János Veres (born 5 February 1957) is a
Hungarian politician, who served as
Minister of Finance
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A ministry of finance's portfolio ...
between 2005 and 2009. He was a member of the
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (, , MSZMP) was the ruling Marxist–Leninist party of the Hungarian People's Republic between 1956 and 1989. It was organised from elements of the Hungarian Working People's Party during the Hungaria ...
since 1980. He served as
first secretary of the party's committee of
Nyírbátor
Nyírbátor () is a town in Szabolcs–Szatmár–Bereg County, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. The town contains 15th and 16th century ecclesiastic and secular architectural heritage.
Geography
It covers an area of and ...
from 1988 to 1989. He was a founding member of the
Hungarian Socialist Party
The Hungarian Socialist Party (, ), commonly known by its acronym MSZP (), is a centre-left to left-wing social-democratic and pro-European political party in Hungary.
It was founded on 7 October 1989 as a post-communist evolution and one of t ...
(MSZP) in 1990. He became a member of the
National Assembly of Hungary
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in 1994. He served as deputy chairman of the Committee of Economics many times. He also served as mayor of Nyírbátor since 2002, but resigned in the next year, because he was appointed
state secretary of the Ministry of Finance. Veres became a member of the MSZP's presidency in 2004.
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 ...
appointed him Minister of Finance in 2005.
Controversies
Veres had many conflicts with the
HírTV, which supports the conservative right-wing politics and the biggest opposition party,
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 ...
. On 19 December 2006 he head the reporter, who wanted to ask him. Two years later, in March 2008 he shoved away the correspondent deliberately. On the next day the two journalists appeared at the press conference in a visibility waistcoat. Then Veres declared that the HírTV's colleagues can't approach him. The minister repeatedly threatened the channel with a judicial lawsuit, when the reporters asked about his sons' charge.
References
Veres János országgyűlési adatlapjaBiography
1957 births
Living people
People from Nyírbátor
Hungarian Socialist Party politicians
Members of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
Finance ministers of Hungary
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1994–1998)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1998–2002)
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)
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