Dr. Lajos Szűcs (born 15 September 1964) is a Hungarian jurist and politician,

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(MP) for Dabas ( Pest County Constituency XIV) from 2001 to 2014, and for

Vecsés Vecsés (german: Wetschesch) is a town of 20,550 inhabitants in Budapest metropolitan area, Pest County, Hungary, situated adjacent to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. History The village was first mentioned in records in 1318. In ...

(Pest County Constituency VII) since 2014.

Early life

Szűcs finished Puskás Tivadar Secondary Technical School of Telecommunications Engineering with a professional qualification in 1982. He received his degree in public education studies and pedagogy in a distance learning course at Eszterházy Károly Teacher's Training College in

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in 1992. His second degree is in public administration from the College of Public of Administration in

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, obtained in 1998. He studied law at

Eötvös Loránd University Eötvös Loránd University ( hu, Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, ELTE) is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in Hung ...

of Budapest between 1999 and 2008. He is active in several

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s including the National Civil Guards' Alliance, the Alliance for the Protection of the Village of

Ócsa Ócsa is a town in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. 30 kilometers south of Budapest. Árpád Age Romanesque church The church was originally built in the 13th century by the Premonstratensians for use as a monastery. During t ...

and the Ócsa Club. During the 1990 local elections, he worked as a campaign manager for Ócsa and later as an officer in charge of public education and mayoral affairs in the local mayor's office.

Political career

He founded the Ócsa branch 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. It was formed in 1988 under the name of Alliance of Young ...

with Attila Buza, mayor of Ócsa in November 1993. He was elected to both the party's county and National Board. In the 1998 parliamentary election, he was again head of campaign and became his personal assistant when Buza had secured a seat in Parliament. In the 1998 local elections, he was elected to the General Assembly of Pest County. He was elected MP in the by-election held on 13 April 2001 succeeding Attila Buza, who died in a car accident. Szűcs served in the Committee on Health and Social Affairs and Immunity, Incompatibility and Mandate Committee. He was elected incumbent MP in the 2002 election, representing Dabas. He had been on the Committee on Social and Family Affairs since May 2002. He was elected to the local assembly in Ócsa in the October 2002 local elections. He was appointed one of the recorders of the National Assembly in October 2004. In the parliamentary election held in 2006, he was elected MP for Dabas. he was elected member of the Committee on Immunity, Incompatibility and Mandate on 30 May 2006. He served as President of the General Assembly of Pest County between 2006 and 2010. He was elected MP for the fourth time in the 2010 parliamentary election. He was a member of the Municipal and Regional Development Committee from 2010 to 2014. Szűcs was re-elected MP for Vecsés in 2014 and 2018. He is a member of the Legislative Committee and vice-chairman of the Committee on Budgets since 2014.

Non-political career

On 29 January 2011 he was elected President of the Hungarian Tennis Association. On 22 September 2012 he was re-elected. After 4 years, he was confirmed in his position on 10 December 2016. In 2018 the Hungarian taxation authority started investigation against the Federation. In May 2020 the Federation had a deficit of 3.5 billion HUF (10.8 million

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), the whole presidency resigned, except Szűcs and vice president Zsolt Bohács. On 27 July 2020 the Federation elected

János Lázár János Lázár (born 19 February 1975) is a Hungarian politician and Member of Parliament. He was former leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group (2010–2012) and State Secretary, then Minister of Prime Minister's Office (2012–2018) in the c ...

for new president.

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