Pál Csáky (born 21 March 1956) is a Slovak politician, a member of

Hungarian minority in Slovakia Hungarians are the largest ethnic minority in Slovakia. According to th2021 Slovak census 422,065 people (or 7.75% of the population) declared themselves Hungarians, while 462,175 (8.48% of the population) stated that Hungarian language, Hu ...

and the country's former Deputy Prime Minister for European affairs, human rights and minorities. Csáky was an activist for the Hungarian minority in Czechoslovakia since 1977. His political activity started in 1989, and since 1990 he has been a member of National Council (Slovakia's parliament). The

Party of the Hungarian Coalition The Party of the Hungarian Community ( hu, Magyar Közösség Pártja, sk, Strana maďarskej komunity; SMK-MKP), formerly known as Party of the Hungarian Coalition ( hu, Magyar Koalíció Pártja, sk, Strana maďarskej koalície), was a politi ...

was named a member of the governing coalition in 1998, and Csáky became a member of several advisory bodies and ministerial councils. On March 31, 2007, Csáky was elected president of the

. In 2010, he was succeeded by József Berényi. He is married and has four daughters. He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in the

2014 European Parliament election The 2014 European Parliament election was held in the European Union, from 22 to 25 May 2014. It was the 8th parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first in which the European political parties fielded candid ...

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(page about current minister, archived version about Pál Csáky

1956 births Living people People from Šahy Hungarians in Slovakia Party of the Hungarian Community MEPs MEPs for Slovakia 2014–2019 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1992-1994 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1994-1998 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2006-2010 {{Slovakia-MEP-stub