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Pál Schmitt
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Person

Pál Schmitt

b. 1942

President of Hungary from 2010 to 2012

Born
13 May 1942 · 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 97 years
  1. 13 May 1942BornBorn in Budapest
  2. 1972Took part1972 Summer Olympics
  3. 1992AwardCommander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic
  4. 1993 – 1997RoleAmbassador of Hungary to Spain
  5. 1997AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
  6. 1998 – 2002RoleAmbassador of Hungary to Switzerland
  7. 1998AwardOrder of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd Class
  8. 2004 – 2009RoleMember of the European Parliament
  9. 2009 – 2010RoleMember of the European Parliament
  10. 2009 – 2010RoleVice President of the European Parliament
  11. 2010RoleMember of the National Assembly of Hungary
  12. 2010RoleSpeaker of the National Assembly of Hungary
  13. 2010 – 2012RolePresident of Hungary
  14. 2014AwardAthlete of the Nation

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Meanwhile in the world

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

  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. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  20. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  21. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  22. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  23. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  24. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  25. 1985Schengen Agreement
  26. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  27. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  28. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  30. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  32. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  33. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  34. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  35. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  36. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  37. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  38. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  39. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  40. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring

Biography

Pál Schmitt (born 13 May 1942) is a Hungarian Olympic fencer and politician who served as president of Hungary from 2010 until his resignation in 2012, following his academic misconduct controversy.

Schmitt was a successful fencer in his youth, winning two gold medals at two Summer Olympic Games.

Later, he served as an ambassador during the 1990s and was a Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2010.

After briefly serving as Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary in 2010, Schmitt was elected president of Hungary in a 263 to 59 vote in the National Assembly. He was sworn in as president on 6 August 2010. On 2 April 2012, Schmitt announced to the Hungarian Parliament his resignation as president, following the outbreak of a controversy surrounding his 1992 doctoral dissertation.

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