Венгрия Ғылым академиясы

Learned society of Hungary

The Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. Its main responsibilities are the cultivation of science, dissemination of scientific findings, supporting research and development, and representing Hungarian science domestically and around the world.

The history of the academy began in 1825 when Count István Széchenyi offered one year's income of his estate for the purposes of a Learned Society at a district session of the Diet in Pressburg (Pozsony, present Bratislava, seat of the Hungarian Parliament at the time), and his example was followed by other delegates. Its task was specified as the development of the Hungarian language and the study and propagation of the sciences and the arts in Hungarian. It received its current name in 1845. Its central building was inaugurated in 1865, in Renaissance Revival architecture style. The architect was Friedrich August Stüler.

Count József Teleki 17 November 1830 – 15 February 1855Count Emil Dessewffy 17 April 1855 – 10 January 1866Baron József Eötvös 18 March 1866 – 2 February 1871Baron Menyhért Lónyay 17 May 1871 – 3 November 1884Dr. Ágoston Trefort 28 May 1885 – 22 August 1888Baron Loránd Eötvös 3 May 1889 – 5 October 1905Albert Berzeviczy 27 November 1905 – 22 March 1936Archduke Joseph Habsburg 22 March 1936 – October 1944Gyula Kornis 7 March 1945 – 29 October 1945Gyula Moór 29 October 1945 – 24 July 1946Zoltán Kodály 24 July 1946 – 29 November 1949István Rusznyák 29 November 1949 – 5 February 1970Tibor Erdey Grúz 5 February 1970 – 16 August 1976János Szentágothai 26 October 1976 – 10 May 1985Iván T. Berend 10 May 1985 – 24 May 1990Domokos Kosáry 24 May 1990 – 9 May 1996Ferenc Glatz 9 May 1996 – 4 May 2002Szilveszter Vizi 5 May 2002 – 6 May 2008József Pálinkás 6 May 2008 – 5 May 2014László Lovász 6 May 2014 – 31 July 2020Tamás Freund 1 August 2020 – present

The Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts (Széchenyi Irodalmi és Művészeti Akadémia) was created in 1992 as an academy associated yet independent from the MTA. Some of the known members are György Konrád, Magda Szabó, Péter Nádas writers, Zoltán Kocsis pianist, Miklós Jancsó, István Szabó film directors. The last president was Károly Makk, film director, who succeeded László Dobszay (resigned on 20 April 2011).