中国日报网: Former Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom dies at 81
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László Sólyom
László Sólyom 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.
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politics · President of Hungary from 2005 to 2010 · politician · librarian · jurist · university teacher · statesperson · also László Sólyom, Laszlo Solyom, Sólyom
Born 3 January 1942 · Died 8 October 2023 · Q152335
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2023· 3 entries
Rferl.org: Former Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom Dies At Age 81
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Died 2023-10-08.
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Award for Hungarian Freedom (2013).
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2011· 1 entry
“the drafting process had lost its dignity by descending to the level of common parliamentary squabbles”
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2009· 3 entries
“s opinion) conflicts with the constitutional values of the Republic of Hungary, and that he could not give the award to Horn, despite his merits. In 2009, Sólyom was refused entry to Slovakia to attend the dedication of a statue of King Saint Stephen in the border town of Komárno on 21 August, an incident reported in Hungary as tantamount to a declaration of persona non grata which further worsened already tense Hungary–Slovakia relations. Sólyom said that”
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Did not compromise his freedom of movement as an EU citizen because his role as a Head of State justified a limit, based on international law, to his right to freedom of movement
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Sólyom was refused entry to Slovakia to attend the dedication of a statue of King Saint Stephen in the border town of Komárno on 21 August, an incident reported in Hungary as tantamount to a declaration of persona non gr
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2007· 2 entries
Awarded Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2007).
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Refused to award a similar distinction to Gyula Horn
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt (2006).
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A published poll showed that Sólyom was the most trusted politician in the country
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2005· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil) (2005).
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Was elected president of Hungary, a largely ceremonial position, as an independent candidate
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Career landmark: President of Hungary (2005–2010).
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Nagy Imre Order of Merit (2003).
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2002· 2 entries
Career landmark: full professor (2002–2023).
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Prime Minister Péter Medgyessy appointed Sólyom as head of the advisory committee of the bill to make public the collaboration of officials of the current government and administration with the secret police of the late
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1999· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of University of Cologne (1999).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary (1999).
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1998· 3 entries
Awarded Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1998).
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Awarded Humboldt Prize (1998).
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Awarded Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1998).
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1993· 1 entry
Sólyom began teaching at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University and, since 2002, at the Andrássy University Budapest
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1990· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Constitutional Court of Hungary (1990–1998).
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1989· 2 entries
Career landmark: justice of the Constitutional Court of Hungary (1989–1998).
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And was in charge of the constitutional reform proposals
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1988· 1 entry
And 1989 Sólyom was the secretary of the Publicity Club, and he became a member of the board of the Independent Lawyers' Forum in 1989
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1984· 2 entries
Completed another academic internship at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law and in 1988 he did research at the University of Frankfurt
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And participating in their protests, such as those against the construction of the Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Dams
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1983· 1 entry
At the Civil Law Department of the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the Eötvös Loránd University
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1977· 1 entry
Published the first of his essays on law, whose main object of study was the protection of people and the environment
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1966· 2 entries
Ferenc Mádl, who was then the Secretary of the Legal Department of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, offered him an assistant professorship at the University of Jena's Institute of Civil Law, earning his doctorate in Ge
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Married a school teacher named Erzsébet (née Nagy; 1944–2015), a fellow student at the Pécs Conservatory
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1965· 1 entry
Studied at University of Pécs, Juris Doctor (1960–1965).
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1960· 1 entry
Studied at Széchenyi István High School (1956–1960).
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1956· 1 entry
“this fight against terrorism can be successful only if every step and measure taken are in line with international law”
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1942· 1 entry
Born 1942-01-03.
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