Imre Szekeres
Imre Szekeres (born 9 September 1950) is a Hungarian politician of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) and former Minister of Defense. Biography Szekeres was born in Szolnok. He is married to a chemical engineer; they have two children. He graduated from the Veszprém University of Chemical Engineering as a chemical systems engineer in 1974. After graduation he spent three years at the Cybernetics Institute of the University as an assistant lecturer while studying for a PhD degree. The subject of his 1977 PhD dissertation was the development of artificial intelligence. In 1985, he joined to the City Council of Veszprém, where he later became the deputy chairman. He was one of the first promoters and organizers of the reformist circle movement in Veszprém county. He was a founding member of the MSZP in October 1989, and in his county he became the first president of the party. In May 1990 he was elected as the national secretary of the party, and he was elected executive vice-president in November. He was the party's vice-president between 1994 and 1998. He was the campaign chief of his party during the 1994 and 1998 general elections. He was a member of the party's national