Article: HUNGARY: MADL NOMINATED FOR HUNGARIAN PRESIDENT.(Ferenc Madl)(Brief Article)

With the agreement of FIDESZ, the junior coalition Independent Smallholders' Party has nominated Ferenc Madl, a culture minister in Jozsef Antall's government, as president. The 69-year-old law professor was President Arpad Goncz's opponent in the 1995 presidential elections. Prime Minister Viktor Orban welcomed Madl's 3 May nomination, describing him as "a gentle man committed to the nation, who will continue the best traditions of Hungary's history." Smallholders' chairman Jozsef Torgyan said Madl's diplomatic experience and ...

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