Born on 17 September 1952 in Miskolc  

Qualifications
Chemical industry mechanical operating engineer
Plant maintenance specialist engineer
Engineer-economist 

Intermediate English "A" language exam 

Education
1977 Pollack Mihály Technical College
1985 Pollack Mihály Technical College
2001 Budapest Business School  

Career
1977-78 Tisza Vegyipari Kombinát, operating engineer
1979-93 Orosháza glass factory, operating engineer-deputy technical director
1994-97 Orosháza Glass Containers Ltd., first engineer
1997-98 Békés County General Assembly, Chairman of the Assembly
1998-2000 Municipality of Orosháza, Chief Advisor
2000-2002 Orosháza Ipari Park Kft., managing director
2002-2006 Békés County General Assembly, Chairman of the Assembly
2006- Member of Parliament
2006-2008 member of the Committee on European Affairs
2008- member of the Committee on Budget and Finance  

Party membership
1985-1989 member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP)
1989- member of MSZP
2009- MSZP Békés County President  

Other public activities
1994- member of the Békés County Delegate Body
2006- member of the Municipality of Orosháza
1997-98 President of the Békés County Territorial Development Council
2002-2006 1997 founding President of the DKMT Euro Region, current President
2004 2006- permanent member of the European Union's Committee of the Regions
2006- permanent member of the Sustainable Development Committee
2008- President of the Dél-alföld Regional Development Council