Ákos Kriza (10 February 1965 − 18 January 2021) was a Hungarian politician. Kriza was a member of

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and served as mayor of

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from 3 October 2010 to 13 October 2019.

Biography

Kriza was born in

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. He studied medicine at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in

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and economics at the

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. He received his medical degree in 1990 and moved to Miskolc the same year. He worked in the

Diósgyőr Hospital Diósgyőr (Hungarian: Help:IPA/Hungarian, �dioːʒɟøːr is a historical town in Hungary, today it is a part of Miskolc. The medieval castle in Diósgyőr was a favourite holiday residence of Hungarian kings and queens; today it is a popular t ...

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,

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. 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

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, a former top police official, and

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. 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

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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

* 1965 births 2021 deaths People from Oradea Mayors of places in Hungary Fidesz politicians {{Hungary-mayor-stub