Ferenc Tóth (politician)
| Ferenc Tóth | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
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In office 18 June 1998 – 5 May 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
30 December 1950 Fadd, Hungary |
| Political party | Fidesz |
| Profession | engineer, politician |
Ferenc Tóth (born 30 December 1950)[1] is a Hungarian engineer and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Paks (Tolna County Constituency II) between 1998 and 2014.[2]
Work experience
Ferenc Tóth finished Földvári Mihály General Secondary School in Tolna in 1969. He graduated as a maintenance engineer from the College Faculty of the Technical University for Heavy Industry of Dunaújváros in 1974. He qualified as a secondary school teacher in Dunaújváros in 1976. He conducted academic studies as a specialist economist at the University of Pécs until 1993.[1]
He worked as a maintenance engineer for the Lenin Agricultural Co-operative in Fadd from 1974, then from 1981 as a teacher in the children's home in Fadd. He was a physicist of the radiation protection department of the Tolna County Public Health and Sanitation Station from 1988 to 1990. He was an individual entrepreneur from 1994 to 1995, and became director of sales of Mészkő és Dolomit Rt. (Limestone & Dolomite Co. Ltd.) in 1996. He has been acting as managing director of the Tolna County Enterprise Promotion Fund since February 1999. He pursued handball competitively for several years. He was a member of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) from 1998 to 2001.[1]
Political career
Tóth was elected president of the local branch of Fidesz in 2003. He ran as an independent candidate in the 1990 local elections and was elected mayor of his birthplace.[1] He secured a seat in Parliament in the 1998 parliamentary election running as a non-party candidate supported by Fidesz, representing Paks (Constituency II, Tolna County). He was elected a local representative of Fadd again in the 1998 local elections running as an independent candidate.[2]
In the national election on 21 April 2002 he retained his seat in Parliament running as an individual candidate. From the middle of May 2002 he carried on with his work as a member of the Education and Science Committee. In the local elections held in the autumn of 2002, he was elected a local representative. In the parliamentary election held in 2006 and 2010, he was elected MP for Paks again. He became a member of the Committee on Education and Science on 30 May 2006. He was appointed Director of Government Office of Tolna County on 1 January 2011.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Biography" (PDF). Országgyűlés.
- 1 2 3 "Register". Országgyűlés.