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Pál Schmitt elected President of Hungary

On 29 June 2010 the Hungarian National Assembly elected former Olympic fencer and Fidesz politician Pál Schmitt as President of Hungary in a secret ballot. He won 263 votes, exactly the number of Fidesz-KDNP MPs, against 59 for the Socialist candidate András Balogh, and took over from László Sólyom on 6 August.

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

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On 29 June 2010 the Hungarian National Assembly elected former Olympic fencer and Fidesz politician Pál Schmitt as President of Hungary in a secret ballot. He won 263 votes, exactly the number of Fidesz-KDNP MPs, against 59 for the Socialist candidate András Balogh, and took over from László Sólyom on 6 August.

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  • Pál Schmitt

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  1. 1.vg.hu — sourcevg.hu · verified
  2. 2.origo.hu — sourceorigo.hu · verified
  3. 3.edition.cnn.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: schmitt+president · verified
  4. 4.thenation.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: schmitt+president · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Pál Schmitt elected President of Hungary. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/schmitt-elected-president-2010-06-29

https://factrail.ai/facts/schmitt-elected-president-2010-06-29

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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