László Kövér
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László Kövér MP |
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| Speaker of the National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 6 August 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Pál Schmitt |
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President of Hungary Acting |
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In office 2 April 2012 – 9 May 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Viktor Orbán |
| Preceded by | Pál Schmitt |
| Succeeded by | János Áder |
| Minister of Civilian Intelligence Services | |
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In office 8 July 1998 – 2 May 2000 |
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| Prime Minister | Viktor Orbán |
| Preceded by | István Nikolits |
| Succeeded by | Ervin Demeter |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 2 May 1990 |
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29 December 1959 Pápa, Hungary |
| Political party | Fidesz |
| Spouse(s) | Mária Bekk |
| Children | Vajk Botond Csenge |
| Alma mater | Eötvös Loránd University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
László Kövér (Kövér László, Hungarian pronunciation: [ ˈkøveːr ˈlaːsloː], born on 29 December 1959) is a Hungarian politician and the current Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary. He was the acting President of Hungary from 2 April 2012 to 10 May 2012, after the resignation of Pál Schmitt.
He is a founding member of Fidesz from 1988, and he served as Minister without portfolio for the Civilian Intelligence Services during the first Viktor Orbán administration. In 2000 he was appointed leader of the party, but he resigned from his position in the next year.
László Kövér was born in the town of Pápa and is a founding member of the Fidesz party. He was an active participant in the Opposition Round Table discussions – a notable stage in the Hungarian transition – as well as of the tripartite political negotiations in 1989. A Member of Parliament since 1990, he is now the chairman of the Board of Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union. He used to lead his political group in the National Assembly, and had chaired the Committee on National Security for two terms. He was minister without portfolio in charge of the Civil National Security Services during the first Orbán Cabinet. Shortly thereafter, he was elected as the President of Fidesz, a position he held until May 5, 2001.
In the 1996 to 2009 period, he was a member of the Board of the Hungarian Association for Civic Cooperation. A member of the Board of the Hungarian Association of International Children’s Safety Service since 1990, he has been its president since 1994.
He was elected Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary on 22 July 2010. Kövér took the position on 5 August, after his predecessor, Pál Schmitt, replaced László Sólyom as President of Hungary.
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