Dr. Attila Tilki (born 9 May 1967) is a Hungarian jurist and politician,

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(MP) for

Fehérgyarmat Fehérgyarmat is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 8089 people (2015). Twin towns – sister cities Fehérgyarmat is twinne ...

( Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Constituency X) from 2006 to 2014, and for Vásárosnamény (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Constituency IV) since 2014. He served as mayor of Fehérgyarmat between 2006 and 2014.

Biography

He graduated as a historian and

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teacher from the Bessenyei György Teacher Training College of Nyíregyháza in 1991. He accomplished his legal studies and graduated as a lawyer from the

University of Debrecen ThUniversity of Debrecen( hu, Debreceni Egyetem) is a university located in Debrecen, Hungary. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest continuously operating institution of higher education in Hungary ever since its ...

in 2003. He also completed a university degree of regional development. He taught

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and history in Fehérgyarmat and Russian language in

Csaholc Csaholc is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whe ...

. From 2000 to 2002 he worked for the Prime Minister's Office, he was responsible for the regional development of small areas. From 2002 he was a member of the local assembly and deputy mayor of Fehérgyarmat. From 2002 he was vice president of the county branch of Fidesz. He is president of the Voluntary Fire Brigade in Fehérgyarmat, member of the Christian Intellectual Alliance and the Rákóczi Alliance. In the parliamentary election held in 2006, he was elected MP for Fehérgyarmat. He was appointed a member of the Local Government and Urban Development Committee on 30 May 2006. He became mayor of Fehérgyarmat in the 2006 local elections. He secured a seat during the 2010 parliamentary election. He was appointed a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on 14 May 2010. He is a vice-chairman of the Committee on Budgets since 2014.

Controversy

Attila Tilki was involved in a car accident in February 2012, while driving under the influence of alcohol, something he himself announced in a press release sent to MTI. According to the statement, Tilki brushed up against the guardrail on the

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. No one was injured in the incident, and Tilki waived his parliamentary immunity and was found by police to have alcohol in his system.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tilki, Attila 1967 births Living people Hungarian jurists University of Debrecen alumni Mayors of places in Hungary Fidesz politicians Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2006–2010) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2014–2018) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2018–2022) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2022–2026) People from Kisvárda