István Hiller (born 7 May 1964) is a Hungarian politician and former chairman of the ruling
Hungarian Socialist Party between 16 October 2004 and 24 February 2007, succeeding
László Kovács, succeeded by
Ferenc Gyurcsány
Ferenc Gyurcsány (; born 4 June 1961) is a Hungarian entrepreneur and retired politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 2004 to 2009. Prior to that, he held the position of Government of Hungary, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sp ...
. A co-founder of his party, Hiller was
Minister of National Cultural Heritage under the government of Ferenc Gyurcsány from 2003 to 2005 before being replaced by
András Bozóki. He became Vice Chairman of the party in 2003. Hiller was the
Minister of Education and Culture between 2006 and 2010. He was elected one of the
deputy speakers of the National Assembly in May 2014. In 2016, Hiller was elected caucus chair of MSZP.
Education
He earned a degree in history and latin from the
Faculty of Humanities of the
Eötvös Loránd University.
Hiller attended university in
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, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
and
Heidelberg
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, and carried out research at the
University of Vienna
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in 1995 and 1997. He speaks German, Latin and Ancient Greek fluently, as well as Italian and English.
Personal life
Hiller is married and has two sons, Gábor (b. 1990) and Dávid (b. 1992). His wife is Julianna Farkas.
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References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20060408170859/http://www.hiller.hu/
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1964 births
Living people
20th-century Hungarian historians
Hungarian Socialist Party politicians
Ministers of education of Hungary
Culture ministers of Hungary
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2002–2006)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2006–2010)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2014–2018)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2018–2022)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2022–2026)
People from Sopron
Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Members of the Bajnai Government