Lajos Bokros
Lajos Bokros | |
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Minister of Finance | |
In office 1 March 1995 – 29 February 1996 | |
Preceded by | László Békesi |
Succeeded by | Péter Medgyessy |
Personal details | |
Born | MoMa (2013–2019) | 26 June 1954
Spouse | Mária Gyetvai |
Children | András Ildikó |
Profession | Politician, economist |
Lajos András Bokros (born 26 June 1954) is a Hungarian
Financial career
Bokros was born in Budapest. He graduated from and holds a Ph.D. from the Budapest University of Economics. He successfully applied for the scholarship of University of Panama in 1976, where he learned to speak fluent Spanish. He wrote his dissertation on the industrialization, integration and common market developments in Central America.
He was director of the State Property Agency of Hungary between 1990–1991. He was chairman and
Bokros was the Minister of Finance between 1995–1996 in the government of Gyula Horn. He is best known for the so-called "Bokros package"; a string of austerity measures implemented during his term as Finance Minister. He resigned from his position in February 1996. He was replaced by Péter Medgyessy.
Between 1997 and 2000, Lajos Bokros was Director for Private Sector and Finance at the
Political career
Supported by the
He was the MDF's candidate for the position of Prime Minister of Hungary on the 2010 Hungarian parliamentary election. Under his influence, several other former left-wing politicians were placed on the national list, furthermore MDF entered into an electoral alliance with Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ), which suffered a crushing defeat during the 2009 European Parliament election. After the decision, the quits became a mass phenomenon, whole local party organizations ceased to exist.[3] On the national election, MDF came to the fifth place and received only 2.67% of the votes, thus shut out of the legislature altogether for the first time since the transition to democracy, after twenty years.[4] Bokros left MDF when the party dissolved in 2011. The successor party, Democratic Community of Welfare and Freedom (JESZ) called Bokros several times to give back his MEP mandate, but all relationship has been lost between Bokros and his former party.
On 21 April 2013, Bokros founded the
Personal life
Bokros is married to Mária Gyetvai. They have two children, Ildikó and András.[9]
References
- ^ Boross Péter szakított a Dávid vezette MDF-fel, Heti Világgazdaság, 18 June 2009
- Index.hu, 19 March 2009
- ^ Már az őszre gondol az összeboruló MDF és SZDSZ, Origó, 3 February 2010
- ^ Dávid Ibolya lemond az MDF-elnökségről, Origó, 11 April 2010
- ^ "MEP Bokros, controversial former finance minister, founds new free-market political party". Budapest Business Journal. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ "Mégsem indulhat Bokros az EP-választáson". 5 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Falus Ferenc visszalép". 28 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ "Tarlós István harca csak most kezdődik". 13 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ "ATV".
External links
- Lajos BOKROS European Parliament profile
- Hungarian Spectrum: The Bokros package: pro and con