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László Sólyom
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László Sólyom

1942 – 2023 · aged 81

Politician and former President of Hungary (1942–2023)

Born
3 Jan 1942 · Pécs
Died
8 Oct 2023 · Budapest
Part ofHungary975 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 93 years
  1. 3 Jan 1942BornBorn in Pécs
  2. 1989 – 1998RoleJustice of the Constitutional Court of Hungary
  3. 1990 – 1998RolePresident of the Constitutional Court of Hungary
  4. 1998AwardGreat Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  5. 1998AwardHumboldt Prize
  6. 1998AwardKnight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  7. 1999AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary
  8. 1999AwardHonorary doctor of University of Cologne
  9. 2002 – 2023RoleFull professor
  10. 2003AwardNagy Imre Order of Merit
  11. 2005 – 2010RolePresident of Hungary
  12. 2005AwardGrand Cross with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil)
  13. 2006AwardHonorary doctorate of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt
  14. 2007AwardCollar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic‎
  15. 2013AwardAward for Hungarian Freedom
  16. 8 Oct 2023DiedDied in Budapest

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1942 – 2023).

  1. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  2. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  3. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  4. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  6. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  7. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  9. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  10. 1956Suez Crisis
  11. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  13. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  15. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  17. 1968Prague Spring
  18. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  19. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  20. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  21. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  23. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  24. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  25. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  26. 1985Schengen Agreement
  27. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  28. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  29. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  30. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  31. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  33. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  34. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  35. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  36. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  37. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  38. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  39. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  40. 20102010 Haiti earthquake

Biography

László Sólyom (3 January 1942 – 8 October 2023) was a Hungarian politician, lawyer, and librarian who was President of Hungary from 2005 until 2010. Previously he was the first president of the Constitutional Court of Hungary from 1990 to 1998.

A prominent jurist and pro-democracy activist, Sólyom became the first president of the Constitutional Court at a time when the country was in the final years of its democratic transition after decades of communist rule. During his mandate, the Court declared the death penalty unconstitutional, strengthened the protection of freedom of expression and conscience, and legitimated the domestic partnerships of homosexuals.

Later, in 2005, he was elected president of Hungary, a largely ceremonial position, as an independent candidate. He held this office until 2010.

Text from the Wikipedia article László Sólyom, CC BY-SA 4.0

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