Farewell to master and friend

Gyula Tellér, who had been the Prime Minister's advisor since 2010, died at the age of 88.

“Our master and friend is gone. He bequeathed two things: be brave and be loyal! So be it. God bless you, brother Gyula! - wrote Viktor Orbán on his Facebook page on the news of Gyula Tellér's death.

Gyula Tellér was a member of the parliament of the regime change, in the 1990 parliamentary election, he obtained a mandate from the national list of the SZDSZ. He did not run in the next election, in 1994, and left the SZDSZ in the same year.

In 1995, he was one of the founders of the Society of Hungarian Civil Democrats, and in 1996 he became a board member of the Hungarian Civil Cooperation Association. Between 1996 and 1998, he was a member of the board of trustees of the MTV Public Foundation delegated by Fidesz.

During the first Orbán government (1998–2002), he worked as the head of the political analysis department of the Prime Minister's Office. In 1999, the XX. He was appointed scientific director of the Century Institute. Between 2000 and 2005, he was an invited lecturer at Pázmány Péter Catholic University. In 2005, he became a contract employee of the National Radio and Television Board. In the 2006 parliamentary election, he won a mandate again from the national list of Fidesz-KDNP, and as a member of the Fidesz faction, he became a member of the culture and press committee.

Since 2010, he has been Viktor Orbán's adviser. The politician was 88 years old.

Source: Origo/Facebook