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Kásler leaves National Institute of Oncology to become minister

In May 2018 Miklós Kásler stepped down as director-general of the National Institute of Oncology, which he had led for more than 25 years, on becoming minister. He handed over to Professor Csaba Polgár, head of the institute's radiotherapy centre, who became acting director-general and praised Kásler's expertise and humane treatment of patients and staff.

Miklós Kásler (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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In May 2018 Miklós Kásler stepped down as director-general of the National Institute of Oncology, which he had led for more than 25 years, on becoming minister. He handed over to Professor Csaba Polgár, head of the institute's radiotherapy centre, who became acting director-general and praised Kásler's expertise and humane treatment of patients and staff.

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  • Miklós Kásler

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    Kásler leaves National Institute of Oncology to become minister. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.pestisracok.huchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: kasler+minister · verified
  2. 2.origo.huchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: kasler+onkologiai · verified
  3. 3.telex.huchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: kasler+onkologiai · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Kásler leaves National Institute of Oncology to become minister. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/kasler-leaves-oncology-institute-2018

https://factrail.ai/facts/kasler-leaves-oncology-institute-2018

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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