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Dávid Vitézy
Dávid Vitézy (born 1 December 1985) is a Hungarian economist, transport and urban mobility expert, politician, who served as Secretary of State for Transport in the Fifth Orbán Government for a brief time from May to November 2022. He was a candidate for Mayor of Budapest in the 2024 Budapest mayoral election. He was a prominent member of the NGO Urban and Suburban Transport Association (VEKE) from 2000 to 2010. He was inaugural CEO of Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK) between 2010 and 2014. He was ministerial commissioner overseeing the development of public transport, especially the coordination of regional and long-distance relations within the Ministry of National Development for some months in 2015. He served as director of the Hungarian Technical and Transport Museum from 2016 to 2022. Simultaneously, he was CEO of Budapest Development Center (BFK) from 2020 to 2022. Family and studies Vitézy was born into a family of Jewish origin in Budapest on 1 December 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
László Mosóczi
László () is a Hungarian language, Hungarian male given name and surname after the King-Knight Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1077–1095). It derives from Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. The name has a history of being frequently Anglicisation of names, anglicized as Leslie (name), Leslie. It is the most common male name among the whole Hungarian male population since 2003. People with this name are listed below by field. Given name Science and mathematics * László Babai (b. 1950), Hungarian-born American mathematician and computer scientist * László Lovász (b. 1948), Hungarian mathematician * László Fejes Tóth (1915–2005), Hungarian mathematician * László Fuchs (b. 1924), Hungarian-American mathematician * László Rátz (1863–1930), influential Hungarian mathematics high school teacher * László Tisza (1907–2009), Professor of Physics Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology * László Mérő (b. 1949), Hungarian research psychologist and scienc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goulash Communism
Goulash Communism (), also known as refrigerator communism (), Kádárism or the Hungarian Thaw, is the variety of state socialism in the Hungarian People's Republic following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. During János Kádár's period of leadership, the Hungarian People's Republic implemented policies with the goal to create a high standard of living for the people of Hungary coupled with economic reforms. These reforms fostered a sense of well-being and relative cultural freedom in Hungary, giving it the reputation of being "the happiest barracks" of the Eastern Bloc during the 1960s to the 1970s. With elements of regulated market economics as well as an improved human rights record, it represented a quiet reform and deviation from the Stalinist principles applied to Hungary in the previous decade. The name is a metaphor derived from goulash, a traditional Hungarian dish. Goulash is made with an assortment of dissimilar ingredients; here, it represents how Hungarian communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest Tram Line 1
The Tram Line 1 of Budapest (in Hungarian: ''budapesti 1-es jelzésű villamosvonal'') is a line operated by BKK Zrt., the transport authority of Budapest. It was commissioned in 1984 between ''Bécsi út / Vörösvári út'' and ''Lehel utca''. It then has numerous extension phases, which in 2000 make it possible to connect north to south of Pest along the great ring road ( Róbert Károly körút - Hungária körút - Könyves Kálmán körút), between the Árpád híd and Rákóczi híd bridges. Since March 2015, the line also crosses the Danube in its southern part, and it was further extended in 2019 to Kelenföld vasútállomás M. It now runs between ''Bécsi út / Vörösvári út'' and ''Kelenföld vasútállomás''. Line and Stations References Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Tarlós
István Tarlós (; 26 May 1948) is a Hungarian politician who served as the mayor of Budapest from 2010 to 2019. He also served as the mayor of the 3rd district of the city (Óbuda-Békásmegyer) between 1990 and 2006 as an independent candidate. Between 2006 and 2010, Tarlós was the chairman of the Fidesz–Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary), Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) Fraction-Alliance in the General Assembly of Budapest, General Assembly of the Municipality of Budapest, and served as the political leader of the initiative "2008 Hungarian fees abolishment referendum, Social Referendum 2008". Early life István Tarlós was born in Budapest on 26 May 1948. Both his father, Dr. István Tarlós Sr., a lawyer, and his mother, Hilda Dienes, a chief accountant, worked for the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Tarlós has described his family as civic-minded and religious. After his graduation from Árpád High School's Humanities Department, Tarlós worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Budapest Assembly Election
The 2010 Budapest Assembly election was held on 3 October 2010, concurring with other 2010 Hungarian local elections, local elections in Hungary. This was the last election for the Assembly with party-list proportional rules until 2024 Budapest Assembly election, 2024, when this system was restored. The size of the Assembly was reduced from 66 members to 33 at this election. Mayor Fidesz–KDNP candidate István Tarlós won the mayoral election with 53.37% of the vote. Results List seats were distributed using the D'Hondt method. Notes References {{Hungarian elections 2010 in Hungary 2010 elections in Europe Local elections in Hungary History of Budapest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miklós Hagyó
