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Pál Schmitt
Pál Schmitt 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.
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politics · President of Hungary from 2010 to 2012 · politician · diplomat · fencer · economist · also Pál Schmitt, Pal Schmitt, Schmitt
Born 13 May 1942 · Q184810
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2023· 1 entry
Became an honorary member (instead of a regular member) of the IOC
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2019· 1 entry
Published “Cellular Senescence: Defining a Path Forward” in Cell — cited 3,032 times.
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2018· 1 entry
Published “GENCODE reference annotation for the human and mouse genomes” in Nucleic Acids Research — cited 3,069 times.
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2017· 1 entry
Was present at various events for the IOC, including meeting with the IOC President, Thomas Bach, while he was attending the FINA World Championships in Budapest
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Athlete of the Nation (2014).
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2012· 5 entries
Schmitt was removed of his position as Chief of Protocol by the IOC but remained a member
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Following his academic misconduct controversy
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Published “Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for <i>Fungi</i>” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — cited 4,536 times.
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Published “Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,668 times.
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Published “Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,807 times.
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2010· 5 entries
And was finalized by 11 April 2011, being adopted by Parliament on 18 April
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Career landmark: President of Hungary (2010–2012).
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Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2010).
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Career landmark: Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2010).
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Schmitt was elected president of Hungary in a 263 to 59 vote in the National Assembly
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2009· 3 entries
Published “Brand Experience: What is It? How is it Measured? Does it Affect Loyalty?” in Journal of Marketing — cited 6,933 times.
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Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (2009–2010).
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Career landmark: Vice President of the European Parliament (2009–2010).
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2004· 2 entries
Published “Review of Particle Physics” in Physics Letters B — cited 3,666 times.
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Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (2004–2009).
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2002· 2 entries
Ran for the position of mayor of Budapest, but his independent candidacy also supported by Fidesz was unsuccessful
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Published “Review of Particle Properties” in Physical Review D — cited 2,773 times.
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1998· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd Class (1998).
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Career landmark: ambassador of Hungary to Switzerland (1998–2002).
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1997).
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1993· 2 entries
Career landmark: ambassador of Hungary to Spain (1993–1997).
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Published “Sexual Strategies Theory: An evolutionary perspective on human mating.” in Psychological Review — cited 2,978 times.
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1992· 4 entries
Awarded Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic (1992).
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Published “A new family of mesoporous molecular sieves prepared with liquid crystal templates” in Journal of the American Chemical Society — cited 9,959 times.
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Studied at Hungarian University of Sports Science (1992).
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Pál Schmitt defended his dissertation for a doctor of philosophy degree summa cum laude at the Testnevelési Egyetem (University of Physical Education)
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1990· 1 entry
The nominating party has typically picked one of its high-ranking members for president: for example the SZDSZ nominated Árpád Göncz, who was a founding member of the Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ)
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1989· 1 entry
After the End of Communism in Hungary he became president of the Hungarian Olympic Committee
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1987· 1 entry
And Schmitt's dissertation, completed in 1992, appears to be almost entirely a translation of this work
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1983· 1 entry
When he became Vice-Chairman of the IOC Athletes' Commission until 1988
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1965· 1 entry
Studied at Corvinus University of Budapest (1960–1965).
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1960· 1 entry
And later studied domestic trade at Karl Marx University of Economics, from which he graduated in 1965
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1942· 2 entries
Born 1942-05-13.
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“t you know how to read? Greg: Sounds like Shawn was really trying to change his life. Catherine: Probably what got him killed. Ray: It”
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