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Under a new rule, politicians must declare their assets and income by Jan. 31, 2023, along with that of family members.
Viktor Orbán had nearly 14 million forints (EUR 36,000) in a joint account with his wife, according to the latest declaration. The prime minister’s previous statements did not include savings. He also still owns a house in the town of Felcsút and an apartment in the 12th district of Budapest, although the latter is only half owned by him. The prime minister does not own any other real estate and is not affiliated with any company.
Attorney General Péter Polt has kept his previously declared garage space, his wine cellar, his weekend house, his half-owned vacation resort on Lake Balaton and his apartment in the 2nd district, which he also owns 50 percent of. He has no car or other vehicle, but his savings amount to almost ten million forints (EUR 26.000).
György Matolcsy, governor of the National Bank and member of the Finance Council, inherited a significant amount last year.
His declaration of assets shows that he invested 118 million forints (EUR 306,000) of his inheritance in government bonds, and another 100 million forints in other deposits and a vacation resort. He also has 19 million forints in his bank account and owns a 150-square-meter house. He cannot complain about his earnings either: his two jobs pay him between one and five million forints each.
Photo: Jakab Péter Facebook
Péter Jakab cannott say the same for himself. The former nationalist Jobbik party chairman has submitted a completely empty declaration of assets, meaning that his salary is between one and five million forints. According to this, he no longer has his apartment in the town of Miskolc or any savings. In May, he still owned half of the apartment, had savings of four million and debts of almost 79 million (EUR 204,000). All of this now seems to have disappeared.
Photo: Gergely Karácsony Facebook
The mayor of Budapest is not one of the underprivileged either. The monthly salary of just over 1.7 million forints (EUR 4400) seems adequate for his job. According to Gergely Karácsony’s declaration of assets, he is a co-owner of a 97-square-meter apartment in an apartment building in the 2nd district. He owns an equal share in a vacation home on Lake Balaton, but has little else. He does not own any vehicles. In addition to his bank account of one million forints, he has debts of almost 40 million forints. The mayor’s assets in a building society amount to almost 2.4 million forints.
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