Dr. László Karakó (born 27 March 1955) is a Hungarian politician,

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(MP) for Tiszavasvári (

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg ( hu, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg megye, ) is an administrative county (Hungarian: ''megye'') in north-eastern Hungary, bordering Slovakia (Košice Region), Ukraine (Zakarpattia Oblast), and Romania ( Bihor and Satu Mare cou ...

Constituency III) between 2010 and 2014. Formerly he also served as Member of Parliament for Tiszavasvári between 2002 and 2006. Karakó was the Chairman of the Council then Mayor of

Gávavencsellő Gávavencsellő is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. The village was established in 1971 by merging the former separate villages of Gáva and Vencsellő. Geography It covers an ar ...

from 1988 to 2010.

Biography

Karakó graduated from public administration organisation at the College of Public Administration in 1986. He acquired a law degree from the Faculty of Law of the

University of Miskolc The University of Miskolc (before 1990: ''Technical University of Heavy Industry'') is the largest university of Northern Hungary. Location Most of the buildings can be found in Egyetemváros ("University Town"), a part of the city of Miskolc. I ...

in 1996. He headed the local Council of Gávavencsellő between 1988 and 1990. From 1992 to 2000 he was the leader of the local soccer club. Since 1990 he has been the president of the firemen's association. Since 1998 he has presided over the Regional Development Association of the Upper Dada. From 1998 until 2000 he was the President and CEO of the Sóstó Development Corporation. In 2000 he was member of the Regional Development Council of the North-Plains, and since the same year he has been on the Board of Trustees of the Dr. József Zilahy Public Foundation. Since 1999 he has been a presbyter of the Protestant Congregation. He was a member of the

Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party ( hu, Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt, MSZMP) was the ruling Marxist–Leninist party of the Hungarian People's Republic between 1956 and 1989. It was organised from elements of the Hungarian Working Peop ...

(MSZMP) between 1984 until 1989. He ran in the parliamentary elections in the Spring of 1990. He was elected mayor of Gávavencsellő in the local elections in 1990, 1994, and 1998, in the latter case supported by Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Party (FIDESZ-MPP), the

Independent Smallholders' Party The Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party ( hu, Független Kisgazda-, Földmunkás- és Polgári Párt), known mostly by its acronym FKgP or its shortened form Independent Smallholders' Party ( hu, Független Kisgazdapárt), ...

(FKGP), the Hungarian Christian-Democratic Alliance (MKDSZ) and the

Entrepreneurs' Party The Entrepreneurs' Party ( hu, Vállalkozók Pártja, VP) was a political party in Hungary between 1989 and 2007. History The party was formed in October 1989. In the 1990 elections it received almost 2% of the vote, but failed to win a seat.Di ...

. He was elected into the County Assembly at all the three elections, on each occasion he was deputy chairman of the body of representatives. In 2001 he joined Fidesz, where he presided over the Gávavencsellő branch. On 21 April 2002 he was elected MP for Tiszavasvári constituency (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County III). He had been active in the Committee on Human Rights, Minorities and Religion since May of the same year. In the 2002 local elections he was re-elected mayor, representative and vice president of the County Assembly for the fourth time. He was

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to the National Assembly in 2010. He is a member of the Committee on Employment and Labour. He was the Chairman of the Subcommittee for investigating the government measures in the past 8 years (between 2002 and 2010). He lost his mayoral seat in the 2010 local elections.

Personal life

He is married and has two sons, László and Gergely.- Karakó László vagyonnyilatkozata - 2003. február
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karako, Laszlo 1955 births Living people Members of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Fidesz politicians Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2002–2006) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014) Mayors of places in Hungary People from Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County