András Schiffer
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András Schiffer MP |
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| Co-President of the Politics Can Be Different | |
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In office 24 March 2013 – 1 June 2016 |
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| Preceded by | New office |
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Ákos Hadházy Bernadett Szél |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
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In office 14 May 2010 – 5 September 2016 |
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19 June 1971 Budapest, Hungary |
| Political party | LMP (since 2009) |
| Profession | jurist, politician |
András Schiffer (born 19 June 1971 in Budapest) is a Hungarian lawyer and former politician, who served as co-President of the Politics Can Be Different and leader of its parliamentary group. Schiffer announced his retirement from politics on 31 May 2016.
András Schiffer was born in Budapest on 19 June 1971 as the son of journalist Péter Schiffer (born 1943), a former Deputy Director of the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority (PSZÁF) and jurist Anna Hajnal. Among his uncles are director Pál Schiffer and Socialist politician János Schiffer, who served as Deputy Mayor of Budapest between 1994 and 2006. His grandfather was Pál Schiffer, Sr., a Member of Parliament and Hungarian Ambassador to Norway. His great-grandfather was Árpád Szakasits, a leading Social Democrat, then Communist political figure also president of Hungary in (1948–1949) and Chairman of the Presidential Council of the People's Republic of Hungary (1949–1950) during Communist rule. Schiffer received his Juris Doctor degree at the Eötvös Loránd University in 1995.
In 1989 he was a member of the short-lived "New Generation Movement" led by Ferenc Gyurcsány. In 1990 he was a founding member of the Young Socialists political movement. He was a leader there until 1992 when he quit that organization. He then worked in the private sector and return to public affairs via the green movement. He became part of the leadership of Védegylet. Védegylet was instrumental in electing László Sólyom for President of Hungary, against the Socialist Speaker of the House, Katalin Szili, Schiffer took a leading role in that campaign personally as well.
Schiffer served as Charge d'Affaires of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) from 2004 to 2008. He left the legal aid organization in the Summer of 2008.
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