István Jakab (born 17 September 1949) is a Hungarian

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, politician and leader of the National Federation Of Hungarian Peasants Association And Cooperatives (MAGOSZ). He was a founding member of the

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in 1988. He quit the party in 1995 and became co-chairman of the MAGOSZ and Vice President of the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture, a position which he held until 2001. He was elected a member of the presidency of the National Cooperative Council in 1996. He has served as the sole chairman of the MAGOSZ since 1999. In this capacity, he organized the tractor farmers' protest to

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in early 2005, during which the capital was blocked. His organization made an alliance with

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for the 2006 parliamentary election. He gained a parliamentary seat from the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County party list. He served as deputy chairman of the Committee of Agriculture and deputy leader of the Fidesz parliamentary fraction. After the 2010 parliamentary election he was elected to the

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again. His party nominated him for the position of one of the deputy speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary.

Personal life

He is married and has three children.Fidesz-KDNP
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*MTI Ki Kicsoda 2009, Magyar Távirati Iroda, Budapest, 2008, 501. old.
Jakab István országgyűlési adatlapja

Jakab István életrajza a Fidesz honlapján
1949 births Living people People from Hajdú-Bihar County Hungarian Democratic Forum 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) {{Hungary-politician-stub