Gergely Karácsony
Gergely Szilveszter Karácsony (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkɒraːt͡ʃoɲ ˌɡɛrɡɛj ˌsilvɛstɛr]; born 11 June 1975) is a Hungarian politician, political scientist and current Mayor of Budapest. He previously served as member of the National Assembly (MP) from 2010 to 2014 and Mayor of Zugló from 2014 to 2019.
The native form of this personal name is Karácsony Gergely Szilveszter. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Gergely Karácsony
11 June 1975
Fehérgyarmat, Hungary
United for Hungary (2020–present)
Virág Kiss
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Political scientist, politician
Profession[edit]
Karácsony worked for the Medián market and public opinion research company as a research manager. He became Director of Research in 2007. Between 2002 and 2008 he was a political advisor at the Prime Minister's Office.[2] In addition to that, he worked as a teaching assistant at the Corvinus University of Budapest from 2004, an assistant lecturer from 2007 and an assistant professor from 2008.
In May 2021, the Hungarian Office of Education (Oktatási Hivatal) opened an investigation into his appointments as assistant lecturer and assistant professor at Corvinus University. In September, the Office concluded that he did not meet some requirements related to language certificates and doctoral studies required by the university's policy.[3]