Gábor Fodor (politician)

Gábor Fodor (born 27 September 1962) is a Hungarian jurist and liberal politician. He is a former president of the Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) in 2008–09.[1] Fodor resigned after the results of the 2009 European Parliament election. He was elected in an internal SZDSZ election to the post of party leader in June 2008 with 346 votes to 344. This was an unscheduled election prompted by problems around the verification of the result of the previous vote.

Gábor Fodor
Minister of Education of Hungary
In office
15 July 1994 – 31 December 1995
Preceded byFerenc Mádl
Succeeded byBálint Magyar
Personal details
Born (1962-09-27) 27 September 1962
Gyöngyös, People's Republic of Hungary
Political partyLiberals (2013– )
Other political
affiliations		Fidesz (1988–1993)
SZDSZ (1994–2010)
Spouse(s)Barbara Czeizel
ChildrenDániel Jakab
Júlia Rebeka
Professionjurist, politician
The native form of this personal name is Fodor Gábor. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

He was a founding member of the Fidesz but left the party in 1993, due to his opposition to Viktor Orbán's nationalist approach.

Fodor joined the liberal Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) in 1993. The party cooperated with the Hungarian Socialist Party, which successfully defeated Fidesz in 1994, 2002 and 2006. He was Minister of Education between 1994–95 and Minister of Environmental Protection and Water between 2007 and 08.

Fodor founded the Hungarian Liberal Party (or Liberals) on 27 April 2013.[2]

Personal life

He is married. His wife is Barbara Czeizel. They have a daughter, Júlia Rebeka and a son, Dániel Jakab.[3]

References
  1. Fodor nyerte az elnökválasztást – Index.hu, 2008. június 7.
  2. "Megalakult Fodor Gábor liberális pártja". 27 April 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  3. - Fodor Gábor vagyonnyilatkozata - 2003. február
Political offices
Preceded by
Ferenc Mádl		 Minister of Education
1994–1995		 Succeeded by
Bálint Magyar
Party political offices
Preceded by
János Kóka		 President of the Alliance of Free Democrats
2008–2009		 Succeeded by
Attila Retkes


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