Dalma Mádl

Dalma Mádl (née Némethy; 9 November 1932 – 22 October 2021) was the First Lady of Hungary from 2000 to 2005 and the wife of President Ferenc Mádl.

Dalma Mádl
Mádl in 2013
First Lady of Hungary
In role 4 August 2000 – 5 August 2005
President	Ferenc Mádl
Preceded by	Zsuzsanna Göntér
Succeeded by	Erzsébet Sólyom
Personal details
Born	Dalma Némethy (1932-11-09)9 November 1932 Pécs, Hungary
Died	22 October 2021(2021-10-22) (aged 88) Budapest, Hungary
Spouse	Ferenc Mádl ​ (m. 1955⁠–⁠2010)​
Children	1 son

The native form of this personal name is Mádl Dalma. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Life

She was born in 1932 in Pécs when her family name was Némethy and she was the fourth child. Her intellectual family sent her to Patrona Hungariae High School in Budapest. She started work at the Pediatric Hospital of Pécs in 1950.

She married Ferenc Mádl five years later.^[1]

She was the First Lady of Hungary from 2000 to 2005.

Dalma Mádl died in Budapest at the age of 88 on 22 October 2021.

Honours

• Norway: Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (2002)
• Spain: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2005)