Péter Ákos Bod

Péter Ákos Bod MP
Bod (right) with Christopher DeMuth in 2014

Governor of the Hungarian National Bank
In office 9 December 1991 – 14 December 1994
Preceded by	György Surányi
Succeeded by	György Surányi
Minister of Industry and Trade
In office 23 May 1990 – 9 December 1991
Prime Minister	József Antall
Preceded by	Ferenc Horváth (Industry) Tamás Beck (Trade)
Succeeded by	Iván Szabó
Member of the National Assembly
In office 2 May 1990 – 9 December 1991
Personal details
Born	(1951-07-28) 28 July 1951 Szigetvár, Hungary
Political party	MDF (1989–1996) MDNP (1996–2001)
Profession	politician, economist

The native form of this personal name is Bod Péter Ákos. This article uses the Western name order.

Péter Ákos Bod (born 28 July 1951) is a Hungarian politician and economist, who served as Minister of Industry and Trade in the cabinet of József Antall from 1990 to 1991 then Governor of the Hungarian National Bank from 1991 to 1994, when he resigned under the pressure of the Socialist Gyula Horn cabinet. He was also a Member of Parliament for the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) from 1990 until his resignation in 1991.^[1] In 1996, he joined the Hungarian Democratic People's Party (MDNP) and was elected to its leadership.^[2]

Before the second round of the 2006 parliamentary election, when MDF made it clear that they would not support Viktor Orbán's Fidesz, Orbán tried to get their support by declaring that he withdrew from Prime Minister candidacy, and sought a compromise candidate, Péter Ákos Bod. However MDF maintains its position and Fidesz lost the election by the ruling left-wing coailition parties.^[3]

His ancestor was Péter Bod (1712–1769), a Transylvanian Calvinist pastor, historian, "the greatest Hungarian scientist in the late-Baroque decades."^[4]

References

↑ "Register". Országgyűlés.
↑ Bölöny, József – Hubai, László: Magyarország kormányai 1848–2004 [Cabinets of Hungary 1848–2004], Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 2004 (5th edition). p. 295.
↑ "Orbán Bod Péter Ákost ajánlja" (in Hungarian). Index.hu. 12 April 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
↑ Sőtér, István (ed.): A magyar irodalom története, Vol. II,. Budapest, Akadémiai Kiadó, 1964. p. 562.

External links

Biography, CV & Publications, Corvinus University of Budapest

Political offices
Preceded by Tamás Beck	Minister of Industry and Trade 1990–1991	Succeeded by Iván Szabó
Preceded by György Surányi	Governor of the Hungarian National Bank 1991–1994	Succeeded by György Surányi

Governors of the Hungarian National Bank since 1924

Regency	Sándor Popovics (1924–1935) Béla Imrédy (1935–1938) Lipót Baranyai (1938–1943) Gyula Pósch (1943–1944)

Transition period	László Temesváry (Oct–Dec 1944) Imre Oltványi (Apr–Aug 1945) Artúr Kárász (Aug–Nov 1945) Imre Oltványi (1945–1946) Jenő Csejkey (1946–1949)

Communist Hungary	Ferenc Jeszenszky (1949–1952) János Vörös (1952–1955) László Háy (Apr–Nov 1956) Dénes Szántó (1956–1960) Béla Sulyok (1960–1961) Andor László (1961–1975) Mátyás Tímár (1975–1988) Ferenc Bartha (1988–1990)

Hungary	György Surányi (1990–1991) Péter Ákos Bod (1991–1994) György Surányi (1995–2001) Zsigmond Járai (2001–2007) András Simor (2007–2013) György Matolcsy (2013–present)

Authority control	VIAF: 12991180 SUDOC: 080789846

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