Pál Steiner (born 13 March 1953) is a Hungarian politician, who served as the mayor of Belváros-Lipótváros (5th district of

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 ...

) from 2002 to 2006. He was elected member of the National Assembly (MP) from the Budapest Regional List of the

Hungarian Socialist Party 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. It was founded on 7 October 1989 as a post-communist evolution and one of t ...

(MSZP) in 2002, holding the seat until 2014.

Career

He is of Jewish origin. He spent his childhood in

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and

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. After mechanical works in trade industry, he attended the

Eötvös Loránd University Eötvös Loránd University (, ELTE, also known as ''University of Budapest'') is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in ...

, where earned a degree of jurist in 1986. Steiner joined the

Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (, , MSZMP) was the ruling Marxist–Leninist party of the Hungarian People's Republic between 1956 and 1989. It was organised from elements of the Hungarian Working People's Party during the Hungaria ...

(MSZMP) in 1986, then became a founding a member of the Socialist Party in October 1989. He served as chairman of the party's national ethics committee between 1998 and 2004. Steiner became a Member of Parliament from his party's Budapest regional list during the 2002 parliamentary election. He was involved in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and Justice. He was re-elected in 2006 and 2010 too from the MSZP regional list both times. He was elected mayor of the downtown of Budapest (5th district) in the 2002 local election. He held the office until the 2006 local elections. Then he became a member of the

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, where he functioned as leader of the MSZP caucus until 2010. He was president of the Central Hungary Development Council between 2008 and 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Steiner, Pal 1953 births Living people Hungarian Jews Mayors of places in Hungary Eötvös Loránd University alumni Members of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Hungarian Socialist Party politicians Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2002–2006) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2006–2010) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014) Politicians from Budapest