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Péter Ungár
Péter Károly Ungár (born 10 June 1991) is a Hungarian entrepreneur, politician and geographer, who is a Member of the National Assembly of Hungary from the LMP party's national list since 8 May 2018. He has been male co-chair of the party since August 2022. Career Ungár was born in Budapest to Mária Schmidt and András Ungár, grew up in a Fidesz environment. Academia Between 2005 and 2009, he studied at the Toldy Ferenc Gymnasium. Between 2009 and 2013, he studied geography at the University of Edinburgh, before studying geography and urban planning in Spanish at the University of Cantabria. He also studied for a time at the Central European University. Politics Becoming an activist for the LMP in 2010, Ungár later joined the party in 2013, where he became the party's international secretary. The 2014 Hungarian local elections saw Ungár receive 291 votes in the 2nd District of Budapest, failing to become the individual constituency's representative. However, Ungár ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LMP – Hungary's Green Party
LMP – Hungary's Green Party ( hu, LMP – Magyarország Zöld Pártja, Greens, between 2009 and 2020: ''Politics Can Be Different,'' hu, Lehet Más a Politika, LMP) is a green-liberal political party in Hungary. Founded in 2009, it was one of four parties to win seats in the National Assembly in the 2010 parliamentary election. The party is a member of the European Green Party. History Foundation and electoral success The party was preceded by a non-governmental organization social initiative founded in 2008, with the purpose of reforming Hungarian politics. LMP shares common ideologies with most green parties. Key issues are environmental protection, sustainable development and the fight against corruption in the current political elite. LMP highlights what they see as the pointlessness of the current partisan division between the left and right-wing forces, and their principle is deliberative democracy, which they believe decreases the distance between the people and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Cantabria
University of Cantabria (UC) ( es, Universidad de Cantabria), is a public university located in Santander, Torrelavega and Comillas in Cantabria, Spain. It was founded in 1972 and is organized in 15 schools and colleges. It was selected as Campus of International Excellence by the Government of Spain in 2009.Ministerio de Educación del Gobierno de EspañResuelta la Convocatoria Campus de Excelencia Internacional Madrid, 2009, Retrieved on 2009-11-27. The UC is part, as a founding member, of the Group 9 of Spanish Universities (G9), created in 1997 with the aim of promoting collaboration between academic institutions. It is also integrated into the European alliance of universities EUNICE (European University for Customized Education). The University of Cantabria first appeared in the Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2013 in the range of 151-200 best universities in the world in the field of Physics. Since 2018, it has been present as an institution among the top 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity) created to provide its population with representation in the larger state's legislative body. That body, or the state's constitution or a body established for that purpose, determines each district's boundaries and whether each will be represented by a single member or multiple members. Generally, only voters (''constituents'') who reside within the district are permitted to vote in an election held there. District representatives may be elected by a first-past-the-post system, a proportional representative system, or another voting method. They may be selected by a direct election under universal suffrage, an indirect election, or another form of suffrage. Terminology The names for electoral districts vary across countries and, oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szombathely
Szombathely (; german: Steinamanger, ; see also other alternative names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by the streams ''Perint'' and ''Gyöngyös'' (literally "pearly"), where the Alpokalja (Lower Alps) mountains meet the Little Hungarian Plain. The oldest city in Hungary, it is known as the birthplace of Saint Martin of Tours. Etymology The name ''Szombathely'' is from Hungarian ''szombat'', "Saturday" and ''hely'', "place", referring to its status as a market town, and the medieval markets held on Saturday every week. Once a year during August they hold a carnival to remember the history of "Savaria". The Latin name ''Savaria'' or ''Sabaria'' comes from ''Sibaris'', the Latin name of the river ''Gyöngyös'' (German ''Güns''). The root of the word is the Proto-Indo-European word ''*seu'', meaning "wet". The Austrian overflowing of the Gyö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primary Election
Primary elections, or direct primary are a voting process by which voters can indicate their preference for their party's candidate, or a candidate in general, in an upcoming general election, local election, or by-election. Depending on the country and administrative divisions within the country, voters might consist of the general public in what is called an open primary, or solely the members of a political party in what is called a closed primary. In addition to these, there are other variants on primaries (which are discussed below) that are used by many countries holding elections throughout the world. The origins of primary elections can be traced to the progressive movement in the United States, which aimed to take the power of candidate nomination from party leaders to the people. However, political parties control the method of nomination of candidates for office in the name of the party. Other methods of selecting candidates include caucuses, internal selection by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bálványos Free Summer University And Student Camp
