“I would like to thank my friend who always stands in solidarity with me, President Václav Havel, for his invitation to this important meeting.”
Oswaldo Paya Sardinas, Dissident, Cuba, 2007
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Gábor Demszky

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Former Lord Mayor of Budapest

Hungary

Five times elected Lord Mayor of Budapest (1990–2010) and one of the founding members of the Alliance of Free Democrats, the Hungarian Liberal Party (SZDSZ), which he led briefly (2000–2001). In 2004 he was elected Member of the European Parliament for the SZDSZ but due to problems of incompatibility, he had to renounce his mandate. During the 1980s Mr. Demszky organized an underground publishing house, signed the Act of Solidarity for Charta ’77 and became founder of SZETA a Foundation to Help the Poor. He holds a degree in law and sociology from Budapest University.

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