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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Viktor Orbán , Péter Medgyessy , Ferenc Gyurcsány
- Preceded by
- Árpád Göncz
- Succeeded by
- László Sólyom
- Born
- ( 1931-01-29 ) 29 January 1931, Bánd , Kingdom of Hungary
- Died
- 29 May 2011 (2011-05-29) (aged 80), Budapest , Hungary
- Party
- Independent
- Spouse
- Dalma Mádl
- Relatives
- Péter Magyar (great-nephew)
- Education
- Eötvös Loránd University ( JD ) University of Strasbourg
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ferenc
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Bánd
- Place of death
- Budapest
- Spouse
- Dalma Mádl
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Eötvös Loránd University
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Image
- Ferenc Mádl.jpg
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- member of
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Commons category
- Ferenc Mádl
- date of birth
- 1931-01-29
- date of death
- 2011-05-29
- place of burial
- Fiume Road Graveyard
- P10632
- Ferenc Mádl
- name in native language
- Mádl Ferenc
- relative
- Péter Magyar
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Encyclopedic overview
Ferenc Mádl (29 January 1931 – 29 May 2011) was a Hungarian legal scholar, professor, and politician who served as President of Hungary from 2000 until 2005. Prior to that he had been minister without portfolio from 1990 to 1993 then Minister of Education from 1993 to 1994 in the conservative cabinets of József Antall and Péter Boross.
Mádl ran unsuccessfully for the position of President of Hungary in 1995, defeated by Árpád Göncz. Five years later he was elected head of state as the candidate of the governing conservative coalition.
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