    ferenc mÃ¡dl  (29 january 1931&nbsp;â 29 may 2011)elhunyt mÃ¡dl ferenc index.hu was the second president of the third republic of hungary, having served from 4 august 2000 to 5 august 2005. ==university studies and scientific activities== mÃ¡dl was awarded a diploma from the faculty of politics and law of the eÃ¶tvÃ¶s lorÃ¡nd university in 1955. between 1961â1963 he studied at the faculty of international comparative law of the university of strasbourg. he was awarded an academic degree as candidate of politics and law in 1964, and he received a doctorate in 1974 with his dissertation "the company and economic competition in the law of european economic integration". in 1987 he was elected a corresponding member of the hungarian academy of sciences, and then in 1993 he was made a full member of the academy. in his scientific activities he has primarily dealt with matters of civil law, private international law and legal problems related to international economic relations, as well as european law. he was secretary of the scientific qualifying committee between 1984â1990, from 1985 he has been a member of the harvard academy of international commercial law, from 1988 a member of the steering committee of the rome international institute (unidroit) for unifying private law, while from 1989 he was appointed as a central judge on the washington-based international selected court for states and foreign investors. besides the aforementioned positions he held he also assisted in the editing of several scientific journals and the work of scientific organizations, and was a member of several international academies. mÃ¡dl lectured at numerous foreign universities as guest professor, and is the author of several books and studies. ==professional career== from 1955 mÃ¡dl worked as a legal clerk and then as court secretary, then between 1956 and 1971 he worked as political and legal rapporteur at the hungarian academy of sciences central of
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