Pál Csáky (born 21 March 1956) is a Slovak politician, a member of Hungarian minority in Slovakia 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 Hungarian Alliance (; , Szövetség–Aliancia) is a political party in Slovakia for the ethnic Hungarian minority, previously known simply as the "Alliance", it was founded when "Party of the Hungarian Community" and Most–Híd merged i ...

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 József Berényi (born 6 June 1967) is a Hungarian minority politician from Slovakia. He was the Chairman of the Party of the Hungarian Coalition of Slovakia in 2010-2016. Biography From 1994 to 1995, Berényi was a researcher for The New School ...

. 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 (EU) between 22 and 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 field ...

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(page about current minister, archived version about Pál Csáky

1956 births Living people People from Šahy Deputy prime ministers of Slovakia 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