János Németh (31 July 1933 – 1 March 2021) was a Hungarian jurist, lawyer, and professor. He was President of the

Faculty of Law A faculty is a division within a university or college comprising one subject area or a group of related subject areas, possibly also delimited by level (e.g. undergraduate). In American usage such divisions are generally referred to as colleges ...

of the

Eötvös Loránd University Eötvös Loránd University ( hu, Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, ELTE) is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in Hung ...

for several decades. He was chairman of the from 1990 to 1997 and was President of the

Constitutional Court of Hungary The Constitutional Court of Hungary ( hu, Magyarország Alkotmánybírósága) is a special court of Hungary, making judicial review of the acts of the Parliament of Hungary. The official seat of the Constitutional Court is Budapest. Until 2012 ...

from 1998 to 2003.

Biography

Németh graduated from in 1951 and attended the

of the

, where he graduated summa cum laude in 1956. He worked briefly as a lawyer before he was hired by Eötvös Loránd University, where he was affiliated until 2003, when he became a Professor Emeritus. He was deputy general rector of the university from 1993 to 1997. From 2004 to 2007, he served on the General Assembly of the

Hungarian Academy of Sciences The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( hu, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. Its ma ...

. He also served as an arbitrator on the until 1997. In 1990, Németh was elected chairman of the National Election Office in 1990, a position he held until 1997. During this period, the Office resolved many issues regarding the Hungarian election process. In 1997, the

Hungarian National Assembly The National Assembly ( hu, Országgyűlés, lit=Country Assembly) is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 199 (386 between 1990 and 2014) members elected to 4-year terms. Election of members is done using a semi-proporti ...

elected him President of the Constitutional Court of Hungary in a multipartisan vote. He was forced to resign in 2003 due to the fact that he had reached the age of 70. In 2003, he was awarded the of the

Hungarian Order of Merit The Hungarian Order of Merit ( hu, Magyar Érdemrend) is the fourth highest State Order of Hungary. Founded in 1991, the order is a revival of an original order founded in 1946 and abolished in 1949. Its origins, however, can be traced to the ...

. János Németh died on 1 March 2021 at the age of 87.

Publications

*''A rendkívüli perorvoslatok a magyar polgári jogban'' *''Polgári jog – Családjog – Polgári eljárásjog'' *''Polgári eljárásjog'' *''A polgári perrendtartás magyarázata'' *''Polgári perjog I–II.'' *''Polgári nemperes eljárások''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nemeth, Janos 1933 births 2021 deaths People from Újpest 20th-century Hungarian lawyers Hungarian judges Eötvös Loránd University alumni Academic staff of Eötvös Loránd University Constitutional Court of Hungary judges