Péter Molnár is a
Hungarian academic
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and
intellectual
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, working on questions related to communication law and
freedom of speech
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.
Molnár graduated from the
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in
Budapest
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in 1987.
From 1990 to 1998, he was a member of the
Hungarian Parliament
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 ...
, where he sat on the committees on culture and press and on the constitution. When (after its disappointing result in the
1994 elections)
Fidesz
Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (; hu, Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Hungary, led by Viktor Orbán.
It was formed in 1988 under the name of Alliance of Young ...
changed its political position from liberal to conservative and added "Hungarian Civic Party" (''Magyar Polgári Párt'') to its shortened name, Molnar was one of many early Fidesz members who left the party.
In 1999 and 2000 he was a
Fulbright fellow
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at
Cardozo School of Law
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, at
Columbia Law School
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, and in the spring of 2000 a fellow at the
at
Harvard University
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. He has been a senior research fellow at th
Center for Media, Data and Societyat
Central European University
Central European University (CEU) is a private research university accredited in Austria, Hungary, and the United States, with campuses in Vienna and Budapest. The university is known for its highly intensive programs in the social sciences and ...
.
Faculty profile
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References
Academic staff of Central European University
Living people
Harvard Fellows
Eötvös Loránd University alumni
Fidesz politicians
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1990–1994)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1994–1998)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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