political Sciences at Eötvös Loránd
University in Budapest.
 Worked as research fellow at Hungarian Academy
of Sciences’ Sociological Research Institute
between 1986 and 1990.
 Has a law degree; was a co-founder of Fidesz
(Alliance of Young Democrats), a liberal coalition
of democrats at its founding in 1988 (it has
switched to centre-right as of 2012).
 Also served as party legal expert; was member of
Opposition Round Table which, in 1989, brought
about end of single-party rule in Hungary.
 Was head of Fidesz campaign in 1990 and 1994
elections.
 Member of Hungarian Parliament (Országgyűlés)
from 1990 until 2009, during which he was
Speaker of the National Assembly from 18 June
1998 until 15 May 2002.