János Áder

Janos got married to a lawyer named Anita Herczegh, who later went on to become a judge. The couple is blessed with four children, a son, and three daughters.

His wife Anita’s father was also a lawman, who served as the judge of the ‘International Court of Justice’, situated in Netherlands, for a period of 10 years.

Janos Ader was born in Hungary in 1959, to parents of a middle-class economic background. While his mother worked at a healthcare company, Ader’s father served as the deputy manager of a local store. He was the first child born to his parents, and was raised at the Győr-Moson-Sopron County, located in the town of Csorna.

He joined the ‘Eötvös Loránd University’, located at Budapest in 1978, where he studied law, for a period of five years.

He later joined the sociological research institute, ‘Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ in 1986, where he worked as a research fellow for the next four years.

At the same time, he was also a part of the opposition round table group, which played an important role in trying to end the single-party style of administration in the country.

During the period 1990-94, Ader led the election campaigns for the conservative political party ‘Fidesz’ on two different occasions. He was also elected as a member of the Hungarian parliament at around the same time.

After being occupied with his duties as a parliamentarian for the next few years, this lawyer was elected as the member of the National Assembly of Hungary in 1998. During his tenure, this lawyer became responsible for Hungary’s association with the inter-governmental military initiative, ‘North Atlantic Treaty Organization’ (NATO).

He became the leader of opposition of his party ‘Fidesz’, in 2002, and continued to handle the responsibility for the next four years.

In 2009, he, along with a few other politicians belonging to the conservative party, contested the ‘European Parliamentary Election’. A successful Ader became the member of the European Parliament, soon after the contest.

Two years later, in 2011, this ‘Fidesz’ leader played a pivotal role in drafting the legislation, which aimed to establish judicial independence in Hungary.

Ader drew the attention of esteemed leaders from various nations through his speech at the ‘67th session of the UN General Assembly’, held at New York in 2012. The Hungarian political stalwart spoke about the new accommodations made in his country, which would benefit the country’s citizens immensely.

He emphasized on the preservation of Hungary’s natural resources such as water and land as a part of the nation’s cultural heritage, through this speech.