15 Facts About Lajos Bokros

Lajos Andras Bokros was born on 26 June 1954 and is a Hungarian economist, who served as Minister of Finance from 1995 to 1996.

Lajos Bokros was the leader of the Movement for a Modern Hungary, which he founded in April 2013, and sat in the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament.

Lajos Bokros successfully applied for the scholarship of University of Panama in 1976, where he learned to speak fluent Spanish.

Lajos Bokros wrote his dissertation on the industrialization, integration and common market developments in Central America.

Lajos Bokros was director of the State Property Agency of Hungary between 1990 and 1991.

Lajos Bokros was chairman and chief executive officer at the Budapest Bank between 1991 and 1995.

Lajos Bokros is a full professor and former chief operating officer of the Central European University.

Lajos Bokros is best known for the so-called "Bokros package"; a string of austerity measures implemented during his term as Finance Minister.

Between 1997 and 2000, Lajos Bokros was Director for Private Sector and Finance at the World Bank.

Lajos Bokros was a full member of the Committee on Budgets and a substitute member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Lajos Bokros' nomination indicated a change of political position from conservative to liberal ideology.

Lajos Bokros was the MDF's candidate for the position of Prime Minister of Hungary on the 2010 Hungarian parliamentary election.

On 21 April 2013, Lajos Bokros founded the liberal conservative Modern Hungary Movement.

Lajos Bokros ran for Mayor of Budapest in the 2014 municipal election.

Lajos Bokros was supported by the Together 2014, Democratic Coalition and Budapest branch of the Hungarian Socialist Party.