Levente Pápa is a Hungarian economist and politician, member and Chief Economist of Together party, board member since July 2014.
Education
He had acquired his secondary school leaving certificate in 1993 at the József Eötvös High School in Tata, specialized in natural sciences. He started his university studies on a Physics program at the Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences and changed later to the University of Economics of Budapest where he graduated with distinction from the Finance program as a Republic Scholarship recipient in 2004. In his university years, he was member of the Rajk László College for Advanced Studies from 1999 to 2004, also being a board member of the College for two years.
Member of the Hungarian Association of Economists, he published papers titled Fiscal Sustainability in 2008 and Implications of Foreign Currency Exposure in 2012.
Career
Starting August 2014 he is also the Chair of the Board of the András Váradi Foundation. Upon graduation, he became an analyst and portfolio manager for Argenta Zrt., where he was in charge of managing long-term investments in foreign capital markets. 2008-2010 he was Chief Executive Officer of Morrow Limited. providing services related to foreign currency exchange risk in the real economy.
Between 2010 and 2014, he was Chief Foreign Currency Strategist of OTP Bank providing regional-level investment advice and overseeing regional analytics.
He left the bank for starting his political career. He held the 6th place on the national list of the party on the 2014 parliamentary elections.
The Foundation was later renamed in remembrance to András Váradi Foundation, following the tragic passing of András Váradi, the party"s member and mayor candidate in Alcsútdoboz. He was elected as a vice president of the party in February 2015.
Politics
He had arrived to Together from the One Million for the Freedom of Press Movement (Milla) in February 2014 to become the Chief Economist of the party.
Membership
In his university years, he was member of the Rajk László College for Advanced Studies from 1999 to 2004, also being a board member of the College for two years. Member of the Hungarian Association of Economists, he published papers titled Fiscal Sustainability in 2008 and Implications of Foreign Currency Exposure in 2012. He was elected as a board member of the party in July and Chair of the Board of the Together for Hungary Foundation.
