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Ferenc Gyurcsány (pronounce Joor-chagne, with gn like in Cologne or Boulogne), born in June 4, 1961 is the Prime Minister of Hungary. He was nominated to take that position on the August 25, 2004 by his party, the Hungarian Socialist Party, after Péter Medgyessy had resigned due to a conflict with the coalition partner. Mr. Gyurcsány became Prime Minister on the September 29, 2004, with 197 yes votes, 12 no votes, and the greatest opposition party not voting in the Parliament.
1 Biography
Gyurcsány was born in the town of Pápa , in western Hungary, supposedly into a poor family. He studied as teacher and then, economics at the Janus Pannonius University in Pécs, graduating in 1984 and 1990 respectively. Fluent in English.
He began politics in the KISZ , the Association of Young Communists, then he became vice-president of its successor, the DEMISZ . After 1990 he didn't continue in politics, rather he grounded some companies, most important is the ALTUS Ltd.. Being an enterpreneur he became the 50th richest person in Hungary.
He returned to politics in 2002 as the head strategic advisorAdvisor is the title of the British colonial head of administration in the Unfederated Malay States of Johor, Kelantan, Terengganu, Perlis and Kedah. of Péter Medgyessy, the previous PMAlternate meaning: Prime Minister (band #A prime minister is the leading member of the cabinet of the top level government in a parliamentary system of government of a country, alternatively #A prime minister is an official in a presidential system or sem. He became MinisterA minister can mean several things: A government minister is a politician who heads a government ministry A minister of religion is a member of the clergy A minister is the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador Titles. responsible for sports, youth and children in 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U. Under his office, Hungary has suffered a high-profiled athletic doping scandal during the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He became the president of the MSZP in Gyor-Moson-Sopron county in January 2004. In the summer of that same year it seemed that there were larger problems in his relationship with Medgyessy, rumours said because the PM was getting afraid of Gyurcsány as a competitor for the seat, so he resigned as minister. But in 1 week everything changed: Medgyessy resigned, and Gyurcsány became the incoming Prime Minister of Hungary.
Gyurcsány has four children: Péter ( 1988), Bálint ( 1990), Anna ( 1996) and Tamás ( 1997). He is married to Klára Dobrev .
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