Péter Medgyessy is a retired Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 27 May 2002 to 29 September 2004. On 25 August 2004, he resigned over disputes with coalition partner Alliance of Free Democrats, but remained as acting prime minister for a 30-day period as required by the Constitution, and a few additional days until his successor Ferenc Gyurcsány was confirmed by the National Assembly.
The Hungarian Socialist Party, commonly known by its acronym MSZP, is a centre-left to left-wing social-democratic and pro-European political party in Hungary.
The Democratic Coalition is a social democratic and social-liberal political party in Hungary led by former Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány. Founded in 2010 as a faction within the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), the Democratic Coalition split from the MSZP on 22 October 2011 and became a separate party. It has fifteen MPs in the National Assembly and two MEPs in the European Parliament.
Péter Kiss was a Hungarian Socialist politician. In Bajnai's government, he was a minister without portfolio. He was one of the candidates to succeed Péter Medgyessy as prime minister in 2004 but lost to Ferenc Gyurcsány.
Ferenc Gyurcsány is a Hungarian entrepreneur and politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 2004 to 2009. Prior to that, he held the position of Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports between 2003 and 2004.
The Őszöd speech was a speech Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány delivered to the 2006 Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) congress in Balatonőszöd. Though the May congress was confidential, Gyurcsány's address was leaked and broadcast by Magyar Rádió on Sunday, 17 September 2006, igniting a nationwide political crisis.
István Vágó was a Hungarian television host and political activist, best known as the host of "Legyen ön is Milliomos!" the Hungarian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
Attila Mesterházy is a Hungarian politician, who served as the seventh chairman of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) from 10 July 2010 to 29 May 2014. He was a Member of Parliament between 2004 and 2022. He was the party's candidate for the position of Prime Minister of Hungary in the 2010 and 2014 parliamentary elections.
István Ákos Balsai was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1990 and 1994. He was a Member of Parliament from 1990 to 2011, when he was elected a member of the Constitutional Court of Hungary.
Csaba Molnár is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He is a member of the Democratic Coalition. He served as Minister of Transport, Communications and Energy in the second cabinet of Ferenc Gyurcsány, later as a Minister of the Prime Minister's Office in the government of Gordon Bajnai.
Local elections took place in Hungary on 1 October 2006 amidst a period of protests and demonstrations against the government of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány. In many cities, demonstrators urged people not to vote for the MSZP candidate at the elections, and Fidesz made heavy use of the fact that Gyurcsány had admitted lying in its campaign leaflets and phone calls.
An election of Members of the European Parliament from Hungary to the European Parliament was held on 25 May 2014.
Vilmos Szabó is a Hungarian educator and Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) between 1998 and 2014. He served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2010.
Zoltán Gőgös is a Hungarian agricultural engineer and Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) between 2002 and 2018. He served as Secretary of State for Agriculture and Rural Development from 2006 to 2010.
Sándor Burány is a Hungarian economist and politician, who served as Minister of Employment and Labour from 2003 to 2004, in the cabinet of Péter Medgyessy. He was a member of the National Assembly (MP) from 1994 to 2022.
Imre Szabó is a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Environment and Water between 2008 and 2010. He was also a member of the National Assembly (MP) from 1998 to 2014.
László Varju is a Hungarian politician and mining engineer. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Hungary since 2002. He served as Secretary of State for National Development and Economy from 2008 to 2010.
Lajos Oláh is a Hungarian politician and jurist. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Hungary since 2006. He served as Secretary of State in the Ministry of Environment and Water from 2008 to 2009, then in the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Energy.
István Kolber is a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister without portfolio for Regional Development and Convergence between 2004 and 2006. He was a member of the National Assembly of Hungary from 2002 to 2014.
József Baracskai is a Hungarian politician and engineer. Since 2010, he has served as the mayor of Zalaszentgrót. He was also a Member of Parliament (MP) between 2010 and 2014. Baracskai was a member of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) until 2011, when became a founding member of the Democratic Coalition (DK), led by former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány.
