Zoltán Balczó (born 1 January 1948) is a
Hungarian politician
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and a former
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
(MEP) from
Hungary
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between 2009–2010 and 2014–2019. He is a member of
Jobbik. He is a former
Deputy Speaker
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Usage
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of the
National Assembly of Hungary.
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He was a Member of Parliament from 1998 to 2002, from 2010 to 2014 and from 2019 to 2022.
His older brother is András Balczó
András Balczó (born 16 August 1938) is a retired Hungarian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the individual and team events and won three gold and two silver medal; he missed only one medal, finishing fourt ...
, the Olympic champion.
After the 2010 elections, he was appointed one of the deputy speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary. As a result, he was replaced by Béla Kovács in the European Parliament
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. He was elected MEP again in the 2014 European Parliament election
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It was the 8th parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first in which the European political parties fielded candid ...
; as a result, he resigned from his national parliamentary mandate in June 2014.
See also
*2009 European Parliament election in Hungary
The 2009 European Parliament election in Hungary was the election of the delegation from Hungary to the European Parliament in 2009. Hungary delegated 22 members to the European Parliament based on the Nice treaty and the election took place on 7 ...
External links
Balczó Zoltán Bio
on jobbik.hu
MEP profile
References
1948 births
Living people
People from Nyíregyháza
Hungarian Justice and Life Party politicians
Jobbik politicians
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1998–2002)
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)
Jobbik MEPs
MEPs for Hungary 2009–2014
MEPs for Hungary 2014–2019
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