Prof. Dr. Béla Kádár honorary doctor of the University of Pécs since 8 November 2012.
Dr. Béla Kádár, an economist and a full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences was born in Pécs on 21 May 1934. He finished his elementary and secondary schools in Pécs and took his school leaving examination at Nagy Lajos Secondary Grammar School in 1952.
During his career, which was abundant of achivements, he worked as a researcher of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and as a professor at foreign universities. Between 1990-1994, he was the Minister for Foreign Trade, between 1994-1998 he was the chair of the Budget Comittee of the Parliament. Between 1999-2008 he was the chair of the Hungarian Economic Association then the honorary life chairman.
His fields of research are the development of the economy and industry, international division of labour, international relations and comparative economics. He is an author and co-author of 19 books and more than 400 scientific papers. Almost 200 of his works were published in foreign languages.
His outstanding scientific and public activity has been acknowledged with several prizes and awards.
The community of the University of Pécs highly appreciates Béla Kádárs's scientific merits and his unselfish and exemplary intention which enriched the results of the Hungarian and international economic sciences and contributed to the economic and scientific development of the South-Transdanubian Region and the city of Pécs and the intellectual development of the Faculty of Business and Economics.