Ferenc Mádl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ferenc Mádl

Hungarian politician

Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1931

Place of Birth: Bánd, Veszprém County, Hungary

Date of Death: 29-May-2011

Profession: politician, university teacher

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ferenc Mádl (Hungarian: ['f?r?nt?s 'ma?dl?]; 29 January 1931 – 29 May 2011) was a Hungarian legal scholar, professor and politician, who served as the second President of the third Republic of Hungary, between 4 August 2000 and 5 August 2005.
Prior to that he had been minister without portfolio between 1990 and 1993 then Minister of Education between 1993 and 1994 in the conservative cabinets of József Antall and Péter Boross.
Mádl ran unsuccessfully for the position of President of Hungary in 1995, defeated by Árpád Göncz.
Five years later he was elected President as the candidate of the governing conservative coalition.