Ferenc Gyurcsány turned sixty-two years old, the only Hungarian Prime Minister after the 1989 regime change, who occupied the Prime Minister's office in an unusual way and left it in the same way. Our country's most divisive politician celebrates his birthday on June 4, i.e. today.
Ferenc Gyurcsány was the Prime Minister of Hungary between 2004-2009. Before that, he was a member of the government in 2003-2004 as Minister of Youth and Sports. Since 2011, he has been the president of the Democratic Coalition.
He was the only prime minister after the regime change in 1989 who occupied the prime minister's office in an unusual way and left it in the same way. The peak, or rather the lowest point, of his political activity was the fall of 2006, when his famous speech on the 17th of September was made public on the sunny Sunday of September 17, and then on October 23, the fiftieth anniversary of the revolution, he ran the ship of democracy aground and sank it for years.
He did not resign, he did not observe the triple rule of politics, according to which a prime minister should not lie, if he lies, he should not admit it, and if he does admit it, he should at least resign. In a strange way, however, he is used to the public presence of our society, and although his appearances annoy some, amuse others, and benefit others, in the end we all accept the insolence with which the fallen prime minister steps out into the light day after day and laughs in the eyes of Hungarians.
Featured image: MTI/Szilárd Koszticsák