The Bálványos Free Summer University and Student Camp ( hu, Bálványosi Nyári Szabadegyetem és Diáktábor; ro, Universitatea de Vară și Tabăra Studențească „Bálványos”; commonly known as the Tusványos Festival or just Tusványos) is a large-scale intellectual workshop of the Carpathian Basin held annually in Băile Tușnad, Romania ( hu, Tusnádfürdő). It was originally intended to promote cross-border co-operation, Romanian-Hungarian dialogue and cultural Hungarian- Hungarian political exchange. Besides the political and public themes, there is also the opportunity to relax and have fun and to participate in sporting and cultural events or visit concerts of Hungarian and Transylvanian Hungarian ensembles. History The first edition was held in 1990 at Balvanyos, with the intention to promote dialogue between Romanians, Hungarians from Romania, and Hungarians from Hungary. The early camps were attended by several high-ranking politicians both from Romania (su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
András Schiffer
András Schiffer (born 19 June 1971 in Budapest) is a Hungarian lawyer and former politician, who served as co-president of the Politics Can Be Different and leader of its parliamentary group. Schiffer announced his retirement from politics on 31 May 2016. Early life András Schiffer was born in Budapest on 19 June 1971 to journalist Péter Schiffer (born 1943), a former deputy director of the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority (PSZÁF) and jurist Anna Hajnal. Among his uncles are director Pál Schiffer and Socialist politician János Schiffer, who served as Deputy Mayor of Budapest between 1994 and 2006. His grandfather was Pál Schiffer Sr., a Member of Parliament and Hungarian Ambassador to Norway. His great-grandfather was Árpád Szakasits, a leading Social Democrat, then Communist political figure also president of Hungary in (1948–1949) and Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1950) during Communist rule. Schiffer receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 European Parliament Election
The 2019 European Parliament election was held between 23 and 26 May 2019, the ninth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979. A total of 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) represent more than 512 million people from 28 member states. In February 2018, the European Parliament had voted to decrease the number of MEPs from 751 to 705 if the United Kingdom were to withdraw from the European Union on 29 March 2019. However, the United Kingdom participated alongside other EU member states after an extension of Article 50 to 31 October 2019; therefore, the allocation of seats between the member states and the total number of seats remained as it had been in 2014. The Ninth European Parliament had its first plenary session on 2 July 2019. On 26 May 2019, the European People's Party led by Manfred Weber won the most seats in the European Parliament, making Weber the leading candidate to become the next President of the European Commission. Despite t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
End Of Socialism In Hungary
Communism, Communist rule in the People's Republic of Hungary came to an end in 1989 by a peaceful transition of power, peaceful transition to a democratic system. After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was suppressed by Soviet forces, Hungary remained a Communist state, communist country. As the Soviet Union weakened at the end of the 1980s, the Eastern bloc disintegrated. The events in Hungary were part of the Revolutions of 1989, known in Hungarian language, Hungarian as the ' (). Prelude Decades before the Hungarian Round Table Talks, Round Table Talks, political and economic forces within Hungary put pressure on Hungarian communism. These pressures contributed to the fall of communism in Hungary in 1989. Economic problems The New Economic Mechanism was the only set of economic reform in Eastern Europe enacted after the wave of 1950s and 60s revolutions that survived past 1968. Despite this, it became the weakest point of Hungarian communism, and a pressure that contribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The National Assembly Of Hungary (2018–2022)
The list of members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2018–2022) is the list of members of the National Assembly – the unicameral legislative body of Hungary – according to the outcome of the Hungarian parliamentary election of 2018. Officials Speaker * László Kövér (Fidesz) First Officer * Márta Mátrai (Fidesz) Deputy Speaker for Legislation * Csaba Hende (Fidesz) Deputy Speakers * Koloman Brenner (Jobbik) (July 3, 2020 – May 1, 2022) * István Hiller (MSZP) * István Jakab (Fidesz) * János Latorcai (KDNP) * Sándor Lezsák (Fidesz) * Tamás Sneider (Jobbik) (May 8, 2018 – May 27, 2020) Recorders * András Aradszki (KDNP) (June 29, 2020 – May 1, 2022) * Gergely Arató ( DK) * Sándor Bodó (Fidesz) (May 8, 2018 – June 12, 2018) * László Földi (KDNP) * Attila Gelencsér (Fidesz) * Csaba Gyüre (Jobbik) (June 29, 2020 – May 1, 2022) * Dezső Hiszékeny (MSZP) * László György Lukács (Jobbik) (February 18, 2019 – May 1, 2022) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Hungarian Parliamentary Election
The 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election took place on 8 April 2018. This parliamentary election was the eighth since the 1990 first multi-party election and the second since the adoption of a new Constitution of Hungary which came into force on 1 January 2012. The result was a victory for the Fidesz–KDNP alliance, preserving its two-thirds majority, with Viktor Orbán remaining Prime Minister. Orbán and Fidesz campaigned primarily on the issues of immigration and foreign meddling, and the election was seen as a victory for right-wing populism in Europe. Background At the previous parliamentary election, in April 2014, the incumbent government—composed of Fidesz and its satellite ally the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP)—was able to achieve a two-thirds majority for the second consecutive time with 44.87 percent of the votes. According to their critics, this overwhelming proportion was only because of the new election law (mostly due to the introduction of comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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