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Pál Schmitt is a Hungarian politician, diplomat, economist, and fencer. Born in Budapest in 1942, he is a member of the Fidesz party. He has held the positions of President of Hungary, Vice President of the European Parliament, and Member of the European Parliament. Schmitt is a member of the International Olympic Committee and participated in the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. He was educated at Corvinus University of Budapest and speaks Hungarian, English, French, and German.
Schmitt’s work locations include Strasbourg, Brussels, and Budapest. He is married to Katalin Makray and has three children. As an author, he has published works including *A csapatember* and *Citius, altius, fortius!*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1942
- Works
- 2
Top works
- A csapatember
- Citius, altius, fortius!
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1870-09-28
- Active to
- 1958-08-17
Discography
- Psaume XLVII / La Tragédie de Salomé1973
- Quintette, op. 511982
- Pièces Romantiques / 3 Valses Nocturnes / Mirages1986
- French Music for Clarinet and Piano1987
- La Chute de la maison Usher1987
- Schmitt: Psaume XLVII / La Tragédie de Salomé / Debussy: Khamma1987
- Antonius & Cleopatra1988
- Aubert: Sillages / Dukas/Roussel/Bartok/Schmitt/Malipiero/Goossens: Tombeau de Claude Debussy / Schmitt: Tombeau de Paul Dukas / Decaux: Clairs de lune1990
- La Tragédie de Salomé (version originale de 1907)1993
- Salammbô1993
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A new family of mesoporous molecular sieves prepared with liquid crystal templates
· 1992 · cited 9,947x
- Brand Experience: What is It? How is it Measured? Does it Affect Loyalty?
· 2009 · cited 6,915x
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,795x
- Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,659x
- Nitric Oxide and Peroxynitrite in Health and Disease
· 2007 · cited 5,367x
via Crossref · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pál
- Family name
- Schmitt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Spouse
- Katalin Makray
- Occupation
- economist
- Political party
- Fidesz
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- Hungarian
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Sport
- fencing
- Mass
- 83
- Official website
- www.schmitt.hu
- Image
- Official Portrait Pál Schmitt MEP.jpg
- Height
- 190
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- Budapest
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- Commons category
- Pál Schmitt
- date of birth
- 1942-05-13
- member of
- International Olympic Committee
- name in native language
- Schmitt Pál
- candidacy in election
- 2009 European Parliament election in Hungary
- P10632
- Pál Schmitt
- relative
- Vince Vigvári
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Pál Schmitt (born 13 May 1942) is a Hungarian Olympic fencer and politician who served as president of Hungary from 2010 until his resignation in 2012, following his academic misconduct controversy.
Schmitt was a successful fencer in his youth, winning two gold medals at two Summer Olympic Games.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pál Schmitt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.