Flashcards: Hungarian economists

Nicolas Darvas (1920–1977) was a dancer, self-taught investor and author.

Tibor Palánkai (born 1 March 1938) is a Hungarian economist, university teacher and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

(The native form of this personal name is Polányi Mihály. This article uses the Western name order.) Michael Polanyi, FRS (11 March 1891 – 22 February 1976) was a Hungarian-British polymath, who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy.

Lajos Magyar (25 November 1891, Istvándi, Hungary – 17 July 1940, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Hungarian Communist journalist and sinologist, active in the Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919, after the fall of which he was imprisoned by the Horthy regime.

Alabert Fogarasi, also known as Béla Fogarasi (1891-1959) was a Hungarian philosopher and politician.

László Domokos (born February 26, 1965) is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Szarvas (Békés County Constituency V) from 1998 to 2010.

Klaudia Szemerey-Pataki (née Pataki; born March 4, 1976) is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Fidesz Bács-Kiskun County Regional List from 2013 to 2014.

Lászlóné Németh or Zsuzsanna Németh (née Zsuzsanna Serényi; Budapest, July 16, 1953), Hungarian politician and economist, who served as Minister of National Development in Viktor Orbán's government between 23 December 2011 and 6 June 2014.

Antal Rogán (born 29 January 1972) is a Hungarian economist and politician, who served as Mayor of Belváros-Lipótváros (fifth district of Budapest) from 2006 to 2014.

Konrád Burchard-Bélaváry (1837–1916), was a Hungarian Business magnate and diplomat.

Gergely Berzeviczy berzeviczei és kakaslomniczi (Hungarian: Berzeviczy Gergely, Slovak: Gregor Berzevici or Gregor Berzeviczy, German: Gregor Berzeviczy) (15 June 1763 – 23 February 1822) was an important political economist in the Kingdom of Hungary, follower of Adam Smith, one of the first political economists in Hungary.

András Simor (born May 17, 1954) is a Hungarian economist, who served as governor of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) from 2007 to 2013.

György Szapáry (born 1 August 1938) is a Hungarian–Belgian economist, who served as the Hungarian Ambassador to the United States between 2011 and 2015.

Mátyás Tímár (born July 10, 1923) is a former Hungarian politician and economist, who served as Minister of Finance between 1962 and 1967.

László Habis (born 20 June 1952) is a Hungarian politician, who has been the mayor of Eger since 2006.

Gábor Scheiring (born March 14, 1981) is a Hungarian economist and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Politics Can Be Different (LMP) National List between 2010 and 2014.

Kálmán Mizsei (born June 8, 1955) is a Hungarian economist.

András Tállai (born 5 February 1959) is a Hungarian economist and politician, current Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Taxation, and also Deputy Minister of National Economy since 15 June 2014.

Gábor Vágó (born January 10, 1984) is a Hungarian economist and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Politics Can Be Different (LMP) National List between 2010 and 2014.

(The native form of this personal name is Vályi-Nagy Vilmos. This article uses the Western name order.) Vilmos Vályi-Nagy (born 20 December 1971 in Miskolc) was the Secretary of State for Infocommunications at the Hungarian Ministry of National Development (15 November 2012 – 5 June 2014).

André Kostolany (February 9, 1906 – September 14, 1999) was a stock market expert, bon vivant and Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur.

Levente Pápa (born 9 May 1975 in Tata, Hungary) is a Hungarian economist and politician, former member and Chief Economist of Together party, board member between July 2014 and September 2016.

Dr. János Vilmos Fónagy (born July 11, 1942) is a Hungarian jurist, economist and politician, who served as Minister of Transport and Water Management between 2000 and 2002.

(The native form of this personal name is hidvégi gróf Mikó Imre. This article uses the Western name order.) Count Imre Mikó de Hidvég (4 September 1805 – 16 September 1876) was a Hungarian statesman, politician, economist, historian and patron from Transylvania, who served as Minister of Public Works and Transport between 1867 and 1870.

