Béla Bugár | |
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 Bugár in 2021 | |
| Speaker of the National Council | |
| In office 7 February 2006 – 4 July 2006 | |
| President | Ivan Gašparovič |
| Preceded by | Pavol Hrušovský |
| Succeeded by | Pavol Paška |
| Deputy Speaker of theNational Council | |
| In office 23 March 2016 – 20 March 2020 | |
| Speaker | Andrej Danko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1958-07-07)7 July 1958 (age 67) Bratislava,Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) |
| Political party | Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement (before 1998) Party of the Hungarian Community (1998–2009) Most–Híd (2009–2021) Alliance (2021–2022) Most–Híd 2023 (2023–present) |
| Alma mater | Slovak University of Technology |
Béla Bugár (born 7 July 1958) is a Slovak politician of Hungarian descent.[1] He was a member of theSlovak parliament from 1992 to 2020, briefly serving as its acting Speaker in 2006. He was the former leader of the political partyMost–Híd.
He was the leader ofParty of the Hungarian Coalition from 1998 until 2007, withPál Csáky as his successor. Before the formation of the Party of the Hungarian Coalition in 1998, Bugár was the chairman of theHungarian Christian Democratic Movement.[2][3] Bugár has been an MP of theNational Council of the Slovak Republic since 1992. He was its actingspeaker from 7 February 2006 to 4 July 2006. Béla Bugár announced that he was going to retire from politics by 2010. However, on 30 June 2009 he founded a new political party,Most–Híd, whose goal was to stand for the Hungarians' interests in Slovakia while striving to work together with Slovaks.[4] He is a member of theMost–Híd 2023 party since 2023.[5]
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