Péter Ákos Bod
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Péter Ákos Bod MP |
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Bod (right) with Christopher DeMuth in 2014
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| Governor of the Hungarian National Bank | |
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In office 9 December 1991 – 14 December 1994 |
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| Preceded by | György Surányi |
| Succeeded by | György Surányi |
| Minister of Industry and Trade | |
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In office 23 May 1990 – 9 December 1991 |
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| Prime Minister | József Antall |
| Preceded by |
Ferenc Horváth (Industry) Tamás Beck (Trade) |
| Succeeded by | Iván Szabó |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
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In office 2 May 1990 – 9 December 1991 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
28 July 1951 Szigetvár, Hungary |
| Political party |
MDF (1989–1996) MDNP (1996–2001) |
| Profession | politician, economist |
Péter Ákos Bod (born 28 July 1951) is a Hungarian politician and economist, who served as Minister of Industry and Trade in the cabinet of József Antall from 1990 to 1991 then Governor of the Hungarian National Bank from 1991 to 1994, when he resigned under the pressure of the Socialist Gyula Horn cabinet. He was also a Member of Parliament for the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) from 1990 until his resignation in 1991. In 1996, he joined the Hungarian Democratic People's Party (MDNP) and was elected to its leadership.
Before the second round of the 2006 parliamentary election, when MDF made it clear that they would not support Viktor Orbán's Fidesz, Orbán tried to get their support by declaring that he withdrew from Prime Minister candidacy, and sought a compromise candidate, Péter Ákos Bod. However MDF maintains its position and Fidesz lost the election by the ruling left-wing coailition parties.
His ancestor was Péter Bod (1712–1769), a Transylvanian Calvinist pastor, historian, "the greatest Hungarian scientist in the late-Baroque decades."
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