Miklós Hagyó ( Hungarian pronunciation: hɒɟoː mikloːʃ; born July 20, 1967) is a Hungarian entrepreneur and politician, a former deputy mayor of Budapest and a former member of the Hungarian parliament. From 1998 until 2010, Hagyó was active in the Hungarian Socialist Party. Immediately following the April 2010 elections, when Hagyó lost his seat, he was arrested on suspicion of extortion and breach of fiduciary responsibility. The trial against Hagyó and 14 other suspects is currently underway in Kecskemét. Education In 1989, Hagyó earned a bachelor's degree in Product Engineering from the former Budapest University of Horticulture and Food Industry in Szeged, Hungary. After the undergraduate studies, he relocated to the university's Budapest campus in pursuit of an advanced degree in Food Engineering from the Department of Economics. Hagyó claimed that he subsequently pursued doctoral work in the subject matter, but he was forced to abandon the academic proje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gábor Demszky
Gábor Demszky (, born 4 August 1952) is a Hungarian politician, lawyer and sociologist by qualification. Demszky was the Mayor of Budapest from 1990 to 2010. He was a founding member of the Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) between 1988 and 2010. Biography As a teenager, Demszky joined an informal Maoist radical group, which criticized the socialist Kádár's government from an ultra-hardliner communist viewpoint. After two years, he lost faith in political left ideas and took interest in libertarian ideology. He earned a degree in sociology from Eötvös Loránd University. During the late period of communist regime, Demszky was a leading figure of the then illegal underground democratic opposition to the Kádár-system. His main anti-government activities included the organizing of printing and publishing of illegal books, periodicals, and newspapers collectively called 'samizdats'. During this time he was surveyed by the secret services, harassed by authorities and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidesz
Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (; ) is a national-conservative political party in Hungary led by Viktor Orbán. It has increasingly identified as illiberal. Originally formed in 1988 under the name of Alliance of Young Democrats () as a centre-left and liberal activist movement that opposed the ruling Marxist–Leninist government. It was registered as a political party in 1990, with Orbán as its leader. It entered the National Assembly following the 1990 parliamentary election. Following the 1998 election, it successfully formed a centre-right government. It adopted nationalism in the early 2000s, but its popularity declined due to corruption scandals. It was in opposition between 2002 and 2010, and in 2006 it formed a coalition with the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP). Fidesz won a supermajority in the 2010 election, adopted national-conservative policies, shifted further to the right and became Eurosceptic. The 2011 adoption of a new Hungarian co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Hungary
The prime minister of Hungary () is the head of government of Hungary. The prime minister and the government of Hungary, Cabinet are collectively accountability, accountable for their policies and actions to the National Assembly (Hungary), Parliament, to their list of political parties in Hungary, political party and ultimately to the elections in Hungary, electorate. The List of prime ministers of Hungary, current holder of the office is Viktor Orbán, leader of the Fidesz, Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance, who has served since 29 May 2010. According to the Hungarian Constitution, the prime minister is nominated by the president of Hungary and formally elected by the National Assembly. Constitutionally, the president is required to nominate the leader of the political party that wins a majority of seats in the National Assembly as prime minister. If there is no party with a majority, the president holds an audience with the leaders of all parties represented in the assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 Departments of Colombia, departments. The Capital District of Bogotá is also the List of cities in Colombia by population, country's largest city hosting the main financial and cultural hub. Other major urban areas include Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Colombia, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Cúcuta, Ibagué, Villavicencio and Bucaramanga. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi) and has a population of around 52 million. Its rich cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo Crespo (actor)
Rodrigo Crespo (born 18 June 1979) is an Argentinian musician, producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. He began working as a producer at a young age in the city of Buenos Aires. He worked closely with the Music Brokers record label and produced the Bossa N' Stones compilation, an album of The Rolling Stones remakes in Bossa Nova style, that went on to sell over 1 million copies in over 35 territories. After the success of Bossa N' Stones, Rodrigo Crespo produced and arranged the Bossa N' Marley compilation. He is the lead singer of the electro-rock band in Sonic Lights, currently working on their debut album. Career In 2019, Rodrigo was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award at the 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in the category of Best Rock Song for his song Conectar from his debut solo album Careta. In 2010, Rodrigo Crespo worked alongside Colombian singer Shakira for whom he produced remixes of the songs Sale El Sol and Loca from Shakira's 9th studio album Sale El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
