http://kanadaihirlap.com/2009/04/15/gordon-bajnai-becomes-hungarian-prime-minister/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:25:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://kanadaihirlap.com/2009/04/15/gordon-bajnai-becomes-hungarian-prime-minister/#comment-313 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:38:56 +0000 http://kanadaihirlap.com/?p=880#comment-313 [...] Gordon Bajnai, the Socialist government’s development minister, was nominated to replace outgoing Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány in the early hours of the morning, following desperate, marathon meetings within the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) and the liberal Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ). Assuming that Bajnai’s supporters are able to muster a thin majority in parliament next week, the 41 year old development minister will take over the Hungarian government on April 14, 2009. Yet Bajnai will face major political obstables as prime minister, above and beyond the severe economic crisis which brought Hungary to the brink of bankruptcy. [...]

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