Lajos András Bokros is a Hungarian

Hungary

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 economist

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 and Member of the European Parliament

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 for Hungary

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Bokros was born in Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

. He graduated from and holds a Ph.D. from the Budapest University of Economics

Corvinus University of Budapest

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He was director of the State Property Agency of Hungary between 1990–1991. He was chairman and CEO

Chief executive officer

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 at the Budapest Bank between 1991–1995.
He is a full professor (Department of Public Policy) and former COO

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 of the Central European University

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Bokros was the Minister of Finance between 1995–1996 in the government of Gyula Horn

Gyula Horn

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. He is best known for the so-called "Bokros package"; a string of austerity

Austerity

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 measures implemented during his term as Finance Minister.

Supported by the Hungarian Democratic Forum

Hungarian Democratic Forum

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 (MDF), Bokros was elected to the European Parliament

European Parliament

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 in the 2009 election

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 and sits in the European Conservatives and Reformists

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 Group. He is a full member of the Committee on Budgets

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 and a substitute member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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He was the MDF's candidate for the position of Prime Minister of Hungary on the 2010 Hungarian parliamentary election

Hungarian parliamentary election, 2010

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External links

• Lajos BOKROS European Parliament profile
• Hungarian Spectrum: The Bokros package: pro and con