Elemér Csák (20 May 1944 – 2 June 2025) was a Hungarian journalist, editor, foreign correspondent, and radio and television reporter. A winner of the Táncsics and Karinthy Prizes for journalism, he served as the spokesman of the Hungarian government from 15 February 1995 to 30 June 1995.

Biography

Csak was born in

Košice Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest cit ...

, Hungary, on 20 May 1944. In 1967, he graduated from

Moscow State University Moscow State University (MSU), officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University,. is a public university, public research university in Moscow, Russia. The university includes 15 research institutes, 43 faculties, more than 300 departments, a ...

with a degree in history and

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. He then completed post-graduate studies at the MÚOSZ School of Journalism in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

. During college, he worked as the Hungary correspondent for Moscow Radio. Csák died on 2 June 2025 at the age of 82.

References

External links

Elemér Csák's homepage
1944 births 2025 deaths Hungarian journalists Government spokespersons of Hungary Moscow State University alumni People from Košice {{Hungary-writer-stub