DATA OF INTEREST

GUEST:
BÁLINT MAGYAR

HOST:
LEONARDO FERNANDEZ OTAÑO


Synopsis:

In this session, the hungarian academic Bálint Magyar will bring us closer to the authoritarian challenges that post-communist democracies face.


Bio:

He completed his master's degree in History and Sociology and his doctorate in Political Economy at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. Between 1979 and 1990 he was a human rights activist in the anti-communist opposition movement. From its founding in 1988 until 2009 he was one of the leaders of the Hungarian Liberal Party (Alliance of Free Democrats). Between 1988 and 1990 he participated in the architecture of the new democracy and in the negotiation of the peaceful transition as a delegate of the Alliance of Free Democrats.

He was a member of the Hungarian Parliament (1990-2010). As Minister of Education (1996-1998; 2002-2006) he initiated and carried out reforms in public and higher education. He was Vice President of the National Development Council (2006-2008) and Secretary of State for Development Policy related to EU funds (2007-2008). Dr. Magyar was a member of the Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) (2008-2012).

VIDEO

Post-communist authoritarianisms

PODCAST