János Veres, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

János Veres

Hungarian politician

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1957

Place of Birth: Nyírbátor, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary

Profession: politician, economist

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

János Veres (born 5 February 1957) is a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 2005 and 2009.
He was a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party since 1980.
He served as first secretary of the party's committee of Nyírbátor from 1988 to 1989.
He was a founding member of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) in 1990.
He became a member of the National Assembly of Hungary in 1994.
He served as deputy chairman of the Committee of Economics many times.
He also served as mayor of Nyírbátor since 2002, but resigned in the next year, because he was appointed state secretary of the Ministry of Finance.
Veres became a member of the MSZP's presidency in 2004.
Ferenc Gyurcsány appointed him Minister of Finance in 2005.