Zoltán Bodnár

{{Short description|Hungarian economist}}

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| name = Zoltán Bodnár

| image = Bodnár Zoltán 2015.JPG

| caption = Zoltán Bodnár in 2015

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|12|20}}

| birth_place = Salgótarján, Hungary

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| alma_mater = Eötvös Loránd University

| occupation = Chairman, President & CEO of Magyar Export-Import Bank

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Zoltán Bodnár (born 20 December 1958) is a Hungarian economist, banker and jurist, former CEO of the Magyar Export-Import Bank (Exim).{{cite web|title=Az exportőrök bankja |url=http://www.diplomatamagazin.hu/ftp/hzfqlcc_dnet34-35.pdf|publisher=diplomatamagazin.hu|date=|access-date=11 November 2019}} He was also Deputy Governor of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) from 1997 to 1998.{{cite web|title=Corporate Governance|url=https://www.waberers.com/en/about-us/corporate-governance|publisher=Waberer´s|date=|access-date=11 November 2019}}

Bodnár was nominated as candidate for the position of Mayor of Budapest by the Hungarian Liberal Party (MLP) during the 2014 municipal elections, receiving 2.1 percent of the vote.[http://www.vg.hu/kozelet/politika/bodnar-zoltan-az-mlp-fopolgarmester-jeloltje-432483 Bodnár Zoltán az MLP főpolgármester-jelöltje] – Vg.hu, 2014-08-02. Following that he was financial advisor and chargé d'affaires within the party until his resignation on 21 October 2016.[http://alfahir.hu/mar_csak_ez_hianyzott_lemondott_a_magyar_liberalis_part_ugyvivoje Már csak ez hiányzott! Lemondott a Magyar Liberális Párt ügyvivője] He quit the party in the next month.[http://alfahir.hu/tovabb_fogyatkozik_fodor_gabor_egyszemelyes_partja Tovább fogyatkozik Fodor Gábor egyszemélyes pártja] In 2017, he was involved in the Hungarian Progressive Movement.[http://hvg.hu/itthon/20170928_Kivulrol_akarjak_megbuktatni_Botkat Egy célja van Tarjányiéknak: megszabadítani az ellenzéket Botkától] HVG, 2017-09-28

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