László Sólyom
| László Sólyom | |
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| 3rd President of Hungary | |
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In office 5 August 2005 – 5 August 2010 |
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| Prime Minister |
Ferenc Gyurcsány Gordon Bajnai Viktor Orbán |
| Preceded by | Ferenc Mádl |
| Succeeded by | Pál Schmitt |
| 1st Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Hungary | |
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In office 1 August 1990 – 24 November 1998 |
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| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | János Németh |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 January 1942 Pécs, Hungary |
| Political party | Independent (1989–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Hungarian Democratic Forum (1987–1989) |
| Spouse(s) | Erzsébet Sólyom (m. 1966; d. 2015) |
| Children | Benedek Beáta |
| Alma mater | University of Pécs |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
László Sólyom (Hungarian: Sólyom László, pronounced [ˈʃoːjom ˈlaːsloː]; born 3 January 1942) is a Hungarian political figure, lawyer, and librarian who was President of Hungary from 2005 until 2010. 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 in law from 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 Gabčíkovo - 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.
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