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Pál Csáky

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Pál Csáky
Member of the National Council
In office
4 July 2006 – 12 June 2010
Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia
In office
30 October 1998 – 4 July 2006[1]
Personal details
Born (1956-03-21) 21 March 1956 (age 68)
Šahy, Czechoslovakia[2] (present-day Slovakia)
Political partyParty of the Hungarian Coalition

Pál Csáky (born 21 March 1956) is a Slovak politician,[1] a member of Hungarian minority in Slovakia and the country's former Deputy Prime Minister for European affairs, human rights and minorities. Csáky was an activist for the Hungarian minority in Czechoslovakia since 1977. His political activity started in 1989, and since 1990 he has been a member of National Council (Slovakia's parliament). The Party of the Hungarian Coalition was named a member of the governing coalition in 1998, and Csáky became a member of several advisory bodies and ministerial councils.

On March 31, 2007, Csáky was elected president of the Party of the Hungarian Coalition. In 2010, he was succeeded by József Berényi. He is married and has four daughters.[3] He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in the 2014 European Parliament election.

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  1. ^ a b "Slovak ministries, etc". www.rulers.org.
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  3. ^ "The Slovak Republic Government Office". April 11, 2005. Archived from the original on 2005-04-11.
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