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Pál Schmitt

Pál Schmitt

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Fidesz president from 2010 until a plagiarism resignation in 2012. He signed the Fundamental Law rather than send it back. Affiliated with Fidesz.

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Accountability & contradictions

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Responsibility

What could change this assessment

  • 3 linked facts have no assessed welfare direction yet.
  • Lifetime coverage has not been assessed: the record reflects stored facts only (2010–2012).

Timeline

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  1. 2 April 2012

    Schmitt resigns as president over plagiarism scandal

  2. 29 March 2012

    Semmelweis University strips Schmitt of doctorate for plagiarism

  3. 29 June 2010

    Pál Schmitt elected President of Hungary

Evidence & methodology

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3 of 3 linked facts verified, drawing on 1 distinct source (2010–2012).

Sources include checked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: schmitt+president.

Sources

  1. 1.edition.cnn.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: schmitt+president

The score is formula-derived (Factrail formula v1, version 1.0.0), not an editorial verdict. Read the methodology.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed · Sources: 1

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