2005, ISBN: 9781156248805

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: László Sólyom (Hungarian pronunciation: ) (born January 3, 1942) is a Hungarian political figure, lawyer, and librarian who has been the President of Hungary since 2005. Previously he was President of the Constitutional Court of Hungary from 1990 to 1998. He was born in the Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: László Sólyom (Hungarian pronunciation: ) (born January 3, 1942) is a Hungarian political figure, lawyer, and librarian who has been the President of Hungary since 2005. 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 as a lawyer at 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 also worked in Jena, Germany for 3 years. His political career began as legal advisor for civil and environmental organisations in the late 1980s. As a founder of Danube Circle, he also had a significant role in environmental protection issues like preventing the construction of the Gabíkovo - Nagymaros Dams which, according to the Danube Circle, would have damaged the habitat of a northern part of the Danube. He was one of the founders of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) in 1987, and represented that party in the Opposition Roundtable negotiations that played a very important part in Hungary's transition to parliamentary democracy. In 1989, for a short time he was member of the executive committee of the MDF. Presidents of the Visegrád GroupHowever, he left party politics in late 1989, as he was elected into the Constitutional Court of Hungary. He gained the presidency of the court half year later, and held that position until 1998. During this time, the Constitutional Court had a very important role in laying the groundwork for and strengthening democracy in Hungary. In Books, , Presidents-of-Hungary~~Books-LLC, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<