Peter Bod
 Peter Bod    (central banker) | |
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| Born | 28 July 1951 |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Alma mater | Corvinus University of Budapest |
| Member of | WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1993 |
Hungarian central banker who was selected a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 1993.
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Péter Ákos Bod is a Hungarian politician and economist. He was selected a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 1993.
Education
1970-1975 he took a degree in economics at the Karl Marx University in Budapest (later renamed Corvinus University). In 1977 he received a doctorate from the University[1].
He did study trips at a the Portland State University for 3 months in 1972, and again for 3 months in 1988; and 3 months at the University of Copenhagen in 1982.[1]
Career
Between 1975-1990 he worked at the Institute of Planned Economy of the National Planning Office.[1]
He was as Minister of Industry and Trade in the cabinet of József Antall from 1990 to 1991 then Governor of the Hungarian National Bank from 1991 to 1994, when he resigned under the pressure of the Socialist Gyula Horn cabinet. He was also a Member of Parliament for the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) from 1990 until his resignation in 1991.[2]
He was a board member of the EBRD between 1998 and 2000.[1]
In 1996, he joined the Hungarian Democratic People's Party (MDNP) and was elected to its leadership.[3]
Before the second round of the 2006 parliamentary election, when MDF made it clear that they would not support Viktor Orbán's Fidesz, Orbán tried to get their support by declaring that he withdrew from Prime Minister candidacy, and sought a compromise candidate, Péter Ákos Bod. However MDF maintains its position and Fidesz lost the election by the ruling left-wing coalition parties.[4]
He was professor at the Károli Gáspár Reformed University from 2000 until 2021.[1]
References
- ↑ a b c d e https://www.uni-corvinus.hu/download/cv/bod-peter-akos?language=hu
- ↑ http://www-archiv.parlament.hu/internet/plsql/ogy_kpv.kepv_adat?p_azon=b755&p_ckl=34&p_osszefuz=
- ↑ Bölöny, József – Hubai, László: Magyarország kormányai 1848–2004 [Cabinets of Hungary 1848–2004], Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 2004 (5th edition). p. 295.
- ↑ http://index.hu/belfold/orban260/
