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Árpád Göncz was a Hungarian writer, translator, lawyer and liberal politician who served as President of Hungary from 2 May 1990 to 4 August 2000. Göncz played a role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, for which he was imprisoned for six years. After his release, he worked as a translator of English-language literary works.
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culture · President of Hungary from 1990 to 2000 · politician · writer · translator · poet · lawyer · also Árpád Göncz, Arpad Goncz, Göncz
Born 10 February 1922 · Died 6 October 2015 · Q102200
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I am not, I can not be a servant of parties, party interests. In my whole life, within and outside party, I served and I will serve for national independence, freedom of thought, freedom of faith in the idea of free homeland, and social justice with human rights without discrimination and exclusion.
Awarded The Republic is Twenty Years Old Prize (2009).
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“I am not, I can not be a servant of parties, party interests. In my whole life, within and outside party, I served and I will serve for national independence, freedom of thought, freedom of faith in the idea of free homeland, and social justice with human rights without discrimination and exclusion.”
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The Independent: Arpad Goncz: The first post-communist president of Hungary who triggered democracy
The Guardian: Árpád Göncz obituary
Yahoo News UK: Hungary's first democratic president Árpád Göncz, dies 93
Euronews: Video. Hungary's first democratic president Árpád Göncz, dies 93
The Daily Telegraph: Árpád Göncz, Hungarian president - obituary
BBC: Arpad Goncz: Hungary's first democratic president dies
Reuters: Arpad Goncz, Hungary's first post-Communist president, dies at 93
Died 2015-10-06.
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Daily Herald: Arpad Goncz, Hungary's 1st post-communist president, dies
Awarded The Republic is Twenty Years Old Prize (2009).
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Awarded Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion (2003).
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Awarded Radnóti Miklós Anti-racist Prize (2003).
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Awarded Marble award (2001).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross presented by Rudolf Schuster (2000).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Budapest (2000).
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Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2000).
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Was honored with the Vision for Europe Award for his efforts in creating a unified Europe
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope (1999).
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Awarded Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria (1999).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great (1999).
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Awarded Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (1999).
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Awarded Order of the Sun of Peru (1998).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1997).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (1997).
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Awarded Order of the Liberator General San Martín (1997).
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Awarded Royal Order of the Seraphim (1996).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University (1996).
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Awarded National Maltese Order of Merit (1995).
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Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1995).
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Earned Gold Olympic Order (1995).
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Career landmark: President of Hungary (1995–2000).
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“Speech at the UN General Assembly”
Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Alcala (1994).
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Awarded Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil Merit (1994).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty (1993).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (1991).
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Awarded Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (1991).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1991).
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The far-right politician István Csurka, later defector from MDF and founder of the nationalist Hungarian Justice and Life Party (MIÉP) accused him of being a tool of France, Israel, and the United States
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“reckoning is necessary, but it should be made strictly within the framework of a state built on the rule of law.”
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Awarded Grand Order of Mugunghwa (1990).
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Career landmark: Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary (1990–1990).
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Career landmark: President of Hungary (1990–1990).
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Career landmark: President of Hungary (1990–1995).
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Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of Hungary (1990–1990).
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Won the Wheatland Prize, and two years later the Premio Meditteraneo
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Awarded József Attila Prize (1983).
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Visited the United States on an academic conference with only $5 in his pocket
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And his manuscript remained unfinished for the next few years
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Participated in the political prisoners' hunger strike of the Vác prison, because, despite the promises of Kádár, most of the oppositional intellectuals and freedom fighters were not pardoned, unlike former communist
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On 11 January 1947, Göncz married Mária Zsuzsanna Göntér (16 November 1923 – 3 June 2020) and had four children; two sons (Benedek, Dániel) and two daughters (Kinga and Annamária).
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Studied at Eötvös Loránd University (1944).
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By Pál Teleki, an influential interwar politician and Prime Minister of Hungary, also Hungary's Chief Scout
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Born 1922-02-10.
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