János Veres

János Veres (born 5 February 1957) is a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 2005 and 2009. He was member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party since 1980. He served as first secretary of the party's committee of Nyírbátor from 1988 to 1989. He was founding member of the Hungarian Socialist Party in 1990. He became member of the National Assembly of Hungary in 1994. He served as deputy chairman of the Committee of Economics many times. He also served as mayor of Nyírbátor since 2002, but resigned in the next year, because he was appointed state secretary of the Ministry of Finance. Veres became member of the MSZP's presidency in 2004. Ferenc Gyurcsány appointed him Minister of Finance in 2005.

Controversies

Veres had many conflicts with the HírTV, which supports the conservative right-wing politics and the biggest opposition party, Fidesz. On 19 December 2006 he head the riporter, who wanted to asking him. Two years later, on March 2008 he shoved away the correspondent deliberately. On the next day the two journalists appeared on the press conference in a visibility waistcoat. Then Veres declared that the HírTV's colleagues can't approach him. The minister repeatedly threatened the channel with a judicial lawsuit, when the riporters asked about his sons' charge.

References

• Veres János országgyűlési adatlapja
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