Laszlo Solyom, a former president of Hungary, has died at age 81 following a long illness, his office said on October 8. Solyom, the first chief justice of the country’s Constitutional Court from 1990-98, served as the third president of the post-communist Hungarian Republic, in office from 2005 to August 2010. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Hungarian Service, click here.
Former Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom Dies At Age 81
Former Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom (file photo)