Dr. István Mikola (born 8 September 1947) is a Hungarian physician and politician, who served as

Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare spending and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental heal ...

in the first cabinet of

Viktor Orbán Viktor Mihály Orbán (; born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who has been the 56th prime minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002. He has also led the Fidesz political party since 200 ...

, between 2001 and 2002. He was also Member of Parliament from

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Fejér County Fejér (, ) is an administrative county in central Hungary. It lies on the west bank of the river Danube and nearly touches the eastern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Veszprém, Komárom-Esztergom County ...

Regional List between 2006 and 2011. Mikola was nominated to the position of Deputy Prime Minister during the 2006 parliamentary election. He was appointed Hungarian Ambassador to the

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(OECD), as a result he resigned as MP on 28 February 2011. He was replaced by Gábor Cserna. Mikola became Secretary of State for Security Policy and International Cooperation in the

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on 15 June 2014. He held the position until 17 May 2018. Mikola was Hungarian Ambassador to

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from 2018 to 2022. He was replaced by fellow Fidesz politician

Zsolt Csenger-Zalán Zsolt Csenger-Zalán (born 22 August 1957) is a Hungarian chemical engineer, businessman, politician and diplomat, National Assembly of Hungary, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Budaörs (Pest County Constituency IX) between 2010 and 2014 ...

. Mikola has been the Hungarian Ambassador to

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and

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since 2022.

Personal life

He is married and has five children.Fidesz-KDNP
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Népszabadság ''Népszabadság'' (; ) was a major Hungarian newspaper which was formerly the official press organ of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party during the Hungarian People's Republic. Before its closure, ''Népszabadság'' was considered the '' d ...

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