László Majtényi (born 30 November 30, 1950) is a Hungarian

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyses and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal qualification in law and often a legal practitioner. In the Uni ...

, university professor and doctor 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 ...

(MTA). His field of research was initially the law of the sea, and later the institution of ombudsmen.

Education

In 1975, he graduated from the

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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 ...

Career

From 1995 to 2001 he was Data Protection Commissioner (Ombudsman), in 2008-2009 he was the Chairman of the National Radio and Television Board (ORTT). President of the Károly Eötvös Institute of Public Policy, established by the

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. A leading candidate in the 2017 presidential election, he was defeated by

János Áder János Áder (; born 9 May 1959) is a Hungarian politician and lawyer who served as President of Hungary from 2012 to 2022. He is a long-time politician of the right-wing Fidesz. As a representative of his party, he took part in the Hungarian Ro ...

in the second round.

References

1950 births 20th-century Hungarian lawyers Living people Candidates for President of Hungary {{Hungary-law-bio-stub