Ákos Kriza (10 February 1965 − 18 January 2021) was a Hungarian politician. Kriza was a member of
Fidesz
Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (; hu, Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Hungary, led by Viktor Orbán.
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and served as mayor of
Miskolc
Miskolc ( , , ; Czech language, Czech and sk, Miškovec; german: Mischkolz; yi, script=Latn, Mishkoltz; ro, Mișcolț) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 (1 Jan 2014) Miskolc is the ...
from 3 October 2010 to 13 October 2019.
Biography
Kriza was born in
Oradea
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,
Romania
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. He studied medicine at the
University of Medicine and Pharmacy in
Târgu Mureș
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and economics at the
University of West Hungary
The main campus of the University of Sopron ( Soproni Egyetem, abbreviated SOE) is located in Sopron, Hungary.
The school traces its roots to 1735. . He received his medical degree in 1990 and moved to Miskolc the same year. He worked in the
Diósgyőr Hospital then as a general practitioner until 1999 when he became a hospital manager. He joined Fidesz in 1997 and ran for mayor in 2006 when he was defeated by the incumbent mayor,
Sándor Káli
Sándor Káli (born July 3, 1951) is a Hungarian politician and Member of Parliament. Káli is a member of the Hungarian Socialist Party and a former mayor of Miskolc
Miskolc ( , , ; Czech language, Czech and sk, Miškovec; german: Mischkol ...
. After his party's landslide victory in the parliamentary elections in April 2010, he was elected mayor during the local elections held in the autumn, defeating Sándor Káli. Kriza was re-elected mayor during
2014 local elections, obtaining 42.27 percent of the vote and defeating opposition candidates
Albert Pásztor
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, a former top police official, and
Péter Jakab
Péter Jakab (born 16 August 1980) is a Hungarian politician and member of the National Assembly. He served as president of the right-wing Jobbik between January 2020 and June 2022. He had been the parliamentary group leader of Jobbik from July ...
.
On 9 August 2019, Kriza announced he was not seeking re-election due to his long-standing tumor disease. The government party Fidesz nominated Zoltán Alakszai, the notary of Miskolc as their nominee for the position of mayor. Alakszai was defeated by local school headmaster and joint opposition candidate
Pál Veres
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* Pál Almásy (1818-1882), Hungarian lawyer and politician
* Pál Bedák (born 1985), Hungarian boxer
* Pál Benkő (1928–2019), Hungarian-American chess ...
in the
2019 local elections.
Personal life
He was married to Zsuzsanna László. They have a daughter, Anna, and a son, Áron.
Ákos Kriza died on 18 January 2021, at the age of 55, after a long-term illness.
References
External links
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1965 births
2021 deaths
People from Oradea
Mayors of places in Hungary
Fidesz politicians
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