János Horváth (born November 7, 1921) is a Hungarian economist and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from 1998 to 2014.

Imre (Emmerich) Menyhay (born 12 May 1931 in Budafok) is a Hungarian-Austrian economist, pedagogue, sociologist, and psychologist of economics.

György Droppa (born 17 September 1947) is a Hungarian environmentalist, politician and economist, who served as leader of several extra-parliamentary green political parties since the 1990s.

Attila Chikán (born 4 April 1944, Budapest) is a Hungarian economist, university professor, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Dr. Andor László (1914 – 1993) was a Hungarian economist, who served as Governor of the Hungarian National Bank from November 1, 1961 to July 10, 1975.

Dr. Krisztina Dobos (July 18, 1949 – December 12, 2013) was a Hungarian educator, economist and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Budapest Regional List then the National List of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) between 1993 and 1998.

Erzsébet Schmuck (born 19 February 1954) is a Hungarian environmentalist, economist and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Politics Can Be Different (LMP) National List since 2014.

Gábor Bagdy (born November 5, 1957) is a Hungarian economist and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Fidesz–KDNP Budapest Regional List between 2010 and 2014.

Réka Szemerkényi (born 25 October 1966) is a Hungarian economist, political scientist and politician, who has been the Hungarian Ambassador to the United States since 2015.

Tamás Bauer (born May 6, 1946) is a Hungarian economist, politician and member of the National Assembly (MP) from June 28, 1994 to May 14, 2002.

(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.

Gyula Kautz (5 November 1829 – 27 March 1909) was a notable Hungarian economist.

Baron Alexandre Lamfalussy (Hungarian:báró Lámfalussy Sándor, (26 April 1929 – 9 May 2015), was a Hungarian-born Belgian economist and central banker. Born in Kapuvár, Hungary, Lamfalussy left his native country in 1949. He studied at the Catholic University of Leuven and Nuffield College, Oxford, where he received his doctorate in economics. He later taught at the Université catholique de Louvain and Yale. From 1994 to 1997 he was founding president of the European Monetary Institute in Frankfurt, forerunner to the European Central Bank.

Dr. Bernadett Szél (born 9 March 1977) is a Hungarian economist and politician.

Lajos Kósa (born March 14, 1964) is a Hungarian economist and politician, who served as Mayor of Debrecen between 1998 and 2014.

Dénes Szántó was a Hungarian economist, who served as Governor of the Hungarian National Bank after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, from November 20, 1956 to June 30, 1960.

László Hajdu (born August 23, 1947) is a Hungarian economist and politician, who has been Mayor of the 15th district of Budapest since 2014, a position which he also held between 1996 and 2010.

László Háy (31 August 1891 – 27 January 1975) was a Hungarian economist, physician and politician, who served as Governor of the Hungarian National Bank during the Communist regime from 17 April to 20 November 1956.

László Koszorús (born August 28, 1981) is a Hungarian economist and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Fidesz Baranya County Regional List between 2010 and 2014.

Alan A. Brown (born Andor Braun, March 20, 1928 – March 22, 2010) was a Hungarian professor of Economics.

Alexander de Erény Ullmann (Hungarian: Erényi Ullmann Sándor, 18 February 1850, in Budapest – 1897, in Budapest), was a Jewish Hungarian deputy and political economist.

Béla Sulyok (21 November 1904 – 1 March 1977) was a Hungarian economist, who served as Governor of the Hungarian National Bank during the Communist regime from 1 July 1960 to 31 October 1961.

Annamária Szalai (16 September 1961 – 12 April 2013) was a Hungarian journalist, politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Zala County, Fidesz (1998–2004).

György Surányi (born January 3, 1954) is Hungarian economist the CEO and chairman of CIB Bank and former president of the Hungarian National Bank between 1990–1991 and again in 1995-2001.

Lóránt Hegedüs (28 June 1872 – 1 January 1943) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1920 and 1921.

Jenő Rácz (26 May 1907 – 26 January 1981) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1946 and 1947.

Dr. Jenő Hámori, commonly referred to as J.