Árpád Göncz

Árpád Göncz (left) with fellow artist Károly Makk (right)

Árpád Göncz (born February 10, 1922 in Budapest) is a Hungarian liberal politician and former President of The Republic (May 2, 1990–August 4, 2000). He graduated in law from the Budapest Pázmány Péter University of Arts and Sciences in 1944. He has also worked as a writer and has published several novels, plays and essays, as well as translated from English to Hungarian such works as J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano. Károly Makk Károly Makk (born December 22, 1925 in Berettyóújfalu, Hungary) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Budapest (pronounced BOO-dah-pesht, IPA ), the capital city of Hungary and the countrys principal political, industrial, commercial and transportation centre, has more than 1. ... In politics, the term liberal refers to: an adherent of the ideology of liberalism —an ideology espousing liberty. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... A play (noun) is a common form of literature, usually consisting chiefly of dialog between characters, and usually intended for performance rather than reading. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... J. R. R. Tolkien in 1916, wearing his British Army uniform in a photograph from the middle years of WW1. ... Wikicities has a wiki about The Lord of the Rings: The Lord of the Rings Wiki The Encyclopedia of Arda - Mark Fishers tribute site to the works of Tolkien Tolkien Gateway Tolkien Collectors Gateway The Tolkien Wiki Community TheOneRing. ... Malcolm Lowry (July 28, 1909 - June 27, 1957) was a novelist. ... Under the Volcano (1947) is a semi-autobiographical novel by English writer Malcolm Lowry. ...

He joined the Independent Smallholders' Party in 1945 and was the leader of the party's youth organization for Budapest as well as secretary to the general secretary. He was a founding member of the Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) in 1988. In 1989 became President of the Hungarian League for Human Rights. From 1989 to 1990 he was President and later Honorary President of the Hungarian Writers' Association (http://www.iroszovetseg.hu/html/writers.html). In May 1990 he was elected Member of Parliament, and served as speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary and subsequently was elected provisional President of the Republic after Mátyás Szűrös on May 2 and President of the Republic on August 4 by the National Assembly. He was reelected in 1995 for another five-year term which he completed on August 4, 2000. The Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (Független Kisgazda, Földmunkás és Polgári Párt) is a political party in Hungary. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Hungarian political parties ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The term Speaker is usually the title given to the presiding officer of a countrys lower house of parliament or congress (i. ... The National Assembly of Hungary (Országgyűlés) is the national parliament of Hungary. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Official Presidential site of Hungary (http://www.keh.hu/index2.php?fm=3&am=3&l=e&hir=10)